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Rk	Franchise	From	To	G	W	L	W-L%	G>.500	Divs	Pnnts	WS	Playoffs	Players	HOF#	R	AB	H	HR	BA	RA	ERA
	Anaheim Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	1998	2020	3,624	1,788	1,836	.493	-48	5	1	1	6	511	2	16,492	123,973	31,804	3,851	.257	16,608	4.22
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2020	21,570	10,732	10,684	.501	48	20	17	3	26	2033	53	96,095	738,734	192,010	14,003	.260	95,224	3.67
	Also played as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings
3	Baltimore Orioles	1901	2020	18,666	8,793	9,763	.474	-970	9	7	3	14	1873	34	80,495	634,197	163,983	13,595	.259	85,779	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2020	18,653	9,626	8,944	.518	682	10	14	9	24	1838	37	87,054	638,406	170,591	13,793	.267	83,499	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2020	21,607	11,016	10,430	.514	586	8	17	3	21	2117	45	99,513	739,895	194,194	14,449	.262	95,943	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2020	18,661	9,318	9,240	.502	78	5	6	3	10	1807	32	81,292	632,052	164,537	11,606	.260	81,011	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2020	21,191	10,630	10,422	.505	208	10	10	5	16	2033	36	95,083	722,516	188,692	13,522	.261	94,173	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2020	18,665	9,512	9,062	.512	450	10	6	2	15	1917	34	84,546	636,580	168,986	13,228	.265	82,414	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2020	4,373	2,059	2,314	.471	-255	0	1	0	5	593	1	22,071	150,606	41,243	5,013	.274	23,104	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2020	18,688	9,369	9,226	.504	143	7	11	4	16	1718	24	86,165	637,752	169,126	13,904	.265	85,685	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2020	9,332	4,630	4,697	.496	-67	10	3	1	14	928	10	39,399	316,587	80,621	7,534	.255	39,337	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2020	8,185	3,927	4,256	.480	-329	8	4	2	9	922	4	35,936	280,454	74,037	6,338	.264	37,729	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2020	9,491	4,735	4,753	.499	-18	9	1	1	10	1100	12	41,164	322,333	82,905	8,373	.257	41,444	3.98
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2020	20,991	11,017	9,835	.528	1182	19	25	7	34	1860	50	94,224	715,301	187,044	13,124	.261	89,007	3.53
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2020	4,364	2,021	2,343	.463	-322	0	2	2	3	630	5	18,580	148,595	38,156	3,946	.257	20,310	4.31
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2020	8,194	3,942	4,248	.481	-306	4	1	0	7	930	7	36,337	278,538	71,722	7,910	.257	37,520	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2020	18,675	8,939	9,627	.481	-688	12	6	3	17	1715	25	82,036	637,338	167,549	11,149	.263	85,322	3.99
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2020	9,324	4,474	4,842	.480	-368	6	5	2	9	1111	15	38,233	315,837	79,015	7,757	.250	39,255	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2020	18,366	10,411	7,867	.570	2544	19	40	27	56	1709	46	89,355	626,552	166,925	16,309	.266	76,710	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2020	18,627	9,064	9,476	.489	-412	17	15	9	29	1987	41	82,560	631,869	163,289	13,378	.258	84,965	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2020	21,000	9,853	11,032	.472	-1179	12	7	2	14	2103	35	93,055	718,795	187,366	13,321	.261	99,045	3.98
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2020	21,150	10,564	10,446	.503	118	9	9	5	17	2012	40	94,463	725,163	191,579	11,618	.264	94,041	3.73
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2020	8,198	3,784	4,412	.462	-628	5	2	0	6	1050	12	32,900	277,293	69,176	6,490	.249	36,032	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2020	21,075	11,194	9,718	.535	1476	8	23	8	26	1832	57	97,567	719,718	189,871	14,763	.264	90,303	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2020	6,903	3,246	3,655	.470	-409	3	0	0	4	894	6	30,697	236,029	61,244	6,874	.259	32,540	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2020	21,191	10,948	10,091	.520	857	14	23	11	30	2145	47	97,246	726,771	193,447	12,350	.266	93,317	3.67
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2020	3,622	1,726	1,896	.477	-170	3	2	0	6	509	1	15,999	123,382	31,557	3,714	.256	16,867	4.32
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2020	9,478	4,522	4,950	.477	-428	7	2	0	8	1162	8	42,714	323,807	83,893	9,373	.259	44,680	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2020	6,904	3,415	3,486	.495	-71	6	2	2	8	842	8	31,901	236,772	61,666	7,410	.260	31,797	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2020	8,190	4,003	4,183	.489	-180	5	1	1	6	959	10	34,333	277,228	70,426	6,951	.254	35,165	3.88
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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