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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	3,564	1,763	1,801	.495	-38	5	1	1	6	491	2	16,223	121,976	31,322	3,793	.257	16,313	4.21
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2020	21,510	10,697	10,659	.501	38	19	17	3	25	2018	53	95,747	736,660	191,454	13,900	.260	94,936	3.66
	Also played as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings
3	Baltimore Orioles	1901	2020	18,606	8,768	9,728	.474	-960	9	7	3	14	1856	34	80,221	632,171	163,460	13,518	.259	85,485	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2020	18,593	9,602	8,908	.519	694	10	14	9	24	1810	37	86,762	636,323	170,039	13,712	.267	83,148	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2020	21,547	10,982	10,404	.514	578	7	17	3	20	2095	45	99,248	737,977	193,772	14,375	.263	95,703	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2020	18,601	9,283	9,215	.502	68	5	6	3	9	1784	32	80,986	630,005	164,003	11,510	.260	80,765	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2020	21,131	10,599	10,393	.505	206	10	10	5	15	2015	36	94,840	720,674	188,302	13,432	.261	93,930	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2020	18,605	9,477	9,037	.512	440	10	6	2	14	1903	34	84,298	634,621	168,540	13,169	.266	82,205	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2020	4,313	2,033	2,280	.471	-247	0	1	0	5	580	1	21,796	148,549	40,715	4,950	.274	22,751	4.97
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2020	18,630	9,346	9,191	.504	155	7	11	4	16	1701	24	85,916	635,859	168,663	13,842	.265	85,367	3.99
11	Houston Astros	1962	2020	9,272	4,601	4,666	.496	-65	10	3	1	13	914	10	39,120	314,595	80,143	7,465	.255	39,062	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2020	8,125	3,901	4,222	.480	-321	8	4	2	9	906	4	35,688	278,466	73,552	6,270	.264	37,457	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2020	9,431	4,709	4,719	.499	-10	9	1	1	10	1085	12	40,870	320,313	82,404	8,288	.257	41,123	3.97
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2020	20,931	10,974	9,818	.528	1156	18	24	6	33	1851	50	93,875	713,259	186,521	13,006	.262	88,794	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	4,304	1,990	2,314	.462	-324	0	2	2	2	590	5	18,317	146,660	37,684	3,886	.257	20,006	4.31
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2020	8,134	3,913	4,217	.481	-304	4	1	0	6	907	7	36,090	276,618	71,293	7,835	.258	37,256	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2020	18,615	8,903	9,603	.481	-700	11	6	3	16	1700	25	81,767	635,401	167,081	11,058	.263	85,107	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	9,264	4,448	4,808	.481	-360	6	5	2	9	1091	15	37,947	313,814	78,464	7,671	.250	38,947	3.79
19	New York Yankees	1903	2020	18,306	10,378	7,840	.570	2538	19	40	27	55	1699	46	89,040	624,637	166,452	16,215	.266	76,440	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2020	18,567	9,028	9,452	.489	-424	16	15	9	28	1974	41	82,286	629,961	162,859	13,307	.259	84,733	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2020	20,940	9,825	11,000	.472	-1175	12	7	2	14	2081	35	92,749	716,847	186,866	13,239	.261	98,734	3.98
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2020	21,090	10,545	10,405	.503	140	9	9	5	17	1989	40	94,244	723,231	191,154	11,559	.264	93,743	3.73
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2020	8,138	3,747	4,389	.461	-642	5	2	0	5	1028	12	32,575	275,321	68,670	6,395	.249	35,791	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2020	21,015	11,165	9,687	.535	1478	8	23	8	26	1813	57	97,268	717,699	189,339	14,682	.264	90,006	3.57
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2020	6,843	3,219	3,622	.471	-403	3	0	0	4	869	6	30,443	234,100	60,809	6,814	.260	32,237	4.33
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2020	21,133	10,918	10,063	.520	855	14	23	11	29	2128	47	97,006	725,019	193,037	12,299	.266	93,088	3.67
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2020	3,562	1,686	1,876	.473	-190	2	1	0	5	493	1	15,710	121,407	31,087	3,634	.256	16,638	4.33
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2020	9,418	4,500	4,912	.478	-412	7	2	0	8	1139	8	42,490	321,871	83,473	9,311	.259	44,368	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2020	6,844	3,383	3,458	.495	-75	6	2	2	7	818	8	31,599	234,749	61,150	7,322	.260	31,485	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2020	8,130	3,977	4,149	.489	-172	5	1	1	6	944	10	34,040	275,260	69,907	6,885	.254	34,864	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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