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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	2018	3,281	1,620	1,661	.494	-41	5	1	1	6	460	2	14,883	112,248	28,925	3,440	.258	15,069	4.22
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2018	21,226	10,535	10,537	.500	-2	17	17	3	23	1982	52	94,352	726,951	188,974	13,528	.260	93,698	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	2018	18,323	8,680	9,533	.477	-853	9	7	3	14	1811	31	79,043	622,477	161,097	13,170	.259	83,841	4.02
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2018	18,310	9,438	8,789	.518	649	9	13	8	23	1786	36	85,208	626,401	167,368	13,315	.267	81,830	3.90
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2018	21,260	10,824	10,275	.513	549	7	17	3	19	2060	44	97,878	728,237	191,284	13,998	.263	94,493	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2018	18,315	9,159	9,053	.503	106	5	6	3	9	1750	31	79,769	620,219	161,535	11,192	.260	79,299	3.77
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2018	20,849	10,471	10,239	.506	232	10	10	5	15	1981	35	93,618	711,126	185,924	13,073	.261	92,614	3.74
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2018	18,321	9,313	8,917	.511	396	9	6	2	13	1862	33	82,904	625,003	166,084	12,791	.266	81,076	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2018	4,030	1,894	2,136	.470	-242	0	1	0	4	557	0	20,352	138,740	38,119	4,572	.275	21,237	4.97
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2018	18,347	9,253	9,001	.507	252	7	11	4	16	1669	24	84,883	626,224	166,373	13,594	.266	83,842	3.98
11	Houston Astros	1962	2018	8,991	4,417	4,569	.492	-152	8	2	1	11	888	10	37,606	304,980	77,585	7,018	.254	38,001	3.82
	Also played as Houston Colt .45's
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2018	7,842	3,797	4,043	.484	-246	8	4	2	9	870	4	34,524	268,884	71,213	5,991	.265	35,990	4.21
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2018	9,148	4,582	4,563	.501	19	9	1	1	10	1035	11	39,584	310,738	80,085	7,910	.258	39,702	3.95
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2018	20,646	10,792	9,715	.526	1077	16	23	6	31	1822	50	92,356	703,582	184,045	12,528	.262	87,743	3.54
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2018	4,021	1,884	2,137	.469	-253	0	2	2	2	555	5	17,251	137,019	35,363	3,643	.258	18,605	4.28
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2018	7,851	3,753	4,094	.478	-341	3	1	0	4	875	6	34,734	266,953	68,874	7,414	.258	35,992	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2018	18,328	8,741	9,478	.480	-737	10	6	3	15	1664	25	80,248	625,438	164,468	10,627	.263	83,754	3.98
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2018	8,977	4,304	4,665	.480	-361	6	5	2	9	1052	15	36,633	303,974	76,029	7,296	.250	37,670	3.78
19	New York Yankees	1903	2018	18,022	10,203	7,731	.569	2472	18	40	27	53	1667	42	87,477	614,905	163,928	15,699	.267	75,198	3.64
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2018	18,284	8,854	9,343	.487	-489	16	15	9	26	1942	40	80,814	620,235	160,420	12,874	.259	83,580	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2018	20,655	9,687	10,853	.472	-1166	12	7	2	14	2043	34	91,482	707,146	184,540	12,881	.261	97,357	3.97
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2018	20,807	10,417	10,250	.504	167	9	9	5	17	1953	40	92,995	713,499	188,634	11,287	.264	92,317	3.72
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2018	7,857	3,627	4,228	.462	-601	5	2	0	5	991	12	31,436	265,880	66,426	6,050	.250	34,443	3.95
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2018	20,733	11,036	9,534	.537	1502	8	23	8	26	1767	57	96,158	708,028	187,052	14,424	.264	88,730	3.57
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2018	6,559	3,085	3,472	.470	-387	3	0	0	4	806	5	29,192	224,451	58,455	6,448	.260	30,813	4.33
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2018	20,847	10,761	9,934	.520	827	13	23	11	28	2102	44	95,646	715,359	190,628	11,933	.266	91,877	3.67
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2018	3,277	1,517	1,760	.463	-243	2	1	0	4	446	1	14,389	111,636	28,593	3,302	.256	15,522	4.40
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2018	9,136	4,371	4,759	.479	-388	7	2	0	8	1095	7	41,106	312,282	81,113	8,944	.260	42,866	4.25
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2018	6,561	3,264	3,294	.498	-30	6	2	2	7	758	7	30,362	225,173	58,838	6,914	.261	30,018	4.21
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2018	7,848	3,826	4,018	.488	-192	5	0	0	5	913	8	32,585	265,642	67,384	6,517	.254	33,612	3.86
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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