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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 of Anaheim
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	1998	2017	3,170	1,556	1,614	.491	-58	5	1	1	5	443	2	14,360	108,521	28,032	3,291	.258	14,630	4.24
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2017	21,114	10,483	10,477	.500	6	17	17	3	23	1957	51	93,825	723,059	187,948	13,404	.260	93,173	3.65
	Also played as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings
3	Baltimore Orioles	1901	2017	18,211	8,634	9,467	.477	-833	9	7	3	14	1795	29	78,530	618,581	160,094	13,011	.259	83,268	4.01
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2017	18,200	9,369	8,748	.517	621	8	13	8	22	1778	36	84,640	622,475	166,366	13,185	.267	81,382	3.90
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2017	21,151	10,757	10,233	.512	524	6	17	3	18	2043	44	97,277	724,464	190,286	13,856	.263	94,056	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2017	18,206	9,120	8,983	.504	137	5	6	3	9	1733	30	79,324	616,510	160,607	11,063	.261	78,709	3.76
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2017	20,736	10,428	10,169	.506	259	10	10	5	15	1961	35	93,125	707,351	184,992	12,940	.262	92,023	3.73
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2017	18,209	9,238	8,880	.510	358	8	6	2	12	1851	31	82,320	621,139	165,081	12,623	.266	80,700	3.84
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2017	3,920	1,837	2,083	.469	-246	0	1	0	3	548	0	19,836	135,045	37,158	4,431	.275	20,737	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2017	18,235	9,212	8,930	.508	282	7	11	4	16	1650	22	84,397	622,322	165,352	13,480	.266	83,215	3.97
11	Houston Astros	1962	2017	8,878	4,352	4,521	.490	-169	7	1	0	10	880	10	37,051	301,124	76,560	6,885	.254	37,565	3.82
	Also played as Houston Colt .45's
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2017	7,729	3,749	3,978	.485	-229	8	4	2	9	849	4	34,026	264,987	70,167	5,868	.265	35,360	4.19
13	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1961	2017	9,040	4,523	4,514	.500	9	9	1	1	10	1014	10	39,055	307,063	79,164	7,766	.258	39,234	3.94
	Also played as Anaheim Angels, California Angels and Los Angeles Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2017	20,537	10,736	9,662	.526	1074	15	22	6	30	1803	49	91,894	699,904	183,166	12,404	.262	87,298	3.53
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2017	3,909	1,834	2,075	.469	-241	0	2	2	2	538	4	16,752	133,177	34,394	3,522	.258	18,012	4.26
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2017	7,741	3,694	4,043	.477	-349	3	1	0	4	857	5	34,300	263,270	67,979	7,286	.258	35,553	4.19
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2017	18,220	8,685	9,426	.480	-741	10	6	3	14	1641	23	79,690	621,705	163,496	10,483	.263	83,270	3.98
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2017	8,867	4,256	4,603	.480	-347	6	5	2	9	1032	15	36,178	300,265	75,125	7,171	.250	37,113	3.76
19	New York Yankees	1903	2017	17,910	10,131	7,691	.568	2440	18	40	27	52	1652	42	86,876	611,094	162,946	15,536	.267	74,760	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2017	18,173	8,801	9,285	.487	-484	16	15	9	26	1927	40	80,288	616,433	159,451	12,720	.259	83,029	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2017	20,544	9,628	10,801	.471	-1173	12	7	2	14	2023	33	90,953	703,375	183,583	12,756	.261	96,868	3.97
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2017	20,697	10,363	10,194	.504	169	9	9	5	17	1938	40	92,513	709,794	187,703	11,177	.264	91,820	3.71
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2017	7,743	3,580	4,161	.462	-581	5	2	0	5	968	11	31,000	262,080	65,536	5,932	.250	33,868	3.94
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2017	20,622	10,986	9,473	.537	1513	8	23	8	26	1753	57	95,711	704,240	186,084	14,331	.264	88,227	3.56
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2017	6,450	3,030	3,418	.470	-388	3	0	0	4	787	5	28,704	220,705	57,498	6,306	.261	30,307	4.32
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2017	20,738	10,700	9,886	.520	814	13	23	11	28	2085	44	95,133	711,681	189,716	11,797	.267	91,428	3.67
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2017	3,169	1,469	1,700	.464	-231	2	1	0	4	427	1	13,970	108,007	27,722	3,176	.257	15,052	4.41
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2017	9,023	4,322	4,695	.479	-373	7	2	0	8	1072	6	40,597	308,494	80,193	8,796	.260	42,248	4.24
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2017	6,449	3,209	3,237	.498	-28	6	2	2	7	731	6	29,850	221,348	57,939	6,758	.262	29,490	4.21
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2017	7,735	3,760	3,971	.486	-211	4	0	0	4	896	7	32,092	261,878	66,461	6,383	.254	33,193	3.87
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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