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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	2022	3,861	1,874	1,987	.485	-113	5	1	1	6	558	2	17,479	131,922	33,633	4,081	.255	17,856	4.26
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2022	21,806	10,863	10,789	.502	74	21	18	4	27	2068	53	97,239	746,646	193,946	14,355	.260	96,188	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	2022	18,904	8,880	9,914	.472	-1034	9	7	3	14	1927	34	81,465	642,184	165,868	13,869	.258	87,066	4.05
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2022	18,890	9,760	9,047	.519	713	10	14	9	25	1875	38	88,241	646,491	172,702	14,084	.267	84,547	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2022	21,843	11,115	10,567	.513	548	8	17	3	21	2187	45	100,531	747,716	196,066	14,730	.262	97,174	3.69
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2022	18,896	9,446	9,347	.503	99	6	6	3	11	1835	34	82,396	639,946	166,554	11,857	.260	82,000	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2022	21,426	10,739	10,548	.504	191	10	10	5	16	2089	36	96,188	730,347	190,624	13,812	.261	95,327	3.76
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Guardians	1901	2022	18,898	9,629	9,178	.512	451	10	6	2	15	1953	35	85,575	644,326	170,852	13,485	.265	83,442	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2022	4,609	2,166	2,443	.470	-277	0	1	0	5	620	1	23,146	158,562	43,255	5,263	.273	24,299	4.97
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2022	18,923	9,474	9,356	.503	118	7	11	4	16	1753	24	87,081	645,512	170,967	14,124	.265	86,758	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2022	9,567	4,771	4,791	.499	-20	11	4	1	15	957	10	40,580	324,600	82,695	7,857	.255	40,243	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2022	8,420	4,027	4,391	.478	-364	8	4	2	9	951	4	36,903	288,347	75,972	6,559	.263	38,902	4.25
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2022	9,730	4,848	4,879	.498	-31	9	1	1	10	1158	12	42,210	330,343	84,850	8,658	.257	42,570	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2022	21,226	11,168	9,919	.530	1249	19	25	7	35	1908	51	95,422	723,234	189,000	13,450	.261	89,811	3.52
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2022	4,599	2,121	2,478	.461	-357	0	2	2	3	678	5	19,522	156,402	40,001	4,184	.256	21,326	4.30
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2022	8,432	4,080	4,348	.484	-268	5	1	0	8	977	7	37,412	286,420	73,565	8,205	.257	38,460	4.16
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2022	18,914	9,055	9,750	.482	-695	12	6	3	17	1771	28	83,112	645,353	169,514	11,467	.263	86,456	3.99
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2022	9,561	4,598	4,955	.481	-357	6	5	2	9	1166	16	39,235	323,580	80,913	8,004	.250	40,230	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2022	18,603	10,558	7,957	.570	2601	19	40	27	57	1746	47	90,444	634,358	168,784	16,655	.266	77,608	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2022	18,865	9,175	9,603	.489	-428	17	15	9	29	2031	41	83,544	639,742	165,094	13,628	.258	86,005	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2022	21,237	9,974	11,148	.472	-1174	12	7	2	14	2140	36	94,144	726,716	189,285	13,612	.260	100,112	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2022	21,386	10,654	10,592	.501	62	9	9	5	17	2075	40	95,338	732,914	193,370	11,817	.264	95,242	3.74
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2022	8,436	3,908	4,526	.463	-618	5	2	0	6	1095	12	33,982	285,259	71,106	6,734	.249	37,030	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2022	21,310	11,341	9,806	.536	1535	9	23	8	27	1878	57	98,727	727,612	191,814	15,094	.264	91,212	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2022	7,141	3,371	3,768	.472	-397	3	0	0	4	947	6	31,691	243,926	63,044	7,152	.258	33,591	4.33
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2022	21,430	11,081	10,197	.521	884	14	23	11	31	2177	49	98,322	734,753	195,420	12,630	.266	94,288	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2022	3,857	1,866	1,991	.484	-125	4	2	0	7	559	1	17,151	131,325	33,463	4,003	.255	17,796	4.27
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2022	9,713	4,618	5,089	.476	-471	7	2	0	8	1210	9	43,663	331,691	85,741	9,632	.258	45,805	4.29
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2022	7,140	3,548	3,589	.497	-41	6	2	2	8	888	8	33,099	244,763	63,767	7,770	.261	32,783	4.23
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2022	8,429	4,097	4,328	.486	-231	5	1	1	6	1006	10	35,365	285,197	72,465	7,193	.254	36,401	3.91
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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