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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	3,905	1,895	2,010	.485	-115	5	1	1	6	561	2	17,675	133,378	33,995	4,125	.255	18,027	4.25
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2022	21,852	10,894	10,804	.502	90	21	18	4	27	2078	53	97,476	748,221	194,359	14,426	.260	96,354	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	18,947	8,907	9,930	.473	-1023	9	7	3	14	1932	34	81,666	643,632	166,238	13,915	.258	87,237	4.05
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2022	18,935	9,777	9,075	.519	702	10	14	9	25	1881	38	88,424	648,028	173,073	14,124	.267	84,825	3.92
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2022	21,887	11,138	10,588	.513	550	8	17	3	21	2193	45	100,713	749,198	196,425	14,782	.262	97,345	3.69
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2022	18,943	9,472	9,368	.503	104	6	6	3	11	1837	34	82,595	641,566	166,989	11,898	.260	82,185	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2022	21,470	10,759	10,572	.504	187	10	10	5	16	2095	36	96,359	731,816	190,971	13,854	.261	95,542	3.76
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Guardians	1901	2022	18,946	9,656	9,199	.512	457	10	6	2	15	1959	35	85,784	645,974	171,283	13,525	.265	83,630	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2022	4,655	2,185	2,470	.469	-285	0	1	0	5	623	1	23,354	160,129	43,667	5,303	.273	24,558	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2022	18,971	9,491	9,387	.503	104	7	11	4	16	1757	24	87,246	647,114	171,324	14,154	.265	86,971	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2022	9,615	4,802	4,808	.500	-6	11	4	1	15	961	10	40,818	326,220	83,111	7,920	.255	40,400	3.80
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2022	8,468	4,050	4,416	.478	-366	8	4	2	9	960	4	37,085	289,942	76,377	6,603	.263	39,125	4.25
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2022	9,772	4,864	4,905	.498	-41	9	1	1	10	1165	12	42,343	331,723	85,133	8,695	.257	42,748	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2022	21,271	11,205	9,927	.530	1278	19	25	7	35	1913	51	95,679	724,763	189,413	13,518	.261	89,943	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	4,645	2,140	2,505	.461	-365	0	2	2	3	687	5	19,644	157,913	40,328	4,211	.255	21,503	4.29
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2022	8,474	4,100	4,370	.484	-270	5	1	0	8	982	7	37,609	287,848	73,904	8,267	.257	38,645	4.16
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2022	18,954	9,074	9,771	.482	-697	12	6	3	17	1778	28	83,289	646,727	169,855	11,521	.263	86,647	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	9,606	4,628	4,970	.482	-342	6	5	2	9	1174	16	39,440	325,124	81,310	8,055	.250	40,372	3.79
19	New York Yankees	1903	2022	18,648	10,576	7,984	.570	2592	19	40	27	57	1751	47	90,673	635,906	169,159	16,726	.266	77,801	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2022	18,909	9,193	9,629	.488	-436	17	15	9	29	2038	41	83,708	641,193	165,417	13,681	.258	86,200	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2022	21,280	10,000	11,165	.472	-1165	12	7	2	14	2149	36	94,332	728,173	189,659	13,672	.260	100,264	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2022	21,431	10,672	10,619	.501	53	9	9	5	17	2082	40	95,506	734,417	193,708	11,859	.264	95,469	3.75
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2022	8,482	3,929	4,551	.463	-622	5	2	0	6	1103	12	34,170	286,794	71,473	6,777	.249	37,233	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2022	21,356	11,360	9,833	.536	1527	9	23	8	27	1884	57	98,906	729,133	192,159	15,142	.264	91,416	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2022	7,185	3,402	3,781	.474	-379	3	0	0	4	955	6	31,896	245,386	63,384	7,208	.258	33,754	4.33
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2022	21,471	11,105	10,214	.521	891	14	23	11	31	2182	49	98,516	736,123	195,773	12,687	.266	94,452	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2022	3,902	1,889	2,013	.484	-124	4	2	0	7	567	1	17,343	132,841	33,831	4,042	.255	17,974	4.26
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2022	9,759	4,635	5,118	.475	-483	7	2	0	8	1214	9	43,866	333,245	86,118	9,681	.258	46,026	4.29
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2022	7,184	3,570	3,611	.497	-41	6	2	2	8	894	8	33,304	246,276	64,180	7,821	.261	32,959	4.23
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2022	8,473	4,109	4,360	.485	-251	5	1	1	6	1013	10	35,516	286,660	72,817	7,233	.254	36,651	3.92
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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