⚾ Every MLB season since 1876
151 seasons, each with every team’s rating week by week and the standings after any week of that year. One model runs the whole way through, so a 1927 team and a 2026 team are measured the same way.
88,500 team-weeks · 1876–2026 · built 2026-10-13 · Elo series by Neil Paine; era names, honours and brackets from MLB.xlsx
Browse a season
151 seasons, one hub each. Each chip opens that year's hub and names its champion.
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1900s
1890s
1880s
The belt: the best team in the league, season by season
One square per season, in that team's own colour. Runs of dominance are the point.
How this is measured
Highest rating at the end of the season, which is not the same as champion and disagrees 59 times. Reading across, a colour that holds for four squares is a dynasty and a wall of different colours is a decade nobody owned. A franchise with no stored colour keeps the neutral border rather than being assigned one.
1876White Stockings1877Red Caps1878Red Caps1879Red Caps1880White Stockings1881White Stockings1883Beaneaters1884Grays★1886White Stockings1887Quakers1888Browns1889Bridegrooms1891Beaneaters1892Beaneaters★1893Beaneaters1894Orioles1895Orioles1896Orioles★1897Orioles★1898Beaneaters1899Beaneaters1900Pirates1901Pirates1902Pirates1903Pilgrims★1904Giants1905Giants★1906Cubs1907Cubs★1908Cubs★1909Pirates★1910Athletics★1911Athletics★1912Red Sox★1913Athletics★1914Braves★1915Red Sox★1916Red Sox★1917White Sox★1918Red Sox★1919Reds★1920Indians★1921Yankees1922Browns1923Yankees★1924Giants1925Pirates★1926Cardinals★1927Yankees★1928Yankees★1929Athletics★1930Athletics★1931Yankees1932Yankees★1933Senators1934Tigers1935Cubs1936Yankees★1937Yankees★1938Yankees★1939Yankees★1940Yankees1941Yankees★1942Cardinals★1943Cardinals1944Cardinals★1945Cardinals1946Cardinals★1947Yankees★1948Indians★1949Red Sox1950Yankees★1951Yankees★1952Yankees★1953Yankees★1954Yankees1955Yankees1956Yankees★1957Yankees1958Braves1959White Sox1960Yankees1961Yankees★1962Yankees★1963Yankees1964Yankees1965Twins1966Orioles★1967Cardinals★1968Tigers★1969Orioles1970Orioles★1971Orioles1972Pirates1973Orioles1974Dodgers1975Reds★1976Reds★1977Yankees★1978Yankees★1979Pirates★1980Orioles1981Yankees1982Brewers1983Orioles★1984Tigers★1985Yankees1986Mets★1987Blue Jays1988Mets1989Athletics★1990Athletics1991Twins★1992Brewers1993Braves1994Expos1995Indians1996Indians1997Braves1998Yankees★1999Yankees★2000Giants2001Athletics2002Angels★2003Yankees2004Red Sox★2005White Sox★2006Yankees2007Red Sox★2008Red Sox2009Yankees★2010Phillies2011Yankees2012Rays2013Red Sox★2014Orioles2015Blue Jays2016Cubs★2017Indians2018Red Sox★2019Astros2020Dodgers★2021Dodgers2022Astros★2023Dodgers2024Dodgers★2025Dodgers★
A star marks a season where the best-rated team also won the World Series. It happens in 73 of 132 finished seasons.
When the best team lost
59 seasons ended with the World Series somewhere other than the top of the ratings.
How this is measured
The rating is where a team finished the season, so this is not hindsight about a bad night: it is the league's best side over a whole year losing a short series. That is the sport working as designed, and the list is what a best-of-seven costs the better team.
- 2023Dodgers rated top, Rangers won it
- 2021Dodgers rated top, Braves won it
- 2019Astros rated top, Nationals won it
- 2017Indians rated top, Astros won it
- 2015Blue Jays rated top, Royals won it
- 2014Orioles rated top, Giants won it
- 2012Rays rated top, Giants won it
- 2011Yankees rated top, Cardinals won it
- 2010Phillies rated top, Giants won it
- 2008Red Sox rated top, Phillies won it
- 2006Yankees rated top, Cardinals won it
- 2003Yankees rated top, Marlins won it
- 2001Athletics rated top, Diamondbacks won it
- 2000Giants rated top, Yankees won it
- 1997Braves rated top, Marlins won it
- 1996Indians rated top, Yankees won it
- 1995Indians rated top, Braves won it
- 1993Braves rated top, Blue Jays won it
- 1992Brewers rated top, Blue Jays won it
- 1990Athletics rated top, Reds won it
- 1988Mets rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1987Blue Jays rated top, Twins won it
- 1985Yankees rated top, Royals won it
- 1982Brewers rated top, Cardinals won it
- 1981Yankees rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1980Orioles rated top, Phillies won it
- 1974Dodgers rated top, Athletics won it
- 1973Orioles rated top, Athletics won it
- 1972Pirates rated top, Athletics won it
- 1971Orioles rated top, Pirates won it
- 1969Orioles rated top, Mets won it
- 1965Twins rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1964Yankees rated top, Cardinals won it
- 1963Yankees rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1960Yankees rated top, Pirates won it
- 1959White Sox rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1958Braves rated top, Yankees won it
- 1957Yankees rated top, Braves won it
- 1955Yankees rated top, Dodgers won it
- 1954Yankees rated top, Giants won it
- 1949Red Sox rated top, Yankees won it
- 1945Cardinals rated top, Tigers won it
- 1943Cardinals rated top, Yankees won it
- 1940Yankees rated top, Reds won it
- 1935Cubs rated top, Tigers won it
- 1934Tigers rated top, Cardinals won it
- 1933Senators rated top, Giants won it
- 1931Yankees rated top, Cardinals won it
- 1924Giants rated top, Senators won it
- 1922Browns rated top, Giants won it
- 1921Yankees rated top, Giants won it
- 1906Cubs rated top, White Sox won it
- 1900Pirates rated top, Superbas won it
- 1895Orioles rated top, Spiders won it
- 1894Orioles rated top, Giants won it
- 1889Bridegrooms rated top, Giants won it
- 1888Browns rated top, Giants won it
- 1887Quakers rated top, Wolverines won it
- 1886White Stockings rated top, Browns won it
The champion, season by season
A star marks a season the top-rated team also won.
How this is measured
Top rated is the highest rating at the end of the season, which is not the same as champion. Reading key: from 1903 the champion is the World Series winner. Before 1903, and in 1904 when no World Series was played, the cell lists each league’s first-place team (NL, AA, AL and the other early leagues), and marks the one that won the postseason series when there was one (World’s Series, Temple Cup or Chronicle-Telegraph Cup).
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1591
30 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1575
30 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1584
30 teams
Texas Rangers
1568
30 teams
Houston Astros
1604
30 teams
Atlanta Braves
1610
30 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1614
30 teams
Washington Nationals
1596
30 teams
Boston Red Sox
1607
30 teams
Houston Astros
1597
30 teams
Chicago Cubs
1585
30 teams
Kansas City Royals
1564
30 teams
Show all 151 seasons
San Francisco Giants
1560
30 teams
Boston Red Sox
1588
30 teams
San Francisco Giants
1566
30 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1576
30 teams
San Francisco Giants
1571
30 teams
New York Yankees
1604
30 teams
Philadelphia Phillies
1568
30 teams
Boston Red Sox
1597
30 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1551
30 teams
Chicago White Sox
1570
30 teams
Boston Red Sox
1596
30 teams
Florida Marlins
1568
30 teams
Anaheim Angels
1590
30 teams
Arizona Diamondbacks
1598
30 teams
New York Yankees
1560
30 teams
New York Yankees
1598
30 teams
New York Yankees
1614
30 teams
Florida Marlins
1574
28 teams
New York Yankees
1569
28 teams
Atlanta Braves
1599
28 teams
no champion
1567
28 teams
Toronto Blue Jays
1589
28 teams
Toronto Blue Jays
1558
26 teams
Minnesota Twins
1550
26 teams
Cincinnati Reds
1569
26 teams
Oakland Athletics
1587
26 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1570
26 teams
Minnesota Twins
1563
26 teams
New York Mets
1584
26 teams
Kansas City Royals
1571
26 teams
Detroit Tigers
1582
26 teams
Baltimore Orioles
1585
26 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1556
26 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1556
26 teams
Philadelphia Phillies
1576
26 teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
1583
26 teams
New York Yankees
1583
26 teams
New York Yankees
1569
26 teams
Cincinnati Reds
1599
24 teams
Cincinnati Reds
1600
24 teams
Oakland Athletics
1571
24 teams
Oakland Athletics
1570
24 teams
Oakland Athletics
1561
24 teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
1593
24 teams
Baltimore Orioles
1615
24 teams
New York Mets
1578
24 teams
Detroit Tigers
1575
20 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1563
20 teams
Baltimore Orioles
1559
20 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1556
20 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1565
20 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1563
20 teams
New York Yankees
1560
20 teams
New York Yankees
1595
18 teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
1569
16 teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
1547
16 teams
New York Yankees
1561
16 teams
Milwaukee Braves
1577
16 teams
New York Yankees
1580
16 teams
Brooklyn Dodgers
1567
16 teams
New York Giants
1594
16 teams
New York Yankees
1590
16 teams
New York Yankees
1581
16 teams
New York Yankees
1582
16 teams
New York Yankees
1596
16 teams
New York Yankees
1589
16 teams
Cleveland Indians
1582
16 teams
New York Yankees
1580
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1577
16 teams
Detroit Tigers
1576
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1589
16 teams
New York Yankees
1592
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1618
16 teams
New York Yankees
1588
16 teams
Cincinnati Reds
1572
16 teams
New York Yankees
1627
16 teams
New York Yankees
1598
16 teams
New York Yankees
1603
16 teams
New York Yankees
1603
16 teams
Detroit Tigers
1591
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1572
16 teams
New York Giants
1571
16 teams
New York Yankees
1613
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1592
16 teams
Philadelphia Athletics
1589
16 teams
Philadelphia Athletics
1600
16 teams
New York Yankees
1592
16 teams
New York Yankees
1620
16 teams
St. Louis Cardinals
1562
16 teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
1572
16 teams
Washington Senators
1562
16 teams
New York Yankees
1578
16 teams
New York Giants
1570
16 teams
New York Giants
1581
16 teams
Cleveland Indians
1581
16 teams
Cincinnati Reds
1589
16 teams
Boston Red Sox
1547
16 teams
Chicago White Sox
1583
16 teams
Boston Red Sox
1567
16 teams
Boston Red Sox
1586
16 teams
Boston Braves
1580
16 teams
Philadelphia Athletics
1569
16 teams
Boston Red Sox
1589
16 teams
Philadelphia Athletics
1614
16 teams
Philadelphia Athletics
1605
16 teams
Pittsburg Pirates
1612
16 teams
Chicago Cubs
1601
16 teams
Chicago Cubs
1605
16 teams
Chicago White Sox
1623
16 teams
New York Giants
1603
16 teams
AL Boston Pilgrims · NL New York Giants, no World Series played
1588
16 teams
Boston Pilgrims
1570
16 teams
AL Philadelphia Athletics · NL Pittsburg Pirates, no World Series played
1624
16 teams
AL Chicago White Sox · NL Pittsburg Pirates, no World Series played
1602
16 teams
NL Brooklyn Superbas won Chron-Telegraph Cup
1565
8 teams
NL Brooklyn Superbas
1568
12 teams
NL Boston Beaneaters
1601
12 teams
NL Boston Beaneaters, Temple Cup won by Baltimore Orioles
1603
12 teams
NL Baltimore Orioles won Temple Cup
1610
12 teams
NL Baltimore Orioles, Temple Cup won by Cleveland Spiders
1622
12 teams
NL Baltimore Orioles, Temple Cup won by New York Giants
1602
12 teams
NL Boston Beaneaters
1583
12 teams
NL Boston Beaneaters won World's Series
1584
12 teams
AA Boston Red Stockings · NL Boston Beaneaters
1588
17 teams
AA Louisville Colonels · NL Brooklyn Bridegrooms, World's Series ended level
1599
17 teams
AA Brooklyn Bridegrooms · NL New York Giants won World's Series
1592
16 teams
AA St. Louis Browns · NL New York Giants won World's Series
1585
16 teams
AA St. Louis Browns · NL Detroit Wolverines won World's Series
1595
16 teams
AA St. Louis Browns won World's Series · NL Chicago White Stockings
1614
16 teams
AA St. Louis Browns · NL Chicago White Stockings, World's Series ended level
1622
16 teams
AA New York Metropolitans · NL Providence Grays won World's Series
1604
21 teams
AA Philadelphia Athletics · NL Boston Beaneaters
1571
16 teams
AA Cincinnati Red Stockings · NL Chicago White Stockings, Champ. Series ended level
1589
14 teams
NL Chicago White Stockings
1578
8 teams
NL Chicago White Stockings
1571
8 teams
NL Providence Grays
1566
8 teams
NL Boston Red Caps
1568
6 teams
NL Boston Red Caps
1597
6 teams
NL Chicago White Stockings
1616
8 teams
Where these numbers come from
Weekly ratings are Neil Paine’s MLB Elo series. Era names, honours, records and brackets are maintained in the project’s MLB workbook and refresh when it is updated. Seasons before 1901 list the league each club played in (National League, American Association, Union Association, Players’ League) rather than a single MLB.