All-Time MLB Historical Record Rankings Fifth-Place Leaderboard (1901–2026)

The 5th in MLB history from 1901 through the 2025 season

From the 1901 season through the 2025 season, the number of times each team finished 5th in the standings, along with the corresponding seasons.

Rank	Team	Times & Seasons
1	Cleveland Indians	10 (1999,1994,1968,1956,1949,1943,1939,1938,1932,1917)
1	New York Yankees	10 (2022,2005,1995,1986,1983,1974,1946,1940,1924,1919)
2	Boston Red Sox	8 (2016,2003,1998,1988,1979,1973,1951,1941)
3	Chicago Cubs	7 (1969,1934,1933,1928,1923,1913,1905)
3	New York Giants	7 (1942,1935,1931,1930,1929,1920,1909)
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	7 (2013,1976,1962,1937,1936,1911,1910)
3	St. Louis Cardinals	7 (2014,2001,1971,1952,1948,1922,1921)
4	Chicago White Sox	6 (1960,1953,1916,1907,1904,1902)
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	6 (2025,2004,1996,1985,1980,1961)
4	Milwaukee Brewers	6 (2023,2021,2018,1992,1987,1981)
5	Detroit Tigers	4 (2011,1972,1947,1944)
5	Minnesota Twins	4 (2020,1967,1966,1963)
5	Philadelphia Phillies	4 (2009,2008,1964,1950)
5	San Francisco Giants	4 (2010,1997,1959,1958)
5	Washington Senators	4 (1945,1918,1915,1912)

All-Time MLB Historical Standings – 5th Place (1901–2026)

Season History 5th Place List

Season	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB	L10	STRK	RS	RA	DIFF	X-W/L	HOME	AWAY	>.500
2026	Cincinnati Reds	19	11	.633	2.5	-	7-3	L1	127	132	-5	14-16	9-8	10-3	1-2
2025	Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	.574	4.0	-	8-2	W5	825	683	+142	95-67	52-29	41-40	31-27
2024	San Diego Padres	93	69	.574	5.0	+4.0	7-3	L1	760	669	+91	90-72	45-36	48-33	34-32
2023	Milwaukee Brewers	92	70	.568	12.0	-	6-4	W1	728	647	+81	90-72	49-32	43-38	35-29
2022	New York Yankees	99	63	.611	12.0	-	5-5	L2	807	567	+240	106-56	57-24	42-39	47-36
2021	Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	12.0	-	4-6	L4	738	623	+115	93-69	45-36	50-31	30-35
2020	Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600	7.0	6-4	L1	269	215	+54	36-24	24-7	12-17	12-8
2019	Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	10.0	+1.0	6-4	L1	845	680	+165	97-65	52-29	45-36	28-24
2018	Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589	12.5	-	9-1	W8	754	659	+95	91-72	51-30	45-37	48-43
2017	Arizona Diamondbacks	93	69	.574	11.0	+6.0	6-4	W1	812	659	+153	96-66	52-29	41-40	34-30
2016	Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	10.5	-	5-5	L2	878	694	+184	98-64	47-34	46-35	51-45
2015	Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	.574	7.0	-	6-4	L2	891	670	+221	102-60	53-28	40-41	49-30
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	8.0	-	6-4	W1	619	603	+16	83-79	51-30	39-42	34-25
2013	Pittsburgh Pirates	94	68	.580	3.0	+4.0	7-3	W3	634	577	+57	88-74	50-31	44-37	33-31
2012	Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	4.0	+6.0	7-3	W1	700	600	+100	92-70	48-33	46-35	40-34
2011	Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	7.0	-	7-3	W4	787	711	+76	89-73	50-31	45-36	24-18
2010	San Francisco Giants	92	70	.568	5.0	-	7-3	W1	697	583	+114	94-68	49-32	43-38	28-34
2009	Philadelphia Phillies	93	69	.574	10.0	-	4-6	W1	820	709	+111	92-70	45-36	48-33	36-31
2008	Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	.568	8.0	-	7-3	W3	799	680	+119	93-69	48-33	44-37	41-39
2007	Arizona Diamondbacks	90	72	.556	6.0	-	5-5	L2	712	732	-20	79-83	50-31	40-41	44-42
2006	Oakland Athletics	93	69	.574	4.0	-	4-6	W1	771	727	+44	85-77	49-32	44-37	38-35
2005	New York Yankees	95	67	.586	5.0	-	6-4	L1	886	789	+97	90-72	53-28	42-39	31-26
2004	Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	.574	12.0	-	6-4	L1	761	684	+77	89-73	49-32	44-37	38-37
2003	Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	6.0	-	6-4	L2	961	809	+152	94-68	53-28	42-39	39-34
2002	Arizona Diamondbacks	98	64	.605	5.5	-	4-6	W4	819	674	+145	95-67	55-26	43-38	29-33
2001	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	23.0	-	7-3	L1	814	684	+130	94-68	54-28	39-41	36-33
2000	New York Mets	94	68	.580	3.0	-	8-2	W5	807	738	+69	88-74	55-26	39-42	37-29
1999	Cleveland Indians	97	65	.599	6.0	-	5-5	L3	1009	860	+149	93-69	47-34	50-31	25-31
1998	Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	22.0	-	6-4	W1	876	729	+147	94-68	51-30	41-40	29-28
1997	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	11.0	-	7-3	L1	784	793	-9	80-82	48-33	42-39	40-28
1996	Los Angeles Dodgers	90	72	.556	9.5	-	4-6	L4	703	652	+51	87-75	47-34	43-38	50-36
1995	New York Yankees	79	65	.549	21.0	-	9-1	W5	749	688	+61	78-67	46-26	33-39	29-30
1994	Cleveland Indians	66	47	.584	7.5	-	6-4	W1	679	562	+117	66-47	35-16	31-31	12-24
1993	Montreal Expos	94	68	.580	10.0	7-3	W1	732	682	+50	87-76	55-26	39-42	42-45
1992	Milwaukee Brewers	92	70	.568	6.0	7-3	L2	740	604	+136	96-66	53-28	39-42	35-27
1991	Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	7.0	7-3	W1	684	622	+62	88-74	46-35	45-36	64-59
1990	Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562	12.0	5-5	L1	693	597	+96	92-70	46-35	45-36	37-35
1989	California Angels	91	71	.562	8.0	2-8	W1	669	578	+91	92-70	52-29	39-42	43-44
1988	Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	15.0	3-7	L3	813	689	+124	93-69	53-28	36-45	43-45
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	7.0	7-3	L1	862	817	+45	85-77	48-33	43-38	40-35
1986	New York Yankees	90	72	.556	18.0	7-3	W4	797	738	+59	87-75	41-39	49-33	42-34
1985	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	6.0	6-4	L1	682	579	+103	93-69	48-33	47-34	52-38
1984	Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	15.0	5-5	L1	750	696	+54	87-76	49-32	40-41	50-38
1983	New York Yankees	91	71	.562	8.0	6-4	L1	770	703	+67	88-74	51-30	40-41	35-29
1982	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	5.0	6-4	L1	784	717	+67	88-74	56-25	34-47	43-31
1981	Milwaukee Brewers	62	47	.569	4.5	6-4	L1	493	459	+34	58-51	28-21	34-26	37-30
1980	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	.564	11.5	6-4	L1	663	591	+72	90-73	55-27	37-44	49-42
1979	Boston Red Sox	91	69	.569	11.5	6-4	L1	841	711	+130	92-68	51-29	40-40	60-52
1978	Cincinnati Reds	92	69	.571	7.0	9-1	W7	710	688	+22	83-78	49-31	43-38	41-36
1977	Baltimore Orioles	97	64	.602	4.5	7-3	W1	719	653	+66	88-73	54-27	43-37	33-37
1976	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	.568	10.0	6-4	W3	708	630	+78	90-72	47-34	45-36	25-35
1975	Baltimore Orioles	90	69	.566	16.5	6-4	L1	682	553	+129	95-64	44-33	46-36	28-32
1974	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	13.0	7-3	W1	671	623	+48	86-76	47-34	42-39	45-39
1973	Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	10.0	6-4	W4	738	647	+91	91-71	48-33	41-40	32-40
1972	Detroit Tigers	86	70	.551	10.5	7-3	L1	558	514	+44	84-72	44-34	42-36	44-40
1971	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	13.0	7-3	L1	739	699	+40	86-77	45-36	45-36	43-47
1970	Oakland Athletics	89	73	.549	19.0	5-5	W1	678	593	+85	91-71	49-32	40-41	31-41
1969	Chicago Cubs	92	70	.568	17.0	4-6	W1	720	611	+109	94-69	49-32	43-38	59-55
1968	Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16.5	6-4	W1	516	504	+12	83-79	43-37	43-38	41-49
1967	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	10.5	5-5	L3	671	590	+81	92-72	52-29	39-42	41-31
1966	Minnesota Twins	89	73	.549	9.0	6-4	W1	663	581	+82	91-71	49-32	40-41	38-34
1965	Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	8.0	6-4	W1	641	578	+63	89-73	46-33	48-35	38-34
1964	Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	.568	7.0	2-8	W2	693	632	+61	88-74	46-35	46-35	32-40
1963	Minnesota Twins	91	70	.565	13.0	6-4	W2	767	602	+165	98-63	48-33	43-37	25-28
1962	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	68	.578	8.0	5-5	W1	706	626	+80	89-72	51-30	42-38	50-57
1961	Los Angeles Dodgers	89	65	.578	16.0	6-4	W1	735	697	+38	81-73	45-32	44-33	44-44
1960	Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	10.0	4-6	L2	741	617	+124	90-64	51-26	36-41	19-25
1959	San Francisco Giants	83	71	.539	11.0	2-8	L2	705	613	+92	87-67	42-35	41-36	30-36
1958	San Francisco Giants	80	74	.519	12.0	6-4	W1	727	698	+29	80-74	44-33	36-41	16-28
1957	Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	.545	14.0	4-6	L1	690	591	+99	88-66	43-34	41-36	43-45
1956	Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9.0	7-3	L2	712	581	+131	92-63	46-31	42-35	37-51
1955	Milwaukee Braves	85	69	.552	13.5	5-5	L2	743	668	+75	84-70	46-31	39-38	35-31
1954	Brooklyn Dodgers	92	62	.597	19.0	5-5	W4	778	740	+38	81-73	45-32	47-30	19-25
1953	Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	16.0	6-4	W3	716	592	+124	91-65	41-36	48-29	48-40
1952	St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	.571	8.5	5-5	L2	677	630	+47	82-72	48-29	40-37	44-44
1951	Boston Red Sox	87	67	.565	11.0	1-9	L9	804	725	+79	84-70	50-25	37-42	30-36
1950	Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	.591	7.0	3-7	W1	722	624	+98	89-68	48-29	43-34	46-42
1949	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	8.0	7-3	W7	675	574	+101	88-66	49-28	40-37	46-42
1948	St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	.552	11.5	7-3	L1	742	646	+96	87-68	44-33	41-36	45-43
1947	Detroit Tigers	85	69	.552	12.0	7-2	W5	714	642	+72	87-71	46-31	39-38	43-45
1946	New York Yankees	87	67	.565	17.0	7-3	W2	684	547	+137	93-61	47-30	40-37	17-27
1945	Washington Senators	87	67	.565	11.0	4-6	W1	622	562	+60	85-71	46-31	41-36	45-43
1944	Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	17.0	7-3	L1	658	581	+77	87-69	43-34	45-32	35-31
1943	Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	22.5	5-5	W3	600	577	+23	79-74	44-33	38-38	47-40
1942	New York Giants	85	67	.559	20.0	5-5	L1	675	600	+75	85-69	47-31	38-36	28-38
1941	Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17.0	6-4	L1	865	750	+115	88-67	47-30	37-40	25-19
1940	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	12.5	8-2	W2	817	671	+146	91-64	52-24	36-42	44-44
1939	Cleveland Indians	87	67	.565	20.5	6-4	L1	797	700	+97	86-68	44-33	43-34	39-49
1938	Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13.0	5-5	L2	847	782	+65	82-71	46-30	40-36	30-35
1937	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	68	.558	16.0	10-0	W10	704	647	+57	83-71	46-32	40-36	44-44
1936	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	.545	18.5	7-3	L2	804	718	+86	86-70	46-30	38-40	28-38
1935	New York Giants	91	62	.595	8.5	5-5	L1	770	675	+95	87-69	50-27	41-35	36-30
1934	Chicago Cubs	86	65	.570	13.5	5-5	W2	705	639	+66	83-69	47-30	39-35	33-32
1933	Chicago Cubs	86	68	.558	14.0	6-4	W2	646	536	+110	90-64	56-23	30-45	47-41
1932	Cleveland Indians	87	65	.572	19.0	6-3	0	845	747	+98	85-68	43-33	44-32	39-48
1931	New York Giants	87	65	.572	20.0	4-6	L1	768	599	+169	94-59	50-27	37-38	30-34
1930	New York Giants	87	67	.565	15.0	8-2	W3	959	814	+145	88-66	46-31	41-36	45-43
1929	New York Giants	84	67	.556	20.5	7-3	W2	897	709	+188	92-60	39-37	45-30	36-29
1928	Chicago Cubs	91	63	.591	10.0	6-4	W3	714	615	+99	87-67	52-25	39-38	61-49
1927	Philadelphia Athletics	91	63	.591	19.0	5-5	L1	841	726	+115	88-67	50-27	41-36	33-33
1926	Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6.0	7-3	L1	677	570	+107	87-63	44-27	39-40	54-52
1925	St. Louis Browns	82	71	.536	15.0	5-5	L2	900	906	-6	77-77	45-32	37-39	44-44
1924	New York Yankees	89	63	.586	3.5	6-4	L1	798	667	+131	89-64	45-32	44-31	18-26
1923	Chicago Cubs	83	71	.539	16.0	7-3	L1	756	704	+52	82-72	46-31	37-40	42-46
1922	St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	.552	9.0	5-5	W3	863	819	+44	81-73	42-35	43-34	45-43
1921	St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	.569	11.0	5-4	L1	809	681	+128	89-65	48-29	39-37	48-39
1920	New York Giants	86	68	.558	12.0	5-5	L2	682	543	+139	93-62	45-35	41-33	36-30
1919	New York Yankees	80	59	.576	15.5	9-1	W6	578	506	+72	79-62	46-25	34-34	27-33
1918	Washington Senators	72	56	.563	11.5	8-2	W1	461	412	+49	72-58	41-32	31-24	18-15
1917	Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12.0	7-3	W1	584	543	+41	83-73	44-34	44-32	32-34
1916	Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	5.0	7-3	W1	601	497	+104	91-64	49-28	40-37	59-51
1915	Washington Senators	85	68	.556	17.0	5-4	L2	569	491	+78	88-67	50-29	35-39	29-36
1913	Chicago Cubs	88	65	.575	13.5	6-4	W3	721	630	+91	87-68	51-25	37-40	33-32
1912	Washington Senators	91	61	.599	14.0	6-3	L1	699	581	+118	90-64	45-32	46-29	30-34
1911	Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	.552	17.5	3-7	L2	744	557	+187	98-57	48-29	37-40	40-48
1910	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	.562	17.5	4-6	L5	655	576	+79	86-68	46-30	40-37	31-35
1909	New York Giants	92	61	.601	18.5	5-5	L1	624	547	+77	88-70	44-33	48-28	35-31
1908	Cleveland Naps	90	64	.584	9.0	7-2	W2	569	459	+110	94-63	51-26	39-38	38-28
1907	Chicago White Sox	87	64	.576	19.5	3-6	W1	588	474	+114	94-63	48-29	39-35	33-32
1906	New York Highlanders	90	61	.596	25.5	5-4	W2	640	543	+97	89-66	53-23	37-38	47-38
1905	Chicago Cubs	92	61	.601	13.0	8-1	W4	667	442	+225	105-50	54-25	38-36	44-43
1904	Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	17.5	4-6	W3	600	482	+118	93-63	50-27	39-38	43-45
1903	Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	.556	14.5	8-2	L1	597	519	+78	77-60	44-21	31-39	25-32
1902	Chicago White Sox	74	60	.552	26.5	5-4	W1	675	602	+73	76-62	48-20	26-40	39-38
1901	Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	.581	9.5	7-3	W3	744	600	+144	82-55	43-25	36-32	41-38