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

The 4th in MLB history from 1901 through the 2025 season

From the 1901 season through the 2025 season, the number of times each team finished 4th in the standings, along with the corresponding seasons.

Rank	Team	Times & Seasons
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	10 (1992,1975,1966,1938,1933,1924,1923,1921,1907,1906)
2	Chicago White Sox	8 (2000,1994,1972,1965,1958,1955,1954,1905)
3	Detroit Tigers	7 (2006,1971,1967,1946,1937,1911,1908)
3	New York Yankees	7 (2025,2007,1985,1970,1962,1935,1929)
4	Boston Red Sox	6 (2009,2008,2005,1949,1942,1939)
4	Chicago Cubs	6 (1936,1932,1930,1912,1904,1903)
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	6 (2014,1991,1983,1981,1977,1976)
4	New York Giants	6 (1952,1934,1928,1927,1925,1918)
4	Oakland Athletics	6 (2020,2018,2012,2003,1974,1973)
5	Cincinnati Reds	5 (1995,1944,1941,1926,1922)
5	Cleveland Indians	5 (2016,1953,1951,1950,1919)

All-Time MLB Historical Standings – 4th Place (1901–2026)

Season History 4th Place List

Season	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB	L10	STRK	RS	RA	DIFF	X-W/L	HOME	AWAY	>.500
2026	San Diego Padres	19	11	.633	2.5	+2.0	6-4	L2	139	131	+8	16-14	10-6	9-5	4-4
2025	New York Yankees	94	68	.580	3.0	+7.0	9-1	W8	849	685	+164	97-65	50-31	44-37	32-30
2024	Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	5.0	-	5-5	L1	777	641	+136	95-67	47-34	46-35	35-30
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	99	63	.611	5.0	+10.0	6-4	W2	860	665	+195	100-62	53-28	46-35	34-30
2022	New York Mets	101	61	.623	10.0	+14.0	5-5	W3	772	606	+166	99-63	54-27	47-34	42-29
2021	Houston Astros	95	67	.586	12.0	-	4-6	W2	863	658	+205	101-61	51-30	44-37	42-28
2020	Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600	7.0	5-5	W1	274	232	+42	35-25	22-10	14-14
2019	Minnesota Twins	101	61	.623	6.0	-	8-2	L1	939	754	+185	97-65	46-35	55-26	26-26
2018	Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	11.0	-	6-4	L1	813	674	+139	95-67	50-31	47-34	29-34
2017	Washington Nationals	97	65	.599	7.0	-	5-5	L2	819	672	+147	96-66	47-34	50-31	21-18
2016	Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584	9.0	-	6-4	W3	777	676	+101	91-70	53-28	41-39	45-39
2015	Kansas City Royals	95	67	.586	5.0	-	6-4	W5	724	641	+83	90-72	51-30	44-37	42-36
2014	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	68	.580	4.0	-	8-2	W5	718	617	+101	92-70	45-36	49-32	19-26
2013	Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	1.0	-	6-4	W1	688	548	+140	98-64	56-25	40-41	34-19
2012	Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	4.0	-	8-2	W6	713	614	+99	92-70	50-31	44-37	42-37
2011	Texas Rangers	96	66	.593	6.0	-	9-1	W6	855	677	+178	98-64	52-29	44-37	32-34
2010	Minnesota Twins	94	68	.580	3.0	-	2-8	L1	781	671	+110	92-70	53-28	41-40	45-38
2009	Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	8.0	-	4-6	W4	872	736	+136	93-69	56-25	39-42	36-37
2008	Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	5.0	-	6-4	W1	845	694	+151	95-67	56-25	39-42	40-43
2007	New York Yankees	94	68	.580	2.0	-	6-4	W2	968	777	+191	97-65	52-29	42-39	38-31
2006	Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	2.0	-	4-6	L5	822	675	+147	95-67	46-35	49-32	34-40
2005	Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	5.0	-	7-3	W1	910	805	+105	90-72	54-27	41-40	33-25
2004	Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	9.0	-	7-3	L1	803	668	+135	95-67	49-32	47-34	43-33
2003	Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	5.0	-	5-5	L3	768	643	+125	94-68	57-24	39-42	35-34
2002	Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	4.5	-	4-6	W2	851	644	+207	101-61	54-27	45-36	34-37
2001	Houston Astros	93	69	.574	23.0	-	3-7	W1	847	769	+78	88-74	44-37	49-32	36-33
2000	Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	2.0	-	4-6	L1	978	839	+139	92-70	46-35	49-32	45-33
1999	Houston Astros	97	65	.599	6.0	-	5-5	W2	823	675	+148	96-66	50-32	47-33	18-29
1998	San Diego Padres	98	64	.605	16.0	-	3-7	W1	749	635	+114	93-69	54-27	44-37	38-31
1997	Florida Marlins	92	70	.568	9.0	-	3-7	L4	740	669	+71	88-74	52-29	40-41	35-33
1996	San Diego Padres	91	71	.562	8.5	-	6-4	W3	771	682	+89	90-72	45-36	46-35	38-49
1995	Cincinnati Reds	85	59	.590	15.0	-	5-5	W1	747	623	+124	84-60	44-28	41-31	33-22
1994	Chicago White Sox	67	46	.593	6.5	-	6-4	W1	633	498	+135	69-44	34-19	33-27	18-16
1993	Toronto Blue Jays	95	67	.586	9.0	7-3	W1	847	742	+105	91-71	48-33	47-34	43-44
1992	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	2.0	7-3	W1	693	595	+98	92-70	53-28	43-38	46-38
1991	Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	.574	5.0	5-5	W1	665	565	+100	93-69	54-27	39-42	34-26
1990	New York Mets	91	71	.562	12.0	6-4	W1	775	613	+162	98-64	52-29	39-42	40-32
1989	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7.0	5-5	L1	690	635	+55	87-75	55-26	37-44	53-34
1988	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	13.0	8-2	W3	759	672	+87	90-72	47-34	44-37	42-44
1987	New York Mets	92	70	.568	6.0	5-5	W2	823	698	+125	93-69	49-32	43-38	33-27
1986	California Angels	92	70	.568	16.0	3-7	L1	786	684	+102	91-71	50-32	42-38	41-32
1985	New York Yankees	97	64	.602	3.5	8-2	W1	839	660	+179	98-63	58-22	39-42	51-36
1984	New York Mets	90	72	.556	14.0	7-3	L1	652	676	-24	78-84	48-33	42-39	29-37
1983	Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	.562	8.0	3-6	L2	654	609	+45	87-76	48-32	43-39	53-37
1982	St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	3.0	4-6	W1	685	609	+76	90-72	46-35	46-35	55-47
1981	Los Angeles Dodgers	63	47	.573	4.0	4-6	L1	450	356	+94	67-43	33-23	30-24	36-27
1980	Houston Astros	93	70	.571	10.5	6-4	W1	637	589	+48	87-76	55-26	38-44	45-46
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	95	66	.590	8.0	6-4	L1	807	722	+85	89-72	52-29	43-37	63-49
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6.5	7-3	W3	804	650	+154	97-65	54-27	39-42	46-44
1977	Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	.605	4.0	6-4	L1	769	582	+187	101-61	51-30	47-34	44-40
1976	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	.568	10.0	6-4	L2	608	543	+65	89-73	49-32	43-38	26-28
1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	69	.571	15.5	5-5	L1	712	565	+147	97-64	52-28	40-41	43-35
1974	Oakland Athletics	90	72	.556	12.0	5-5	L2	689	551	+138	97-65	49-32	41-40	47-43
1973	Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	5.0	4-6	L1	758	615	+143	96-66	50-31	44-37	34-38
1972	Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	8.5	6-4	L1	566	538	+28	81-73	55-23	32-44	37-40
1971	Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	12.0	5-5	L1	701	645	+56	87-75	54-27	37-44	38-40
1970	New York Yankees	93	69	.574	15.0	8-2	W1	680	612	+68	89-74	53-28	40-41	35-37
1969	Atlanta Braves	93	69	.574	16.0	9-1	L1	691	631	+60	88-74	50-31	43-38	66-54
1968	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	15.0	6-4	L1	599	529	+70	91-72	42-39	46-35	38-34
1967	Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	10.5	6-4	L1	683	587	+96	93-70	52-29	39-42	35-37
1966	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	.568	6.0	4-6	L3	759	641	+118	93-69	46-35	46-35	43-47
1965	Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	7.0	8-2	W3	647	555	+92	92-70	48-33	47-34	35-37
1964	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	6.0	8-2	W1	715	652	+63	88-74	48-33	45-36	40-32
1963	St. Louis Cardinals	93	69	.574	11.5	2-8	W1	747	628	+119	94-68	53-28	40-41	54-54
1962	New York Yankees	96	66	.593	5.5	7-3	L1	817	680	+137	94-68	50-30	46-36	42-30
1961	Baltimore Orioles	95	67	.586	14.0	6-4	W3	691	588	+103	93-70	48-33	47-34	29-25
1960	Milwaukee Braves	88	66	.571	9.0	6-4	L2	724	658	+66	84-70	51-26	37-40	44-44
1959	Milwaukee Braves	86	70	.551	9.0	6-4	L2	724	623	+101	89-68	49-29	37-41	37-31
1958	Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10.0	5-5	W1	634	615	+19	80-75	47-30	35-42	41-47
1957	St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	.565	11.0	3-7	L3	737	666	+71	84-70	42-35	45-32	47-41
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	91	63	.591	6.0	8-2	W2	775	658	+117	89-66	51-26	40-37	20-24
1955	Chicago White Sox	91	63	.591	7.5	6-4	W4	725	557	+168	96-59	49-28	42-35	48-40
1954	Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	17.0	4-6	W1	711	521	+190	99-56	45-32	49-28	18-26
1953	Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	13.0	8-2	L1	770	627	+143	92-63	53-24	39-38	42-46
1952	New York Giants	92	62	.597	4.5	5-5	L2	722	639	+83	86-68	50-27	42-35	48-40
1951	Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	5.0	3-7	L1	696	594	+102	89-66	53-24	40-37	31-35
1950	Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	6.0	9-1	W1	806	654	+152	92-63	49-28	43-34	33-33
1949	Boston Red Sox	96	58	.623	1.0	7-3	L2	896	667	+229	98-57	61-16	35-42	46-42
1948	Boston Braves	91	62	.595	5.0	6-4	W2	739	584	+155	93-61	45-31	46-31	48-40
1947	Boston Braves	86	68	.558	11.0	7-3	W3	701	626	+75	85-69	50-27	36-41	34-32
1946	Detroit Tigers	92	62	.597	12.0	7-3	L1	704	567	+137	93-62	48-30	44-32	20-24
1945	Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	.565	11.0	7-3	W4	795	724	+71	84-71	48-30	39-37	44-44
1944	Cincinnati Reds	89	65	.578	16.0	7-3	L2	573	537	+36	82-73	45-33	44-32	20-24
1943	Washington Senators	84	69	.549	20.5	3-7	L2	666	595	+71	84-69	44-32	40-37	41-46
1942	Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	12.0	7-3	W3	761	594	+167	93-59	53-24	40-35	23-21
1941	Cincinnati Reds	88	66	.571	13.0	8-2	L1	616	564	+52	83-71	45-34	43-32	30-36
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	.575	12.0	5-5	W1	697	621	+76	86-70	41-37	47-28	32-34
1939	Boston Red Sox	89	62	.589	17.0	7-3	W1	890	795	+95	84-68	42-32	47-30	40-45
1938	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	.573	12.0	3-7	L2	707	630	+77	84-68	44-33	42-31	48-40
1937	Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13.0	4-6	W1	935	841	+94	85-70	49-28	40-37	44-44
1936	Chicago Cubs	87	67	.565	15.5	6-4	W2	755	603	+152	93-61	50-27	37-40	30-36
1935	New York Yankees	89	60	.597	8.5	8-2	W1	818	632	+186	92-57	41-33	48-27	37-28
1934	New York Giants	93	60	.608	7.5	4-6	L5	760	583	+177	95-58	49-26	44-34	34-31
1933	Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	13.0	6-4	W2	667	619	+48	82-72	50-27	37-40	42-46
1932	Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	17.0	5-5	L1	720	633	+87	86-68	53-24	37-40	51-37
1931	Washington Senators	92	62	.597	16.0	5-5	L4	843	690	+153	92-64	55-22	37-40	34-32
1930	Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	12.0	8-2	W6	998	870	+128	88-68	51-26	39-38	46-42
1929	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18.0	5-5	L2	899	775	+124	87-67	49-28	39-38	30-36
1928	New York Giants	93	61	.604	8.0	7-3	W1	807	653	+154	92-63	51-26	42-35	60-50
1927	New York Giants	92	62	.597	18.0	7-2	W2	817	720	+97	86-69	49-25	43-37	35-31
1926	Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	4.0	2-7	W1	747	651	+96	88-69	53-23	34-44	36-30
1925	New York Giants	86	66	.566	10.5	5-5	L2	736	702	+34	79-73	47-29	39-37	35-30
1924	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3.0	5-5	W1	724	586	+138	91-62	49-28	41-35	47-41
1923	Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	12.0	5-5	W2	786	696	+90	86-68	47-30	40-37	46-42
1922	Cincinnati Reds	86	68	.558	8.0	7-2	W2	766	677	+89	87-69	48-29	38-39	40-48
1921	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	8.0	4-5	W1	692	595	+97	88-66	45-31	45-32	41-46
1920	Brooklyn Robins	93	61	.604	5.0	7-3	W2	660	528	+132	93-62	49-29	44-32	37-29
1919	Cleveland Indians	84	55	.604	11.5	7-3	L1	636	537	+99	80-59	44-25	40-30	29-31
1918	New York Giants	71	53	.573	10.5	6-4	L1	480	415	+65	70-54	35-21	36-32	21-37
1917	Philadelphia Phillies	87	65	.572	12.0	5-5	L2	578	500	+78	87-67	46-29	41-36	35-31
1916	Boston Braves	89	63	.586	4.0	5-5	W1	542	453	+89	92-66	41-31	48-32	35-30
1915	Philadelphia Phillies	90	62	.592	11.5	7-3	W2	589	463	+126	93-60	49-27	41-35	23-20
1913	Philadelphia Phillies	88	63	.583	12.5	2-6	L2	693	636	+57	86-73	43-33	45-30	26-38
1912	Chicago Cubs	91	59	.607	13.0	4-5	W2	756	668	+88	85-67	46-30	45-29	21-22
1911	Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13.5	3-7	L2	831	777	+54	82-72	51-25	38-40	61-49
1910	New York Highlanders	88	63	.583	14.5	8-2	W5	626	557	+69	86-70	49-25	39-38	31-34
1909	Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	.621	15.5	5-5	W2	605	411	+194	102-51	49-27	46-31	35-30
1908	Detroit Tigers	90	63	.588	8.5	8-2	W1	647	547	+100	89-65	44-33	46-30	34-32
1907	Pittsburgh Pirates	91	63	.591	17.0	3-7	L1	634	510	+124	94-63	47-29	44-34	30-36
1906	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	60	.608	23.5	5-5	W1	623	470	+153	96-58	49-27	44-33	16-27
1905	Chicago White Sox	92	60	.605	12.5	5-4	L1	612	451	+161	101-57	50-29	42-31	36-29
1904	Chicago Cubs	93	60	.608	13.0	7-3	L1	597	517	+80	88-68	49-27	44-33	33-32
1903	Chicago Cubs	82	56	.594	9.0	6-4	W1	695	599	+96	79-60	45-28	37-28	41-39
1902	Boston Americans	77	60	.562	25.0	6-4	W3	664	600	+64	75-63	43-27	34-33	42-38
1901	Boston Americans	79	57	.581	9.5	7-3	W6	759	608	+151	83-55	49-20	30-37	40-38