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

The 2nd in MLB history from 1901 through the 2025 season

From the 1901 season through the 2025 season, the number of times each team finished 2nd in the standings, along with the corresponding seasons.

Rank	Team	Times & Seasons
1	New York Yankees	13 (2011,2006,2004,2003,1994,1958,1955,1954,1953,1952,1949,1943,1933)
2	New York Giants	10 (1951,1937,1936,1923,1921,1917,1912,1911,1908,1906)
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	9 (2015,1990,1979,1960,1944,1927,1925,1905,1903)
4	Boston Red Sox	7 (2013,2007,1978,1967,1948,1938,1918)
4	St. Louis Cardinals	7 (1968,1946,1945,1935,1934,1931,1926)
5	Baltimore Orioles	6 (2023,1997,1983,1982,1980,1973)
5	Chicago Cubs	6 (2008,1989,1984,1929,1910,1909)
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	6 (2021,2019,1966,1965,1963,1962)
5	Oakland Athletics	6 (2002,2001,1992,1981,1975,1971)

All-Time MLB Historical Standings – 2nd Place (1901–2026)

Season History 2nd Place List

Season	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB	L10	STRK	RS	RA	DIFF	X-W/L	HOME	AWAY	>.500
2026	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	11	.645	2.0	-	5-5	L2	167	101	+66	22-9	12-6	8-5	5-1
2025	Philadelphia Phillies	96	66	.593	1.0	-	5-5	W1	778	648	+130	94-68	55-26	41-40	25-25
2024	Philadelphia Phillies	95	67	.586	3.0	-	4-6	W1	784	671	+113	92-70	54-27	41-40	38-25
2023	Baltimore Orioles	101	61	.623	3.0	-	6-4	L1	807	678	+129	94-68	49-32	52-29	39-24
2022	Houston Astros	106	56	.654	5.0	-	7-3	W2	737	518	+219	106-56	55-26	51-30	35-24
2021	Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	1.0	+16.0	9-1	W7	830	561	+269	109-53	58-23	48-33	28-23
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	3.0	8-2	W4	289	229	+60	36-24	20-9	20-11	14-6
2019	Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	1.0	-	8-2	W7	886	613	+273	107-55	59-22	47-34	40-27
2018	Houston Astros	103	59	.636	5.0	-	8-2	L1	797	534	+263	109-53	46-35	57-24	34-32
2017	Cleveland Indians	102	60	.630	2.0	-	7-3	W1	818	564	+254	108-54	49-32	53-28	25-14
2016	Washington Nationals	95	67	.586	8.5	-	6-4	W2	763	612	+151	97-65	50-31	45-36	24-22
2015	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	.605	2.0	+1.0	6-4	W1	697	596	+101	93-69	53-28	45-36	37-27
2014	Washington Nationals	96	66	.593	2.0	-	8-2	W2	686	555	+131	97-65	51-30	45-36	19-14
2013	Boston Red Sox	97	65	.599	-	-	5-5	L2	853	656	+197	100-62	53-28	44-37	49-41
2012	Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599	1.0	-	5-5	L1	669	588	+81	91-71	50-31	47-34	37-33
2011	New York Yankees	97	65	.599	5.0	-	5-5	L4	867	657	+210	101-61	52-29	45-36	41-38
2010	Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	.593	1.0	-	5-5	W2	802	649	+153	96-66	49-32	47-34	55-36
2009	Los Angeles Angels	97	65	.599	6.0	-	7-3	W3	883	761	+122	92-70	49-32	48-33	42-40
2008	Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	2.5	-	5-5	L1	855	671	+184	98-63	55-26	42-38	46-35
2007	Boston Red Sox	96	66	.593	-	-	6-4	L1	867	657	+210	101-61	51-30	45-36	35-34
2006	New York Yankees	97	65	.599	-	-	5-5	L2	930	767	+163	95-67	50-31	47-34	40-35
2005	Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	1.0	-	8-2	W5	741	645	+96	91-71	47-34	52-29	37-32
2004	New York Yankees	101	61	.623	4.0	-	6-4	W1	897	808	+89	89-73	57-24	44-37	32-27
2003	New York Yankees	101	61	.623	-	-	7-3	W2	877	716	+161	96-67	50-32	51-29	41-34
2002	Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636	0.5	-	8-2	W4	800	654	+146	96-66	54-27	49-32	39-36
2001	Oakland Athletics	102	60	.630	14.0	-	8-2	W6	884	645	+239	104-58	53-28	49-32	35-27
2000	Atlanta Braves	95	67	.586	2.0	-	5-5	L1	810	714	+96	90-72	51-30	44-37	36-27
1999	Arizona Diamondbacks	100	62	.617	3.0	-	8-2	W2	908	676	+232	102-60	52-29	48-33	26-22
1998	Atlanta Braves	106	56	.654	8.0	-	9-1	W7	826	581	+245	106-56	56-25	50-31	42-24
1997	Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	3.0	-	5-5	W2	812	681	+131	94-68	46-35	52-29	28-17
1996	Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	3.5	-	6-4	L1	773	648	+125	94-68	56-25	40-41	51-36
1995	Atlanta Braves	90	54	.625	10.0	-	5-5	L3	645	540	+105	84-60	44-28	46-26	36-23
1994	New York Yankees	70	43	.619	3.5	-	5-5	L3	670	534	+136	68-45	33-24	37-19	19-12
1993	San Francisco Giants	103	59	.636	1.0	8-2	L1	808	636	+172	98-64	50-31	53-28	49-38
1992	Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	2.0	4-6	W2	745	672	+73	89-73	51-30	45-36	33-29
1991	Minnesota Twins	95	67	.586	3.0	4-6	L1	776	652	+124	94-68	51-30	44-37	67-59
1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	.586	8.0	8-2	L1	733	619	+114	93-69	49-32	46-35	35-37
1989	Chicago Cubs	93	69	.574	6.0	8-2	W2	702	623	+79	90-72	48-33	45-36	50-40
1988	New York Mets	100	60	.625	3.0	7-3	W3	703	532	+171	100-60	56-24	44-36	59-35
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2.0	3-7	L7	845	655	+190	100-62	52-29	44-37	35-40
1986	Houston Astros	96	66	.593	12.0	8-2	W5	654	569	+85	91-71	52-29	44-37	34-26
1985	Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	1.5	4-6	L1	759	588	+171	99-62	54-26	45-36	47-40
1984	Chicago Cubs	96	65	.596	7.5	6-4	W2	762	658	+104	91-70	51-29	45-36	40-26
1983	Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	1.0	4-6	W1	799	652	+147	96-66	50-31	48-33	36-28
1982	Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	1.0	6-4	L1	774	687	+87	90-73	53-28	41-40	36-39
1981	Oakland Athletics	64	45	.587	2.5	6-4	W2	458	403	+55	61-48	35-21	29-24	29-35
1980	Baltimore Orioles	100	62	.617	3.0	7-3	W1	805	640	+165	98-64	50-31	50-31	45-31
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	.605	5.5	7-3	W1	775	643	+132	95-68	48-33	50-31	44-34
1978	Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1.0	8-2	L1	796	657	+139	96-67	59-23	40-41	53-39
1977	Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	1.0	7-3	W1	847	668	+179	98-64	60-21	41-40	49-41
1976	Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	1.0	8-2	W4	770	557	+213	104-58	53-28	48-33	35-25
1975	Oakland Athletics	98	64	.605	10.0	5-5	W3	758	606	+152	97-65	54-27	44-37	31-23
1974	Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	4.0	6-4	L2	776	631	+145	97-66	50-31	48-33	45-33
1973	Baltimore Orioles	97	65	.599	2.0	7-3	W1	754	561	+193	102-60	50-31	47-34	37-35
1972	Cincinnati Reds	95	59	.617	0.5	6-4	W3	707	557	+150	94-60	42-34	53-25	40-27
1971	Oakland Athletics	101	60	.627	1.5	5-5	W3	691	564	+127	95-66	46-35	55-25	41-24
1970	Cincinnati Reds	102	60	.630	6.0	7-3	W1	775	681	+94	91-71	57-24	45-36	43-29
1969	New York Mets	100	62	.617	9.0	9-1	L1	632	541	+91	92-70	52-30	48-32	64-50
1968	St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	6.0	4-6	W1	583	472	+111	96-66	47-34	50-31	41-31
1967	Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	9.5	6-4	W2	722	614	+108	93-69	49-32	43-38	36-36
1966	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	3.0	5-5	W1	606	490	+116	97-65	53-28	42-39	50-40
1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	.599	5.0	9-1	W2	608	521	+87	92-70	50-31	47-34	50-40
1964	Chicago White Sox	98	64	.605	1.0	9-1	W9	642	501	+141	99-63	52-29	46-35	35-37
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers	99	63	.611	5.5	6-4	L3	640	550	+90	93-70	50-31	49-32	57-51
1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	101	62	.620	1.0	2-8	L5	830	684	+146	96-67	53-28	48-34	59-50
1961	Detroit Tigers	101	61	.623	8.0	8-2	W4	841	671	+170	98-65	50-31	51-30	29-25
1960	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	.617	2.0	6-4	W2	734	593	+141	92-63	52-25	43-34	49-39
1959	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5.0	5-5	L2	745	646	+99	87-67	43-34	46-31	18-26
1958	New York Yankees	92	62	.597	-	3-7	W2	759	577	+182	97-58	44-33	48-29	53-35
1957	Milwaukee Braves	95	59	.617	3.0	8-2	W1	772	613	+159	94-61	45-32	50-27	53-35
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	93	61	.604	4.0	6-4	W3	720	601	+119	90-64	52-25	41-36	21-23
1955	New York Yankees	96	58	.623	2.5	8-2	L1	762	569	+193	97-57	52-25	44-33	46-42
1954	New York Yankees	103	51	.669	8.0	7-3	L1	805	563	+242	102-53	54-23	49-28	26-18
1953	New York Yankees	99	52	.656	4.5	4-6	L3	801	547	+254	101-50	50-27	49-25	49-36
1952	New York Yankees	95	59	.617	1.5	8-2	L1	727	557	+170	95-59	49-28	46-31	54-34
1951	New York Giants	98	59	.624	1.5	9-1	W1	781	641	+140	93-64	50-28	48-31	22-25
1950	Detroit Tigers	95	59	.617	3.0	4-6	L1	837	713	+124	90-67	50-30	45-29	32-34
1949	New York Yankees	97	57	.630	-	5-5	W2	829	637	+192	96-59	54-23	43-34	50-38
1948	Boston Red Sox	96	59	.619	1.0	5-5	L1	907	720	+187	94-61	55-23	41-36	52-37
1947	Brooklyn Dodgers	94	60	.610	3.0	4-6	L2	774	667	+107	88-67	52-25	42-35	35-31
1946	St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	8.0	5-5	L1	700	539	+161	95-59	48-29	48-29	43-23
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	3.0	7-3	W3	756	582	+174	96-59	48-29	47-30	57-31
1944	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	14.5	5-5	L1	744	662	+82	87-71	49-28	41-35	22-22
1943	New York Yankees	98	56	.636	7.0	7-3	W3	669	542	+127	92-63	54-23	44-33	48-40
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	.675	2.0	9-1	W8	742	512	+230	103-52	57-22	47-28	38-28
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	.649	1.0	7-3	W1	800	581	+219	101-56	52-25	48-29	37-29
1940	Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	10.5	7-3	L2	888	717	+171	92-63	50-29	40-35	45-43
1939	Cincinnati Reds	97	57	.630	10.5	7-3	L1	767	595	+172	96-60	55-25	42-32	46-42
1938	Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9.5	7-2	L1	902	751	+151	87-63	52-23	36-38	33-33
1937	New York Giants	95	57	.625	6.0	7-3	W2	732	602	+130	89-63	50-25	45-32	50-36
1936	New York Giants	92	62	.597	10.5	5-5	L2	742	621	+121	89-65	52-26	40-36	36-30
1935	St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	4.0	5-5	W2	829	625	+204	96-58	53-24	43-34	33-33
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	.621	5.5	8-2	W4	799	656	+143	91-63	48-29	47-29	39-26
1933	New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7.0	6-4	W1	927	768	+159	89-63	51-23	40-36	20-23
1932	Philadelphia Athletics	94	60	.610	13.0	6-4	L2	981	752	+229	95-59	51-26	43-34	45-43
1931	St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	.656	7.0	6-4	W3	815	614	+201	97-57	54-24	47-29	38-28
1930	Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8.0	5-5	W2	892	689	+203	95-59	56-21	38-39	41-25
1929	Chicago Cubs	98	54	.645	7.0	4-6	L2	982	758	+224	96-60	52-25	46-29	36-28
1928	Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2.5	6-4	L1	829	615	+214	97-56	52-25	46-30	22-22
1927	Pittsburgh Pirates	94	60	.610	16.0	5-5	L1	817	659	+158	93-63	48-31	46-29	38-28
1926	St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	2.0	5-5	L2	817	678	+139	91-65	47-30	42-35	32-34
1925	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	58	.621	2.0	6-4	L1	912	715	+197	93-60	52-25	43-33	39-26
1924	Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1.5	6-4	W1	717	679	+38	81-73	46-31	46-31	45-43
1923	New York Giants	95	58	.621	3.5	6-4	L2	854	679	+175	92-61	47-30	48-28	49-38
1922	St. Louis Browns	93	61	.604	1.0	6-4	W4	867	643	+224	98-56	54-23	39-38	51-37
1921	New York Giants	94	59	.614	4.0	5-5	L1	840	637	+203	95-58	53-26	41-33	50-37
1920	Chicago White Sox	96	58	.623	2.0	7-3	L1	794	664	+130	89-65	52-25	44-33	20-24
1919	Chicago White Sox	88	52	.629	8.0	3-7	L4	667	534	+133	84-56	48-22	40-30	35-25
1918	Boston Red Sox	75	51	.595	7.5	6-4	L1	474	380	+94	76-50	49-21	26-30	17-17
1917	New York Giants	98	56	.636	2.0	5-5	W2	635	457	+178	102-56	50-28	48-28	39-27
1916	Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	.595	2.5	5-5	L1	581	489	+92	89-65	50-29	41-33	35-31
1915	Detroit Tigers	100	54	.649	2.5	7-3	W2	778	597	+181	97-59	51-26	49-28	36-30
1913	Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	.627	5.5	2-8	L2	794	592	+202	97-56	50-26	46-31	49-39
1912	New York Giants	103	48	.682	1.5	5-4	W1	823	571	+252	102-52	49-25	54-23	21-21
1911	New York Giants	99	54	.647	3.0	6-4	L3	756	542	+214	100-54	49-25	50-29	54-34
1910	Chicago Cubs	104	50	.675	-	8-2	W1	711	497	+214	101-53	58-19	46-31	40-26
1909	Chicago Cubs	104	49	.680	6.5	7-3	W2	635	390	+245	110-45	47-29	57-20	36-30
1908	New York Giants	98	56	.636	1.0	6-4	L1	651	455	+196	103-54	52-25	46-31	38-28
1907	Detroit Tigers	92	58	.613	14.0	7-2	L2	693	531	+162	95-58	50-27	42-31	31-32
1906	New York Giants	96	56	.632	20.0	7-3	L1	625	509	+116	91-62	51-24	45-32	18-26
1905	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	57	.627	9.0	4-5	L5	692	570	+122	91-64	49-28	47-29	51-37
1904	Boston Americans	95	59	.617	11.5	8-2	L1	608	466	+142	97-60	49-30	46-29	47-41
1903	Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	.650	1.0	4-6	L2	793	613	+180	87-54	46-24	45-25	45-35
1902	Philadelphia Athletics	83	53	.610	18.5	7-3	L2	775	636	+139	81-56	56-17	27-36	42-37
1901	Chicago White Sox	83	53	.610	5.5	5-5	W1	819	631	+188	85-52	49-21	34-32	44-34