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

The 3rd in MLB history from 1901 through the 2025 season

From the 1901 season through the 2025 season, the number of times each team finished 3rd in the standings, along with the corresponding seasons.

Rank	Team	Times & Seasons
1	New York Yankees	16 (2024,2019,2018,2012,2010,2001,1999,1997,1996,1977,1976,1948,1942,1934,1931,1920)
2	St. Louis Cardinals	11 (2000,1987,1981,1949,1947,1941,1939,1936,1930,1928,1927)
3	Boston Red Sox	7 (2004,1995,1986,1975,1950,1917,1916)
4	Cleveland Indians	6 (1955,1952,1940,1926,1921,1918)
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	6 (2023,2009,1988,1978,1973,1959)
4	New York Giants	6 (1954,1933,1922,1919,1910,1903)
5	Baltimore Orioles	5 (2014,1974,1968,1964,1960)
5	Chicago White Sox	5 (1990,1963,1957,1915,1906)
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	5 (1971,1958,1929,1912,1908)
5	San Francisco Giants	5 (2003,1989,1967,1966,1965)

All-Time MLB Historical Standings – 3rd Place (1901–2026)

Season History 3rd Place List

Season	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB	L10	STRK	RS	RA	DIFF	X-W/L	HOME	AWAY	>.500
2026	New York Yankees	20	11	.645	2.0	-	8-2	L1	153	106	+47	21-10	8-5	12-6	3-6
2025	Toronto Blue Jays	94	68	.580	3.0	-	5-5	W4	798	721	+77	88-74	54-27	40-41	35-28
2024	New York Yankees	94	68	.580	4.0	-	5-5	W1	815	668	+147	96-66	44-37	50-31	41-24
2023	Los Angeles Dodgers	100	62	.617	4.0	-	6-4	W1	906	699	+207	100-62	53-28	47-34	38-26
2022	Atlanta Braves	101	61	.623	10.0	-	7-3	L1	789	609	+180	100-62	55-26	46-35	37-34
2021	Tampa Bay Rays	100	62	.617	7.0	-	7-3	L1	857	651	+206	101-61	52-29	48-33	42-41
2020	San Diego Padres	37	23	.617	6.0	5-5	W3	325	241	+84	38-22	21-11	16-12	4-6
2019	New York Yankees	103	59	.636	4.0	-	4-6	L2	943	739	+204	99-63	57-24	46-35	38-26
2018	New York Yankees	100	62	.617	8.0	+3.0	7-3	L1	851	669	+182	99-63	53-28	47-34	37-27
2017	Houston Astros	101	61	.623	3.0	-	8-2	W1	896	700	+196	99-63	48-33	53-28	15-11
2016	Texas Rangers	95	67	.586	8.5	-	5-5	L2	765	757	+8	82-80	53-28	42-39	56-29
2015	Chicago Cubs	97	65	.599	3.0	-	8-2	W8	689	608	+81	90-72	49-32	48-33	38-28
2014	Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593	2.0	-	4-6	W1	705	593	+112	94-68	50-31	46-35	42-35
2013	Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	1.0	-	7-3	W1	767	625	+142	96-66	52-29	44-37	34-30
2012	New York Yankees	95	67	.586	3.0	-	7-3	W4	804	668	+136	95-67	51-30	44-37	39-40
2011	Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	.593	6.0	-	7-3	W2	721	638	+83	90-72	57-24	39-42	25-27
2010	New York Yankees	95	67	.586	2.0	-	3-7	L2	859	693	+166	97-65	52-29	43-38	50-42
2009	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	8.0	-	4-6	W2	780	611	+169	99-63	50-31	45-36	42-29
2008	Tampa Bay Rays	97	65	.599	3.0	-	6-4	W1	774	671	+103	92-70	57-24	40-41	45-41
2007	Los Angeles Angels	94	68	.580	2.0	-	4-6	L1	822	731	+91	90-72	54-27	40-41	36-27
2006	Minnesota Twins	96	66	.593	1.0	-	6-4	W1	801	683	+118	93-69	54-27	42-39	36-37
2005	Los Angeles Angels	95	67	.586	5.0	-	8-2	W4	761	643	+118	93-69	49-32	46-35	37-30
2004	Boston Red Sox	98	64	.605	7.0	-	7-3	L1	949	768	+181	96-66	55-26	43-38	34-24
2003	San Francisco Giants	100	61	.621	0.5	-	7-3	W2	755	638	+117	93-68	57-24	43-37	50-31
2002	Atlanta Braves	101	59	.631	1.5	-	6-4	L1	708	565	+143	97-64	52-28	49-31	29-20
2001	New York Yankees	95	65	.594	20.0	-	5-4	W1	804	713	+91	89-72	51-28	44-37	31-26
2000	St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	2.0	-	5-5	W1	887	771	+116	91-71	50-31	45-36	30-34
1999	New York Yankees	98	64	.605	5.0	-	5-5	L1	900	731	+169	96-66	48-33	50-31	35-21
1998	Houston Astros	102	60	.630	12.0	-	5-5	W1	874	620	+254	106-56	55-26	47-34	36-32
1997	New York Yankees	96	66	.593	5.0	-	8-2	W5	891	688	+203	100-62	47-33	49-33	21-24
1996	New York Yankees	92	70	.568	7.5	-	5-5	L1	871	787	+84	88-74	49-31	43-39	40-35
1995	Boston Red Sox	86	58	.597	14.0	-	5-5	L1	791	698	+93	80-64	42-30	44-28	32-27
1994	Atlanta Braves	68	46	.596	6.0	-	6-4	W1	542	448	+94	67-47	31-24	37-22	18-13
1993	Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599	7.0	4-6	L2	877	740	+137	93-69	52-29	45-36	48-39
1992	Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2.0	7-3	W3	780	682	+98	91-71	53-28	43-38	33-29
1991	Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	4.0	8-2	L1	749	644	+105	92-70	48-33	46-35	36-24
1990	Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	9.0	6-4	L1	682	633	+49	87-75	49-31	45-37	26-24
1989	San Francisco Giants	92	70	.568	7.0	4-6	L2	699	600	+99	92-70	53-28	39-42	47-37
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	.584	9.5	5-5	L1	628	544	+84	92-70	45-36	49-31	54-53
1987	St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	3.0	5-5	L2	798	693	+105	91-71	49-32	46-35	29-31
1986	Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	12.5	4-6	L4	794	696	+98	90-71	51-30	44-36	42-34
1985	New York Mets	98	64	.605	3.0	6-4	L2	695	568	+127	96-66	51-30	47-34	45-39
1984	San Diego Padres	92	70	.568	12.0	6-4	L1	686	634	+52	87-75	48-33	44-37	24-24
1983	Detroit Tigers	92	70	.568	7.0	6-4	L3	789	679	+110	92-70	48-33	44-37	29-35
1982	California Angels	93	69	.574	2.0	6-4	W3	814	670	+144	95-67	52-29	41-40	36-38
1981	St. Louis Cardinals	59	43	.578	4.0	7-3	W2	464	417	+47	57-46	32-21	27-22	32-22
1980	Kansas City Royals	97	65	.599	6.0	5-5	W2	809	694	+115	92-70	49-32	48-33	43-30
1979	Montreal Expos	95	65	.594	7.5	4-6	L1	701	581	+120	94-66	56-25	39-40	39-39
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	4.5	3-7	L1	727	573	+154	98-64	54-27	41-40	43-35
1977	New York Yankees	100	62	.617	2.0	7-3	W1	831	651	+180	99-63	55-26	45-36	41-29
1976	New York Yankees	97	62	.610	3.5	5-5	W3	730	575	+155	97-62	45-35	52-27	49-39
1975	Boston Red Sox	95	65	.594	12.0	6-4	L2	796	709	+87	88-72	47-34	48-31	33-25
1974	Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	11.0	9-1	W9	659	612	+47	86-76	46-35	45-36	42-42
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	95	66	.590	3.5	8-2	W5	675	565	+110	94-68	50-31	45-35	38-40
1972	Oakland Athletics	93	62	.600	3.0	7-3	W1	604	457	+147	97-58	48-29	45-33	43-37
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	97	65	.599	6.0	5-5	W1	788	599	+189	101-61	52-28	45-37	50-40
1970	Minnesota Twins	98	64	.605	10.0	6-4	W2	744	605	+139	96-66	51-30	47-34	40-32
1969	Minnesota Twins	97	65	.599	12.0	6-4	W1	790	618	+172	99-63	57-24	40-41	34-32
1968	Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12.0	4-6	L1	579	497	+82	92-70	47-33	44-38	46-44
1967	San Francisco Giants	91	71	.562	10.5	7-3	W3	652	551	+101	93-69	51-31	40-40	45-45
1966	San Francisco Giants	93	68	.578	4.5	8-2	W6	675	626	+49	86-75	47-34	46-34	50-40
1965	San Francisco Giants	95	67	.586	7.0	5-5	W2	682	593	+89	92-71	51-30	44-37	45-45
1964	Baltimore Orioles	97	65	.599	2.0	7-3	W3	679	567	+112	95-68	49-32	48-33	42-30
1963	Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	10.5	7-3	L1	683	544	+139	98-64	49-33	45-35	27-27
1962	Cincinnati Reds	98	64	.605	3.5	5-5	W2	802	685	+117	93-69	58-23	40-41	58-50
1961	Cincinnati Reds	93	61	.604	12.0	5-5	L2	710	653	+57	83-71	47-30	46-31	53-35
1960	Baltimore Orioles	89	65	.578	8.0	6-4	W2	682	606	+76	85-69	44-33	45-32	22-22
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	.564	7.0	8-2	W3	705	670	+35	82-74	46-32	42-36	39-29
1958	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	.545	8.0	5-5	L5	662	607	+55	83-71	49-28	35-42	23-21
1957	Chicago White Sox	90	64	.584	8.0	4-6	L2	707	566	+141	93-62	45-32	45-32	45-43
1956	Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	5.0	6-4	W1	709	569	+140	93-62	47-29	45-33	25-19
1955	Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	5.5	4-6	L1	698	601	+97	87-67	49-28	44-33	48-40
1954	New York Giants	97	57	.630	14.0	6-4	W1	732	550	+182	97-57	53-23	44-34	25-19
1953	Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	13.0	6-4	W1	738	589	+149	94-63	45-31	47-31	35-31
1952	Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	3.5	9-1	W3	763	606	+157	94-61	49-28	44-33	49-39
1951	Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	.618	2.5	4-6	L1	855	672	+183	96-62	49-29	48-31	32-15
1950	Boston Red Sox	94	60	.610	4.0	5-5	W1	1027	804	+223	94-60	55-22	39-38	29-37
1949	St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	.623	1.0	4-6	W1	766	616	+150	94-63	51-26	45-32	24-20
1948	New York Yankees	94	60	.610	2.5	5-5	L2	857	633	+224	98-56	50-27	44-33	45-43
1947	St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	8.0	8-2	L1	780	634	+146	93-63	46-31	43-34	33-33
1946	Brooklyn Dodgers	96	58	.623	8.0	7-3	L1	695	558	+137	93-62	56-21	40-37	36-30
1945	Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	9.5	4-6	W1	633	565	+68	86-69	50-26	38-39	51-36
1944	St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	16.0	9-1	W4	684	587	+97	88-66	54-23	35-42	37-29
1943	Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	18.0	8-2	W2	608	543	+65	85-70	48-29	39-38	28-38
1942	New York Yankees	103	51	.669	3.0	6-4	L1	801	507	+294	107-47	58-19	45-32	25-19
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	.634	3.5	6-4	W1	734	589	+145	93-62	53-24	44-32	39-27
1940	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	11.5	6-4	W2	710	637	+73	85-70	51-30	38-35	51-37
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	.601	15.0	6-4	L2	779	633	+146	92-63	51-27	41-34	48-39
1938	Chicago Cubs	89	63	.586	10.0	7-2	L1	713	597	+116	89-65	44-33	45-30	47-41
1937	Chicago Cubs	93	61	.604	9.0	8-2	W2	811	682	+129	89-65	46-32	47-29	51-37
1936	St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	.565	15.5	5-5	L3	795	794	+1	78-77	43-33	44-34	38-28
1935	Detroit Tigers	93	58	.616	5.5	3-7	L2	919	665	+254	98-54	53-25	40-33	39-27
1934	New York Yankees	94	60	.610	7.0	7-3	L1	842	669	+173	93-61	53-24	41-36	33-33
1933	New York Giants	91	61	.599	8.0	3-7	L1	636	515	+121	93-63	48-27	43-34	45-43
1932	Washington Senators	93	61	.604	14.0	7-3	W2	840	716	+124	88-66	51-26	42-35	45-43
1931	New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13.5	8-2	W4	1067	760	+307	101-54	51-25	43-34	33-33
1930	St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	.597	10.0	8-2	W1	1004	784	+220	94-60	53-24	39-38	43-45
1929	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	.575	17.5	6-4	W2	904	780	+124	87-67	45-31	43-34	37-28
1928	St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	6.0	6-4	L1	807	636	+171	94-60	42-35	53-24	57-53
1927	St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	.601	17.5	8-2	W1	754	665	+89	85-68	55-25	37-36	30-35
1926	Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3.0	5-5	W1	738	612	+126	90-64	49-31	39-35	61-49
1925	Philadelphia Athletics	88	64	.579	8.5	4-6	L1	831	713	+118	87-66	51-26	37-38	47-39
1924	Washington Senators	92	62	.597	1.5	7-3	L1	755	613	+142	93-63	47-30	45-32	27-17
1923	Cincinnati Reds	91	63	.591	8.0	6-4	L3	708	629	+79	85-69	46-32	45-31	43-45
1922	New York Giants	93	61	.604	1.0	6-4	W1	852	658	+194	96-60	51-27	42-34	50-38
1921	Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4.5	4-6	L2	925	712	+213	95-59	51-26	43-34	37-29
1920	New York Yankees	95	59	.617	3.0	7-3	W4	837	629	+208	97-57	49-28	46-31	25-19
1919	New York Giants	87	53	.621	9.0	7-3	W4	605	470	+135	86-54	46-23	41-30	33-27
1918	Cleveland Indians	73	54	.575	10.0	7-3	W4	504	447	+57	72-57	38-22	35-32	18-21
1917	Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9.0	5-5	L2	555	455	+100	93-64	45-33	45-29	29-36
1916	Boston Red Sox	91	63	.591	3.0	6-4	L2	550	480	+70	88-68	49-28	42-35	64-46
1915	Chicago White Sox	93	61	.604	9.5	10-0	W11	717	509	+208	101-54	54-24	39-37	25-41
1913	Washington Senators	90	64	.584	12.0	8-2	W2	596	562	+34	82-73	42-35	48-29	50-38
1912	Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	.616	11.5	7-3	W1	751	565	+186	95-57	44-31	49-27	21-20
1911	Chicago Cubs	92	62	.597	10.5	6-4	L1	757	607	+150	94-63	49-32	43-30	52-36
1910	New York Giants	91	63	.591	13.0	6-4	L1	715	567	+148	94-61	52-26	39-37	35-31
1909	Detroit Tigers	98	54	.645	12.0	6-3	W1	666	493	+173	100-58	57-19	41-35	36-29
1908	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	56	.636	1.0	8-2	L1	585	468	+117	93-62	42-35	56-21	36-30
1907	Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	.607	15.5	6-3	W3	584	511	+73	84-66	50-20	38-37	34-29
1906	Chicago White Sox	93	58	.616	22.5	7-3	L2	567	460	+107	92-62	54-23	39-35	49-36
1905	Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	.622	10.5	6-3	L2	623	488	+135	93-59	51-22	41-34	40-25
1904	New York Highlanders	92	59	.609	13.0	6-4	W1	598	526	+72	87-68	46-29	46-30	43-42
1903	New York Giants	84	55	.604	7.5	5-5	W2	729	567	+162	87-55	41-27	43-28	42-37
1902	St. Louis Browns	78	58	.574	23.5	6-4	L1	619	607	+12	71-69	49-21	29-37	34-42
1901	Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	.593	7.5	7-3	L1	668	543	+125	83-57	46-23	37-34	38-42