Major League Baseball which is most commonly known as MLB is a professional baseball organization and professional sports league.
The history of the league goes back to the twentieth century (1903). Before that National League was founded on April 22, 1876, and American League was founded on April 22, 1901. Both leagues signed an agreement 119 years ago in 1903. But both leagues remained separate until 2000. In 2000, both leagues were merged and MLB was formed.
The commissioner of the MLB is Rob Manfred who is also an American lawyer and business executive. The headquarter of Major League Baseball is located in Midtown Manhattan. The TV partners of the MLB in the broadcast United States are ESPN/ESPN2/ABC, Fox/FS1, TBS, MLB Network and ESPN+ NBC/Peacock, Apple TV+, and YouTube in live streaming. In Canada, the TV partners of broadcast are Sportsnet, TSN1, TSN2, TSN3, TSN4, TSN4, RDS, TVA Sports, and MLB Network while Apple TV+ and YouTube are the live streaming partners of MLB.
The name of teams that are in Major League Baseball and their standings in the current season (2022) are as follows:
- American League's Teams
|
Team Name |
Division |
Rank |
W |
L |
|
New York Yankees |
East |
1st |
99 |
63 |
|
Toronto Blue Jays |
East |
2nd |
92 |
70 |
|
Tampa Bay Rays |
East |
3rd |
86 |
76 |
|
Baltimore Orioles |
East |
4th |
83 |
79 |
|
Boston Red Sox |
East |
5th |
78 |
84 |
|
Cleveland Guardians |
Central |
1st |
92 |
70 |
|
Chicago White Sox |
Central |
2nd |
81 |
81 |
|
Minnesota Twins |
Central |
3rd |
78 |
84 |
|
Detriot Tigers |
Central |
4th |
66 |
96 |
|
Kansas City Royals |
Central |
5th |
65 |
97 |
|
Houston Astros |
West |
1st |
106 |
56 |
|
Seattle Mariners |
West |
2nd |
90 |
72 |
|
Los Angeles Angels |
west |
3rd |
73 |
89 |
|
Texas Rangers |
Wess |
4th |
69 |
94 |
|
Oakland Athletics |
West |
5th |
55 |
102 |
- National League's Teams
|
Team Name |
Division |
Rank |
W |
L |
|
Atlanta Braves |
East |
1st |
101 |
61 |
|
New York Mets |
East |
2nd |
101 |
61 |
|
Philadelphia Phillies |
East |
3rd |
87 |
75 |
|
Miami Marlins |
East |
4th |
69 |
93 |
|
Washington Nationals |
East |
5th |
55 |
107 |
|
St. Louis Cadinals |
Central |
1st |
93 |
69 |
|
Milwaukee Brewers |
Central |
2nd |
84 |
76 |
|
Chicago Cubs |
Central |
3rd |
74 |
88 |
|
Pittsburgh Pirates |
Central |
4th |
62 |
100 |
|
Cincinnati Red |
Central |
5th |
62 |
100 |
|
Los Angeles Dodgers |
West |
1st |
111 |
51 |
|
San Diego Padres |
West |
2nd |
89 |
73 |
|
San Francisco Giants |
West |
3rd |
81 |
81 |
|
Arizona Diamodbacks |
West |
4th |
74 |
88 |
|
Colorado Rockies |
West |
5th |
68 |
94 |
As we can see from every division teams were performing their best to reach the top position. But New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Dodgers led the 1st position in their divisions. The other teams were trying to outperform the top teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers had the highest W points as they had 111 while Washington Nationals had the lowest W points at 55. And Los Angeles Dodgers had the lowest L point 51 while Washington National had the highest L point as they had 107 points.