Top 100 Teams

As part of the 100th anniversary celebration in 2001, Minor League Baseball presented an exciting series of stories for fans. Bill Weiss and Marshall Wright, two veteran chroniclers of our great game, researched and rated the best Minor League teams of the century. The stories they produced and the rankings from No. 100 counting down to what they consider the best Minor League Baseball team of all time, appear on this website. More >

1 - 1934 Los Angeles Angels 2 - 1921 Baltimore Orioles 3 - 1937 Newark Bears 4 - 1924 Ft. Worth Panthers 5 - 1924 Baltimore Orioles 6 - 1920 St. Paul Saints 7 - 1903 Jersey City Skeeters 8 - 1937 Salisbury Indians 9 - 1920 Baltimore Orioles 10 - 1925 San Francisco Seals 11 - 1981 Albuquerque Dukes 12 - 1939 Kansas City Blues 13 - 1943 Los Angeles Angels 14 - 1920 Ft. Worth Panthers 15 - 1922 Baltimore Orioles 16 - 1938 Newark Bears 17 - 1922 Ft. Worth Panthers 18 - 1923 Kansas City Blues 19 - 1923 Baltimore Orioles 20 - 1922 Enid Harvesters 21 - 1920 Toronto Maple Leafs 22 - 1911 Denver Grizzlies 23 - 1992 Greenville Braves 24 - 1927 Buffalo Bisons 25 - 1954 Waco Pirates 26 - 1931 Hartford Senators 27 - 1902 Indianapolis Indians 28 - 1929 Kansas City Blues 29 - 1903 Los Angeles Angels 30 - 1955 Keokuk Kernels 31 - 1906 Portland Beavers 32 - 1921 Memphis Chicks 33 - 1925 Ft. Worth Panthers 34 - 1952 Norfolk Tars 35 - 1919 Baltimore Orioles 36 - 1951 Charlotte Hornets 37 - 1980 Denver Bears 38 - 1970 Hawaii Islanders 39 - 1926 Toronto Maple Leafs 40 - 1952 Miami Sun Sox 41 - 1907 Wichita Jobbers 42 - 1931 Houston Buffaloes 43 - 1933 Columbus Redbirds 44 - 1922 San Francisco Seals 45 - 1918 Toronto Maple Leafs 46 - 1921 Ft. Worth Panthers 47 - 1940 Nashville Vols 48 - 1924 Memphis Chicks 49 - 1924 Okmulgee Drillers 50 - 1928 San Francisco Seals 51 - 1902 Corsicana Oil Citys 52 - 1920 London Tecumsehs 53 - 1932 Newark Bears 54 - 1952 Milwaukee Brewers 55 - 1961 Reno Silver Sox 56 - 1931 Charlotte Hornets 57 - 1916 New London Planters 58 - 1933 Davenport Blue Sox 59 - 1905 Columbus Senators 60 - 1975 Waterloo Royals 61 - 1950 Winston-Salem Cards 62 - 1983 Reading Phillies 63 - 1906 Des Moines Champions 64 - 1949 Stroudsburg Poconos 65 - 1941 Houston Buffaloes 66 - 1910 Joplin Miners 67 - 1949 Pensacola Fliers 68 - 1939 Sanford Lookouts 69 - 1980 Nashville Sounds 70 - 1978 Visalia Oaks 71 - 1909 San Francisco Seals 72 - 1992 Columbus Clippers 73 - 1993 Harrisburg Senators 74 - 1980 Peninsula Pilots 75 - 1979 Saltillo Saraperos 76 - 1902 Toronto Maple Leafs 77 - 1921 Independence Producers 78 - 1966 Spartanburg Phillies 79 - 1955 Fresno Cardinals 80 - 1910 Sioux City Packers 81 - 1951 Hazard Bombers 82 - 1941 Wilson Tobs 83 - 1932 Tulsa Oilers 84 - 1946 Montreal Royals 85 - 1948 Indianapolis Indians 86 - 1941 Newark Bears 87 - 1960 Toronto Maple Leafs 88 - 1922 St. Paul Saints 89 - 1990 West Palm Beach Expos 90 - 1946 Scranton Red Sox 91 - 1923 St. Paul Saints 92 - 1947 Havana Cubans 93 - 1978 Appleton Foxes 94 - 1946 Abilene Blue Sox 95 - 1986 Puebla Angeles 96 - 1950 Quebec Braves 97 - 1947 Lubbock Hubbers 98 - 1947 Stockton Ports 99 - 1944 Hartford Laurels 100 - 1944 Milwaukee Brewers