The National Baseball Association's top 100 minor league teams

In 2001, during the celebration of the centennial of the National Baseball Association, Minor League Baseball made baseball historians Bill Weiss and Marshall Wright to develop a list of the top 100 best minor-league baseball teams of all time. Here is their list:

1. 1934 Los Angeles Angels (137–50)
2. 1921 Baltimore Orioles (119–47)
3. 1937 Newark Bears (109–43)
4. 1924 Ft. Worth Panthers (109–41)
5. 1924 Baltimore Orioles (117–48)
6. 1920 St. Paul Saints (115–49)
7. 1903 Jersey City Skeeters (92–33)
8. 1937 Salisbury Indians (80–16)
9. 1920 Baltimore Orioles (110–43)
10. 1925 San Francisco Seals (128–71)
11. 1981 Albuquerque Dukes (94–38)
12. 1939 Kansas City Blues (107–47)
13. 1943 Los Angeles Angels (110–45)
14. 1920 Ft. Worth Panthers (108–40)
15. 1922 Baltimore Orioles (115–52)
16. 1938 Newark Bears (104–48)
17. 1922 Ft. Worth Panthers 109–46)
18. 1923 Kansas City Blues (112–54)
19. 1923 Baltimore Orioles (111–53)
20. 1922 Enid Harvesters (104–27)
21. 1920 Toronto Maple Leafs (108–46)
22. 1911 Denver Grizzlies (111–54)
23. 1992 Greenville Braves (100–43)
24. 1927 Buffalo Bisons (112–56)
25. 1954 Waco Pirates (105–42)
26. 1931 Hartford Senators (97–40)
27. 1902 Indianapolis Indians (96–45)
28. 1929 Kansas City Blues (111–56)
29. 1903 Los Angeles Angels (133–78)
30. 1955 Keokuk Kernels (92–34)
31. 1906 Portland Beavers (115–60)
32. 1921 Memphis Chicks (104–49)
33. 1925 Ft. Worth Panthers (103–48)
34. 1952 Norfolk Tars (96–36)
35. 1919 Baltimore Orioles (100–49)
36. 1951 Charlotte Hornets (100–44)
37. 1980 Denver Bears (92–44)
38. 1970 Hawaii Islanders (98–38)
39. 1926 Toronto Maple Leafs (109–57)
40. 1952 Miami Sun Sox (104–48)
41. 1907 Wichita Jobbers (98–35)
42. 1931 Houston Buffaloes (108–51)
43. 1933 Columbus Redbirds (101–51)
44. 1922 San Francisco Seals (127–72)
45. 1918 Toronto Maple Leafs (88–39)
46. 1921 Ft. Worth Panthers (107–51)
47. 1940 Nashville Vols (101–47)
48. 1924 Memphis Chicks (104–49)
49. 1924 Okmulgee Drillers (110–48)
50. 1928 San Francisco Seals (120–71)
51. 1902 Corsicana Oil Citys (87–23)
52. 1920 London Tecumsehs (86–32)
53. 1932 Newark Bears (109–59)
54. 1952 Milwaukee Brewers (101–53)
55. 1961 Reno Silver Sox (97–43)
56. 1931 Charlotte Hornets (100–37)
57. 1916 New London Planters (86–34)
58. 1933 Davenport Blue Sox (82–32)
59. 1905 Columbus Senators (100–52)
60. 1975 Waterloo Royals (93–35)
61. 1950 Winston–Salem Cards (106–47)
62. 1983 Reading Phillies (96–44)
63. 1906 Des Moines Champions (97–50)
64. 1949 Stroudsburg Poconos (10 –36)
65. 1941 Houston Buffaloes (103–50)
66. 1910 Joplin Miners (90–34)
67. 1949 Pensacola Fliers (98–42)
68. 1939 Sanford Lookouts (98–35)
69. 1980 Nashville Sounds (97–46)
70. 1978 Visalia Oaks (97–42)
71. 1909 San Francisco Seals (132–80)
72. 1992 Columbus Clippers (95–49)
73. 1993 Harrisburg Senators (94–44)
74. 1980 Peninsula Pilots (100–40)
75. 1979 Saltillo Saraperos (95–40)
76. 1902 Toronto Maple Leafs (85–42)
77. 1921 Independence Producers (103–38)
78. 1966 Spartanburg Phillies (91–35)
79. 1955 Fresno Cardinals (104–43)
80. 1910 Sioux City Packers (108–60)
81. 1951 Hazard Bombers (93–33)
82. 1941 Wilson Tobs (87–30)
83. 1932 Tulsa Oilers (98–48)
84. 1946 Montreal Royals (100–54)
85. 1941 Indianapolis Indians (100–54)
86. 1941 Newark Bears (100–54)
87. 1960 Toronto Maple Leafs (100–54)
88. 1922 St. Paul Saints (107–60)
89. 1990 West Palm Beach Expos (92–40)
90. 1946 Scranton Red Sox (90–43)
91. 1923 St. Paul Saints (111–57)
92. 1947 Havana Cubans (105–45)
93. 1978 Appleton Foxes (97–40)
94. 1946 Abilene Blue Sox (97–40)
95. 1986 Puebla Angeles (88–41)
96. 1950 Quebec Braves (97–40)
97. 1947 Lubbock Hubbers (99–41)
98. 1947 Stockton Ports (95–45)
99. 1944 Hartford Laurels (99–38)
100. 1944 Milwaukee Brewers (102–51)

See also

• Baseball awards #U.S. minor leagues

External links

• 100 Best Minor League Baseball Teams. Minor League Baseball official website
• How the rankings were done