List of Major League Baseball 100 win seasons
Updated: 11/6/2025, 2:12:14 AM Wikipedia source
Throughout 147 seasons (from 1876 to 2025, excluding 1981, 1994, and 2020), 119 teams have won 100 or more games in a single Major League Baseball season. While this makes the feat a relatively common occurrence, the 100-win threshold remains the hallmark of the best teams in a given season. The franchise with the most 100-win seasons is the New York Yankees, who have done so 21 times, with the Los Angeles Dodgers being second with 11 occasions. Sixty different managers have led a team to a 100-win season, with only one occasion where a 100-win team was led by multiple managers. Twenty-four managers have led a franchise to two or more 100-win seasons; Sparky Anderson, Whitey Herzog, Tony La Russa, Dusty Baker and Buck Showalter are the only managers to have led multiple franchises to a 100-win season. Joe McCarthy and Bobby Cox have the most 100-win seasons by a manager with six. Seven of the 30 major league franchises have never recorded a season with 100 wins. Among rookie managers, seven have accomplished 100 wins in their inaugural season, with the first being Mickey Cochrane in 1934 and the last being Rocco Baldelli in 2019. 68 of the 116 100-win teams have advanced to the World Series (.586), with 38 of them going on to win the Series (for a percentage of .559), while 23 teams that have won 100 games have lost in the first round of the postseason, with 22 being in the Division Series and one being in the Wild Card Series (introduced in 2022 full-time). The 2001 Seattle Mariners and 1906 Chicago Cubs hold the single-season record with 116 wins. Listed below are the Major League Baseball franchises that have had seasons with 100 or more wins.
Tables
| Season | Team | Team | Team | Team |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals, NL (106–48) (.688) | Brooklyn Dodgers, NL (104–50) (.675) | New York Yankees, AL (103–51) (.669) | |
| 1977 | Kansas City Royals, AL (102–60) (.630) | Philadelphia Phillies, NL (101–61) (.623) | New York Yankees, AL (100–62) (.617) | |
| 1998 | New York Yankees, AL (114–48) (.704) | Atlanta Braves, NL (106–56) (.654) | Houston Astros, NL (102–60) (.630) | |
| 2002 | New York Yankees, AL (103–58) (.640) | Oakland Athletics, AL (103–59) (.636) | Atlanta Braves, NL (101–59) (.631) | |
| 2003 | New York Yankees, AL (101–61) (.623) | Atlanta Braves, NL (101–61) (.623) | San Francisco Giants, NL (100–61) (.621) | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (104–58) (.642) | Cleveland Indians, AL (102–60) (.630) | Houston Astros, AL (101–61) (.623) | |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox, AL (108–54) (.667) | Houston Astros, AL (103–59) (.636), | New York Yankees, AL (100–62) (.617) | |
| 2019 | Houston Astros, AL (107–55) (.660) | Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (106–56) (.654) | New York Yankees, AL (103–59) (.636) | Minnesota Twins, AL (101–61) (.623) |
| 2021 | San Francisco Giants, NL (107–55) (.660), | Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (106–56) (.654), | Tampa Bay Rays, AL (100–62) (.617) | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (111–51) (.685) | Houston Astros, AL (106–56) (.654) | Atlanta Braves, NL (101–61) (.623) | New York Mets, NL (101–61) (.623) |
| 2023 | Atlanta Braves, NL (104–58) (.642) | Baltimore Orioles, AL (101–61) (.623) | Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (100–62) (.617) |
| † | Denotes manager to do so as a rookie |
| Manager (X) | Denotes the number of times the manager has won 100 games |
| Bold | Denotes manager whose team won championship that year |
| Season | Franchise | League | Wins | Losses | % | Manager | Finish |
| 1892 | Boston Beaneaters | NL | 102 | 48 | 680 | Frank Selee | Won National League |
| 1898 | Boston Beaneaters | NL | 102 | 47 | 685 | Frank Selee (2) | Won National League |
| 1899 | Brooklyn Superbas | NL | 101 | 47 | 682 | Ned Hanlon | Won National League |
| 1902 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL | 103 | 36 | 741 | Fred Clarke | Won National League |
| 1904 | New York Giants | NL | 106 | 47 | 693 | John McGraw | Won National League |
| 1905 | New York Giants | NL | 105 | 48 | 686 | John McGraw (2) | Won 1905 World Series |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 116 | 36 | 763 | Frank Chance | Lost 1906 World Series |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 107 | 45 | 704 | Frank Chance (2) | Won 1907 World Series |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL | 110 | 42 | 724 | Fred Clarke (2) | Won 1909 World Series |
| Chicago Cubs | NL | 104 | 49 | 680 | Frank Chance (3) | Finished 2nd in NL | |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 104 | 50 | 675 | Frank Chance (4) | Lost 1910 World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 102 | 48 | 680 | Connie Mack | Won 1910 World Series | |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 101 | 50 | 669 | Connie Mack (2) | Won 1911 World Series |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 105 | 47 | 691 | Jake Stahl | Won 1912 World Series |
| New York Giants | NL | 103 | 48 | 682 | John McGraw (3) | Lost 1912 World Series | |
| 1913 | New York Giants | NL | 101 | 51 | 664 | John McGraw (4) | Lost 1913 World Series |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 101 | 50 | 669 | Bill Carrigan | Won 1915 World Series |
| Detroit Tigers | AL | 100 | 54 | 649 | Hughie Jennings | Finished 2nd in AL | |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 100 | 54 | 649 | Pants Rowland | Won 1917 World Series |
| 1927 | New York Yankees | AL | 110 | 44 | 714 | Miller Huggins | Won 1927 World Series |
| 1928 | New York Yankees | AL | 101 | 53 | 656 | Miller Huggins (2) | Won 1928 World Series |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 104 | 46 | 693 | Connie Mack (3) | Won 1929 World Series |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 102 | 52 | 662 | Connie Mack (4) | Won 1930 World Series |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 107 | 45 | 704 | Connie Mack (5) | Lost 1931 World Series |
| St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 101 | 53 | 656 | Gabby Street | Won 1931 World Series | |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | AL | 107 | 47 | 695 | Joe McCarthy | Won 1932 World Series |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 101 | 53 | 656 | Mickey Cochrane† | Lost 1934 World Series |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 100 | 54 | 649 | Charlie Grimm | Lost 1935 World Series |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | AL | 102 | 51 | 667 | Joe McCarthy (2) | Won 1936 World Series |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | AL | 102 | 52 | 662 | Joe McCarthy (3) | Won 1937 World Series |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | AL | 106 | 45 | 702 | Joe McCarthy (4) | Won 1939 World Series |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 100 | 53 | 654 | Bill McKechnie | Won 1940 World Series |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | AL | 101 | 53 | 656 | Joe McCarthy (5) | Won 1941 World Series |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | NL | 100 | 54 | 649 | Leo Durocher | Lost 1941 World Series | |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 106 | 48 | 688 | Billy Southworth | Won 1942 World Series |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | NL | 104 | 50 | 675 | Leo Durocher (2) | Finished 2nd in NL | |
| New York Yankees | AL | 103 | 51 | 669 | Joe McCarthy (6) | Lost 1942 World Series | |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 105 | 49 | 682 | Billy Southworth (2) | Lost 1943 World Series |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 105 | 49 | 682 | Billy Southworth (3) | Won 1944 World Series |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 104 | 50 | 675 | Joe Cronin | Lost 1946 World Series |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NL | 105 | 49 | 682 | Chuck Dressen | Lost 1953 World Series |
| 1954 | Cleveland Indians | AL | 111 | 43 | 721 | Al López | Lost 1954 World Series |
| New York Yankees | AL | 103 | 51 | 669 | Casey Stengel | Finished 2nd in AL | |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | AL | 109 | 53 | 673 | Ralph Houk† | Won 1961 World Series |
| Detroit Tigers | AL | 101 | 61 | 623 | Bob Scheffing | Finished 2nd in AL | |
| 1962 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 103 | 62 | 624 | Al Dark | Lost 1962 World Series |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | NL | 102 | 63 | 618 | Walter Alston | Finished 2nd in NL | |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | AL | 104 | 57 | 646 | Ralph Houk (2) | Lost 1963 World Series |
| 1965 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 102 | 60 | 630 | Sam Mele | Lost 1965 World Series |
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