Data courtesy ESPN.com.
Ratings include all games through 27 October 2004. 2462 game results were used.
Weight of tied games = 0
| Rk | Team | Div. | Z-Rating | BSWP | Record | Pct | Ratio | SOS | Rk | ||||
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | NC | 173.92 | .6365 | 112-65 | .633 | 1.723 | 100.94 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | AE | 171.30 | .6329 | 109-67 | .619 | 1.627 | 105.29 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | New York Yankees | AE | 164.45 | .6232 | 107-66 | .618 | 1.621 | 101.44 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Atlanta Braves | NE | 135.33 | .5758 | 98-69 | .587 | 1.420 | 95.280 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | Houston Astros | NC | 134.68 | .5746 | 98-76 | .563 | 1.289 | 104.45 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Oakland Athletics | AW | 132.06 | .5698 | 91-71 | .562 | 1.282 | 103.04 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | Anaheim Angels | AW | 131.17 | .5681 | 92-73 | .558 | 1.260 | 104.08 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | Texas Rangers | AW | 126.20 | .5585 | 89-73 | .549 | 1.219 | 103.52 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NW | 125.80 | .5577 | 94-72 | .566 | 1.306 | 96.358 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Chicago Cubs | NC | 125.56 | .5572 | 89-73 | .549 | 1.219 | 102.98 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | San Francisco Giants | NW | 120.85 | .5477 | 91-71 | .562 | 1.282 | 94.287 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Minnesota Twins | AC | 117.30 | .5402 | 93-73 | .560 | 1.274 | 92.074 | 30 | ||||
| 13 | Philadelphia Phillies | NE | 108.68 | .5210 | 86-76 | .531 | 1.132 | 96.044 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | San Diego Padres | NW | 107.96 | .5193 | 87-75 | .537 | 1.160 | 93.069 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Chicago White Sox | AC | 102.04 | .5051 | 83-79 | .512 | 1.051 | 97.124 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Florida Marlins | NE | 101.04 | .5026 | 83-79 | .512 | 1.051 | 96.168 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Baltimore Orioles | AE | 96.812 | .4918 | 78-84 | .481 | 0.929 | 104.26 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | Cleveland Indians | AC | 93.902 | .4841 | 80-82 | .494 | 0.976 | 96.249 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Cincinnati Reds | NC | 92.343 | .4799 | 76-86 | .469 | 0.884 | 104.49 | 7 | ||||
| 20 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NC | 84.838 | .4586 | 72-89 | .447 | 0.809 | 104.87 | 6 | ||||
| 21 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | AE | 81.434 | .4483 | 70-91 | .435 | 0.769 | 105.86 | 4 | ||||
| 22 | Detroit Tigers | AC | 77.983 | .4376 | 72-90 | .444 | 0.800 | 97.479 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | New York Mets | NE | 77.891 | .4373 | 71-91 | .438 | 0.780 | 99.832 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Toronto Blue Jays | AE | 76.102 | .4315 | 67-94 | .416 | 0.713 | 106.77 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Milwaukee Brewers | NC | 75.487 | .4295 | 67-94 | .416 | 0.713 | 105.91 | 3 | ||||
| 26 | Colorado Rockies | NW | 71.223 | .4151 | 68-94 | .420 | 0.723 | 98.455 | 20 | ||||
| 27 | Montreal Expos | NE | 69.630 | .4096 | 67-95 | .414 | 0.705 | 98.729 | 19 | ||||
| 28 | Seattle Mariners | AW | 69.452 | .4090 | 63-99 | .389 | 0.636 | 109.14 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | Kansas City Royals | AC | 57.028 | .3617 | 58-104 | .358 | 0.558 | 102.26 | 14 | ||||
| 30 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NW | 46.672 | .3160 | 51-111 | .315 | 0.459 | 101.58 | 15 |
| Division | BSWP | Tms | Top Team | |
| 1 | AL East (AE) | .5296 | 5 | Boston Red Sox (2) |
| 2 | AL West (AW) | .5294 | 4 | Oakland Athletics (6) |
| 3 | NL Central (NC) | .5274 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals (1) |
| 4 | NL East (NE) | .4875 | 5 | Atlanta Braves (4) |
| 5 | NL West (NW) | .4665 | 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers (9) |
| 6 | AL Central (AC) | .4602 | 5 | Minnesota Twins (12) |