what are the lowest payroll teams to win world series

4 teams are tied for the fewest series wins in the World Series with >0 series wins, with 1 win. The first three are the Washington Nationals, the Texas Rangers and the Anaheim Angels.

TEAMSERIES WSERIESGW%WLABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Nationals
Nationals
1
World Series
7
.571
4
3
241
33
58
8
1
11
32
27
1
61
4
0
272
101
20
3
0
1
5
.241
.320
.419
.739
2Rangers
Rangers
1
World Series
17
.471
8
9
563
68
127
25
1
20
66
60
3
126
4
5
636
214
46
4
6
5
16
.226
.301
.380
.681
3Angels
Angels
1
World Series
7
.571
4
3
245
41
76
15
1
7
38
23
2
38
6
0
275
114
23
2
3
5
6
.310
.370
.465
.835
4Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks
1
World Series
12
.417
5
7
420
59
112
24
1
9
58
33
6
111
9
3
473
165
34
10
4
7
9
.267
.326
.393
.719
5Astros
Astros
2
World Series
30
.433
13
17
1,038
120
246
50
2
36
116
100
14
253
22
4
1,165
408
88
7
6
15
23
.237
.311
.393
.704
6Marlins
Marlins
2
World Series
13
.615
8
5
453
54
115
20
1
10
51
50
2
96
6
3
515
167
31
6
4
5
11
.254
.328
.369
.697
7Blue Jays
Blue Jays
2
World Series
19
.579
11
8
681
96
184
31
6
20
95
71
11
127
15
6
778
287
57
4
11
8
15
.270
.344
.421
.765
8Royals
Royals
2
World Series
25
.520
13
12
869
105
232
48
5
15
100
82
4
185
21
6
970
335
68
8
7
11
26
.267
.331
.386
.716
9Mets
Mets
2
World Series
29
.448
13
16
1,016
106
241
30
2
27
91
87
10
208
9
6
1,138
356
59
17
8
13
18
.237
.302
.350
.652
10Indians
Indians
2
World Series
37
.459
17
20
1,219
137
279
50
5
28
125
138
7
227
21
14
1,384
423
83
16
4
14
23
.229
.310
.347
.657
11Phillies
Phillies
2
World Series
43
.372
16
27
1,400
156
320
61
6
43
149
148
12
304
29
13
1,585
522
110
16
9
13
28
.229
.306
.373
.679
12Orioles
Orioles
3
World Series
39
.538
21
18
1,261
135
267
41
4
33
122
125
6
240
5
5
1,407
415
78
8
7
15
27
.212
.284
.329
.614
13Twins
Twins
3
World Series
40
.475
19
21
1,340
145
319
46
9
36
143
128
6
229
23
18
1,497
491
91
21
2
15
21
.238
.307
.366
.673
14Cubs
Cubs
3
World Series
60
.390
23
36
1,997
205
487
85
17
21
179
162
12
366
61
43
2,232
669
123
59
2
7
29
.244
.304
.335
.639
15White Sox
White Sox
3
World Series
30
.567
17
13
1,000
106
246
45
8
12
93
79
11
156
24
23
1,111
343
65
20
1
4
15
.246
.308
.343
.651
16Braves
Braves
4
World Series
59
.475
28
31
1,961
213
462
76
10
51
206
207
10
377
42
17
2,225
711
137
34
13
17
46
.236
.310
.363
.672
17Tigers
Tigers
4
World Series
65
.422
27
37
2,164
227
491
84
11
33
213
225
22
351
34
27
2,448
696
128
34
3
20
37
.227
.306
.322
.627
18Reds
Reds
5
World Series
51
.510
26
25
1,690
192
411
77
18
27
186
148
13
225
40
26
1,887
605
122
27
9
22
31
.243
.308
.358
.666
19Pirates
Pirates
5
World Series
47
.489
23
24
1,576
175
401
76
16
19
161
109
19
226
41
16
1,738
566
111
29
5
12
24
.254
.310
.359
.669
20Giants
Giants
8
World Series
116
.500
57
57
3,865
426
959
142
29
64
393
314
24
638
63
61
4,276
1,351
235
62
11
29
66
.248
.308
.350
.657
21Dodgers
Dodgers
9
World Series
135
.452
61
74
4,462
480
1,012
161
27
125
453
436
31
872
67
51
5,009
1,602
313
58
22
42
80
.227
.299
.359
.658
22Athletics
Athletics
9
World Series
75
.547
41
34
2,457
267
559
107
14
46
245
223
13
461
41
32
2,753
832
167
56
4
22
31
.228
.295
.339
.633
23Red Sox
Red Sox
9
World Series
79
.628
49
29
2,653
312
644
105
42
50
290
260
21
458
23
27
3,001
983
197
55
12
35
43
.243
.314
.371
.685
24Cardinals
Cardinals
11
World Series
118
.492
58
60
3,931
430
943
185
27
58
395
315
15
659
67
35
4,344
1,356
270
72
11
48
55
.240
.298
.345
.643
25Yankees
Yankees
27
World Series
230
.590
135
94
7,713
1,013
1,919
283
52
225
958
814
58
1,342
87
59
8,702
2,981
560
94
23
87
151
.249
.324
.386
.711
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More Nationals Stats

Team Rankings

HR

161

24th

R

687

20th

SO

1,248

28th

ERA

5.35

29th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
96
66
.593
Mets Mets
83
79
.512
13.0
Marlins Marlins
79
83
.488
17.0
Braves Braves
76
86
.469
20.0
Nationals Nationals
66
96
.407
30.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Sun
3/29
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
4:00 AM
Tue
3/31
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
4:00 AM
Last Game
CWS White Sox

60 - 102

8

Final

0

WSH Nationals

66 - 96

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
96
66
.593
Mets Mets
83
79
.512
13.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
Brewers Brewers
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs
92
70
.568
5.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
93
69
.574
Padres Padres
90
72
.556
3.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
94
68
.580
Yankees Yankees
94
68
.580
AL CentralWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
87
75
.537
1.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
Mariners Mariners
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
3.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
CIN CIN
@
STL STL
6-2
Tue
9/16
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
9-4
Tue
9/16
ATH ATH
@
BOS BOS
4-5
Tue
9/16
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Tue
9/16
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
LAA LAA
@
HOU HOU
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
DET DET
@
SDP SDP
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
4:00 AM