Who are the most successful MLB franchises of this century?
I'm using 2000 as the first year of the century. Some have argued that it didn't actually start until 2001, but it's an arbitrary sample anyway, so who cares? Plus this makes it look like we're trying to be fair to the Yankees, who won it all in 2000.
First let's look at playoff success, which above all means winning the World Series, or at least getting there. Red Sox fans like how this works out.
World Series championships:
BOS 4
SFG 3
HOU 2
STL 2
NYY 2
World Series appearances (records):
HOU 5 (2-3)
BOS 4 (4-0)
SFG 4 (3-1)
STL 4 (2-2)
NYY 4 (2-2)
LAD 3 (1-2)
PHI 3 (1-2)
KCR 2 (1-1)
TBR 2 (0-2)
NYM 2 (0-2)
DET 2 (0-2)
TEX 2 (0-2)