Data courtesy ESPN.com.
Ratings include all games through 3 October 2004. 2428 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 | 182.30 | .6475 | 105-57 | .648 | 1.842 | 98.963 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | New York Yankees | AE | 159.81 | .6164 | 101-61 | .623 | 1.656 | 96.518 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Boston Red Sox | AE | 153.29 | .6063 | 98-64 | .605 | 1.531 | 100.11 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Atlanta Braves | NE | 138.41 | .5814 | 96-66 | .593 | 1.455 | 95.158 | 28 | ||||
| 5 | Houston Astros | NC | 135.43 | .5760 | 92-70 | .568 | 1.314 | 103.05 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Anaheim Angels | AW | 133.58 | .5726 | 92-70 | .568 | 1.314 | 101.64 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Oakland Athletics | AW | 130.55 | .5669 | 91-71 | .562 | 1.282 | 101.86 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NW | 129.23 | .5644 | 93-69 | .574 | 1.348 | 95.878 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Chicago Cubs | NC | 127.59 | .5612 | 89-73 | .549 | 1.219 | 104.65 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Texas Rangers | AW | 124.73 | .5556 | 89-73 | .549 | 1.219 | 102.30 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | San Francisco Giants | NW | 122.10 | .5502 | 91-71 | .562 | 1.282 | 95.261 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | Minnesota Twins | AC | 117.85 | .5414 | 92-70 | .568 | 1.314 | 89.671 | 30 | ||||
| 13 | Philadelphia Phillies | NE | 109.88 | .5238 | 86-76 | .531 | 1.132 | 97.101 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | San Diego Padres | NW | 109.07 | .5219 | 87-75 | .537 | 1.160 | 94.022 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Florida Marlins | NE | 102.26 | .5056 | 83-79 | .512 | 1.051 | 97.333 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Chicago White Sox | AC | 101.03 | .5026 | 83-79 | .512 | 1.051 | 96.160 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Baltimore Orioles | AE | 94.774 | .4865 | 78-84 | .481 | 0.929 | 102.06 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Cincinnati Reds | NC | 93.774 | .4838 | 76-86 | .469 | 0.884 | 106.11 | 4 | ||||
| 19 | Cleveland Indians | AC | 92.931 | .4815 | 80-82 | .494 | 0.976 | 95.255 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NC | 86.162 | .4625 | 72-89 | .447 | 0.809 | 106.51 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | AE | 79.692 | .4429 | 70-91 | .435 | 0.769 | 103.60 | 7 | ||||
| 22 | New York Mets | NE | 78.838 | .4403 | 71-91 | .438 | 0.780 | 101.05 | 15 | ||||
| 23 | Detroit Tigers | AC | 77.171 | .4349 | 72-90 | .444 | 0.800 | 96.464 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | Milwaukee Brewers | NC | 76.691 | .4334 | 67-94 | .416 | 0.713 | 107.60 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Toronto Blue Jays | AE | 74.508 | .4262 | 67-94 | .416 | 0.713 | 104.53 | 6 | ||||
| 26 | Colorado Rockies | NW | 71.947 | .4176 | 68-94 | .420 | 0.723 | 99.456 | 18 | ||||
| 27 | Montreal Expos | NE | 70.482 | .4125 | 67-95 | .414 | 0.705 | 99.938 | 17 | ||||
| 28 | Seattle Mariners | AW | 68.688 | .4062 | 63-99 | .389 | 0.636 | 107.94 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | Kansas City Royals | AC | 56.460 | .3593 | 58-104 | .358 | 0.558 | 101.24 | 14 | ||||
| 30 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NW | 47.209 | .3185 | 51-111 | .315 | 0.459 | 102.75 | 9 |
| Division | BSWP | Tms | Top Team | |
| 1 | NL Central (NC) | .5331 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals (1) |
| 2 | AL West (AW) | .5283 | 4 | Anaheim Angels (6) |
| 3 | AL East (AE) | .5182 | 5 | New York Yankees (2) |
| 4 | NL East (NE) | .4916 | 5 | Atlanta Braves (4) |
| 5 | NL West (NW) | .4704 | 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers (8) |
| 6 | AL Central (AC) | .4582 | 5 | Minnesota Twins (12) |