2017 Organization Standings And League Champs

The Yankees returned to the top of the organization standings for the first time since 2008. This time their eight domestic affiliates combined to win 60.2 percent of their games. That’s the highest organization winning percentage in at least the past 10 years, and it translates to 98 wins when ported to a 162-game schedule.

Seven of the Yankees’ eight domestic affiliates qualified for the playoffs, every one from Triple-A down to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and excluding only one of the organization’s two GCL affiliates. Four Yankees affiliates advanced to the league finals, but only the GCL Yankees East brought home the trophy.

Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida and the Southeast in early September, scuttling the championship series in the Carolina, Florida State and Southern leagues. In all three instances, co-champions were declared.

ORGANIZATION STANDINGS • DOMESTIC CLUBS ONLY
No	Organization	W	L	PCT	Playoff	League Champ	Runner-Up
1	Yankees++	491	325	.602	7	GCL Yankees East	Scranton/WB (IL) Trenton (EL) Pulaski (APP)
2	Twins	397	286	.581	5	Chattanooga (SL)* Elizabethton (APP)
3	Dodgers	378	314	.546	4	Ogden (PIO)	Tulsa (TL)
	Cardinals+	410	341	.546	3	Memphis (PCL) Palm Beach (FSL)*
5	Rays+	406	351	.536	4	Durham (IL) Hudson Valley (NYP)
6	Phillies	365	326	.528	2
7	Astros+	391	360	.521	2	Quad Cities (MWL)
8	D-backs+	395	372	.515	4
9	Blue Jays+	383	375	.505	3	Dunedin (FSL)* Vancouver (NWL)
	Padres+	378	371	.505	3		El Paso (PCL) Fort Wayne (MWL)
11	Brewers	344	338	.504	2
	Cubs	347	341	.504	3	AZL Cubs	Eugene (NWL)
13	Tigers+	368	365	.502	1
14	Pirates+	375	376	.499	2	Altoona (EL)
15	Red Sox	344	348	.497	1	Greenville (SAL)
16	Rockies	352	358	.496	1		Lancaster (CAL)
17	Athletics	339	347	.494	3	Midland (TL)	Vermont (NYP)
18	Indians	340	349	.493	2	Lynchburg (CAR)*
19	Angels	340	351	.492	1
20	Mariners	336	354	.487	2	Modesto (CAL)
21	Marlins	328	351	.483	2
22	Orioles	334	359	.482	2
23	Braves	318	357	.471	0
24	Rangers	321	367	.467	3	Down East (CAR)*
25	Royals+	353	404	.466	1
26	Nationals	314	374	.456	1		GCL Nationals
	Mets+	344	411	.456	1
28	Reds	312	373	.455	2	Pensacola (SL)*
29	Giants	307	381	.446	1		AZL Giants
30	White Sox	302	387	.438	2		Kannapolis (SAL) Great Falls (PIO)
* Co-champions declared because of Hurricane Irma + Organization with seven affiliates instead of six ++ Yankees have eight domestic affiliates, plus another in Dominican Summer League

• The Athletics’ Double-A Midland affiliate won the Texas League title for the fourth year in a row. They did so in dramatic fashion by losing the first two games of the finals at home and then winning three straight at Tulsa.

• The Braves finished 24th in the standings yet failed to produce a single playoff team in the domestic minor leagues.

• The past 10 organization standings leaders, counting domestic affiliates only:

Year	Organization	Pct
2017	Yankees	.602
2016	Phillies	.595
2015	Astros	.565
2014	Mets	.568
2013	Astros	.570
2012	Astros	.546
2011	Rangers	.564
2010	Cardinals	.569
2009	Giants	.590
2008	Yankees	.586

Notice on the chart above that, coincidentally or not, four organizations produced World Series participants the year after ranking atop the minor league organization standings. Those World Series teams are the 2009 Yankees, 2010 Giants, 2011 Cardinals and 2015 Mets.

The 2011 Rangers ranked atop the org standings and appeared in the World Series in the same season.

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For detailed domestic minor league standings, visit our archives here: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.