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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
NoOrganization WLPCTPlayoffLeague ChampRunner-Up
1Yankees++491325.6027GCL Yankees EastScranton/WB (IL)
Trenton (EL)
Pulaski (APP)
2Twins397286.5815Chattanooga (SL)*
Elizabethton (APP)
3Dodgers378314.5464Ogden (PIO)Tulsa (TL)
Cardinals+410341.5463Memphis (PCL)
Palm Beach (FSL)*
5Rays+406351.5364Durham (IL)
Hudson Valley (NYP)
6Phillies365326.5282
7Astros+391360.5212Quad Cities (MWL)
8D-backs+395372.5154
9Blue Jays+383375.5053Dunedin (FSL)*
Vancouver (NWL)
Padres+378371.5053El Paso (PCL)
Fort Wayne (MWL)
11Brewers344338.5042
Cubs347341.5043AZL CubsEugene (NWL)
13Tigers+368365.5021
14Pirates+375376.4992Altoona (EL)
15Red Sox344348.4971Greenville (SAL)
16Rockies352358.4961Lancaster (CAL)
17Athletics339347.4943Midland (TL)Vermont (NYP)
18Indians340349.4932Lynchburg (CAR)*
19Angels340351.4921
20Mariners336354.4872Modesto (CAL)
21Marlins328351.4832
22Orioles334359.4822
23Braves318357.4710
24Rangers321367.4673Down East (CAR)*
25Royals+353404.4661
26Nationals314374.4561GCL Nationals
Mets+344411.4561
28Reds312373.4552Pensacola (SL)*
29Giants307381.4461AZL Giants
30White Sox302387.4382Kannapolis (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:

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