All Major League Baseball teams use the same, league controlled platform for their Web sites. One of the features of the MLB template is a module at the bottom for social media. The Facebook tab has the number of people who “Like” that team. Seeing the great disparity between my two favorite teams, the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees, I wondered how the Nats fared overall. So, I wound up putting together a list in a spreadsheet. The Nats, the newest team in the majors, came in last with 130,000 Likes or so. The Yankees came in first with over 5,000,000 Likes. This data was collected on March 20, 2012.
| Team | Division | League | Facebook Likes | |
| 1 | New York Yankees | AL East | American | 5,262,008 |
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | AL East | American | 3,445,846 |
| 3 | Chicago Cubs | NL Central | National | 1,557,319 |
| 4 | San Francisco Giants | NL West | National | 1,338,843 |
| 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL Central | National | 1,208,092 |
| 6 | Texas Rangers | AL West | American | 1,193,504 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL East | National | 1,161,642 |
| 8 | Atlanta Braves | NL East | National | 1,071,660 |
| 9 | Detroit Tigers | AL Central | American | 939,610 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL West | National | 925,734 |
| 11 | Chicago White Sox | AL Central | American | 841,469 |
| 12 | Minnesota Twins | AL Central | American | 735,050 |
| 13 | Milwaukee Brewers | NL Central | National | 557,286 |
| 14 | New York Mets | NL East | National | 535,563 |
| 15 | Cincinnati Reds | NL Central | National | 512,754 |
| 16 | Cleveland Indians | AL Central | American | 497,542 |
| 17 | Seattle Mariners | AL West | American | 468,572 |
| 18 | Colorado Rockies | NL West | National | 439,768 |
| 19 | L.A. Angels of Anaheim | AL West | American | 432,325 |
| 20 | Tampa Bay Rays | AL East | American | 400,474 |
| 21 | Houston Astros | NL Central | National | 398,652 |
| 22 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL East | American | 392,497 |
| 23 | San Diego Padres | NL West | National | 361,242 |
| 24 | Baltimore Orioles | AL East | American | 340,371 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL Central | National | 308,050 |
| 26 | Oakland Athletics | AL West | American | 300,991 |
| 27 | Kansas City Royals | AL Central | American | 276,709 |
| 28 | Miami Marlins | NL East | National | 234,880 |
| 29 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NL West | National | 230,854 |
| 30 | Washington Nationals | NL East | National | 134,861 |
Full disclosure: I Liked the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees
More about this project: Ranking Facebook Likes for MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA and MLS
Oh and there is William World News on Facebook too.