The MLB belt's wildest and quietest seasons

The seasons the belt changed hands most, and the ones it hardly moved.

Some seasons the belt barely moves. Others it gets passed around like a hot potato. Here are the seasons it changed hands most, and the ones where it hardly moved.

Busiest seasons

1. 2009: 97 title changes among 28 franchises; Baltimore Orioles finished with it.
2. 1993: 95 title changes among 15 franchises; Toronto Blue Jays finished with it.
3. 1974: 92 title changes among 11 franchises; Montreal Expos finished with it.
4. 1968: 90 title changes among 11 franchises; Detroit Tigers finished with it.
5. 1989: 90 title changes among 13 franchises; Oakland Athletics finished with it.

Quietest seasons

1. 1877: 20 title changes. St. Louis Brown Stockings carried it in and Boston Red Caps carried it out.
2. 1878: 23 title changes. Boston Red Caps carried it in and Cincinnati Reds (1876–80) carried it out.
3. 1876: 25 title changes. Boston Red Caps carried it in and St. Louis Brown Stockings carried it out.
4. 2020: 31 title changes. Chicago White Sox carried it in and Los Angeles Dodgers carried it out.
5. 1880: 37 title changes. Providence Grays carried it in and Boston Red Caps carried it out.

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