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Major League Baseball division winners

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This is a list of division champions (since 1969) and wild-card winners (since 1994) in Major League Baseball.

Division champions

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  indicates the winner of the World Series.

Four-division alignment (1969–1993)

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  • Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year AL East AL West NL East NL West
1969 Baltimore Minnesota New York Atlanta
1970 Baltimore Minnesota Pittsburgh Cincinnati
1971 Baltimore Oakland Pittsburgh San Francisco
1972 Detroit Oakland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
1973 Baltimore Oakland New York Cincinnati
1974 Baltimore Oakland Pittsburgh Los Angeles
1975 Boston Oakland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
1976 New York Kansas City Philadelphia Cincinnati
1977 New York Kansas City Philadelphia Los Angeles
1978 New York Kansas City Philadelphia Los Angeles
1979 Baltimore California Pittsburgh Cincinnati
1980 New York Kansas City Philadelphia Houston
1981 New York Oakland Montreal Los Angeles
1982 Milwaukee California St. Louis Atlanta
1983 Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles
1984 Detroit Kansas City Chicago San Diego
1985 Toronto Kansas City St. Louis Los Angeles
1986 Boston California New York Houston
1987 Detroit Minnesota St. Louis San Francisco
1988 Boston Oakland New York Los Angeles
1989 Toronto Oakland Chicago San Francisco
1990 Boston Oakland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
1991 Toronto Minnesota Pittsburgh Atlanta
1992 Toronto Oakland Pittsburgh Atlanta
1993 Toronto Chicago Philadelphia Atlanta

† Due to the strike that took place in the middle of the 1981 season, Major League Baseball crowned both a "first half" (pre-strike) and "second half" (post-strike) division champion. The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series. Oakland and New York won the 1981 American League Division Series while Los Angeles and Montreal won the 1981 National League Division Series.[1]

Six-division alignment (1994–present)

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  • Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year AL East AL Central AL West NL East NL Central NL West
1994 Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike
1995 Boston Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Cincinnati Los Angeles
1996 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta St. Louis San Diego
1997 Baltimore Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Houston San Francisco
1998 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta Houston San Diego
1999 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta Houston Arizona
2000 New York Chicago Oakland Atlanta St. Louis San Francisco
2001 New York Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Houston Arizona
2002 New York Minnesota Oakland Atlanta St. Louis Arizona
2003 New York Minnesota Oakland Atlanta Chicago San Francisco
2004 New York Minnesota Anaheim Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles
2005 New York Chicago Los Angeles Atlanta St. Louis San Diego
2006 New York Minnesota Oakland New York St. Louis San Diego
2007 Boston Cleveland Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Arizona
2008 Tampa Bay Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles
2009 New York Minnesota Los Angeles Philadelphia St. Louis Los Angeles
2010 Tampa Bay Minnesota Texas Philadelphia Cincinnati San Francisco
2011 New York Detroit Texas Philadelphia Milwaukee Arizona
2012 New York Detroit Oakland Washington Cincinnati San Francisco
2013 Boston Detroit Oakland Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles
2014 Baltimore Detroit Los Angeles Washington St. Louis Los Angeles
2015 Toronto Kansas City Texas New York St. Louis Los Angeles
2016 Boston Cleveland Texas Washington Chicago Los Angeles
2017 Boston Cleveland Houston Washington Chicago Los Angeles
2018 Boston Cleveland Houston Atlanta Milwaukee Los Angeles
2019 New York Minnesota Houston Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles
2020 Tampa Bay Minnesota Oakland Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles
2021 Tampa Bay Chicago Houston Atlanta Milwaukee San Francisco
2022 New York Cleveland Houston Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles
2023 Baltimore Minnesota Houston Atlanta Milwaukee Los Angeles
2024 New York Cleveland Houston Philadelphia Milwaukee Los Angeles

Wild card winners

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  indicates the winner of the World Series.

One Wild Card (1995–2011)

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  • Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year AL NL
1994 Postseason canceled
1995 New York Colorado
1996 Baltimore Los Angeles
1997 New York Florida
1998 Boston Chicago
1999 Boston New York
2000 Seattle New York
2001 Oakland St. Louis
2002 Anaheim San Francisco
2003 Boston Florida
2004 Boston Houston
2005 Boston Houston
2006 Detroit Los Angeles
2007 New York Colorado
2008 Boston Milwaukee
2009 Boston Colorado
2010 New York Atlanta
2011 Tampa Bay St. Louis

Two Wild Cards (2012–2019, 2021)

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  • Winner of the Wild Card Game in bold
Year AL Host AL Visitor NL Host NL Visitor
2012 Texas Baltimore Atlanta St. Louis
2013 Cleveland Tampa Bay Pittsburgh Cincinnati
2014 Kansas City Oakland Pittsburgh San Francisco
2015 New York Houston Pittsburgh Chicago
2016 Toronto Baltimore New York San Francisco
2017 New York Minnesota Arizona Colorado
2018 New York Oakland Chicago Colorado
2019 Oakland Tampa Bay Washington Milwaukee
2020 Format not used
2021 Boston New York Los Angeles St. Louis

† For the 2020 season, the postseason consisted of eight teams per league; the top two teams in each division and two wild card teams from among the remaining teams.

Three Wild Cards (2022–present)

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  • Winner of the Wild Card Series in bold
Year AL #1 AL #2 AL #3 NL #1 NL #2 NL #3
2022 Toronto Seattle Tampa Bay New York San Diego Philadelphia
2023 Tampa Bay Texas Toronto Philadelphia Miami Arizona
2024 Baltimore Kansas City Detroit San Diego Atlanta New York

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MLB Division Series History (1981-2023) | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.