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Major League Baseball division winners

{{Short description|List of division champions in Major League Baseball}}

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

Division champions

{{color box|#ccffcc}} indicates the winner of the World Series.

=Four-division alignment (1969–1993)=

  • Team names link to the season in which each team played

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Year || AL East || AL West || NL East || NL West
1969BaltimoreMinnesotabgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkAtlanta
1970bgcolor="#ccffcc| BaltimoreMinnesotaPittsburghCincinnati
1971BaltimoreOaklandbgcolor="#ccffcc| PittsburghSan Francisco
1972Detroitbgcolor="#ccffcc| OaklandPittsburghCincinnati
1973Baltimorebgcolor="#ccffcc| OaklandNew YorkCincinnati
1974Baltimorebgcolor="#ccffcc| OaklandPittsburghLos Angeles
1975BostonOaklandPittsburghbgcolor="#ccffcc| Cincinnati
1976New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiabgcolor="#ccffcc| Cincinnati
1977bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1978bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1979BaltimoreCaliforniabgcolor="#ccffcc| PittsburghCincinnati
1980New YorkKansas Citybgcolor="#ccffcc| PhiladelphiaHouston
1981†New YorkOaklandMontrealbgcolor="#ccffcc| Los Angeles
1982MilwaukeeCaliforniabgcolor="#ccffcc| St. LouisAtlanta
1983bgcolor="#ccffcc| BaltimoreChicagoPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1984bgcolor="#ccffcc| DetroitKansas CityChicagoSan Diego
1985Torontobgcolor="#ccffcc| Kansas CitySt. LouisLos Angeles
1986BostonCaliforniabgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkHouston
1987Detroitbgcolor="#ccffcc| MinnesotaSt. LouisSan Francisco
1988BostonOaklandNew Yorkbgcolor="#ccffcc| Los Angeles
1989Torontobgcolor="#ccffcc| OaklandChicago| San Francisco
1990BostonOaklandPittsburghbgcolor="#ccffcc| Cincinnati
1991Torontobgcolor="#ccffcc| MinnesotaPittsburghAtlanta
1992bgcolor="#ccffcc| TorontoOaklandPittsburghAtlanta
1993bgcolor="#ccffcc| TorontoChicagoPhiladelphiaAtlanta

† 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.{{Cite web |title=MLB Division Series History (1981-2023) {{!}} Baseball Almanac |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/division_series/division_series.shtml |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com |language=en-us}}

=Six-division alignment (1994–present)=

  • Team names link to the season in which each team played

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! Year

AL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL West
1994colspan="6" align=center| Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike
1995BostonClevelandSeattlebgcolor="#ccffcc| AtlantaCincinnatiLos Angeles
1996bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkClevelandTexasAtlantaSt. LouisSan Diego
1997BaltimoreClevelandSeattleAtlantaHoustonSan Francisco
1998bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkClevelandTexasAtlantaHoustonSan Diego
1999bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkClevelandTexasAtlantaHoustonArizona
2000bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkChicagoOaklandAtlantaSt. LouisSan Francisco
2001New YorkClevelandSeattleAtlantaHoustonbgcolor="#ccffcc| Arizona
2002New YorkMinnesotaOaklandAtlantaSt. LouisArizona
2003New YorkMinnesotaOaklandAtlantaChicagoSan Francisco
2004New YorkMinnesotaAnaheimAtlantaSt. LouisLos Angeles
2005New Yorkbgcolor="#ccffcc| ChicagoLos AngelesAtlantaSt. LouisSan Diego
2006New YorkMinnesotaOaklandNew Yorkbgcolor="#ccffcc|St. LouisSan Diego
2007bgcolor="#ccffcc| BostonClevelandLos AngelesPhiladelphiaChicagoArizona
2008Tampa BayChicagoLos Angelesbgcolor="#ccffcc| PhiladelphiaChicagoLos Angeles
2009bgcolor="#ccffcc| New YorkMinnesotaLos AngelesPhiladelphiaSt. LouisLos Angeles
2010Tampa BayMinnesotaTexasPhiladelphiaCincinnatibgcolor="#ccffcc| San Francisco
2011New YorkDetroitTexasPhiladelphiaMilwaukeeArizona
2012New YorkDetroitOaklandWashingtonCincinnatibgcolor="#ccffcc| San Francisco
2013bgcolor="#ccffcc| BostonDetroitOaklandAtlantaSt. LouisLos Angeles
2014BaltimoreDetroitLos AngelesWashingtonSt. LouisLos Angeles
2015Torontobgcolor="#ccffcc| Kansas CityTexasNew YorkSt. LouisLos Angeles
2016BostonClevelandTexasWashingtonbgcolor="#ccffcc|ChicagoLos Angeles
2017BostonClevelandbgcolor="#ccffcc| HoustonWashingtonChicagoLos Angeles
2018bgcolor="#ccffcc| BostonClevelandHoustonAtlantaMilwaukeeLos Angeles
2019New YorkMinnesotaHoustonAtlantaSt. LouisLos Angeles
2020Tampa BayMinnesotaOaklandAtlantaChicagobgcolor="#ccffcc| Los Angeles
2021Tampa BayChicagoHoustonbgcolor="#ccffcc| AtlantaMilwaukeeSan Francisco
2022New YorkClevelandbgcolor="#ccffcc| HoustonAtlantaSt. LouisLos Angeles
2023BaltimoreMinnesotaHoustonAtlantaMilwaukeeLos Angeles
2024New YorkClevelandHoustonPhiladelphiaMilwaukeebgcolor="#ccffcc| Los Angeles

Wild card winners

{{color box|#ccffcc}} indicates the winner of the World Series.

=One Wild Card (1995–2011)=

{{See also|AL Wildcard|NL Wildcard|Major League Baseball wild card}}

  • Team names link to the season in which each team played

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Year || AL || NL
1994colspan="2" align=center| Postseason canceled
1995New YorkColorado
1996BaltimoreLos Angeles
1997New Yorkbgcolor="#ccffcc"| Florida
1998BostonChicago
1999BostonNew York
2000SeattleNew York
2001OaklandSt. Louis
2002bgcolor="#ccffcc"| AnaheimSan Francisco
2003Bostonbgcolor="#ccffcc"| Florida
2004bgcolor="#ccffcc"| BostonHouston
2005BostonHouston
2006DetroitLos Angeles
2007New YorkColorado
2008BostonMilwaukee
2009BostonColorado
2010New YorkAtlanta
2011Tampa Baybgcolor="#ccffcc"| St. Louis

=Two Wild Cards (2012–2019, 2021)=

  • Winner of the Wild Card Game in bold

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Year || AL Host || AL Visitor || NL Host || NL Visitor
2012TexasBaltimoreAtlantaSt. Louis
2013ClevelandTampa BayPittsburghCincinnati
2014Kansas CityOaklandPittsburghbgcolor="#ccffcc"| San Francisco
2015New YorkHoustonPittsburghChicago
2016TorontoBaltimoreNew YorkSan Francisco
2017New YorkMinnesotaArizonaColorado
2018New YorkOaklandChicagoColorado
2019OaklandTampa Baybgcolor="#ccffcc"| WashingtonMilwaukee
2020†colspan="4" align=center| Format not used
2021BostonNew YorkLos AngelesSt. 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)=

  • Winner of the Wild Card Series in bold

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Year || AL #1 || AL #2 || AL #3 || NL #1 || NL #2 || NL #3
2022TorontoSeattleTampa BayNew YorkSan DiegoPhiladelphia
2023Tampa Baybgcolor="#ccffcc"| TexasTorontoPhiladelphiaMiamiArizona
2024BaltimoreKansas CityDetroitSan DiegoAtlantaNew York

See also

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References

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