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[]
indicates the winner of the World Series.
Four-division alignment (1969–1993)[]
- Team names link to the season in which each team played
† 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.
Six-division alignment (1994–present)[]
- Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year | AL East | AL Central | AL West | NL East | NL Central | NL West |
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1994 | Postseason canceled | |||||
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 |
‡ The 1994 season was shortened by a strike that resulted in the cancellation of the rest of the season, including the World Series. The teams listed were leading their divisions at the time the strike began.
Wild card winners[]
indicates the winner of the World Series.
Italics indicates the winner of the division series.
Bold indicates the winner of the League Championship Series
One Wild Card (1995–2011)[]
- 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–present)[]
- 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.
See also[]
- AL pennant winners
- NL pennant winners
- World Series champions
- MLB postseason
- MLB postseason teams
- MLB franchise postseason droughts
- MLB rivalries
- Home advantage
- Major League Baseball playoffs and champions