Updated August 28, 2020 |
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American League
Multiple pennant winners: N.Y. Yankees (38); Philadelphia-Oakland A's (15); Boston (10); Detroit (9); Baltimore and Washington-Minnesota (6); Chicago (5); Cleveland (3); KC Royals and Toronto (2).
Multiple division winners: WEST—Oakland (12); Kansas City (6); Minnesota and Texas (4); California, Seattle and Texas (3); Chicago (2). CENTRAL—Cleveland (6). EAST—N.Y. Yankees (12); Baltimore (8); Boston and Toronto (5); Detroit (3).
| Year | W | L | Pct | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Chicago | 83 | 53 | .610 | 4 |
| 1902 | Philadelphia | 83 | 53 | .610 | 5 |
| 1903 | Boston | 91 | 47 | .659 | 141/2 |
| 1904 | Boston | 95 | 59 | .617 | 11/2 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia | 92 | 56 | .622 | 2 |
| 1906 | Chicago | 93 | 58 | .616 | 3 |
| 1907 | Detroit | 92 | 58 | .613 | 11/2 |
| 1908 | Detroit | 90 | 63 | .588 | 1/2 |
| 1909 | Detroit | 98 | 54 | .645 | 31/2 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia | 102 | 48 | .680 | 141/2 |
| 1911 | Philadelphia | 101 | 50 | .669 | 131/2 |
| 1912 | Boston | 105 | 47 | .691 | 14 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia | 96 | 57 | .627 | 61/2 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia | 99 | 53 | .651 | 81/2 |
| 1915 | Boston | 101 | 50 | .669 | 21/2 |
| 1916 | Boston | 91 | 63 | .591 | 2 |
| 1917 | Chicago | 100 | 54 | .649 | 9 |
| 1918 | Boston | 75 | 51 | .595 | 21/2 |
| 1919 | Chicago | 88 | 52 | .629 | 31/2 |
| 1920 | Cleveland | 98 | 56 | .636 | 2 |
| 1921 | New York | 98 | 55 | .641 | 41/2 |
| 1922 | New York | 94 | 60 | .610 | 1 |
| 1923 | New York | 98 | 54 | .645 | 16 |
| 1924 | Washington | 92 | 62 | .597 | 2 |
| 1925 | Washington | 96 | 55 | .636 | 81/2 |
| 1926 | New York | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3 |
| 1927 | New York | 110 | 44 | .714 | 19 |
| 1928 | New York | 101 | 53 | .656 | 21/2 |
| 1929 | Philadelphia | 104 | 46 | .693 | 18 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia | 102 | 52 | .662 | 8 |
| 1931 | Philadelphia | 107 | 45 | .704 | 131/2 |
| 1932 | New York | 107 | 47 | .695 | 13 |
| 1933 | Washington | 99 | 53 | .651 | 7 |
| 1934 | Detroit | 101 | 53 | .656 | 7 |
| 1935 | Detroit | 93 | 58 | .616 | 3 |
| 1936 | New York | 102 | 51 | .667 | 191/2 |
| 1937 | New York | 102 | 52 | .662 | 13 |
| 1938 | New York | 99 | 53 | .651 | 91/2 |
| 1939 | New York | 106 | 45 | .702 | 17 |
| 1940 | Detroit | 90 | 64 | .584 | 1 |
| 1941 | New York | 101 | 53 | .656 | 17 |
| 1942 | New York | 103 | 51 | .669 | 9 |
| 1943 | New York | 98 | 56 | .636 | 131/2 |
| 1944 | St. Louis | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 |
| 1945 | Detroit | 88 | 65 | .575 | 11/2 |
| 1946 | Boston | 104 | 50 | .675 | 12 |
| 1947 | New York | 97 | 57 | .630 | 12 |
| 1948 | Cleveland† | 97 | 58 | .626 | 1 |
| 1949 | New York | 97 | 57 | .630 | 1 |
| 1950 | New York | 98 | 56 | .636 | 3 |
| 1951 | New York | 98 | 56 | .636 | 5 |
| 1952 | New York | 95 | 59 | .617 | 2 |
| 1953 | New York | 99 | 52 | .656 | 81/2 |
| 1954 | Cleveland | 111 | 43 | .721 | 8 |
| 1955 | New York | 96 | 58 | .623 | 3 |
| 1956 | New York | 97 | 57 | .630 | 9 |
| 1957 | New York | 98 | 56 | .636 | 8 |
| 1958 | New York | 92 | 62 | .597 | 10 |
| 1959 | Chicago | 94 | 60 | .610 | 5 |
| 1960 | New York | 97 | 57 | .630 | 8 |
| 1961 | New York | 109 | 53 | .673 | 8 |
| 1962 | New York | 96 | 66 | .593 | 5 |
| 1963 | New York | 104 | 57 | .646 | 101/2 |
| 1964 | New York | 99 | 63 | .611 | 1 |
| 1965 | Minnesota | 102 | 60 | .630 | 7 |
| 1966 | Baltimore | 97 | 63 | .606 | 9 |
| 1967 | Boston | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 |
| 1968 | Detroit | 103 | 59 | .636 | 12 |
| 1969 | West—Minnesota | 97 | 65 | .599 | 9 |
| East—Baltimore | 109 | 53 | .673 | 19 | |
| 1970 | West—Minnesota | 98 | 64 | .605 | 9 |
| East—Baltimore | 108 | 54 | .667 | 15 | |
| 1971 | West—Oakland | 101 | 60 | .627 | 16 |
| East—Baltimore | 101 | 57 | .639 | 12 | |
| 1972 | West—Oakland | 93 | 62 | .600 | 51/2 |
| East—Detroit | 86 | 70 | .551 | 1/2 | |
| 1973 | West—Oakland | 94 | 68 | .580 | 6 |
| East—Baltimore | 97 | 65 | .599 | 8 | |
| 1974 | West—Oakland | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 |
| East—Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2 | |
| 1975 | West—Oakland | 98 | 64 | .605 | 7 |
| East—Boston | 95 | 65 | .594 | 41/2 | |
| 1976 | West—Kansas City | 90 | 72 | .556 | 21/2 |
| East—New York | 97 | 62 | .610 | 101/2 | |
| 1977 | West—Kansas City | 102 | 60 | .630 | 8 |
| East—New York | 100 | 62 | .617 | 21/2 | |
| 1978 | West—Kansas City | 92 | 70 | .568 | 5 |
| East—New York† | 100 | 63 | .613 | 1 | |
| 1979 | West—California | 88 | 74 | .543 | 3 |
| East—Baltimore | 102 | 57 | .642 | 8 | |
| 1980 | West—Kansas City | 97 | 65 | .599 | 14 |
| East—New York | 103 | 59 | .636 | 3 | |
| 1981 | West—Oakland$ | 64 | 45 | .587 | — |
| East—New York$ | 59 | 48 | .551 | — | |
| 1982 | West—California | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3 |
| East—Milwaukee | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | |
| 1983 | West—Chicago | 99 | 63 | .611 | 20 |
| East—Baltimore | 98 | 64 | .605 | 6 | |
| 1984 | West—Kansas City | 84 | 78 | .519 | 3 |
| East—Detroit | 104 | 58 | .642 | 15 | |
| 1985 | West—Kansas City | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| East—Toronto | 99 | 62 | .615 | 2 | |
| 1986 | West—California | 92 | 70 | .568 | 5 |
| East—Boston | 95 | 66 | .590 | 51/2 | |
| 1987 | West—Minnesota | 85 | 77 | .525 | 2 |
| East—Detroit | 98 | 64 | .605 | 2 | |
| 1988 | West—Oakland | 104 | 58 | .642 | 13 |
| East—Boston | 89 | 73 | .549 | 1 | |
| 1989 | West—Oakland | 99 | 63 | .611 | 7 |
| East—Toronto | 89 | 73 | .549 | 2 | |
| 1990 | West—Oakland | 103 | 59 | .636 | 9 |
| East—Boston | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | |
| 1991 | West—Minnesota | 95 | 67 | .586 | 8 |
| East—Toronto | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7 | |
| 1992 | West—Oakland | 96 | 66 | .593 | 6 |
| East—Toronto | 96 | 66 | .593 | 4 | |
| 1993 | West—Chicago | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8 |
| East—Toronto | 95 | 67 | .586 | 7 | |
| 1994 | West—Texas* | 52 | 62 | .456 | 1 |
| Central—Chicago* | 67 | 46 | .593 | 1 | |
| East—New York* | 70 | 43 | .619 | 61/2 | |
| 1995 | West—Seattle† | 79 | 66 | .545 | 1 |
| Central—Cleveland | 100 | 44 | .694 | 30 | |
| East—Boston | 86 | 58 | .597 | 7 | |
| WC—New York | 79 | 65 | .549 | — | |
| 1996 | West—Texas | 90 | 72 | .556 | 41/2 |
| Central—Cleveland | 99 | 62 | .615 | 141/2 | |
| East—New York | 92 | 70 | .568 | 4 | |
| WC—Baltimore | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | |
| 1997 | West—Seattle | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 |
| Central—Cleveland | 86 | 75 | .534 | 6 | |
| East—Baltimore | 98 | 64 | .605 | 2 | |
| WC—New York | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | |
| 1998 | West—Texas | 88 | 74 | .543 | 3 |
| Central—Cleveland | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | |
| East—New York | 114 | 48 | .704 | 22 | |
| WC—Boston | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | |
| 1999 | West—Texas | 95 | 67 | .586 | 8 |
| Central—Cleveland | 97 | 65 | .599 | 211/2 | |
| East—New York | 98 | 64 | .605 | 4 | |
| WC—Boston | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | |
| 2000 | West—Oakland | 91 | 70 | .565 | 1/2 |
| Central—Chicago | 95 | 67 | .586 | 5 | |
| East—New York | 87 | 74 | .540 | 21/2 | |
| WC—Seattle | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | |
| 2001 | West—Seattle | 116 | 46 | .716 | 14 |
| Central—Cleveland | 91 | 71 | .562 | 6 | |
| East—New York | 95 | 65 | .594 | 131/2 | |
| WC—Oakland | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | |
| 2002 | West—Oakland | 103 | 59 | .636 | 4 |
| Central—Minnesota | 94 | 67 | .584 | 131/2 | |
| East—New York | 103 | 58 | .640 | 101/2 | |
| WC—Anaheim | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | |
| 2003 | West—Oakland | 96 | 66 | .593 | 3 |
| Central—Minnesota | 90 | 72 | .556 | 4 | |
| East—New York | 101 | 61 | .623 | 6 | |
| WC—Boston | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | |
| 2004 | West—Anaheim | 92 | 70 | .568 | 1 |
| Central—Minnesota | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 | |
| East—New York | 101 | 61 | .623 | 3 | |
| WC—Boston | 98 | 64 | .605 | — |
†Regular season playoffs: See “Other Playoffs” for details.
$Divisional playoffs: See “Other Playoffs”for details.
| National League | Regular Season League & Division Winners |