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[[File:1926 New York Yankees team.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The 1926 New York Yankees were one of 41 pennant-winning teams in the Yankees' history.]]
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Every [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) season, one [[American League]] (AL) team wins the [[pennant (sports)|pennant]], signifying that they are the league's champion and have the right to play in the [[World Series]] against the champion of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL). The pennant was presented to the team with the best [[winning percentage|win–loss record]] each year through the 1968 season,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62ntg9bMH4AC&q=national+league+pennant&pg=PT1723 |title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia |publisher=Sterling |others=Foreward by [[Peter Gammons]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7 |editor-last=Gillette |editor-first=Gary |editor-link=Gary Gillette |page=1723 |editor-last2=Palmer |editor-first2=Pete |editor-link2=Pete Palmer}}</ref> after which the [[American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] (ALCS) was introduced to decide the pennant winner.<ref name="brefpostseason">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|title=Playoff and World Series Stats and Results|work=[[Baseball Reference]]|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|url-status=live}}</ref> The first modern World Series was played in 1903 and, after a hiatus in 1904, has taken place every season except 1994,<ref name="brefpostseason"/> when a [[1994-95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] forced the cancellation of the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]].<ref name="94strike">{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2002 |title=Season interrupted: Gwynn lost chance at .400; Expos denied playoff berth |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/08/25/1994_strike_victims_ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601233417/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/08/25/1994_strike_victims_ap/ |archive-date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=January 2, 2010 |work=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The current AL pennant holders are the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], who beat the [[Seattle Mariners]] for the pennant on October 20, 2025.

In 1969, the AL split into two divisions,<ref>{{cite book |last=Koppett |first=Leonard |author-link=Leonard Koppett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjrbVkGAsHcC&q=major+league+baseball+split+divisions&pg=PA300 |title=Koppett's concise history of major league baseball |author2=Koppett |first2=Dave |date= |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=2004 |isbn=0-7867-1286-4 |page=300}}</ref> and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the five-game ALCS to determine the pennant winner, who received (and continues to receive) the [[William Harridge Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Topkin |first=Marc |date=December 22, 2008 |title=Our Organization of the Year should have staying power |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/awards/organization-of-the-year/2008/267273.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130051709/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/awards/organization-of-the-year/2008/267273.html |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=August 20, 2009 |publisher=Baseball America}}</ref> The trophy featured a golden eagle, the league's emblem, sitting atop a silver baseball and clutching the AL banner.<ref>{{cite web |last=Edes |first=Gordon |author-link=Gordon Edes |date=October 24, 2004 |title=First impressions lasting for Henry |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/24/first_impressions_were_lasting_ones_for_henry/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829234056/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/24/first_impressions_were_lasting_ones_for_henry/ |archive-date=August 29, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2009 |work=Boston Globe}}</ref> Since [[2017 American League Championship Series|2017]], the trophy is all silver with a pennant on top. The trophy is named for [[Will Harridge]], who was league president from 1931 to 1958.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P|editor=Porter, David L.|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1987|page=631|isbn=0-313-31175-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aChCBw-PmHQC&q=william+harridge&pg=PA631}}</ref> The format of the ALCS was changed from a [[best-of-five playoff|best-of-five]] to a [[best-of-seven playoff|best-of-seven format]] in the 1985 postseason.<ref>{{cite journal|title=League Championship Series Results|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside|volume=60|issue=10|page=74|issn=0005-609X|date=October 2001}}</ref> In 1995, an additional playoff series was added when MLB restructured into three divisions in each league.<ref name="realign">{{cite web |title=1995 American League Team Statistics and Standings |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1995.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717151524/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1995.shtml |archive-date=July 17, 2009 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |work=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> An additional [[Wild Card Series|Wild Card Game]] was added in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |date=March 2, 2012 |title=Addition of Wild Card berths finalized for 2012 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120229&content_id=26927024&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302201339/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120229&content_id=26927024&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |archive-date=2012-03-02 |work=MLB.com}}</ref> Beginning in 2022, [[List of American League Wild Card winners|three Wild Card teams]] and the divison winner with the worst record play in the three-game [[Wild Card Series]], with the winners facing the other two of the [[American League East|East]], [[American League Central|Central]], and [[American League West|West Division]] winners in the [[American League Division Series|AL Division Series]], a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play in the ALCS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB's postseason format, explained |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-format-faq |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023.

The New York Yankees have won 41 AL pennants,<ref name="NYY">{{cite web |title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112352/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/ |archive-date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |work=Baseball Reference}}</ref> winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=October 26, 2009 |title=Stars 'n' Pinstripes: Yanks earn AL flag |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091024&content_id=7538586&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029105406/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091024&content_id=7538586&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=October 29, 2009 |publisher=Major League Baseball}}</ref> This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the [[Oakland Athletics]], who have won 15.<ref name="ATH">{{cite web |title=Oakland Athletics Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112708/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/ |archive-date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |work=Baseball Reference}}</ref> They are followed by the [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[Detroit Tigers]], with 14 and 11 pennants won respectively.<ref name="BOS">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/|title=Boston Red Sox Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112430/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DET">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/|title=Detroit Tigers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429053326/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Yankees have the most pennants since the introduction of the ALCS in 1969 with 11, followed by the Athletics, Red Sox, and the [[Baltimore Orioles]] with 6, 6, and 5 respectively. The Yankees also hold the record for most wins by a pennant-winning team, with [[1998 New York Yankees season|their 1998 team]] winning 114 out of 162 games,<ref name="98NYY">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml|title=1998 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726232555/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> finishing 22 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.<ref name="98BOS">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1998.shtml|title=1998 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102123058/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|1954 Cleveland Indians]] won the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games<ref name="54CLE">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1954.shtml|title=1954 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208150430/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and finishing eight games ahead of the Yankees.<ref name="54NYY">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1954.shtml|title=1954 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616054421/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Milwaukee Brewers]] won the AL pennant in 1982 but later moved to the NL starting in the 1998 season.<ref name="brewmove">{{cite news |date=November 6, 1997 |title=Brewers switch leagues, join Reds in NL Central |url=http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505095313/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html |archive-date=May 5, 2005 |work=The Kentucky Post |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

The only current MLB franchise to have never won a league pennant—and therefore, to have never appeared in the World Series—is the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref name="World Series Club History">{{cite web|title=World Series Club History|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/teamworldseriesappearances.shtml|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=August 6, 2013|archive-date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919104920/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/teamworldseriesappearances.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Gleeson|title=The Nationals won the World Series, and now there are only six MLB teams without one|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/10/31/teams-without-world-series-nationals/4107727002/|publisher=USA Today|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226011950/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/10/31/teams-without-world-series-nationals/4107727002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Key==
[[File:Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[President of the United States|President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]] shakes hands with Washington Senators pitcher [[Walter Johnson]] celebrating the Senators' 1924 American League pennant, one of three won by the franchise while in Washington.|alt=Two men stand in front of a crowd shaking hands. The man on the left of the photo is wearing a tan suit and hat and the man on the right is wearing a light-colored pinstriped baseball uniform.]]
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| '''Team''' || Links to the corresponding year in which the team played
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| '''Record''' || Regular season [[winning percentage|win–loss record]]
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| '''GA''' || Games ahead of the second-place team (1901–1968)
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| '''Ahead of''' || The second-place team (1901–1968)
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|bgcolor="#fcc"| || Won [[World Series]] ([[List of World Series champions|modern era only]])
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| E || [[American League East]] division member (1969–present)
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| C || [[American League Central]] division member (1995–present)
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| W || [[American League West]] division member (1969–present)
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| † || [[List of American League Wild Card winners|Wild card]] team (1995–present)
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==Single table era (1901–1968)==
[[File:1901 Chicago White Stockings.jpg|thumb|right|The Chicago White Stockings won the American League pennant in 1900 and 1901. The latter year was the AL's first season as a recognized "major league."]]
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1903}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1903 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}} || {{sort|091.2|91–47}} || {{sort|14.5|14½}} || [[1903 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1903.shtml|title=1903 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104200850/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1903.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1904}} || [[1904 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}} || {{sort|095|95–59}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1904 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904.shtml|title=1904 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221023801/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1905}} || [[1905 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|092.4|92–56}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1905 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Fielder|Jones}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1905.shtml|title=1905 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217104602/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1905.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1906}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Fielder|Jones}} || {{sort|093|93–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1906 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml|title=1906 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307233904/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1907}} || [[1907 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|092.3|92–58}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1907 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|title=1907 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802212233/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1908}} || [[1908 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|090.1|90–63}} || {{sort|00.5|½}} || [[1908 Cleveland Naps season|Cleveland Naps]] || {{sortname|Nap|Lajoie}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|title=1908 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713043114/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1909}} || [[1909 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|098.3|98–54}} || {{sort|03.5|3½}} || [[1909 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|title=1909 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512211924/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1910}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1910 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|102.4|102–48}} || {{sort|14.5|14½}} || [[1910 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Hal|Chase}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|title=1910 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308065847/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1911}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1911 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|101.2|101–50}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1911 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|title=1911 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184619/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1912}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1912 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Jake|Stahl}} || 105–47 || {{sort|14|14}} || [[1912 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|title=1912 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210227/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1913}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1913 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|096.3|96–57}} || {{sort|06.5|6½}} || [[1913 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|title=1913 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000139/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1914}} || [[1914 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1914 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1914.shtml|title=1914 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212220315/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1914.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1915}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1915 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} || {{sort|101.2|101–50}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1915 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|title=1915 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012703/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1916}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1916 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} || {{sort|091.1|91–63}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1916 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Pants|Rowland}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916.shtml|title=1916 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322131756/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1917}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Pants|Rowland}} || 100–54 || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1917 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Jack|Barry|Jack Barry (baseball)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|title=1917 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308092859/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1918}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1918 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Ed|Barrow}} || {{sort|075|75–51}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1918 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Lee|Fohl}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918.shtml|title=1918 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815185227/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1919}} || [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Kid|Gleason}} || {{sort|088.2|88–52}} || {{sort|03.5|3½}} || [[1919 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|title=1919 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1920}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1920 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1920 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Kid|Gleason}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|title=1920 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010210651/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1921}} || [[1921 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|098.2|98–55}} || {{sort|04.5|4½}} || [[1921 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|title=1921 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024320/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1922}} || [[1922 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|094|94–60}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1922 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] || {{sortname|Lee|Fohl}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1922.shtml|title=1922 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321175456/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1922.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1923}}|| bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1923 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}}  || {{sort|098.3|98–54}} || {{sort|16|16}} || [[1923 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] ||{{sortname|Ty|Cobb}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|title=1923 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301063558/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1924}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1924 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|092.2|92–62}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1924 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml|title=1924 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095515/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1925}} || [[1925 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|096.4|96–55}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1925 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1925.shtml|title=1925 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901061153/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1925.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1926}} || [[1926 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|091.1|91–63}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1926 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1926.shtml|title=1926 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109230242/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1926.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1927}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1927 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|110.1|110–44}}|| {{sort|19|19}} || [[1927 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1927.shtml|title=1927 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013205003/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1927.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1928}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1928 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1928 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1928.shtml|title=1928 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815185232/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1928.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1929}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1929 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|104.3|104–46}} || {{sort|18|18}} || [[1929 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1929.shtml|title=1929 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414111523/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1929.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1930}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1930 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|102.2|102–52}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1930 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1930.shtml|title=1930 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014201600/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1930.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1931}} || [[1931 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|107.2|107–45}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1931 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1931.shtml|title=1931 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912001521/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1931.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1932}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1932 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|107.1|107–47}} || {{sort|13|13}} || [[1932 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932.shtml|title=1932 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924033937/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1933}} || [[1933 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1933 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1933.shtml|title=1933 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095519/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1933.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1934}} || [[1934 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1934 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1934.shtml|title=1934 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804054527/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1934.shtml?|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1935}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1935 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||{{sort|093|93–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1935 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|title=1935 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213444/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1936}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1936 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|102.3|102–51}} || {{sort|19.5|19½}} || [[1936 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1936.shtml|title=1936 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804045718/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1936.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1937}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1937 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|102.2|102–52}} || {{sort|13|13}} || [[1937 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1937.shtml|title=1937 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014239/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1937.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1938}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1938 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|09.5|9½}} || [[1938 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1938.shtml|title=1938 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014344/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1938.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1939}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1939 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|106.3|106–45}} || {{sort|17|17}} || [[1939 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1939.shtml|title=1939 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014450/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1939.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1940}} || [[1940 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Del|Baker}} || {{sort|090.2|90–53}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1940 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Del|Baker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1940.shtml|title=1940 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201613/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1940.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1941}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1941 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|17|17}} || [[1941 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1941.shtml|title=1941 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032204/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1941.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1942}} || [[1942 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|103.2|103–51}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1942 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1942.shtml|title=1942 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032517/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1942.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1943}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1943 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|098.4|98–49}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1943 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Ossie|Bluege}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1943.shtml|title=1943 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811033130/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1943.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1944}} || [[1944 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] || {{sortname|Luke|Sewell}} || {{sort|089|89–65}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1944 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1944.shtml|title=1944 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603080440/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1944.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1945}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1945 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} || {{sort|088.1|88–65}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1945 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Ossie|Bluege}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1945.shtml|title=1945 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830124210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1945.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1946}} || [[1946 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} || {{sort|104.2|104–50}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1946 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|title=1946 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003737/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1947}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1947 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1947 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|title=1947 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044351/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1948}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1948 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Lou|Boudreau}} || {{sort|097.2|97–58}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1948 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|title=1948 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044355/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1949}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1949 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1949 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|title=1949 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003725/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1950}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1950 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1950 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Red|Rolfe}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|title=1950 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044359/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1951}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1951 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1951 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1951.shtml|title=1951 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014124/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1951.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1952}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1952 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|095|95–59}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1952 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1952.shtml|title=1952 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014111/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1952.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1953}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1953 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|099.3|99–52}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1953 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1953.shtml|title=1953 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014152/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1953.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1954}} || [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} || {{sort|111.1|111–43}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1954 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1954.shtml|title=1954 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014208/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1955}} || [[1955 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|096.2|96–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1955 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1955.shtml|title=1955 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014141/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1955.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1956}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1956 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1956 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1956.shtml|title=1956 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014031/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1956.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1957}} || [[1957 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1957 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1957.shtml|title=1957 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1957.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1958}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1958 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|092.2|92–62}} || {{sort|10|10}} || [[1958 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1958.shtml|title=1958 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014156/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1958.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1959}} || [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} || {{sort|094|94–60}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1959 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Joe|Gordon}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1959.shtml|title=1959 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307220159/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1959.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1960}} || [[1960 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1960 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Paul|Richards|Paul Richards (baseball)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1960.shtml|title=1960 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014138/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1960.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1961}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1961 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || 109–53 || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1961 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Bob|Scheffing}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1961.shtml|title=1961 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622064745/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1961.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1962}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1962 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || {{sort|096.1|96–62}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1962 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1962.shtml|title=1962 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208191141/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1962.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1963}} || [[1963 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || {{sort|104.1|104–57}} || {{sort|10.5|10½}} || [[1963 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1963.shtml|title=1963 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116221811/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1963.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1964}} || [[1964 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Yogi|Berra}} || {{sort|099.1|99–63}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1964 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1964.shtml|title=1964 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107143837/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1964.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1965}} || [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} || {{sort|102.1|102–60}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1965 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1965.shtml|title=1965 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830151845/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1965.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1966}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1966 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Hank|Bauer}} || {{sort|097.1|97–63}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1966 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|title=1966 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507055224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1967}} || [[1967 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|092.1|92–70}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1967 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mayo|Smith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1967.shtml|title=1967 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502065545/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1967.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1968}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1968 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mayo|Smith}} || {{sort|103.1|103–59}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1968 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml|title=1968 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007234345/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==League Championship Series era (1969–present)==
{{See also|American League Championship Series|League Championship Series MVP Award}}
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! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Series
! scope="col"| Winning team
! scope="col"| Manager
! scope="col"| Record
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Games
! scope="col"| Losing team
! scope="col"| Manager
! scope="col"| Record
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1969}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1969}} || [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 109–53 || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1969 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1969.shtml|title=1969 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918054642/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1969.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1970}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1970}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1970 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 108–54 || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1970 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Bill|Rigney}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1970.shtml|title=1970 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103170305/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1970.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1971}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1971}} || [[1971 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|101.2|101–57}} || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1971 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || 101–60 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1971.shtml|title=1971 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024754/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1971.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1972}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1972}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1972 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|093|93–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1972 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|086|86–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1972.shtml|title=1972 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719200602/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1972.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1973}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1973}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1973 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1973 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup>|| {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1973.shtml|title=1973 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222113232/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1973.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1974}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1974}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1974 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Alvin|Dark}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1974 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup>|| {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1974.shtml|title=1974 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930033641/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1974.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1975}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1975}} || [[1975 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Darrell|Johnson}} || {{sort|095.2|95–65}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1975 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Alvin|Dark}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1975.shtml|title=1975 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429070647/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1975.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1976}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1976}} || [[1976 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|097.1|97–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1976.shtml|title=1976 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081144/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1976.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1977}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1977}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1977 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|100.2|100–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || 102–60 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1977.shtml|title=1977 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928153613/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1977.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1978}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1978}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1978 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Bob|Lemon}} || {{sort|100.1|100–63}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1978 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1978.shtml|title=1978 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104200238/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1978.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1979}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1979}} || [[1979 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 102–57 ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1979 California Angels season|California Angels]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Fregosi}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1979.shtml|title=1979 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429043859/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1979.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1980}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1980}} || [[1980 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Frey}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1980 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || 103–59 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1980.shtml|title=1980 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607115050/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1980.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1981}}{{ref label|1981AL|a|a}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1981}} || [[1981 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Bob|Lemon}} || {{sort|059|59–48}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1981 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|064|64–45}} ||<ref name="1981AL">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1981.shtml|title=1981 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909190021/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1981.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1982}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1982}} || [[1982 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Harvey|Kuenn}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 3–2 || [[1982 California Angels season|California Angels]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Gene|Mauch}} || {{sort|093|93–69}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1982.shtml|title=1982 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206030344/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1982.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1983}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1983}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1983 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Altobelli}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1983.shtml|title=1983 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065008/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1983.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1984}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1984}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1984 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Sparky|Anderson}} || 104–58 ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1984 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || {{sort|084|84–78}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1984.shtml|title=1984 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901061209/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1984.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1985}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1985}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[1985 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Bobby|Cox}} || {{sort|099|99–62}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1985.shtml|title=1985 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010094120/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1985.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1986}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1986}} || [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|John|McNamara|John McNamara (baseball)}} || {{sort|095.1|95–66}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[1986 California Angels season|California Angels]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Gene|Mauch}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1986.shtml|title=1986 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005235919/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1986.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1987}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1987}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tom|Kelly|Tom Kelly (baseball)}} || {{sort|085|85–77}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1987 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Sparky|Anderson}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1987.shtml|title=1987 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212133225/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1987.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1988}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1988}} || [[1988 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || 104–58 ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[1988 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Morgan|Joe Morgan (manager)}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1988.shtml|title=1988 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616103138/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1988.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1989}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1989}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1989 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1989 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1989.shtml|title=1989 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619100816/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1989.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1990}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1990}} || [[1990 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || 103–59 ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[1990 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Morgan|Joe Morgan (manager)}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1990.shtml|title=1990 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005175659/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1990.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1991}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1991}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tom|Kelly|Tom Kelly (baseball)}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1991 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1991.shtml|title=1991 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006020536/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1991.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1992}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1992}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[1992 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1992.shtml|title=1992 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005211210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1992.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1993}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1993}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[1993 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Gene|Lamont}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1993.shtml|title=1993 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429105345/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1993.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1994}} || colspan="8" align="center" | ''Not held due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]].'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml|title=1994 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015044158/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1995}}{{ref label|1995alignment|b|b}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1995}} || [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|100.3|100–44}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || {{sort|079|79–66}} ||<ref name="realign"/>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1996}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1996}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1996 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Davey|Johnson}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1996.shtml|title=1996 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006040424/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1996.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1997}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1997}} || [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|086|86–75}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1997 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Davey|Johnson}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1997.shtml|title=1997 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924041924/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1997.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1998}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1998}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1998 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || 114–48 ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1998 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1998.shtml|title=1998 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006000507/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1999}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1999}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1999 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1999 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Jimy|Williams}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1999.shtml|title=1999 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727110241/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1999.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2000}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2000}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|087|87–74}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]<sup>W†</sup> || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2000.shtml|title=2000 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420110716/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2000.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2001}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2001}} || [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|095.2|95–65}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || 116–46 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2001.shtml|title=2001 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429104549/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2001.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2002}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2002}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2002 Anaheim Angels season|Anaheim Angels]]<sup>W†</sup> || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2002 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Ron|Gardenhire}} || {{sort|094|94–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2002.shtml|title=2002 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516065143/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2002.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2003}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2003}} || [[2003 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|101.1|101–61}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2003 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Grady|Little}} || {{sort|088|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2003.shtml|title=2003 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719214603/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2003.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2004}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2004}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|098.1|98–64}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2004 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || 101–61 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2004.shtml|title=2004 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208190830/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2004.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2005}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2005}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Ozzie|Guillén}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]<sup>W</sup>{{ref label|LAA|c|c}} || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2005.shtml|title=2005 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503111323/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2005.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2006}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2006}} || [[2006 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>C†</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2006 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Ken|Macha}} || {{sort|093|93–69}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2006.shtml|title=2006 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804054531/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2006.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2007}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2007}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2007 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Eric|Wedge}} || {{sort|090|96–66}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2007.shtml|title=2007 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224103942/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2007.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2008}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2008}} || [[2008 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Maddon}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2008 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2008.shtml|title=2008 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913035637/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2008.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2009}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2009}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2009 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || 103–59 ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]<sup>W</sup>{{ref label|LAA|c|c}} || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2009.shtml|title=2009 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035218/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2009.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2010}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2010}} || [[2010 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Ron|Washington}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[2010 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010.shtml|title=2010 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 22, 2010|archive-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402230033/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2011}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2011}} || [[2011 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Ron|Washington}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[2011 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2011.shtml|title=2011 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 15, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016110019/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2011.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2012}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2012}} || [[2012 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|88|88–74}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2012 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2012.shtml|title=2012 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035231/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2012.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2013}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2013}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2013 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|John|Farrell|John Farrell (manager)}} || {{sort|97|97–65}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2013 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|93|93–69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml|title=2013 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 19, 2013|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014042631/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2014}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2014}} || [[2014 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>C†</sup> || {{sortname|Ned|Yost}} || {{sort|89|89–73}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2014 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Buck|Showalter}} || {{sort|96|96–66}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2014.shtml|title=2014 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 15, 2014|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071038/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2014.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2015}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2015}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2015 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Ned|Yost}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|John|Gibbons}} || {{sort|93|93&ndash;69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2015.shtml|title=2015 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=October 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030022404/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2015.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2016}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2016}} || [[2016 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|94|94–67}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2016 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|John|Gibbons}} || {{sort|89|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016.shtml|title=2016 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025055/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2017}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2017}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"|[[2017 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup>||{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}}||{{sort|101|101–61}}|| align="center" | 4–3 ||[[2017 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E†</sup>||{{sortname|Joe|Girardi}}||{{sort|91|91–71}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2017.shtml|title=2017 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020005316/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2017.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2018}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2018}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2018 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Alex|Cora}} || {{sort|108|108–54}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2018 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} || {{sort|103|103–59}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2018.shtml|title=2018 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301200547/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2018.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2019}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2019}} || [[2019 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} || {{sort|107|107–55}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2019 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|103|103–59}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2019.shtml|title=2019 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 20, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029011851/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2019.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2020}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2020}} || [[2020 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Kevin|Cash}} || {{sort|40|40–20}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2020 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|29|29–31}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2020.shtml|title=2020 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016031831/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2020.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2021}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2021}} || [[2021 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2021 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]<sup>E†</sup> || {{sortname|Alex|Cora}} || {{sort|92|92–70}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2021.shtml|title=2021 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 22, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022211117/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2021.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2022}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2022}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2022 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|106|106–56}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2022 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|99|99–63}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2022.shtml|title=2022 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024042240/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2022.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2023}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2023}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2023 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]<sup>W†</sup> || {{sortname|Bruce|Bochy}} || {{sort|90|90–72}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2023 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]<sup>W</sup> || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|90|90–72}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2023.shtml|title=2023 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027083432/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2023.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2024}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2024}} || [[2024 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]<sup>E</sup> || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|94|94–68}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2024 Cleveland Guardians season|Cleveland Guardians]]<sup>C</sup> || {{sortname|Stephen|Vogt}} || {{sort|92|92–69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2024.shtml|title=2024 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2025}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2025}} ||  [[2025 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]<sup>E</sup>||  {{sortname|John|Schneider|dab=baseball}}||  {{sort|94|94–68}}|| align="center" |  4–3||  [[2025 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]<sup>W</sup>||  {{sortname|Dan|Wilson|dab=catcher}}||  {{sort|90|90–72}}||
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;Notes
*{{note label|1981AL|a|a}} A mid-season labor stoppage split the season into two halves. The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the [[1981 American League Division Series]]. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant.<ref name="1981AL"/>
*{{note label|1995alignment|b|b}} The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the postseason. Wild cards were first used in the 1995 playoffs.<ref name="realign"/>
*{{note label|LAA|c|c}} While [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] was the official name of the team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ana|title=The Official Website of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|work=AngelsBaseball.com|publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115231140/http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ana|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3175560/?t=3|title=Team Page — Baseball|work=NBCSports.MSNBC.com|publisher=[[NBC Universal]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608114537/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3175560/?t=3|archive-date=June 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> the team was commonly referred to simply as "Los Angeles Angels", which they changed back to in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/laa/los-angeles-angels|title=Los Angeles Angels — Angels Baseball Clubhouse|work=ESPN.com|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205135009/http://espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=laa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles Angels |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/page/ANA/los-angeles-angels |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019233900/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/page/ANA/los-angeles-angels |archive-date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=January 29, 2010 |work=CBS Sports}}</ref>

==Pennants won by franchise==
[[File:Boston Red Sox George W. Bush.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Boston Red Sox won an American League pennant and the World Series in 2007, three years after accomplishing the same feat in 2004.|alt=Several men in suits stand behind a man holding a white baseball jersey which reads "BUSH 07" on it.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! scope="col"|Team
! scope="col"|Pennants won
! scope="col"|Postseason appearances
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref
|-
| [[New York Yankees]]{{ref label|NYY|a|a}} ||align="center"| 41 || align="center" | 59 || <ref name="NYY"/>
|-
| [[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]]{{ref label|OAK|b|b}} ||align="center"| 15 ||align="center"| 29 || <ref name="ATH" />
|-
| [[Boston Red Sox]]{{ref label|BOS|c|c}} ||align="center"| 14 ||align="center"| 25 || <ref name="BOS" />
|-
| [[Detroit Tigers]] ||align="center"| 11 ||align="center"| 17 || <ref name="DET" />
|-
| [[Baltimore Orioles]]{{ref label|BAL|d|d}} ||align="center"| 7 || align="center" | 16 || <ref name="BAL">{{cite web |title=Baltimore Orioles Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129032721/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/ |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |work=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Minnesota Twins]]{{ref label|MIN|e|e}} ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 18 || <ref name="MIN">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/|title=Minnesota Twins Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302110239/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cleveland Guardians]]{{ref label|CLE|f|f}} ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 17 || <ref name="CLE">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/|title=Cleveland Indians Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219082748/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago White Sox]] ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 11 || <ref name="CHW">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/|title=Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112522/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kansas City Royals]] ||align="center"| 4 ||align="center"| 10 || <ref name="KCR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/|title=Kansas City Royals Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112511/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Houston Astros]]{{ref label|HOU|h|h}}|| align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 9 ||<ref name="HOU">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/|title=Houston Astros Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112934/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ||align="center"| 3 || align="center" | 10 || <ref name="TOR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|title=Toronto Blue Jays Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813213424/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]{{ref label|TEX|g|g}} ||align="center"| 3 ||align="center"| 9 || <ref name="TEX">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/|title=Texas Rangers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112639/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tampa Bay Rays]]{{ref label|TBR|j|j}} ||align="center"| 2 ||align="center"| 9 || <ref name="TBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/|title=Tampa Bay Rays Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811103116/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Angels]]{{ref label|ANA|i|i}} ||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 10 || <ref name="ANA">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/|title=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112723/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Milwaukee Brewers]]{{ref label|MIL|k|k}} ||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 2 || <ref name="MIL">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/|title=Milwaukee Brewers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221055724/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seattle Mariners]] ||align="center"| 0 ||align="center"| 5 || <ref name="SEA">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/|title=Seattle Mariners Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221192956/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

;Notes
*{{note label|NYY|a|a}} Also known as New York Highlanders. In addition to their 41 official pennants, the Yankees had the best record in the American League when the [[1994 Major League Baseball season|1994 season]] was cut short by a [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|labor dispute]].<ref name="NYY"/>
*{{note label|ATH|b|b}} Also known as Kansas City Athletics, [[Philadelphia Athletics]], and [[Oakland Athletics]].<ref name="ATH"/>
*{{note label|BOS|c|c}} Also known as Boston Americans.<ref name="BOS"/>
*{{note label|BAL|d|d}} Also known as [[St. Louis Browns]] and Milwaukee Brewers.<ref name="BAL"/> This does not refer to the New York Yankees, who were known as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901 and 1902.<ref name="NYY"/>
*{{note label|MIN|e|e}} Also known as [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]] from 1901 to 1960<ref name="MIN"/> as called the Nationals from 1905 to 1955.
*{{note label|CLE|f|f}} Also known as Cleveland Bluebirds (Blues), Cleveland Bronchos, Cleveland Naps, and Cleveland Indians.<ref name="CLE"/>
*{{note label|TEX|g|g}} Also known as [[Washington Senators (1961–1971)|Washington Senators]] from 1961 to 1971.<ref name="TEX"/>
*{{note label|HOU|h|h}} Also known as Houston Colt .45's from 1962 to 1964. This does not include one National League pennant and nine playoff appearances.
*{{note label|ANA|i|i}} Also known as Anaheim Angels, California Angels, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.<ref name="ANA"/>
*{{note label|TBR|j|j}} Also known as Tampa Bay Devil Rays.<ref name="TBR"/>
*{{note label|MIL|k|k}} Also known as [[Seattle Pilots]] in 1969. The Brewers were members of the American League through the 1997 season after which they switched to the National League.<ref name="MIL"/> This table records only the Brewers' American League accomplishments.

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
*[[National League Championship Series]]
*[[List of National League pennant winners]]
*[[List of World Series champions]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
; General
* {{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |title=World Series and MLB Playoffs |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=January 25, 2010 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |url-status=live}}

; Inline citations
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp Official League Championship Series Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119070354/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp |date=2010-01-19 }} from [[Major League Baseball]]

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