Este de la Liga Americana

Por lo menos
Campeonatos
Liga	Liga americana
Deporte	Liga Mayor de Béisbol
Fundado	1969
Campeones más recientes	Tampa Bay Rays (tercer título)
La mayoría de los títulos	Yankees de Nueva York (19)

La Liga Americana Este es una de las seis divisiones de la Major League Baseball (MLB) (una división Este, Central y Oeste para cada una de las dos ligas). Esta división se creó antes del inicio de la temporada de 1969 junto con la división Oeste de la Liga Americana . Antes de ese momento, la Liga Americana (AL) había existido como una sola liga de 10 equipos.

Cuatro de sus cinco equipos están ubicados en el este de los Estados Unidos y el otro en el centro de Canadá . Actualmente es la única división que contiene un equipo no estadounidense. Al final de la temporada de la MLB, el equipo con el mejor récord en la división gana uno de los cinco puestos de playoffs de la Liga Americana . El equipo más reciente en ganar esta división fueron los Tampa Bay Rays en 2020.

Historia [ editar ]

Los escritores han postulado durante mucho tiempo que la Liga Americana Este es la división más dura de la MLB; ^[1]^[2] Durante sus 50 años de existencia, un equipo de la división Este ha jugado en la Serie Mundial 27 veces, y 16 de esos equipos han sido coronados campeones de la Serie Mundial. Desde la temporada de 1995 , cuando se introdujo el puesto de comodines en los playoffs, el Este de la Liga Americana ha producido 20 de los 31 equipos comodín para la Liga Americana (la división Oeste siete y la división Central cinco).

Cuando las Grandes Ligas se dividieron en divisiones para la temporada de 1969, la Liga Americana, a diferencia de la Liga Nacional , dividió sus 12 equipos estrictamente en términos geográficos. Los seis equipos ubicados en la zona horaria del este se colocaron en la división Este, y los otros seis se colocaron en la división Oeste.

En septiembre de 1971, los propietarios de la Liga Americana aprobaron el traslado de la segunda franquicia de los Senadores de Washington a Arlington, Texas para convertirse en los Rangers de Texas . Luego, los propietarios debatieron si los Medias Blancas de Chicago o los Cerveceros de Milwaukee deberían mudarse a la división Este para 1972, y los Rangers a la Oeste. Los Medias Blancas solicitaron que los trasladaran al Este, declarando que eran una franquicia original de la Liga Americana y querían jugar más partidos contra otros equipos de la vieja línea de la Liga Americana, cinco de los cuales estaban en el Este.

Los Atléticos de Oakland se opusieron a trasladar a los Medias Blancas al Este; El propietario Charlie Finley era un nativo de Chicago que quería continuar haciendo tres viajes por temporada con su club a Windy City. Los Mellizos de Minnesota dieron un paso más y se opusieron a cambiar a los Medias Blancas oa los Cerveceros. Los Mellizos querían mantener a las cercanas Chicago y Milwaukee como rivales de división, citando la falta de precisión geográfica de la Liga Nacional para formar sus divisiones como una razón por la cual los Rangers no deberían haber sido sacados del Este. Los gemelos también tomó nota de la Liga de Fútbol Nacional 's Dallas Cowboys jugó en la NFC Este .

Las súplicas de los White Sox cayeron en oídos sordos, y los Cerveceros, que comenzaron como los Seattle Pilots en 1969, fueron trasladados al Este.

Membresía de la división [ editar ]

Miembros actuales [ editar ]

Baltimore Orioles - Miembro fundador.
Boston Red Sox - Miembro fundador.
New York Yankees - Miembro fundador.
Tampa Bay Rays : se unió en 1998 como Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Toronto Blue Jays : se unió en 1977 .

Antiguos miembros [ editar ]

Indios de Cleveland - Miembro fundador; se mudó en 1994 a la AL Central.
Detroit Tigers - Miembro fundador, se mudó en 1998 a la División Central de la Liga Americana.
Cerveceros de Milwaukee - Se unió en 1972 , se mudó en 1994 a la Liga Central Americana ; se unió a la Liga Nacional Central en 1998 .
Senadores de Washington - Miembro fundador, trasladado a Arlington, Texas en 1972 (convirtiéndose en los Texas Rangers ); se mudó al Oeste de la Liga Americana.

Línea de tiempo [ editar ]

Años
División Este de la Liga Americana ^[A]
69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04

Orioles de Baltimore
Medias Rojas de Boston
Yankees de Nueva York
Tigres de Detroit ^[E]
Cleveland Indians ^[D]
Washington Senators ^[B]
			Milwaukee Brewers ^[B] ^[D]
								Toronto Blue Jays ^[C]
																													Tampa Bay Devil Rays ^[E]
Years
AL East Division^[A]
05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Tampa Bay Devil Rays			Tampa Bay Rays ^[F]
Team not in division Division Won World Series Division Won AL Championship

A Creation of six-team division (Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, NY Yankees, Washington Senators) due to 1969 expansion

B Washington franchise moved to Dallas/Ft. Worth, became Texas Rangers and moved into AL West. Either Milwaukee or the Chicago White Sox would have had to move to the East, eventually it was decided that Milwaukee make the switch. Total teams remains at six.

C Toronto, the seventh team, is added in 1977 expansion

D Due to 1994 realignment, Cleveland and Milwaukee were moved to newly created AL Central. Division reduced to five teams.

E Tampa Bay added in 1998 expansion along with the Detroit Tigers moving to AL Central. Total teams remains at five.

F Tampa Bay Devil Rays become Tampa Bay Rays.

Champions by year[edit]

Team names link to the season in which each team played

Year	Winner	Record	%	Playoff Results
1969	Baltimore Orioles (1)	109–53	.673	Won ALCS (Twins) 3–0 Lost World Series (Mets) 4–1
1970	Baltimore Orioles (2)	108–54	.667	Won ALCS (Twins) 3–0 Won World Series (Reds) 4–1
1971	Baltimore Orioles (3)	101–57	.639	Won ALCS (Athletics) 3–0 Lost World Series (Pirates) 4–3
1972	Detroit Tigers (1)	86–70	.551	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–2
1973	Baltimore Orioles (4)	97–65	.599	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–2
1974	Baltimore Orioles (5)	91–71	.562	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–1
1975	Boston Red Sox (1)	95–65	.594	Won ALCS (Athletics) 3–0 Lost World Series (Reds) 4–3
1976	New York Yankees (1)	97–62	.610	Won ALCS (Royals) 3–2 Lost World Series (Reds) 4–0
1977	New York Yankees (2)	100–62	.617	Won ALCS (Royals) 3–2 Won World Series (Dodgers) 4–2
1978	New York Yankees (3)‡	100–63	.613	Won ALCS (Royals) 3–1 Won World Series (Dodgers) 4–2
1979	Baltimore Orioles (6)	102–57	.642	Won ALCS (Angels) 3–1 Lost World Series (Pirates) 4–3
1980	New York Yankees (4)	103–59	.636	Lost ALCS (Royals) 3–0
1981	New York Yankees (5)*	59–48	.551	Won ALDS (Brewers) 3–2 Won ALCS (Athletics) 3–0 Lost World Series (Dodgers) 4–2
1982	Milwaukee Brewers (1)	95–67	.586	Won ALCS (Angels) 3–2 Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–3
1983	Baltimore Orioles (7)	98–64	.605	Won ALCS (White Sox) 3–1 Won World Series (Phillies) 4–1
1984	Detroit Tigers (2)	104–58	.642	Won ALCS (Royals) 3–0 Won World Series (Padres) 4–1
1985	Toronto Blue Jays (1)	99–62	.615	Lost ALCS (Royals) 4–3
1986	Boston Red Sox (2)	95–66	.590	Won ALCS (Angels) 4–3 Lost World Series (Mets) 4–3
1987	Detroit Tigers (3)	98–64	.605	Lost ALCS (Twins) 4–1
1988	Boston Red Sox (3)	89–73	.549	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 4–0
1989	Toronto Blue Jays (2)	89–73	.549	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 4–1
1990	Boston Red Sox (4)	88–74	.543	Lost ALCS (Athletics) 4–0
1991	Toronto Blue Jays (3)	91–71	.562	Lost ALCS (Twins) 4–1
1992	Toronto Blue Jays (4)	96–66	.593	Won ALCS (Athletics) 4–2 Won World Series (Braves) 4–2
1993	Toronto Blue Jays (5)	95–67	.586	Won ALCS (White Sox) 4–2 Won World Series (Phillies) 4–2
1994§	No playoffs due 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike
1995	Boston Red Sox (5)	86–58	.597	Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–0
1996	New York Yankees (6)	92–70	.568	Won ALDS (Rangers) 3–1 Won ALCS (Orioles) 4–1 Won World Series (Braves) 4–2
1997	Baltimore Orioles (8)	98–64	.605	Won ALDS (Mariners) 3–1 Lost ALCS (Indians) 4–2
1998	New York Yankees (7)	114–48	.704	Won ALDS (Rangers) 3–0 Won ALCS (Indians) 4–2 Won World Series (Padres) 4–0
1999	New York Yankees (8)	98–64	.605	Won ALDS (Rangers) 3–0 Won ALCS (Red Sox) 4–1 Won World Series (Braves) 4–0
2000	New York Yankees (9)	87–74	.540	Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2 Won ALCS (Mariners) 4–2 Won World Series (Mets) 4–1
2001	New York Yankees (10)	95–65	.594	Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2 Won ALCS (Mariners) 4–1 Lost World Series (Diamondbacks) 4–3
2002	New York Yankees (11)	103–58	.640	Lost ALDS (Angels) 3–1
2003	New York Yankees (12)	101–61	.623	Won ALDS (Twins) 3–1 Won ALCS (Red Sox) 4–3 Lost World Series (Marlins) 4–2
2004	New York Yankees (13)	101–61	.623	Won ALDS (Twins) 3–1 Lost ALCS (Red Sox) 4–3
2005	New York Yankees (14)††	95–67	.586	Lost ALDS (Angels) 3–2
2006	New York Yankees (15)	97–65	.599	Lost ALDS (Tigers) 3–1
2007	Boston Red Sox (6)	96–66	.593	Won ALDS (Angels) 3–0 Won ALCS (Indians) 4–3 Won World Series (Rockies) 4–0
2008	Tampa Bay Rays (1)	97–65	.599	Won ALDS (White Sox) 3–1 Won ALCS (Red Sox) 4–3 Lost World Series (Phillies) 4–1
2009	New York Yankees (16)	103–59	.636	Won ALDS (Twins) 3–0 Won ALCS (Angels) 4–2 Won World Series (Phillies) 4–2
2010	Tampa Bay Rays (2)	96–66	.593	Lost ALDS (Rangers) 3–2
2011	New York Yankees (17)	97–65	.599	Lost ALDS (Tigers) 3–2
2012	New York Yankees (18)	95–67	.586	Won ALDS (Orioles) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Tigers) 4–0
2013	Boston Red Sox (7)	97–65	.599	Won ALDS (Rays) 3–1 Won ALCS (Tigers) 4–2 Won World Series (Cardinals) 4–2
2014	Baltimore Orioles (9)	96–66	.593	Won ALDS (Tigers) 3–0 Lost ALCS (Royals) 4–0
2015	Toronto Blue Jays (6)	93–69	.574	Won ALDS (Rangers) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Royals) 4–2
2016	Boston Red Sox (8)	93–69	.574	Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–0
2017	Boston Red Sox (9)	93–69	.574	Lost ALDS (Astros) 3–1
2018	Boston Red Sox (10)	108–54	.667	Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–1 Won ALCS (Astros) 4–1 Won World Series (Dodgers) 4–1
2019	New York Yankees (19)	103–59	.636	Won ALDS (Twins) 3–0 Lost ALCS (Astros) 4–2
2020†††	Tampa Bay Rays (3)	40–20	.667	Won ALWC (Blue Jays) 2–0 Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–2 Won ALCS (Astros) 4–3 Lost World Series (Dodgers) 4–2

‡ – In 1978, the New York Yankees ended up in a tie with the Boston Red Sox for the division championship, and won a 1-game playoff against Boston.

* – Due to the players' strike, the season was split. New York won the first half and defeated second-half champion Milwaukee (62–45) in the postseason.

§ – Due to the 1994 baseball strike starting August 12, no official winner was awarded. New York was leading at the strike.

†† – The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees finished the 2005 season tied for first place with identical records. New York won the season series against Boston and was awarded the tie-breaker; Boston was awarded the wild card berth. Had a team from another division won the wild card, a one-game playoff would have decided the division champion.

††† – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened to 60 games. By virtue of the eight-team postseason format used for that season, division runner-up New York Yankees (33–27, .550) also qualified for the playoffs. The Yankees won the ALWC (Indians) 2–0, but lost the ALDS (Rays) 3–2.

The Cleveland Indians were the only team to not win the AL East before the 1994 division realignment.

AL East statistics[edit]

Team	Division Championships	Year (s)	Last Year Won	Wild Card Appearances	Division Series Record	AL Championship Series Record	World Series Record
Current Teams in Division:
New York Yankees	19	1976-1978 1980, 1981, 1996-2006 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019	2019	7	11 – 9	11 – 3	7 – 4
Boston Red Sox	10	1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016-2018	2018	7	7 – 6	6 – 5	4 – 2
Baltimore Orioles	9	1969-1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997, 2014	2014	3	3 – 1	5 – 5	2 – 3
Toronto Blue Jays	6	1985, 1989, 1991-1993, 2015	2015	1	2 – 0	2 – 5	2 – 0
Tampa Bay Rays	3	2008, 2010, 2020	2020	3	3– 3	2 – 0	0 – 2
Former Teams in Division:
Detroit Tigers	3	1972, 1984, 1987	1987	—	0 – 0	1 – 2	1 – 0
Milwaukee Brewers	1	1982	1982	—	0 – 1	1 – 0	0 – 1
Cleveland Indians	0	—	—	—	0 – 0	0 – 0	0 – 0
TOTAL	50	—	—	20	24 – 19	27 – 20	16 – 11

Wild Card winners produced[edit]

Since the advent of the Wild Card, AL East teams have faced each other in the ALCS 5 times and the ALDS twice.

See List of American League Wild Card winners (since 1994)

Year	Winner	Record	%	GB	Playoff Results
1995	New York Yankees	79–65	.549	7	Lost ALDS (Mariners) 3–2
1996	Baltimore Orioles	88–74	.543	4	Won ALDS (Indians) 3–1 Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1
1997	New York Yankees	96–66	.593	2	Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–2
1998	Boston Red Sox	92–70	.568	22	Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–1
1999	Boston Red Sox	94–68	.580	4	Won ALDS (Indians) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1
2003	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	6	Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–3
2004	Boston Red Sox	98–64	.605	3	Won ALDS (Angels) 3–0 Won ALCS (Yankees) 4–3 Won World Series (Cardinals) 4–0
2005	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	0	Lost ALDS (White Sox) 3–0
2007	New York Yankees	94–68	.580	2	Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–1
2008	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	2	Won ALDS (Angels) 3–1 Lost ALCS (Rays) 4–3
2009	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	8	Lost ALDS (Angels) 3–0
2010	New York Yankees	95–67	.586	1	Won ALDS (Twins) 3–0 Lost ALCS (Rangers) 4–2
2011	Tampa Bay Rays	91–71	.562	6	Lost ALDS (Rangers) 3–1
2012*	Baltimore Orioles	93–69	.574	2	Won ALWC (Rangers) Lost ALDS (Yankees) 3–2
2013	Tampa Bay Rays**	92–71	.564	5½	Won ALWC (Indians) Lost ALDS (Red Sox) 3–1
2015	New York Yankees	87–75	.537	6	Lost ALWC (Astros)
2016	Toronto Blue Jays***	89–73	.549	4	Won ALWC (Orioles) Won ALDS (Rangers) 3–0 Lost ALCS (Indians) 4–1
2016	Baltimore Orioles***	89–73	.549	4	Lost ALWC (Blue Jays)
2017	New York Yankees	91–71	.562	2	Won ALWC (Twins) Won ALDS (Indians) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Astros) 4–3
2018	New York Yankees	100–62	.617	8	Won ALWC (Athletics) Lost ALDS (Red Sox) 3–1
2019	Tampa Bay Rays	96–66	.593	7	Won ALWC (Athletics) Lost ALDS (Astros) 3–2
2020****	Toronto Blue Jays	32–28	.533	8	Lost ALWC (Rays) 2–0

* – Starting with the 2012 season, there are two Wild Card winners in each league. The qualifiers play a single-game playoff to determine who will face the top-seeded team in the American League Division Series.

** In 2013, the Texas Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays finished the season with the identical records of 91–71. A one-game playoff was held and the Rays won it 5–2 over the Rangers to capture the second Wild Card berth.

*** In 2016, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles finished the season with the identical records of 89–73. However, the Blue Jays won the right to host the Wild Card Game by virtue of their 10–9 regular-season record against the Orioles.

**** Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened to 60 games.

Season results[edit]

^(#)	Denotes team that won the World Series
^(#)	Denotes team that won the American League pennant, but lost World Series
^(#)	Denotes team that qualified for the MLB postseason

Season	Team (record)
Season	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
1969: The American League East was formed with six inaugural members: the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Washington Senators.
1969	Baltimore (109–53)	Detroit (90–72)	Boston (87–75)	Washington (86–76)	N.Y. Yankees (80–81)	Cleveland (62–99)
1970	Baltimore (108–54)	N.Y. Yankees (93–69)	Boston (87–75)	Detroit (79–83)	Cleveland (76–86)	Washington (70–92)
1971	Baltimore (101–57)	Detroit (91–71)	Boston (85–77)	N.Y. Yankees (82–80)	Washington (63–96)	Cleveland (60–102)
1972: The Washington Senators relocated to Arlington, Texas as the Texas Rangers and left to join the American League West. The Milwaukee Brewers joined from the American League West.
1972	Detroit (86–70)	Boston (85–70)	Baltimore (80–74)	N.Y. Yankees (79–76)	Cleveland (72–84)	Milwaukee (65–91)
1973	Baltimore (97–65)	Boston (89–73)	Detroit (85–77)	N.Y. Yankees (80–82)	Milwaukee (74–88)	Cleveland (71–91)
1974	Baltimore (91–71)	N.Y. Yankees (89–73)	Boston (84–78)	Cleveland (77–85)	Milwaukee (76–86)	Detroit (72–90)
1975	Boston (95–65)	Baltimore (90–69)	N.Y. Yankees (83–77)	Cleveland (79–80)	Milwaukee (68–94)	Detroit (57–102)
1976	N.Y. Yankees (97–62)	Baltimore (88–74)	Boston (83–79)	Cleveland (81–78)	Detroit (74–87)	Milwaukee (66–95)
1977: An expansion team, Toronto Blue Jays, joined the division.
1977	N.Y. Yankees (100–62)	Baltimore (97–64)	Boston (97–64)	Detroit (74–88)	Cleveland (71–90)	Milwaukee (67–95)	Toronto (54–107)
1978	N.Y. Yankees^[a] (100–63)	Boston (99–64)	Milwaukee (93–69)	Baltimore (90–71)	Detroit (86–76)	Cleveland (69–90)	Toronto (59–102)
1979	Baltimore (102–57)	Milwaukee (95–66)	Boston (91–69)	N.Y. Yankees (89–71)	Detroit (85–76)	Cleveland (81–80)	Toronto (53–109)
1980	N.Y. Yankees (103–59)	Baltimore (100–62)	Milwaukee (86–76)	Detroit (84–78)	Boston (83–77)	Cleveland (79–81)	Toronto (67–95)
1981: Due to the player's strike, the season was split and a Division Series was created to pit the first and second half champions from each division. The New York Yankees won the first half and the Milwaukee Brewers won the second half. The Yankees won the ALDS 3–2 to claim the American League East championship.
1981	Milwaukee (62–47)	Baltimore (59–46)	N.Y. Yankees (59–48)	Detroit (60–49)	Boston (59–49)	Cleveland (52–51)	Toronto (37–69)
1982	Milwaukee (95–67)	Baltimore (94–68)	Boston (89–73)	Detroit (83–79)	N.Y. Yankees (79–83)	Cleveland (78–84)	Toronto (78–84)
1983	Baltimore (98–64)	Detroit (92–70)	N.Y. Yankees (91–71)	Toronto (89–73)	Milwaukee (87–75)	Boston (78–84)	Cleveland (70–92)
1984	Detroit (104–58)	Toronto (89–73)	N.Y. Yankees (87–75)	Boston (86–76)	Baltimore (85–77)	Cleveland (75–87)	Milwaukee (67–94)
1985	Toronto (99–62)	N.Y. Yankees (97–64)	Detroit (84–77)	Baltimore (83–78)	Boston (81–81)	Milwaukee (71–90)	Cleveland (60–102)
1986	Boston (95–66)	N.Y. Yankees (90–72)	Detroit (87–75)	Toronto (86–76)	Cleveland (84–78)	Milwaukee (77–84)	Baltimore (73–89)
1987	Detroit (98–64)	Toronto (96–66)	Milwaukee (91–71)	N.Y. Yankees (89–73)	Boston (78–84)	Baltimore (67–95)	Cleveland (61–101)
1988	Boston (89–73)	Detroit (88–74)	Milwaukee (87–75)	Toronto (87–75)	N.Y. Yankees (85–76)	Cleveland (78–84)	Baltimore (54–107)
1989	Toronto (89–73)	Baltimore (87–75)	Boston (83–79)	Milwaukee (81–81)	N.Y. Yankees (74–87)	Cleveland (73–89)	Detroit (59–103)
1990	Boston (88–74)	Toronto (86–76)	Detroit (79–83)	Cleveland (77–85)	Baltimore (76–85)	Milwaukee (74–88)	N.Y. Yankees (67–95)
1991	Toronto (91–71)	Boston (84–78)	Detroit (84–78)	Milwaukee (83–79)	N.Y. Yankees (71–91)	Baltimore (67–95)	Cleveland (57–105)
1992	Toronto (96–66)	Milwaukee (92–70)	Baltimore (89–73)	Cleveland (76–86)	N.Y. Yankees (76–86)	Detroit (75–87)	Boston (73–89)
1993	Toronto (95–67)	N.Y. Yankees (88–74)	Baltimore (85–77)	Detroit (85–77)	Boston (80–82)	Cleveland (76–86)	Milwaukee (69–93)
1994: The Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers left to join the American League Central. Due to the player's strike, the remainder of the season was cancelled on August 12. The postseason and World Series was also cancelled.
1994	N.Y. Yankees (70–43)	Baltimore (63–49)	Toronto (55–60)	Boston (54–61)	Detroit (53–62)
1995	⁽²⁾ Boston (86–58)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (79–65)	Baltimore (71–73)	Detroit (60–84)	Toronto (56–88)
1996	⁽²⁾ N.Y. Yankees (92–70)	⁽⁴⁾ Baltimore (88–74)	Boston (85–77)	Toronto (74–88)	Detroit (53–109)
1997	⁽¹⁾ Baltimore (98–64)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (96–66)	Detroit (79–83)	Boston (78–84)	Toronto (76–86)
1998: The Detroit Tigers left to join the American League Central. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined as an expansion franchise.
1998	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (114–48)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (92–70)	Toronto (88–74)	Baltimore (79–83)	Tampa Bay (63–99)
1999	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (98–64)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (94–68)	Toronto (84–78)	Baltimore (78–84)	Tampa Bay (69–93)
2000	⁽³⁾ N.Y. Yankees (87–74)	Boston (85–77)	Toronto (83–79)	Baltimore (74–88)	Tampa Bay (69–92)
2001	⁽²⁾ N.Y. Yankees (95–65)	Boston (82–79)	Toronto (80–82)	Baltimore (63–98)	Tampa Bay (62–100)
2002	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (103–58)	Boston (93–69)	Toronto (78–84)	Baltimore (67–95)	Tampa Bay (55–106)
2003	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (101–61)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (95–67)	Toronto (86–76)	Baltimore (71–91)	Tampa Bay (63–99)
2004	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (101–61)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (98–64)	Baltimore (78–84)	Tampa Bay (70–91)	Toronto (67–94)
2005	⁽³⁾ N.Y. Yankees^[b] (95–67)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (95–67)	Toronto (80–82)	Baltimore (74–88)	Tampa Bay (67–95)
2006	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (97–65)	Toronto (87–75)	Boston (86–76)	Baltimore (70–92)	Tampa Bay (61–101)
2007	⁽¹⁾ Boston^[c] (96–66)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (94–68)	Toronto (83–79)	Baltimore (69–93)	Tampa Bay (66–96)
2008: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays rebranded as the Tampa Bay Rays.
2008	⁽²⁾ Tampa Bay (97–65)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (95–67)	N.Y. Yankees (89–73)	Toronto (86–76)	Baltimore (68–93)
2009	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (103–59)	⁽⁴⁾ Boston (95–67)	Tampa Bay (84–78)	Toronto (75–87)	Baltimore (64–98)
2010	⁽¹⁾ Tampa Bay (96–66)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (95–67)	Boston (89–73)	Toronto (85–77)	Baltimore (66–96)
2011	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (97–65)	⁽⁴⁾ Tampa Bay (91–71)	Boston (90–72)	Toronto (81–81)	Baltimore (69–93)
2012	⁽¹⁾ N.Y. Yankees (95–67)	⁽⁵⁾ Baltimore (93–69)	Tampa Bay (90–72)	Toronto (73–89)	Boston (69–93)
2013	⁽¹⁾ Boston (97–65)	⁽⁵⁾ Tampa Bay^[d] (92–71)	N.Y. Yankees (85–77)	Baltimore (85–77)	Toronto (74–88)
2014	⁽²⁾ Baltimore (96–66)	N.Y. Yankees (84–78)	Toronto (83–79)	Tampa Bay (77–85)	Boston (71–91)
2015	⁽²⁾ Toronto (93–69)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (87–75)	Baltimore (81–81)	Tampa Bay (80–82)	Boston (78–84)
2016	⁽³⁾ Boston (93–69)	⁽⁴⁾ Toronto^[e] (89–73)	⁽⁵⁾ Baltimore (89–73)	N.Y. Yankees (84–78)	Tampa Bay (68–94)
2017	⁽³⁾ Boston (93–69)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (91–71)	Tampa Bay (80–82)	Toronto (76–86)	Baltimore (75–87)
2018	⁽¹⁾ Boston (108–54)	⁽⁴⁾ N.Y. Yankees (100–62)	Tampa Bay (90–72)	Toronto (73–89)	Baltimore (47–115)
2019	⁽²⁾ N.Y. Yankees (103–59)	⁽⁴⁾ Tampa Bay (96–66)	Boston (84–78)	Toronto (67–95)	Baltimore (54–108)
2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened to 60 games. The postseason field was expanded to eight teams and the wild-card round became a best-of-three series.
2020	⁽¹⁾ Tampa Bay (40–20)	⁽⁵⁾ N.Y. Yankees (33–27)	⁽⁸⁾ Toronto (32–28)	Baltimore (25–35)	Boston (24–36)

Notes and Tiebreakers

a New York and Boston were tied for the division championship and played in a tie-breaker game. The Yankees won 5–4 to claim the division crown.
b New York and Boston were tied for the division championship and wild-card berth but the Yankees claimed the division crown by winning the season series 10–9, relegating Boston to the wild-card spot. New York and Los Angeles of the American League West were also tied for the second and third seed but the Yankees were relegated to the third seed by losing the season series 6–4.
c Boston and Cleveland of the American League Central were tied for the first and second seed but the Red Sox claimed the top overall seed by winning the season series 5–2, relegating Cleveland to the second seed.
d Tampa Bay and Texas of the American League West were tied for the second wild-card berth and played in a tie-breaker game. The Rays won 5–2 to claim the second wild-card spot.
e Toronto and Baltimore were tied for both wild-card berths but the Blue Jays claimed the first wild-card spot by winning the season series 10–9, relegating Baltimore to the second wild-card spot.

References[edit]

^ Leitch, Will. "MLB Preview: American League East". Sports on Earth. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ Stark, Jayson. "Ranking MLB's six divisions". ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

MLB Final Standings By Year
MLB PREVIEW: AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
Ranking MLB's six divisions

[1] Leitch, Will. "MLB Preview: American League East". Sports on Earth. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[2] Stark, Jayson. "Ranking MLB's six divisions". ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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