Major League Baseball division winners
This is a list of division champions and wild-card winners in Major League Baseball.
Division champions
indicates the winner of the World Series.Four-division alignment (1969–1993)
Year | AL East | AL West | NL East | NL West |
1969 | Baltimore | Minnesota | New York | Atlanta |
1970 | Baltimore | Minnesota | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
1971 | Baltimore | Oakland | Pittsburgh | San Francisco |
1972 | Detroit | Oakland | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
1973 | Baltimore | Oakland | New York | Cincinnati |
1974 | Baltimore | Oakland | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles |
1975 | Boston | Oakland | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
1976 | New York | Kansas City | Philadelphia | Cincinnati |
1977 | New York | Kansas City | Philadelphia | Los Angeles |
1978 | New York | Kansas City | Philadelphia | Los Angeles |
1979 | Baltimore | California | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
1980 | New York | Kansas City | Philadelphia | Houston |
1981† | New York Milwaukee | Oakland Kansas City | Philadelphia Montreal | Los Angeles Houston |
1982 | Milwaukee | California | St. Louis | Atlanta |
1983 | Baltimore | Chicago | Philadelphia | Los Angeles |
1984 | Detroit | Kansas City | Chicago | San Diego |
1985 | Toronto | Kansas City | St. Louis | Los Angeles |
1986 | Boston | California | New York | Houston |
1987 | Detroit | Minnesota | St. Louis | San Francisco |
1988 | Boston | Oakland | New York | Los Angeles |
1989 | Toronto | Oakland | Chicago | San Francisco |
1990 | Boston | Oakland | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
1991 | Toronto | Minnesota | Pittsburgh | Atlanta |
1992 | Toronto | Oakland | Pittsburgh | Atlanta |
1993 | Toronto | Chicago | Philadelphia | Atlanta |
† Due to the strike that took place in the middle of the 1981 season, Major League Baseball crowned both a "first half" and "second half" division champion. The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series. Oakland and New York won the 1981 American League Division Series while Los Angeles and Montreal won the 1981 National League Division Series.
Six-division alignment (1994–present)
- Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year | AL East | AL Central | AL West | NL East | NL Central | NL West | Wild Cards |
1994‡ | New York | Chicago | Texas | Montreal | Cincinnati | Los Angeles | |
1995 | Boston | Cleveland | Seattle | Atlanta | Cincinnati | Los Angeles | New York Colorado |
1996 | New York | Cleveland | Texas | Atlanta | St. Louis | San Diego | Baltimore Los Angeles |
1997 | Baltimore | Cleveland | Seattle | Atlanta | Houston | San Francisco | New York Florida |
1998 | New York | Cleveland | Texas | Atlanta | Houston | San Diego | Boston Chicago |
1999 | New York | Cleveland | Texas | Atlanta | Houston | Arizona | Boston New York |
2000 | New York | Chicago | Oakland | Atlanta | St. Louis | San Francisco | Seattle New York |
2001 | New York | Cleveland | Seattle | Atlanta | Houston | Arizona | Seattle St. Louis |
2002 | New York | Minnesota | Oakland | Atlanta | St. Louis | Arizona | Anaheim San Francisco |
2003 | New York | Minnesota | Oakland | Atlanta | Chicago | San Francisco | Boston Florida |
2004 | New York | Minnesota | Anaheim | Atlanta | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Boston Houston |
2005 | New York | Chicago | Los Angeles | Atlanta | St. Louis | San Diego | Boston Houston |
2006 | New York | Minnesota | Oakland | New York | St. Louis | San Diego | Detroit Los Angeles |
2007 | Boston | Cleveland | Los Angeles | Philadelphia | Chicago | Arizona | New York Colorado |
2008 | Tampa Bay | Chicago | Los Angeles | Philadelphia | Chicago | Los Angeles | Boston Milwaukee |
2009 | New York | Minnesota | Los Angeles | Philadelphia | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Boston Colorado |
2010 | Tampa Bay | Minnesota | Texas | Philadelphia | Cincinnati | San Francisco | New York Atlanta |
2011 | New York | Detroit | Texas | Philadelphia | Milwaukee | Arizona | Tampa St. Louis |
2012 | New York | Detroit | Oakland | Washington | Cincinnati | San Francisco | Baltimore St. Louis |
2013 | Boston | Detroit | Oakland | Atlanta | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Tampa Bay Pittsburgh |
2014 | Baltimore | Detroit | Los Angeles | Washington | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Kansas City San Francisco |
2015 | Toronto | Kansas City | Texas | New York | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Houston Chicago |
2016 | Boston | Cleveland | Texas | Washington | Chicago | Los Angeles | Toronto San Francisco |
2017 | Boston | Cleveland | Houston | Washington | Chicago | Los Angeles | New York Arizona |
2018 | Boston | Cleveland | Houston | Atlanta | Milwaukee | Los Angeles | New York Colorado |
2019 | New York | Minnesota | Houston | Atlanta | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Tampa Bay Washington |
‡ The 1994 season was shortened by a strike that resulted in the cancellation of the rest of the season, including the World Series. The teams listed were leading their divisions at the time the strike began.
Wild card winners
indicates the winner of the World Series.One Wild Card (1995–2011)
- Team names link to the season in which each team played
Year | AL | NL |
1994‡ | Cleveland | Atlanta |
1995 | New York | Colorado |
1996 | Baltimore | Los Angeles |
1997 | New York | Florida |
1998 | Boston | Chicago |
1999 | Boston | New York |
2000 | Seattle | New York |
2001 | Oakland | St. Louis |
2002 | Anaheim | San Francisco |
2003 | Boston | Florida |
2004 | Boston | Houston |
2005 | Boston | Houston |
2006 | Detroit | Los Angeles |
2007 | New York | Colorado |
Boston | Milwaukee | |
Boston | Colorado | |
New York | Atlanta | |
Tampa Bay | St. Louis |
Two Wild Cards (2012–present)
Year | AL Host | AL Visitor | NL Host | NL Visitor |
Texas | Baltimore | Atlanta | St. Louis | |
Cleveland | Tampa Bay | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati | |
Kansas City | Oakland | Pittsburgh | San Francisco | |
New York | Houston | Pittsburgh | Chicago | |
Toronto | Baltimore | New York | San Francisco | |
New York | Minnesota | Arizona | Colorado | |
New York | Oakland | Chicago | Colorado | |
Oakland | Tampa Bay | Washington | Milwaukee |