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The American League East is one of Major League Baseball 's six divisions. MLB consists of an East, Central, and West division for each of its two 15-team leagues, the American League (AL) and National League (NL). This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the American League West.
The final team was the winner of the American League Wild Card Game, played between the league's fourth and fifth seeded teams. The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the American League East on September 26 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and secured the AL's best record and home-field advantage throughout the AL postseason with a 100–62 record on September 28. [ 5 ]
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League ( AL ), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major league status.
The 1987 Major League Baseball season ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, as all seven games were won by the home team. In June, future Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was selected with the number one overall pick in ...
American League East Division 1. New York Yankees 10 6 . ... MLB Standings. August 10, 2020 at 9:12 PM ... Los Angeles Angels 5 11 .313 7 National League East Division 1. Miami Marlins 7 3 .700 ...
The Baltimore Orioles won the AL East with an MLB-best 109–53 record, and then defeated the AL West champion Minnesota Twins in three games in the first American League Championship Series. The New York Mets won the NL East with an NL-best 100–62 record, and then defeated the NL West champion Atlanta Braves in three games in the first ...
AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 66 times, most recently in 2023. The New York Yankees have won 40 AL pennants, [ 11] winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2009. [ 12] This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the Oakland Athletics, who have won 15. [ 13]
San Diego Padres' Juan Soto batting during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in San Diego.