Major League Baseball division winners

This is a list of division champions (since ) and wild-card winners (since ) in Major League Baseball.

Division champions indicates the winner of the World Series.

Four-division alignment (1969–1993)

Team names link to the season in which each team played 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 Oakland Montreal Los Angeles 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" (pre-strike) and "second half" (post-strike) 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 1994 Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike 1995 Boston Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Cincinnati Los Angeles 1996 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta St. Louis San Diego 1997 Baltimore Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Houston San Francisco 1998 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta Houston San Diego 1999 New York Cleveland Texas Atlanta Houston Arizona 2000 New York Chicago Oakland Atlanta St. Louis San Francisco 2001 New York Cleveland Seattle Atlanta Houston Arizona 2002 New York Minnesota Oakland Atlanta St. Louis Arizona 2003 New York Minnesota Oakland Atlanta Chicago San Francisco 2004 New York Minnesota Anaheim Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles 2005 New York Chicago Los Angeles Atlanta St. Louis San Diego 2006 New York Minnesota Oakland New York St. Louis San Diego 2007 Boston Cleveland Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Arizona 2008 Tampa Bay Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles 2009 New York Minnesota Los Angeles Philadelphia St. Louis Los Angeles 2010 Tampa Bay Minnesota Texas Philadelphia Cincinnati San Francisco 2011 New York Detroit Texas Philadelphia Milwaukee Arizona 2012 New York Detroit Oakland Washington Cincinnati San Francisco 2013 Boston Detroit Oakland Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles 2014 Baltimore Detroit Los Angeles Washington St. Louis Los Angeles 2015 Toronto Kansas City Texas New York St. Louis Los Angeles 2016 Boston Cleveland Texas WashingtonChicago Los Angeles 2017 Boston Cleveland Houston Washington Chicago Los Angeles 2018 Boston Cleveland Houston Atlanta Milwaukee Los Angeles 2019 New York Minnesota Houston Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles 2020 Tampa Bay Minnesota Oakland Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles 2021 Tampa Bay Chicago Houston Atlanta Milwaukee San Francisco 2022 New York Cleveland Houston Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles 2023 Baltimore Minnesota Houston Atlanta Milwaukee Los Angeles 2024 New York Cleveland Houston Philadelphia Milwaukee Los Angeles 2025 Toronto Cleveland Seattle Philadelphia Milwaukee Los Angeles 2026 Tampa Bay Cleveland Houston Atlanta Milwaukee Los Angeles

Division titles by franchise Team Titles Years won Atlanta Braves 24 1969, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers 24 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 New York Yankees 21 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2024 Athletics 17 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2020 St. Louis Cardinals 15 1982, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022 Cleveland Guardians 14 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Houston Astros 14 1980, 1986, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026 Minnesota Twins 13 1969, 1970, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2020, 2023 Philadelphia Phillies 13 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2024, 2025 Baltimore Orioles 10 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997, 2014, 2023 Boston Red Sox 10 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 Cincinnati Reds 10 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1990, 1995, 2010, 2012 Los Angeles Angels 9 1979, 1982, 1986, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates 9 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992 San Francisco Giants 9 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2021 Chicago Cubs 8 1984, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2020 Milwaukee Brewers 8 1982, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Detroit Tigers 7 1972, 1984, 1987, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Kansas City Royals 7 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 2015 Texas Rangers 7 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 Toronto Blue Jays 7 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015, 2025 Chicago White Sox 6 1983, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2021 New York Mets 6 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2006, 2015 Arizona Diamondbacks 5 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011 San Diego Padres 5 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 Tampa Bay Rays 5 2008, 2010, 2020, 2021, 2026 Washington Nationals 5 1981, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 Seattle Mariners 4 1995, 1997, 2001, 2025 Colorado Rockies 0 none Miami Marlins 0 none

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 Postseason canceled 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 2008 Boston Milwaukee 2009 Boston Colorado 2010 New York Atlanta 2011 Tampa Bay St. Louis

Two Wild Cards (2012–2019, 2021)

Winner of the Wild Card Game in bold Year AL Host AL Visitor NL Host NL Visitor 2012 Texas Baltimore Atlanta St. Louis 2013 Cleveland Tampa Bay Pittsburgh Cincinnati 2014 Kansas City Oakland Pittsburgh San Francisco 2015 New York Houston Pittsburgh Chicago 2016 Toronto Baltimore New York San Francisco 2017 New York Minnesota Arizona Colorado 2018 New York Oakland Chicago Colorado 2019 Oakland Tampa Bay Washington Milwaukee 2020† Format not used 2021 Boston New York Los Angeles St. Louis † For the 2020 season, the postseason consisted of eight teams per league; the top two teams in each division and two wild card teams from among the remaining teams.

Three Wild Cards (2022–present) Winner of the Wild Card Series in bold Year AL #1 AL #2 AL #3 NL #1 NL #2 NL #3 2022 Toronto Seattle Tampa Bay New York San Diego Philadelphia 2023 Tampa Bay Texas Toronto Philadelphia Miami Arizona 2024 Baltimore Kansas City Detroit San Diego Atlanta New York 2025 New York Boston Detroit Chicago San Diego Cincinnati 2026 New York Boston Chicago San Diego Chicago Philadelphia

See also

AL pennant winners NL pennant winners World Series champions MLB postseason MLB postseason teams MLB franchise postseason droughts MLB rivalries Home advantage

References