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)

  • Team names link to the season in which each team played
YearAL EastAL WestNL EastNL West
1969BaltimoreMinnesotaNew YorkAtlanta
1970BaltimoreMinnesotaPittsburghCincinnati
1971BaltimoreOaklandPittsburghSan Francisco
1972DetroitOaklandPittsburghCincinnati
1973BaltimoreOaklandNew YorkCincinnati
1974BaltimoreOaklandPittsburghLos Angeles
1975BostonOaklandPittsburghCincinnati
1976New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaCincinnati
1977New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1978New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1979BaltimoreCaliforniaPittsburghCincinnati
1980New YorkKansas CityPhiladelphiaHouston
1981†New YorkOaklandMontrealLos Angeles
1982MilwaukeeCaliforniaSt. LouisAtlanta
1983BaltimoreChicagoPhiladelphiaLos Angeles
1984DetroitKansas CityChicagoSan Diego
1985TorontoKansas CitySt. LouisLos Angeles
1986BostonCaliforniaNew YorkHouston
1987DetroitMinnesotaSt. LouisSan Francisco
1988BostonOaklandNew YorkLos Angeles
1989TorontoOaklandChicagoSan Francisco
1990BostonOaklandPittsburghCincinnati
1991TorontoMinnesotaPittsburghAtlanta
1992TorontoOaklandPittsburghAtlanta
1993TorontoChicagoPhiladelphiaAtlanta

† 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'''

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'''

Two Wild Cards (2012–2019, 2021)

† 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)

YearAL #1AL #2AL #3NL #1NL #2NL #3
2022TorontoSeattleTampa BayNew YorkSan DiegoPhiladelphia
2023Tampa BayTexasTorontoPhiladelphiaMiamiArizona
2024BaltimoreKansas CityDetroitSan DiegoAtlantaNew York
2025New YorkBostonDetroitChicagoSan DiegoCincinnati