Major League Baseball division winners
This is a list of division champions (since 1969) and wild-card winners (since 1994) in Major League Baseball.
Division champions
[edit]indicates the winner of the World Series.
Four-division alignment (1969–1993)
[edit]- Team names link to the season in which each team played
† 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.[1]
Six-division alignment (1994–present)
[edit]- Team names link to the season in which each team played
Division titles by franchise
[edit]| Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Braves | 23 | 1969, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 23 | 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 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 | 13 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025 |
| Houston Astros | 13 | 1980, 1986, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 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 |
| Detroit Tigers | 7 | 1972, 1984, 1987, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Kansas City Royals | 7 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 2015 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 7 | 1982, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 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 |
| Washington Nationals | 5 | 1981, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
| Seattle Mariners | 4 | 1995, 1997, 2001, 2025 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 4 | 2008, 2010, 2020, 2021 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0 | none |
| Miami Marlins | 0 | none |
Wild card winners
[edit]indicates the winner of the World Series.
One Wild Card (1995–2011)
[edit]- Team names link to the season in which each team played
Two Wild Cards (2012–2019, 2021)
[edit]- 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)
[edit]- 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 |
See also
[edit]
- AL pennant winners
- NL pennant winners
- World Series champions
- MLB postseason
- MLB postseason teams
- MLB franchise postseason droughts
- MLB rivalries
- Home advantage
References
[edit]- ^ "MLB Division Series History (1981-2023) | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.