List of American League Wild Card winners
AL wild-card qualifiers by year
As of 2015, two AL wild-card teams went on to win the World Series (Anaheim in 2002 and Boston in 2004), two teams won the AL pennant but lost the World Series (Detroit in 2006 and Kansas City in 2014), and six other teams won the division series but lost the championship series.

List of American League Wild Card winners

Section Title: AL wild-card qualifiers by year
Table Section Text: As of 2015, two AL wild-card teams went on to win the World Series (Anaheim in 2002 and Boston in 2004), two teams won the AL pennant but lost the World Series (Detroit in 2006 and Kansas City in 2014), and six other teams won the division series but lost the championship series.

Year	Team	Record	%	Playoffs

Original Format

1994	NONE	N/A	N/A	Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike though the Cleveland Indians (66-47) were leading at the time

1995	New York Yankees	78–65	.549	Lost Division Series to Seattle, 3–2

1996	Baltimore Orioles	88–74	.543	Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–1

1997	New York Yankees	96–66	.586	Lost Division Series to Cleveland, 3–2

1998	Boston Red Sox	92–70	.568	Lost Division Series to Cleveland, 3–1

1999	Boston Red Sox	94–68	.580	Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–1

2000	Seattle Mariners	91–71	.562	Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–2

2001	Oakland Athletics	102–60	.630	Lost Division Series to New York (AL), 3–2

2002	Anaheim Angels	99–63	.611	Won World Series over San Francisco, 4–3

2003	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–3

2004	Boston Red Sox	98–64	.605	Won World Series over St. Louis, 4–0

2005	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	Lost Division Series to Chicago (AL), 3–0

2006	Detroit Tigers	95–67	.586	Lost World Series to St. Louis, 4–1

2007	New York Yankees	94–68	.580	Lost Division Series to Cleveland, 3–1

2008	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	Lost ALCS to Tampa Bay, 4–3

2009	Boston Red Sox	95–67	.586	Lost Division Series to Los Angeles (AL), 3–0

2010	New York Yankees	95–67	.586	Lost ALCS to Texas, 4–2

2011	Tampa Bay Rays	91–71	.562	Lost Division Series to Texas, 3–1

Expanded Format

2012	Texas Rangers	93–69	.574	Lost Wild Card Game to Baltimore

Baltimore Orioles	93–69	.574	Lost Division Series to New York (AL), 3–2

2013	Cleveland Indians	92–70	.568	Lost Wild Card Game to Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Rays**	92–71	.564	Lost Division Series to Boston, 3–1

2014	Kansas City Royals	89–73	.549	Lost World Series to San Francisco, 4-3

Oakland Athletics	88–74	.543	Lost Wild Card Game to Kansas City

2015	New York Yankees	87–75	.537	Lost Wild Card Game to Houston

Houston Astros	86–76	.531	Lost Division Series to Kansas City, 3–2

2016	Toronto Blue Jays	89–73	.549	Lost ALCS to Cleveland, 4–1

Baltimore Orioles	89–73	.549	Lost Wild Card Game to Toronto

2017	New York Yankees	91–71	.562	Lost ALCS vs. Houston, 4-3

Minnesota Twins	85–77	.525	Lost Wild Card Game to New York (AL)

2018	New York Yankees	100–62	.617	Lost Division Series to Boston, 3–1

Oakland Athletics	97–65	.599	Lost Wild Card Game to New York (AL)

Sentence(s)

Anaheim Angels were the 2002 American League Wildcard winner.
The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wildcard winner Anaheim Angels.
The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wildcard winner, the Anaheim Angels.

final_sentence: Anaheim Angels were the 2002 American League Wildcard winner.
final_sentence: The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wildcard winner Anaheim Angels.
final_sentence: The 2002 American League Division Series featured the Wildcard winner, the Anaheim Angels.