# 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

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 | Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | Postseason canceled due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | 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 | Washington | Chicago | 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 |

## 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 | 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 | Format not used | Format not used | 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 |