American League Championship Series

In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS), played in October, is a playoff round that decides the winner of the American League pennant. The winner of the series moves on to play the winner of the National League Championship Series in baseball's championship, the World Series.  It is a "best-of-seven" series, meaning the first team to win four games 

History
In 1969, MLB expanded the leagues to two divisions.  As a result, the League Championship Series was implemented.  Originally, it was a best-of-five series, meaning a team had to win three games to advance to the World Series.  In 1985, the LCS was expanded to a best-of-seven format.  

Since 1995, the two winners of the ALDS advance to the ALCS.

List
Click the link on the far left for detailed information on that series.
YearWinnerLoserRecordSeries MVP 1969 Baltimore Orioles  Minnesota Twins 3–0    1970 Baltimore Orioles  Minnesota Twins 3–0    1971 Baltimore Orioles  Oakland Athletics 3–0    1972 Oakland Athletics  Detroit Tigers 3–2    1973 Oakland Athletics Baltimore Orioles 3–2    1974 Oakland Athletics Baltimore Orioles 3–1    1975 Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics 3–0    1976 New York Yankees Kansas City Royals 3–2    1977 New York Yankees Kansas City Royals 3–2    1978 New York Yankees Kansas City Royals 3–1    1979 Baltimore Orioles California Angels 3–1    1980 Kansas City Royals New York Yankees 3–0  Frank White, Kansas City 1981 New York Yankees Oakland Athletics 3–0  Graig Nettles, New York 1982 Milwaukee Brewers California Angels 3–2  Fred Lynn, California 1983 Baltimore Orioles  Chicago White Sox 3–1  Mike Boddicker, Baltimore 1984 Detroit Tigers  Kansas City Royals 3–0  Kirk Gibson, Detroit 1985 Kansas City Royals  Toronto Blue Jays 4–3  George Brett, Kansas City 1986 Boston Red Sox California Angels 4–3  Marty Barrett, Boston 1987 Minnesota Twins  Detroit Tigers 4–1  Gary Gaetti, Minnesota 1988 Oakland Athletics  Boston Red Sox 4–0  Dennis Eckersley, Oakland 1989 Oakland Athletics  Toronto Blue Jays 4–1  Rickey Henderson, Oakland 1990 Oakland Athletics  Boston Red Sox 4–0 Dave Stewart, Oakland 1991 Minnesota Twins  Toronto Blue Jays 4–1  Kirby Puckett, Minnesota 1992 Toronto Blue Jays  Oakland Athletics 4–2  Roberto Alomar, Toronto 1993 Toronto Blue Jays  Chicago White Sox 4–2 1994 Not held due to labor dispute. 1995 Cleveland Indians  Seattle Mariners 4–2  Orel Hershiser, Cleveland 1996 New York Yankees  Baltimore Orioles† 4–1 Bernie Williams, New York 1997 Cleveland Indians  Baltimore Orioles 4–2  Marquis Grissom, Cleveland 1998 New York Yankees  Cleveland Indians 4–2  David Wells, New York 1999 New York Yankees  Boston Red Sox† 4–1  Orlando Hernández, New York 2000 New York Yankees  Seattle Mariners† 4–2  David Justice, New York 2001 New York Yankees  Seattle Mariners 4–1  Andy Pettitte, New York 2002 Anaheim Angels†  Minnesota Twins 4–1  Adam Kennedy, Anaheim 2003 New York Yankees  Boston Red Sox† 4–3  Mariano Rivera, New York 2004 Boston Red Sox†  New York Yankees 4–3  David Ortiz, Boston 2005 Chicago White Sox  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4–1  Paul Konerko, Chicago 2006 Detroit Tigers†  Oakland Athletics 4–0  Plácido Polanco, Detroit 2007 Boston Red Sox  Cleveland Indians 4–3  Josh Beckett, Boston 2008 Tampa Bay Rays  Boston Red Sox† 4–3  Matt Garza, Tampa Bay  2009 New York Yankees  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4–2  CC Sabathia, New York  2010 Texas Rangers   New York Yankees 4–2  Josh Hamilton, Texas 2011Texas RangersDetroit Tigers4–2Nelson Cruz, Texas2012Detroit TigersNew York Yankees4–0Delmon Young, Detroit2013Boston Red SoxDetroit Tigers4–2Koji Uehara, Boston2014Kansas City Royals†Baltimore Orioles4–0Lorenzo Cain, Kansas City2015Kansas City RoyalsToronto Blue Jays4–2Alcides Escobar, Kansas City2016Cleveland IndiansToronto Blue Jays†4–2Andrew Miller, Cleveland2017Houston AstrosNew York Yankees†4–3Justin Verlander, Houston2018Boston Red SoxHouston Astros4–1Jackie Bradley Jr., Boston2019Houston AstrosNew York Yankees4–2Jose Altuve, Houston†Denotes wild-card team (since 1995).

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