American League West


Division of Major League Baseball














AL West
LeagueAmerican League
SportMajor League Baseball
Founded1969
Teams
No. of teams5
Championships
Most recent AL West champion(s)
Houston Astros
(2nd title)
Most AL West titles
Oakland Athletics (16)

The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division has five teams as of the 2013 season, but had four teams from 1994 to 2012, and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas, historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams. The current champion of this division is the Houston Astros. In 2013, the Houston Astros went from the National League Central to the AL West.[1] That move gives all six MLB divisions an equal five teams and both leagues an equal 15 teams each.




Contents





  • 1 Division membership

    • 1.1 Current members


    • 1.2 Former members



  • 2 Division members


  • 3 Champions by year


  • 4 Wild-card winners produced


  • 5 AL West statistics


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Division membership



Current members



  • Houston Astros - Joined in 2013; formerly from the NL West (1969–1993) and NL Central (1994–2012)


  • Los Angeles Angels – Founding member (as the California Angels)


  • Oakland Athletics – Founding member


  • Seattle Mariners – Joined in 1977 as an expansion team


  • Texas Rangers – Joined in 1972; formerly of the AL East (as the 1961–1971 Washington Senators)


Former members



  • Chicago White Sox – Founding member; moved to the AL Central in 1994


  • Kansas City Royals – Founding member; moved to the AL Central in 1994


  • Minnesota Twins – Founding member; moved to the AL Central in 1994


  • Milwaukee Brewers – Founding member (as Seattle Pilots); moved to the AL East in 1972, then to the AL Central in 1994. Eventually moved to the NL Central in 1998.


Division members


Place cursor over year for division champion or World Series team.




























































































Years
AL West Division[A]

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04


California Angels

Anaheim Angels[F]

Oakland Athletics

Chicago White Sox[E]
 

Kansas City Royals[E]
 

Minnesota Twins[E]
 

Seattle Pilots[B]

Milwaukee Brewers[C]
 
 

Texas Rangers[C]
 

Seattle Mariners[D]
AL West Division[A]

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40


Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim[F]

Los Angeles Angels[F]

Oakland Athletics

Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners
 

Houston Astros[G]

     Team not in division      Division Won World Series      Division Won AL Championship

A Creation of division due to 1969 expansion, Kansas City and Seattle added.


B Seattle franchise moved to Milwaukee, becoming the Brewers.


C Washington Senators moved to Dallas–Fort Worth, became Texas Rangers and switched divisions with Milwaukee, which moved to the AL East.


D Seattle added in the 1977 league expansion.


E Chicago, Kansas City, and Minnesota moved into the newly created AL Central due to the 1994 realignment.


F In 1997, California Angels become Anaheim Angels. In 2005, Anaheim Angels become Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In 2016, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim become Los Angeles Angels.


G Houston switches leagues from the NL Central.


Champions by year


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AL West champions by year
Year
Winner
Record
Win %
Playoffs
Notes

1969

Minnesota Twins (1)
97–65
.599
Lost ALCS to Baltimore, 3–0
First AL West Division Champions

1970

Minnesota Twins (2)
98–64
.605
Lost ALCS to Baltimore, 3–0


1971

Oakland Athletics (1)
101–61
.627
Lost ALCS to Baltimore, 3–0


1972

Oakland Athletics (2)
93–62
.600

Won World Series over Cincinnati, 4–3
First AL West team to win World Series

1973

Oakland Athletics (3)
94–68
.580

Won World Series over New York (NL), 4–3
First AL West team to win back to back World Series.

1974

Oakland Athletics (4)
90–72
.556

Won World Series over Los Angeles (NL), 4–1
First AL West team to win 3 World Series in a row.

1975

Oakland Athletics (5)
98–64
.605
Lost ALCS to Boston, 3–0


1976

Kansas City Royals (1)
90–72
.556
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 3–2


1977

Kansas City Royals (2)
102–60
.630
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 3–2


1978

Kansas City Royals (3)
92–70
.568
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 3–1


1979

California Angels (1)
88–74
.543
Lost ALCS to Baltimore, 3–1


1980

Kansas City Royals (4)
97–65
.599
Lost World Series to Philadelphia, 4–2


1981

Oakland Athletics† (6)
64–45
.587
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 3–0


1982

California Angels (2)
93–69
.574
Lost ALCS to Milwaukee, 3–2


1983

Chicago White Sox (1)
99–63
.611
Lost ALCS to Baltimore, 3–1


1984

Kansas City Royals (5)
84–78
.519
Lost ALCS to Detroit, 3–0


1985

Kansas City Royals (6)
91–71
.562

Won World Series over St. Louis, 4–3


1986

California Angels (3)
92–70
.568
Lost ALCS to Boston, 4–3


1987

Minnesota Twins (3)
85–77
.525

Won World Series over St. Louis, 4–3


1988

Oakland Athletics (7)
104–58
.642
Lost World Series to Los Angeles (NL), 4–1


1989

Oakland Athletics (8)
99–63
.611

Won World Series over San Francisco, 4–0


1990

Oakland Athletics (9)
103–59
.636
Lost World Series to Cincinnati, 4–0


1991

Minnesota Twins (4)
95–67
.586

Won World Series over Atlanta, 4–3


1992

Oakland Athletics (10)
96–66
.593
Lost ALCS to Toronto, 4–2


1993

Chicago White Sox (2)
94–68
.580
Lost ALCS to Toronto, 4–2


1994§

No playoffs due to 1994 Major League Baseball strike


1995

Seattle Mariners* (1)
79-66
.545
Lost ALCS to Cleveland, 4-2


1996

Texas Rangers (1)
90–72
.556
Lost ALDS to New York (AL), 3–1


1997

Seattle Mariners (2)
90–72
.556
Lost ALDS to Baltimore, 3–1


1998

Texas Rangers (2)
88–74
.543
Lost ALDS to New York (AL), 3–0


1999

Texas Rangers (3)
95–67
.586
Lost ALDS to New York (AL), 3–0


2000

Oakland Athletics (11)
91–70
.565
Lost ALDS to New York (AL), 3–2


2001

Seattle Mariners (3)
116–46
.716
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–1


2002

Oakland Athletics (12)
103–59
.636
Lost ALDS to Minnesota, 3–2


2003

Oakland Athletics (13)
96–66
.593
Lost ALDS to Boston, 3–2


2004

Anaheim Angels (4)
92–70
.568
Lost ALDS to Boston, 3–0


2005

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (5)
95–67
.586
Lost ALCS to Chicago, 4–1


2006

Oakland Athletics (14)
93–69
.574
Lost ALCS to Detroit 4–0


2007

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (6)
94–68
.580
Lost ALDS to Boston, 3–0


2008

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (7)
100–62
.617
Lost ALDS to Boston, 3–1


2009

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (8)
97–65
.599
Lost ALCS to New York (AL), 4–2


2010

Texas Rangers (4)
90–72
.556
Lost World Series to San Francisco, 4–1


2011

Texas Rangers (5)
96–66
.593
Lost World Series to St. Louis, 4–3
First AL West team to lose back to back World Series.

2012

Oakland Athletics (15)
94–68
.580
Lost ALDS to Detroit, 3–2


2013

Oakland Athletics (16)
96–66
.593
Lost ALDS to Detroit, 3–2


2014

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (9)
98–64
.605
Lost ALDS to Kansas City, 3–0


2015

Texas Rangers (6)
88–74
.543
Lost ALDS to Toronto, 3–2


2016

Texas Rangers (7)
95–67
.586
Lost ALDS to Toronto, 3–0


2017

Houston Astros (1)
101–61
.623

Won World Series over Los Angeles (NL), 4–3
First AL West team to win World Series with their first AL West Championship

2018

Houston Astros (2)
103–59
.636
Lost ALCS to Boston, 4–1

† – Due to the players' strike, the season was split in two. The Athletics won the first half, and they defeated the second-half winner, the Kansas City Royals (50 – 53 overall record) in the postseason.

§ – Due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, starting on August 12, no official winner was declared. The Texas Rangers were leading in winning percentage at time of the strike.

* – They defeated the California Angels in a one-game playoff for the division title, 9 – 1.



Wild-card winners produced


See List of American League Wild Card winners (since 1994)
























































Year
Winner
Record
%
GB
Playoffs
Notes
2000

Seattle Mariners
91–71
.562
.5
Lost ALCS to New York, 4–2

2001

Oakland Athletics
102–60
.630
14
Lost ALDS to New York, 3–2

2002

Anaheim Angels
99–63
.611
4

Won World Series over San Francisco, 4–3
First AL West team to Win World Series as a Wild Card
2012

Texas Rangers*
93–69
.574
1
Lost ALWC to Baltimore

2014

Oakland Athletics*
88–74
.543
10
Lost ALWC to Kansas City

2015

Houston Astros*
86–76
.531
2
Lost ALDS to Kansas City, 3–2

2018

Oakland Athletics*
97–65
.599
6
Lost ALWC to New York

* – Since the 2012 season, each league has had two Wild Card winners. The qualifiers play a single-game playoff to determine who will face the top-seeded team in the American League Division Series.



AL West statistics










































Team
Division
Championships
Last Year Won
Year (s)
Current Teams in Division:

Oakland Athletics

16

2013

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013

Los Angeles Angels

9

2014

1979, 1982, 1986, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014

Texas Rangers

7

2016

1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016

Seattle Mariners

3

2001

1995, 1997, 2001

Houston Astros

2

2018

2017, 2018
Former Teams in Division:

Kansas City Royals

6

1985

1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985

Minnesota Twins

4

1991

1969, 1970, 1987, 1991

Chicago White Sox

2

1993

1983, 1993
Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers
0




See also


  • American League East

  • American League Central

  • National League East

  • National League Central

  • National League West


References




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