American League West: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Division of Major League Baseball}}

| title = American League West

| league = [[American League]]

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==History==

 

When the second incarnation of the Washington Senators announced their intention to move to the [[Dallas-Fort Worth]] area for the 1972 season and become the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], American League owners voted to switch the Rangers with the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], who began as the [[Seattle Pilots]] in 1969. The [[Chicago White Sox]] asked the AL to move from West to East, citing that five of the original eight American League franchises were in the East. The [[Oakland Athletics]] and [[Minnesota Twins]] objected to the White Sox' request; the Twins also did not want the Brewers to leave the West.

 

 

==Division membership==

| colspan="25" | [[Chicago White Sox]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}

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| colspan="25" | [[Kansas City Royals]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}

| colspan="25" | [[Minnesota Twins]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}

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| colspan="1" |<small> [[Seattle Pilots|Seattle<br>Pilots]]{{ref label|SEA1|B|B}}</small>

! style="background:#ffe87c;"| ''[[2021 Houston Astros season|21]]''

! style="background:#00ff00;"| ''[[2022 Houston Astros season|22]]''

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| colspan="9" | [[Anaheim Angels]]{{ref label|Angels|F|F}}

| colspan="11" | [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]{{ref label|Angels|F|F}}

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| 93–62

| .600

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| 1973

| 94–68

| .580

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| 1974

| 90–72

| .556

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| 1975

| 97–65

| .599

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| 1981

| 91–71

| .562

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| 1986

| 85–77

| .525

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| 1988

| 104–58

| .642

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| 1989

| 99–63

| .611

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| 1990

| 103–59

| .636

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| 1991

| 95–67

| .586

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| 1992

| Lost [[1993 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]]) 4–2

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| colspan="4" align="center" | ''No playoffs due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike]]''

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| 2004

| 92–70

| .568

| 90–72

| .556

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| 2011

| 96–66

| .593

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| 2012

| 101–61

| .623

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| 2018

| 107–55

| .660

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| 2020††

|95–67

|.586

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|2022

|106–56

|.654

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|2023

|90–72

|.556

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<nowiki>*</nowiki> – Seattle defeated the [[1995 California Angels season|California Angels]] in a [[1995 American League West tie-breaker game|one-game playoff]] for the division title, 9–1.<br>

†† – Due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports|COVID-19 pandemic]], the season was shortened to 60 games. By virtue of the eight-team postseason format used for that season, division runner-up [[2020 Houston Astros season|Houston]] also qualified for the playoffs.<br>

 

==Other postseason teams==

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|2002

|99–63

|.611

|4

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|2012

|16

| '''Won''' [[2022 American League Wild Card Series|ALWC]] ([[2022 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]]) 2–0<br/>Lost [[2022 American League Division Series|ALDS]] ([[2022 Houston Astros season|Astros]]) 3–0

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| {{mlby|2022}} ||bgcolor=#FFCC00| ⁽¹⁾ [[2022 Houston Astros season|Houston]] (106–56) ||bgcolor=#CCFFCC| ⁽⁵⁾ [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]] (90–72) || [[2022 Los Angeles Angels season|L.A. Angels]] (73–89) || [[2022 Texas Rangers season|Texas]] (68–94) || [[2022 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]] (60–102)

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*{{note label|ALW1|c|c}} Los Angeles and [[New York Yankees]] of the [[American League East]] were tied for the second and third seed, but the Angels claimed the second seed by winning the season series 6–4.

*{{note label|ALW1|d|d}} Texas and [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay]] of the [[American League East]] were tied for the second wild-card berth and played in a [[2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game|tie-breaker game]]. The Rangers lost 5–2 and were eliminated from postseason contention.

 

==AL West statistics==