Content deleted Content added
Ralphierce (talk | contribs) |
GreenC bot (talk | contribs) Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#espn.go.com |
||
(46 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{short description|Division of Major League Baseball}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{infobox sports
| title = American League West
| league = [[American League]]
Line 10 ⟶ 11:
}}
{{OSM Location map
The '''American League West''' is one of [[Major League Baseball]]'s six divisions. 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 of the United States|west coast]] and in [[Texas]], historically the division has had teams as far east as [[Chicago]] and [Minnesota]. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams.▼
| coord = {{coord|38.674|-108.843}}
| zoom = 4
| width = 400
| height = 350
| caption = American League West Teams Location
| mark1 = Orange pog.svg
| label1 = Astros
| mark-coord1 = {{coord|29.75703|-95.35546}}
| label-pos1 = top
| label-color1 = black
| mark2 = Red pog.svg
| label2 = Angels
| mark-coord2 = {{coord|33.80038|-117.88269}}
| label-pos2 = top
| label-color2 = black
| mark3 = Green pog.svg
| label3 = Athletics
| mark-coord3 = {{coord|37.75165|-122.20053}}
| label-pos3 = top
| label-color3 = black
| mark4 = Blue 000080 pog.svg
| label4 = Mariners
| mark-coord4 = {{coord|47.59153|-122.33229}}
| label-pos4 = top
| label-color4 = black
| mark5 = Red pog.svg
| label5 = Rangers
| mark-coord5 = {{coord|32.74753|-97.08402}}
| label-pos5 = top
| label-color5 = black
}}
▲The '''American League West''' is one of [[Major League Baseball]]'s six divisions. 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 of the United States|west coast]] and in [[Texas]], historically the division has had teams as far east as [[Chicago]] and [[Minnesota]]. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams.
==History==
When MLB split into divisions for the {{mlby|1969}} season, the American League, unlike the [[National League (baseball)|National League]], split its 12 teams strictly on geography. The six teams located in the [[Eastern Time Zone]] were all placed in the AL East, and the remaining six were placed in the
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.
In 2013, the [[Houston Astros]] went from the [[National League Central]] to the AL West.<ref name="ESPN_111711">{{
==Division membership==
Line 77 ⟶ 111:
| colspan="25" | [[Chicago White Sox]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-▼
| colspan="28" | [[Oakland Athletics]]▼
|-
| colspan="25" | [[Kansas City Royals]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}
Line 85 ⟶ 117:
| colspan="25" | [[Minnesota Twins]]{{ref label|EXP|E|E}}
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|
▲|-
▲| colspan="28" | [[Oakland Athletics]]
|-
| colspan="1" |<small> [[Seattle Pilots|Seattle<br>Pilots]]{{ref label|SEA1|B|B}}</small>
Line 126 ⟶ 160:
! style="background:#ffe87c;"| ''[[2021 Houston Astros season|21]]''
! style="background:#00ff00;"| ''[[2022 Houston Astros season|22]]''
! style="background:#00ff00;"| ''[[2023
! ''24''
|-
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="9" | [[Anaheim Angels]]{{ref label|Angels|F|F}}
| colspan="11" | [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]{{ref label|Angels|F|F}}
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="16" style="background:lightgrey;"|
| colspan="
|-
| colspan="
|}
Line 187 ⟶ 221:
| 93–62
| .600
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1973
Line 193 ⟶ 227:
| 94–68
| .580
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1974
Line 199 ⟶ 233:
| 90–72
| .556
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1975
Line 235 ⟶ 269:
| 97–65
| .599
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1981
Line 265 ⟶ 299:
| 91–71
| .562
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1986
Line 277 ⟶ 311:
| 85–77
| .525
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1988
Line 283 ⟶ 317:
| 104–58
| .642
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1989
Line 289 ⟶ 323:
| 99–63
| .611
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1990
Line 295 ⟶ 329:
| 103–59
| .636
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1991
Line 301 ⟶ 335:
| 95–67
| .586
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 1992
Line 315 ⟶ 349:
| Lost [[1993 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]]) 4–2
|-
| {{
| colspan="4" align="center" | ''No playoffs due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike]]''
|-
Line 374 ⟶ 408:
|-
| 2004
|bgcolor="#{{Baseball color|Anaheim Angels 2002thru2004|1}}" | '''[[2004 Anaheim Angels season|<span style="color: #{{Baseball color|Anaheim Angels 2002thru2004|3}}">Anaheim Angels (4)</span>]]'''
| 92–70
| .568
Line 413 ⟶ 447:
| 90–72
| .556
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 2011
Line 419 ⟶ 453:
| 96–66
| .593
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 2012
Line 455 ⟶ 489:
| 101–61
| .623
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 2018
Line 467 ⟶ 501:
| 107–55
| .660
| bgcolor="#
|-
| 2020††
Line 479 ⟶ 513:
|95–67
|.586
|bgcolor="#
|-
|2022
Line 485 ⟶ 519:
|106–56
|.654
| bgcolor="#
|-
|2023
|bgcolor="#{{Baseball color|Houston Astros|1}}" | '''[[2023 Houston Astros season|<span style="color: #{{Baseball color|Houston Astros|3}}">Houston Astros (6)**</span>]]
|90–72
|.556
| '''Won''' [[2023 American League Division Series|ALDS]] (
|}
Line 498 ⟶ 532:
<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>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> – The Astros and Rangers finished tied for first place with identical records. The Astros were declared division winners, due to having won the season series against the Rangers, and the Rangers received the wild card berth.
==Other postseason teams==
Line 525 ⟶ 560:
|-
|2002
|bgcolor="#{{Baseball color|Anaheim Angels 2002thru2004|1}} | '''[[2002 Anaheim Angels season|<span style="color: #{{Baseball color|Anaheim Angels 2002thru2004|3}}">Anaheim Angels</span>]]'''
|99–63
|.611
|4
| bgcolor="#
|-
|2012
Line 579 ⟶ 614:
|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
|-
|2023
|bgcolor="#{{Baseball color|Texas Rangers|1}} | '''[[2023 Texas Rangers season|<span style="color: #{{Baseball color|Texas Rangers|3}}">Texas Rangers*</span>]]'''
|90–72
|.556
|0
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | '''Won''' [[2023 American League Wild Card Series|ALWC]] ([[2023 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]]) 2–0<br/>'''Won''' [[2023 American League Division Series|ALDS]] ([[2023 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]) 3–0<br>'''Won''' [[2023 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[2023 Houston Astros season|Astros]]) 4–3<br/>'''Won [[2023 World Series|World Series]]''' ([[2023 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Diamondbacks]]) 4–1
|}
Line 736 ⟶ 778:
|-
| {{mlby|2022}} ||bgcolor=#FFCC00| <sup>(1)</sup> [[2022 Houston Astros season|Houston]] (106–56) ||bgcolor=#CCFFCC| <sup>(5)</sup> [[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)
|-
| {{mlby|2023}} ||bgcolor=#CCFFCC| <sup>(2)</sup> [[2023 Houston Astros season|Houston]] (90–72) ||bgcolor=#FFCC00| <sup>(5)</sup> [[2023 Texas Rangers season|Texas]]{{ref label|e|e}} (90–72) || [[2023 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]] (88–74) || [[2023 Los Angeles Angels season|L.A. Angels]] (73–89) || [[2023 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]] (50–112)
|}
Line 743 ⟶ 787:
*{{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.
*{{note label|ALW1|e|e}} Texas and Houston were tied for the division lead, but the Astros claimed the division by winning the season series 9–4.
==AL West statistics==
|