Though I lost the official AL Rookie of the Year award to Eddie Murray, I won The Sporting News version for 1977 after being acquired from Pittsburgh along with Tony Armas.
The composition of the division has changes as teams have moved around
and other divisions have been formed. Here is how the AL East has looked
over time.
1969: Baltimore Orioles
1970: Baltimore Orioles*
1971: Baltimore Orioles
1972: Detroit Tigers
1973: Baltimore Orioles
1974: Baltimore Orioles
1975: Boston Red Sox
1976: New York Yankees
1977: New York Yankees*
1978: New York Yankees*
1979: Baltimore Orioles
1980: New York Yankees
1981: New York Yankees (first half), Milwaukee Brewers (second half)
(split season)
1982: Milwaukee Brewers
1983: Baltimore Orioles*
1984: Detroit Tigers*
1985: Toronto Blue Jays
1986: Boston Red Sox
1987: Detroit Tigers
1988: Boston Red Sox
1989: Toronto Blue Jays
1990: Boston Red Sox
1991: Toronto Blue Jays
1992: Toronto Blue Jays*
1993: Toronto Blue Jays*
1994: None (Due to strike)
1995: Boston Red Sox
1996: New York Yankees*
1997: Baltimore Orioles
1998: New York Yankees*
1999: New York Yankees*
2000: New York Yankees*
2001: New York Yankees
2002: New York Yankees
2003: New York Yankees
2004: New York Yankees
2005: New York Yankees†
† - The Yankees and Red Sox finished the 2005 season tied for first
place with identical 95-67 records. Because the Yanks won the season
series over Boston, the Yanks won the division. The Red Sox were a game
better than Cleveland and claimed the wildcard. Had Cleveland (or another
team from one of the other divisions) won the wildcard, the Yankees and
Red Sox would have had a one game playofff - as they did in 1978
- to determine the division champion and a birth in the postseason.
Wildcards
The wildcard entry to the
Major League postseason was introduced in 1994, and most of the AL winners
have come from the AL East:
1995: New York Yankees
1996: Baltimore Orioles
1997: New York Yankees
1998: Boston Red Sox
1999: Boston Red Sox
2003: Boston Red Sox
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Boston Red Sox
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