AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT HISTORY
Kevin Rogers Sports Betting Expert
The American League is one of two leagues in Major League Baseball.
The champion is decided in a best-of-seven series, which began in 1985. Prior to that, it was a best-of-five series when it began in 1969 and this era to present day is considered the League Championship Series era.
Going back to 2017, the Houston Astros have dominated the American League Championship Series or ALCS.
The club from the Lone Star State has made five consecutive appearances in the American League finale and the Astros have gone 3-2 during that span, with one of the wins coming in 2021 over the Boston Red Sox.
AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT HISTORY (1969-2021)
| Year | Champion | Opponent | Series Result |
| 2021 | Houston Astros | Boston Red Sox | 4-2 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Rays | Houston Astros | 4-3 |
| 2019 | Houston Astros | New York Yankees | 4-2 |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox | Houston Astros | 4-1 |
| 2017 | Houston Astros | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-1 |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-2 |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals | Baltimore Orioles | 4-0 |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox | Detroit Tigers | 4-2 |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers | New York Yankees | 4-0 |
| 2011 | Texas Rangers | Detroit Tigers | 4-2 |
| 2010 | Texas Rangers | New York Yankees | 4-2 |
| 2009 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Angels | 4-2 |
| 2008 | Tampa Bay Rays | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 2007 | Boston Red Sox | Cleveland Indians | 4-3 |
| 2006 | Detroit Tigers | Oakland Athletics | 4-0 |
| 2005 | Chicago White Sox | Los Angeles Angels | 4-1 |
| 2004 | Boston Red Sox | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 2003 | New York Yankees | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 2002 | Anaheim Angels | Minnesota Twins | 4-1 |
| 2001 | New York Yankees | Seattle Mariners | 4-1 |
| 2000 | New York Yankees | Seattle Mariners | 4-2 |
| 1999 | New York Yankees | Boston Red Sox | 4-1 |
| 1998 | New York Yankees | Cleveland Indians | 4-2 |
| 1997 | Cleveland Indians | Baltimore Orioles | 4-2 |
| 1996 | New York Yankees | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 |
| 1995 | Cleveland Indians | Seattle Mariners | 4-2 |
| 1993 | Toronto Blue Jays | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | Oakland Athletics | 4-2 |
| 1991 | Minnesota Twins | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-1 |
| 1990 | Oakland Athletics | Boston Red Sox | 4-0 |
| 1989 | Oakland Athletics | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-1 |
| 1988 | Oakland Athletics | Boston Red Sox | 4-0 |
| 1987 | Minnesota Twins | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 |
| 1986 | Boston Red Sox | California Angels | 4-3 |
| 1985 | Kansas City Royals | Toronto Blue Jays | 4-3 |
| 1984 | Detroit Tigers | Kansas City Royals | 3-0 |
| 1983 | Baltimore Orioles | Chicago White Sox | 3-1 |
| 1982 | Milwaukee Brewers | California Angels | 3-2 |
| 1981 | New York Yankees | Oakland Athletics | 3-0 |
| 1980 | Kansas City Royals | New York Yankees | 3-0 |
| 1979 | Baltimore Orioles | California Angels | 3-1 |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | Kansas City Royals | 3-1 |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | Kansas City Royals | 3-2 |
| 1976 | New York Yankees | Kansas City Royals | 3-2 |
| 1975 | Boston Red Sox | Oakland Athletics | 3-0 |
| 1974 | Oakland Athletics | Baltimore Orioles | 3-1 |
| 1973 | Oakland Athletics | Baltimore Orioles | 3-2 |
| 1972 | Oakland Athletics | Detroit Tigers | 3-2 |
| 1971 | Baltimore Orioles | Oakland Athletics | 3-0 |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | Minnesota Twins | 3-0 |
| 1969 | Baltimore Orioles | Minnesota Twins | 3-0 |
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