American League Championship Series

American League Championship Series (ALCS) – w Major League Baseball po raz pierwszy miały miejsce w 1969 roku po przystąpieniu do American League dwóch nowych zespołów i podzieleniu jej na dwie dywizje: West Division i East Division. Zwycięzcy obydwu dywizji przystępowali do American League Championship Series, zaś wygrany zespół w ALCS do World Series. Początkowo obowiązywał format best-of-five i grano do trzech wygranych meczów. Od sezonu 1985 serie rozgrywane są w formacie best-of-seven.

W 1994 utworzono trzecią dywizję Central Division i dodatkową rundę w postseason, American League Division Series (ALDS) rozgrywanej w formacie best-of-five, jednak z powodu strajku zawodników i niedokończenia sezonu, League Division Series zainaugurowano rok później. Zwycięzcy ALDS przystępują do American League Championship Series.

Finały American League

Rok	Zwycięzca	Przegrany	Wynik	ALCS MVP
1969	Baltimore Orioles	Minnesota Twins	3–0
1970	Baltimore Orioles	Minnesota Twins	3–0
1971	Baltimore Orioles	Oakland Athletics	3–0
1972	Oakland Athletics	Detroit Tigers	3–2
1973	Oakland Athletics	Baltimore Orioles	3–2
1974	Oakland Athletics	Baltimore Orioles	3–1
1975	Boston Red Sox	Oakland Athletics	3–0
1976	New York Yankees	Kansas City Royals	3–2
1977	New York Yankees	Kansas City Royals	3–2
1978	New York Yankees	Kansas City Royals	3–1
1979	Baltimore Orioles	California Angels	3–1
1980	Kansas City Royals	New York Yankees	3–0	Frank White (Kansas City Royals)
1981	New York Yankees	Oakland Athletics	3–0	Graig Nettles (New York Yankees)
1982	Milwaukee Brewers	California Angels	3–2	Fred Lynn (California Angels)
1983	Baltimore Orioles	Chicago White Sox	3–1	Mike Boddicker (Baltimore Orioles)
1984	Detroit Tigers	Kansas City Royals	3–0	Kirk Gibson (Detroit Tigers)
1985	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays	4–3	George Brett (Kansas City Royals)
1986	Boston Red Sox	California Angels	4–3	Marty Barrett (Boston Red Sox)
1987	Minnesota Twins	Detroit Tigers	4–1	Gary Gaetti (Minnesota Twins)
1988	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	4–0	Dennis Eckersley (Oakland Athletics)
1989	Oakland Athletics	Toronto Blue Jays	4–1	Rickey Henderson (Oakland Athletics)
1990	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	4–0	Dave Stewart (Oakland Athletics)
1991	Minnesota Twins	Toronto Blue Jays	4–1	Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)
1992	Toronto Blue Jays	Oakland Athletics	4–2	Roberto Alomar (Toronto Blue Jays)
1993	Toronto Blue Jays	Chicago White Sox	4–2	Dave Stewart (Toronto Blue Jays)
1994	League Championship Series nie odbyły się z powodu strajku zawodników
1995	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners	4–2	Orel Hershiser (Cleveland Indians)
1996	New York Yankees	Baltimore Orioles #	4–1	Bernie Williams (New York Yankees)
1997	Cleveland Indians	Baltimore Orioles	4–2	Marquis Grissom (Cleveland Indians)
1998	New York Yankees	Cleveland Indians	4–2	David Wells (New York Yankees)
1999	New York Yankees	Boston Red Sox #	4–1	Orlando Hernández (New York Yankees)
2000	New York Yankees	Seattle Mariners #	4–2	David Justice (New York Yankees)
2001	New York Yankees	Seattle Mariners	4–1	Andy Pettitte (New York Yankees)
2002	Anaheim Angels #	Minnesota Twins	4–1	Adam Kennedy (Anaheim Angels)
2003	New York Yankees	Boston Red Sox #	4–3	Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees)
2004	Boston Red Sox #	New York Yankees	4–3	David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)
2005	Chicago White Sox	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4–1	Paul Konerko (Chicago White Sox)
2006	Detroit Tigers #	Oakland Athletics	4–0	Plácido Polanco (Detroit Tigers)
2007	Boston Red Sox	Cleveland Indians	4–3	Josh Beckett (Boston Red Sox)
2008	Tampa Bay Rays	Boston Red Sox #	4–3	Matt Garza (Tampa Bay Rays)
2009	New York Yankees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4–2	CC Sabathia (New York Yankees)
2010	Texas Rangers	New York Yankees #	4–2	Josh Hamilton (Texas Rangers)
2011	Texas Rangers	Detroit Tigers	4–2	Nelson Cruz (Texas Rangers)
2012	Detroit Tigers	New York Yankees	4–0	Delmon Young (Detroit Tigers)
2013	Boston Red Sox	Detroit Tigers	4–2	Kōji Uehara (Boston Red Sox)
2014	Kansas City Royals #	Baltimore Orioles	4–0	Lorenzo Cain (Kansas City Royals)
2015	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays	4–2	Alcides Escobar (Kansas City Royals)
2016	Cleveland Indians	Toronto Blue Jays #	4–1	Andrew Miller (Cleveland Indians)
2017	Houston Astros	New York Yankees #	4–3	Justin Verlander (Houston Astros)
2018	Boston Red Sox	Houston Astros	4–1	Jackie Bradley, Jr. (Boston Red Sox)
2019	Houston Astros	New York Yankees	4–2	José Altuve (Houston Astros)
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	Houston Astros #	4–3	Randy Arozarena (Tampa Bay Rays)
2021	Houston Astros	Boston Red Sox #	4–2	Yordan Álvarez (Houston Astros)
2022	Houston Astros	New York Yankees	4–0	Jeremy Peña (Houston Astros)
2023	Texas Rangers #	Houston Astros	4–3	Adolis García (Tampa Bay Rays)

# – zespół awansował do postseason po otrzymaniu dzikiej karty

Bibliografia

• Division Series. baseball-almanac.com. [dostęp 2012-12-25]. (ang.).
• League Championship Series. baseball-almanac.com. [dostęp 2012-12-25]. (ang.).