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The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series , MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League 's ...
Won ALCS 3–2 Won World Series 4–3 † Reggie Jackson (MVP, WS MVP) 1974: MLB † AL * West ^ 1st 90 72 .556 — Won ALCS 3–1 Won World Series 4–1 † Jim "Catfish" Hunter Rollie Fingers 1975: MLB AL West ^ 1st 98 64 .605 — Lost ALCS 3–0 1976: MLB AL West 2nd 87 74 .540 2½ 1977: MLB AL West 7th 63 98
As of 2022, the winners of the Eastern, Central, and Western Divisions, as well as the three AL Wild Card winners, play in the AL Division Series, a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play in the ALCS. [10] AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023.
This is the first American League Championship Series since 2016 to not feature the Houston Astros, who were swept by the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card Series.This brought an end to the Astros' streak of seven consecutive ALCS appearances (2017–2023), the most consecutive LCS appearances in the American League and the second-most consecutive LCS appearances after the Atlanta Braves ...
As of 2025, all thirty MLB teams have reached the LCS at least once. The Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers are the only teams to have played in both the ALCS and NLCS. [ 3 ] Four teams have never lost an LCS: the Colorado Rockies (won in 2007 ), the Miami Marlins (won as the Florida Marlins in 1997 and 2003 ), the Tampa Bay Rays (won in 2008 ...
Lost ALCS 4–2 2001: Oakland Athletics: 102–60 .630 Lost ALDS 3–2 2002: Anaheim Angels: 99–63 .611 Won ALDS 3–1 Won ALCS 4–1 Won World Series 4–3 2003: Boston Red Sox: 95–67 .586 Won ALDS 3–2 Lost ALCS 4–3 2004: Boston Red Sox: 98–64 .605 Won ALDS 3–0 Won ALCS 4–3
Nelson Cruz won the award in the 2011 ALCS after hitting 6 home runs in the series. Adolis García won the award after having 15 RBIs during the 2023 ALCS. Adam Kennedy won the 2002 ALCS MVP when he hit 3 home runs in 1 game; [6] he had hit 7 during the regular season and hit 80 in his 14-year career. [7]
The 2023 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2023 postseason between the second-seeded Houston Astros and the fifth-seeded Texas Rangers for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2023 World Series. The Rangers won the series four games to three.