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1981: Due to the player's strike, the season was split and a Division Series was created to pit the first and second half champions from each division. The Oakland Athletics won the first half and the Kansas City Royals won the second half. The Athletics won the ALDS 3–0 to claim the American League West championship. 1981: Oakland (64–45 ...
This is a list of division champions (since 1969) and ... Oakland and New York won the 1981 American League Division Series while Los Angeles and ... AL West NL East
The Baltimore Orioles won the AL East with an MLB-best 109–53 record, and then defeated the AL West champion Minnesota Twins in three games in the first American League Championship Series. The New York Mets won the NL East with an NL-best 100–62 record, and then defeated the NL West champion Atlanta Braves in three games in the first ...
The 1969 American League Championship Series was the first ALCS held after Major League Baseball adopted the two-division format that season. It was the opening semifinal round on the American League side of the inaugural edition of the MLB postseason.
October 13 – In the first of many firings in his career, Minnesota Twins manager Billy Martin is sacked by owner Calvin Griffith after his Twins are swept in the American League Championship Series. The Twins also release two veterans, relief pitcher Al Worthington, 40, and catcher and 1969 AL All-Star John Roseboro, 36.
The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
1969 Minnesota Twins; American League West Champions: League: American League: Division: West: Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium: City: Bloomington, Minnesota: Record ...
The 1969 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1969 season. It was the first edition of the new playoff system introduced by MLB, coinciding with the beginning of the "Divisional Era." Each league expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams and was divided into two 6-team divisions.