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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 (NL) Championship Series. The ALCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it changed to its current best-of-seven format.
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 ...
The 2024 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2024 postseason. The top-seeded New York Yankees defeated the second-seeded Cleveland Guardians , four games to one, to become American League (AL) champions for the 41st time.
Year Winner Record % Playoff Results Original Format 1995: New York Yankees: 79–65 .549 Lost ALDS 3–2 1996: Baltimore Orioles: 88–74 .543 Won ALDS 3–1 Lost ALCS 4–1 1997: New York Yankees: 96–66 .593 Lost ALDS 3–2 1998: Boston Red Sox: 92–70 .568 Lost ALDS 3–1 1999: Boston Red Sox: 94–68 .580
Beginning in 1969, MLB split into four divisions, and the winners of each competed in the League Championship Series, with the winners advancing to the World Series. When a multi-tier playoff system was implemented in 1995, the LCS remained the series that determined the pennant-winner.
In the opener, eventual 1969 Cy Young Award winner Mike Cuellar faced off against 20-game winner Jim Perry, who would finish 3rd in voting. Frank Robinson 's home run in the fourth put the Orioles up 1–0 off of Perry, but the Twins tied the game in the fifth inning when Tony Oliva hit a leadoff double off of Cuellar, went to third on Robinson ...
The 2022 American League Championship Series was the best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2022 postseason between the two American League Division Series winners, the top-seeded Houston Astros and the second-seeded New York Yankees, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2022 World Series.
Year Winner Record % Playoff Results 1994§ No playoffs due to 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike: 1995 Cleveland Indians (1) 100–44 .694 Won ALDS 3–0 Won ALCS 4–2 Lost World Series 4–2 1996 Cleveland Indians (2) 99–62 .615 Lost ALDS 3–1 1997 Cleveland Indians (3) 86–75 .534 Won ALDS 3–2