American League West
Division of Major League Baseball
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| 2025 | Oakland Athletics relocate to West Sacramento, California and drop location moniker. |
| 2024 | Houston Astros projected to win division championship |
| 2024 | Houston Astros win the American League West with an 88-73 record but lost the American League Wild Card to the Detroit Tigers 2-0. |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers won the American League West division with a 90-72 record. They won the American League Wild Card against the Rays, defeated the Orioles in the ALDS, won the ALCS against the Astros, and ultimately won the World Series against the Diamondbacks. |
| 2023 | Houston Astros win the American League West with a 90-72 record. They won the ALDS against the Minnesota Twins 3-1 but lost the ALCS to the Texas Rangers 4-3. |
| 2022 | Wild Card format is further expanded to three teams, with the lowest-ranked division winner also qualifying for a best-of-three Wild Card Series to determine the remaining two Division Series slots. |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners won the American League West division with a 90-72 record. They won the American League Wild Card against the Blue Jays but lost the ALDS to the Astros. |
| 2022 | Houston Astros win the American League West with a 106-56 record. They won the ALDS against the Seattle Mariners 3-0, the ALCS against the New York Yankees 4-0, and ultimately won the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. |
| 2021 | Two-team Wild Card Game format continues for determining the final American League Division Series participant. |
| 2021 | Houston Astros win the American League West with a 95-67 record. They won the ALDS against the Chicago White Sox 3-1 and the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox 4-2, but lost the World Series to the Atlanta Braves 4-2. |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened to 60 games, with an expanded postseason field and a best-of-three wild-card round. |
| 2020 | Unique Wild Card format implemented where eight teams, including three division winners, play in a best-of-three Wild Card Series to advance to the Division Series. |
| 2020 | Houston Astros won the American League West division with a 29-31 record during the COVID-19 shortened season. They won the American League Wild Card against the Twins, defeated the Athletics in the ALDS, but lost the ALCS to the Rays. |
| 2020 | Oakland Athletics win the American League West with a 36-24 record. They won the American League Wild Card against the Chicago White Sox 2-1 but lost the ALDS to the Houston Astros 3-1. |
| 2019 | Oakland Athletics again won the American League West division with a 97-65 record, but lost the American League Wild Card game to the Rays. |
| 2019 | Houston Astros win the American League West with a 107-55 record. They won the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 and the ALCS against the New York Yankees 4-2, but ultimately lost the World Series to the Washington Nationals 4-3. |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics won the American League West division with a 97-65 record, but lost the American League Wild Card game to the Yankees. |
| 2018 | Houston Astros win the American League West with a 103-59 record. They won the ALDS against the Cleveland Indians 3-0 but lost the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox 4-1. |
| 2017 | Houston Astros begin a significant period of divisional dominance, winning consecutive division championships from 2017 to 2019 |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim shorten name to Los Angeles Angels. |
| 2013 | Houston Astros switch leagues from the NL Central to the AL West. |
| 2012 | Wild Card expansion begins, introducing two teams playing in a Wild Card Game to determine the final participant in the American League Division Series. |
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