American League Divisional Series

In 1994, Major League Baseball restructured the American League into three divisions. This resulted in a change of format for the playoffs, and the introduction of a new round, prior to the American League Championship Series. In this round, the American League Divisional Series (ALDS), the three division winners and a wild-card team compete in two best-of-five series. The winners then advance to the best-of-seven ALCS.

Unlike the ALCS, no MVP award is given for ALDS play.

Year	Winner	Loser	Wins	Losses
1995	Cleveland Indians	Boston Red Sox	3	0
	Seattle Mariners	New York Yankees	3	2
1996	New York Yankees	Texas Rangers	3	1
	Baltimore Orioles	Cleveland Indians	3	1
1997	Baltimore Orioles	Seattle Mariners	3	1
	Cleveland Indians	New York Yankees	3	2
1998	New York Yankees	Texas Rangers	3	0
	Cleveland Indians	Boston Red Sox	3	2
1999	New York Yankees	Texas Rangers	3	0
	Boston Red Sox	Cleveland Indians	3	2
2000	Seattle Mariners	Chicago White Sox	3	0
	New York Yankees	Oakland Athletics	3	2
2001	New York Yankees	Oakland Athletics	3	2
	Seattle Mariners	Cleveland Indians	3	2
2002	Minnesota Twins	Oakland Athletics	3	2
	Anaheim Angels	New York Yankees	3	1

See also : Baseball