| Historical Results |
| Year | League | Champion | Playoff Teams |
| 1992 | FL | UL |  | Baltimore Orioles (95-67, 1st) | Kansas City Royals (101-61, 1st)*
Kansas City Royals (101-61, 1st)
St. Louis Cardinals (96-66, 2nd)
Baltimore Orioles (95-67, 1st)*
Seattle Pilots (95-67, 1st)*
Chicago Cubs (95-67, 3rd)
Seattle Pilots (95-67, 1st)
Orlando Sun Rays (94-68, 1st)
Orlando Sun Rays (94-68, 1st)*
Detroit Tigers (92-70, 2nd)
San Francisco Giants (88-74, 2nd) |
| 1991 | FL | UL |  | Boston Red Sox (95-67, 1st) | Kansas City Royals (113-49, 1st)
Seattle Pilots (104-58, 1st)
Toronto Blue Jays (100-62, 1st)
Baltimore Orioles (98-64, 2nd)
Oakland Athletics (95-67, 2nd)
Chicago White Sox (89-73, 2nd)
Orlando Sun Rays (89-73, 2nd) |
| 1990 | FL | UL |  | St. Louis Cardinals (90-72, 2nd) | Boston Red Sox (116-46, 1st)
Chicago White Sox (98-64, 1st)
Toronto Blue Jays (90-72, 1st)
Los Angeles Dodgers (89-73, 1st)
Kansas City Royals (89-73, 3rd)
Oakland Athletics (88-74, 2nd)
Washington Senators (85-77, 2nd) |
| 1989 | FL | UL |  | Detroit Tigers (96-66, 1st) | St. Louis Cardinals (100-62, 1st)
Chicago White Sox (99-63, 2nd)
Pittsburgh Pirates (92-70, 1st)
Washington Senators (91-71, 2nd)
Los Angeles Dodgers (89-74, 1st)
Kansas City Royals (89-73, 3rd)
Oakland Athletics (88-75, 2nd) |
| 1988 | FL | UL | | Detroit Tigers (107-55, 1st) | Los Angeles Dodgers (109-53, 1st)
St. Louis Cardinals (104-58, 1st)
Washington Senators (104-58, 2nd)
Toronto Blue Jays (100-62, 3rd)
Pittsburgh Pirates (97-65, 1st)
Chicago Cubs (94-68, 2nd)
Cincinnati Reds (90-72, 2nd) |
| 1987 | FL | UL | | St. Louis Cardinals (101-61, 1st) | Detroit Tigers (109-53, 1st)
Toronto Blue Jays (98-64, 2nd)
Chicago Cubs (96-66, 2nd)
Los Angeles Dodgers (96-66, 1st)
San Francisco Giants (94-69, 2nd)
Cincinnati Reds (94-68, 1st)
Atlanta Braves (93-69, 2nd) |
| 1986 | FL | UL |  | Kansas City Royals (95-67, 1st) | Los Angeles Dodgers (102-61, 1st)
Oakland Athletics (101-62, 2nd)
Pittsburgh Pirates (95-67, 1st)
Cincinnati Reds (94-68, 2nd)
Detroit Tigers (94-68, 1st)
Atlanta Braves (88-75, 3rd)
Baltimore Orioles (87-76, 2nd) |
| 1985 | FL | UL | | Detroit Tigers (99-63, 1st) | Cincinnati Reds (103-59, 1st)
Kansas City Royals (101-61, 1st)
Los Angeles Dodgers (99-63, 1st)
Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64, 2nd)
Montreal Expos (98-64, 2nd)
Chicago Cubs (96-66, 2nd)
San Francisco Giants (96-66, 2nd) |
| 1984 | FL | UL | | Kansas City Royals (101-61, 1st) | Cincinnati Reds (92-70, 1st)
Atlanta Braves (91-71, 2nd)
Los Angeles Dodgers (89-73, 1st)
Pittsburgh Pirates (89-73, 3rd)
Toronto Blue Jays (87-75, 1st)
Detroit Tigers (86-76, 2nd)
Baltimore Orioles (85-77, 3rd) |
| 1983 | FL | UL |  | Oakland Athletics (96-66, 1st) | Kansas City Royals (98-64, 1st)
Toronto Blue Jays (96-66, 1st)
New York Yankees (93-69, 1st)
Montreal Expos (90-72, 2nd)
Milwaukee Brewers (86-76, 2nd)
St. Louis Cardinals (84-78, 2nd)
Houston Astros (83-79, 2nd) |
| 1982 | FL | UL |  | Pittsburgh Pirates (104-58, 1st) | Kansas City Royals (101-61, 1st)
Texas Rangers (98-64, 2nd)
St. Louis Cardinals (92-70, 3rd)
New York Mets (91-71, 1st)
San Francisco Giants (89-74, 1st)
Oakland Athletics (88-75, 2nd)
Toronto Blue Jays (88-74, 2nd) |
| 1981 | FL | UL | | Oakland Athletics (89-73, 2nd) | Pittsburgh Pirates (118-44, 1st)
St. Louis Cardinals (98-64, 1st)
Montreal Expos (91-71, 1st)
New York Mets (90-72, 2nd)
Houston Astros (90-72, 1st)
Kansas City Royals (90-72, 2nd)
Chicago Cubs (84-79, 3rd) |
| 1980 | FL | UL | | Kansas City Royals (91-71, 1st) | Oakland Athletics (107-55, 1st)
New York Mets (101-61, 1st)
Pittsburgh Pirates (100-62, 1st)
Montreal Expos (94-68, 2nd)
Texas Rangers (89-73, 2nd)
St. Louis Cardinals (87-75, 3rd)
Seattle Mariners (86-76, 2nd) |
| 1979 | FL | UL |  | Texas Rangers (104-58, 1st) | Oakland Athletics (101-61, 1st)
Chicago Cubs (101-61, 2nd)
Baltimore Orioles (90-72, 1st)
Houston Astros (88-74, 2nd)
St. Louis Cardinals (86-76, 3rd)
San Francisco Giants (86-76, 3rd)
Milwaukee Brewers (82-81, 1st) |
| 1978 | FL | UL |  | Chicago Cubs (84-78, 2nd) | Texas Rangers (101-61, 1st)
Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64, 1st)
Baltimore Orioles (95-67, 1st)
San Francisco Giants (92-70, 1st)
Philadelphia Phillies (86-76, 2nd)
New York Mets (85-77, 3rd)
Minnesota Twins (82-80, 3rd) |
| 1977 | FL | UL |  | Montreal Expos (90-72, 1st) | Texas Rangers (93-69, 1st)
St. Louis Cardinals (88-74, 2nd)
Houston Astros (86-76, 1st)
New York Yankees (86-76, 1st)
Pittsburgh Pirates (83-79, 2nd)
Detroit Tigers (83-79, 3rd)
Baltimore Orioles (83-79, 2nd) |
| 1976 | FL | UL |  | Minnesota Twins (93-69, 1st) | Pittsburgh Pirates (99-63, 1st)
Philadelphia Phillies (98-64, 1st)
New York Yankees (97-65, 2nd)
Montreal Expos (89-73, 2nd)
New York Mets (88-74, 3rd)
St. Louis Cardinals (87-75, 2nd)
California Angels (85-77, 1st) |
