American League division winner

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baseball team achievement sports season title

An American League division winner is a Major League Baseball team that finishes first in its division and automatically qualifies for the postseason.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
American League Central division champion 1
American League East champion 1
American League division winner canonical 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball team achievement ⓘ
sports season title ⓘ
affectedBy tiebreaker rules for identical records ⓘ
appliesTo American League ⓘ
Major League Baseball team ⓘ
competitionLevel major league ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determinedBy best regular-season win–loss record in division ⓘ
excludes American League Wild Card teams ⓘ
surface form: American League wild card team
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasConsequence automatic postseason berth ⓘ
hasOutcome qualification for MLB postseason ⓘ
hasSubdivision American League Central ⓘ
surface form: American League Central division winner

American League East ⓘ
surface form: American League East division winner

American League West ⓘ
surface form: American League West division winner
historicalPredecessor American League champion ⓘ
surface form: American League regular-season champion (pre-1969)
introducedBy American League ⓘ
introducedInSeason 1969 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
isDifferentFrom American League pennant winner ⓘ
American League champion ⓘ
surface form: World Series champion
league American League ⓘ
mayReceive home-field advantage in postseason series ⓘ
numberOfTeamsPerSeason 3 ⓘ
occursInCompetition MLB regular season ⓘ
surface form: Major League Baseball regular season
partOf MLB playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Major League Baseball postseason qualification system
precedes participation in American League Division Series ⓘ
reasonForIntroduction creation of divisional play in Major League Baseball ⓘ
relatedConcept National League regular season ⓘ
surface form: National League division winner

division title ⓘ
wild card berth ⓘ
requires finishing first in division standings ⓘ
selectionMethod regular-season standings ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
usedSince 1969 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American League Wild Card teams → hasOpposition → American League division winner ⓘ
subject surface form: American League Wild Card team
American League playoff teams → includes → American League division winner ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Central division champion
1982 American League Championship Series games → team1RegularSeasonStatus → American League division winner ⓘ
subject surface form: 1982 American League Championship Series
this entity surface form: American League East champion