League | American League |
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Sport | Major League Baseball |
Founded | 1969 |
No. of teams | 5 |
Most recent champion(s) | Houston Astros (2024; 7th title) |
Most titles | Athletics (17) |
The American League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The division has five teams as of the 2013 season, but had four teams from 1994 to 2012, and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas, historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago and Minnesota. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams.