Editing American League (section)

==Timeline==
The first line is the transformation of the [[American League]] (AL) to a major league in 1901. The second line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961. The third line marks the legal merger of the American and National Leagues into a single [[Major League Baseball]] in 2000.

[[World Series]] championships are shown with a "•", American League Pennants before the World Series are shown with a "#", and American League Pennants who lost the World Series are shown with a "^". No World Series was played in 1904, so the pennant winners for each league are indicated. Due to the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike]], there were no pennant or World Series winners in 1994, so this year is left blank.

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 at:1901 color:lineColor #Formation of AL
 at:1961 color:lineColor #Expansion Era Begins
 at:2000 color:lineColor #Legal merger into MLB

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 bar:BOS   # Boston Americans / Red Sox
 bar:CWS   # Chicago White Sox
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 bar:DET   # Detroit Tigers
 bar:BAL   # Milwaukee Brewers / St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles
 bar:ATH   # Philadelphia Athletics / Kansas City Athletics / Oakland Athletics / Athletics
 bar:MIN   # Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins
 bar:NYY   # New York Highlanders / Yankees
 bar:TEX   # Washington Senators / Texas Rangers
 bar:LAA   # Los Angeles Angels / California Angels / Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 bar:HOU   # Houston Colt .45s  / Houston Astros
 bar:KC    # Kansas City Royals
 bar:MIL   # Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers         
 bar:SEA   # Seattle Mariners
 bar:TOR   # Toronto Blue Jays
 bar:TB    # Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Tampa Bay Rays

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# Note on dates: A team's bar begins with the season that team played its first game, and ends with the season after that team played its last game. For example, the Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game in 1876, the first season of the National League, and played their last game in 1880. Therefore, their bar goes from 1876 to 1881.

# --- Charter Members of the American League
 bar:BLA  from:1901 till:1903                    link:/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901–1902)
 bar:BLA  from:1901 till:1903 color:orange       text:"Baltimore Orioles"                                 $Right

 bar:BOS  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox
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 at:BOS at:1903 $champ mark:(line, darkred)
 at:BOS at:1912 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1915 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1916 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1918 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1946 $champ2 mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1967 $champ2 mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1975 $champ2 mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:1986 $champ2 mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:2007 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:2004 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:2013 $champ mark:(line, red)
 at:BOS at:2018 $champ mark:(line, red)

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 at:CWS at:1906 $champ mark:(line, black)
 at:CWS at:1917 $champ mark:(line, black)
 at:CWS at:1919 $champ2 mark:(line, black)
 at:CWS at:1959 $champ2 mark:(line, black)
 at:CWS at:2005 $champ mark:(line, black)

 bar:CLE  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians
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 at:CLE at:1948 $champ mark:(line, red2)
 at:CLE at:1954 $champ2 mark:(line, red2)
 at:CLE at:1995 $champ2 mark:(line, red2)
 at:CLE at:1997 $champ2 mark:(line, red2)
 at:CLE at:2016 $champ2 mark:(line, red2)

 bar:DET  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Detroit_Tigers
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 at:DET at:1907 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1908 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1909 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1934 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1935 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1940 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1945 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1968 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:1984 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:2006 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:DET at:2012 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)

 bar:BAL  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles
 bar:BAL  from:1901 till:1902 color:navy2        text:"Milwaukee~Brewers"                                 $UpLeft 
 bar:BAL  from:1902 till:1954 color:brown        text:"St. Louis Browns"              textcolor:white
 bar:BAL  from:1954 till:end  color:orange       text:"Baltimore Orioles"                                 $Right2
 at:BAL at:1944 $champ2 mark:(line, brown)
 at:BAL at:1966 $champ mark:(line, orange)
 at:BAL at:1969 $champ2 mark:(line, orange)
 at:BAL at:1970 $champ mark:(line, orange)
 at:BAL at:1971 $champ2 mark:(line, orange)
 at:BAL at:1979 $champ2 mark:(line, orange)
 at:BAL at:1983 $champ mark:(line, orange)

 bar:ATH  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Athletics_(baseball)
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 at:ATH at:1905 $champ2 mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1910 $champ mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1911 $champ mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1913 $champ mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1914 $champ2 mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1929 $champ mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1930 $champ mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1931 $champ2 mark:(line, blue)
 at:ATH at:1972 $champ mark:(line, darkgreen)
 at:ATH at:1973 $champ mark:(line, darkgreen)
 at:ATH at:1974 $champ mark:(line, darkgreen)
 at:ATH at:1988 $champ2 mark:(line, darkgreen)
 at:ATH at:1989 $champ mark:(line, darkgreen)
 at:ATH at:1990 $champ2 mark:(line, darkgreen)

 bar:MIN  from:1901 till:end                     link:/wiki/Minnesota_Twins
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 at:MIN at:1924 $champ mark:(line, darkblue)
 at:MIN at:1925 $champ2 mark:(line, darkblue)
 at:MIN at:1933 $champ2 mark:(line, darkblue)
 at:MIN at:1965 $champ2 mark:(line, skyblue)
 at:MIN at:1987 $champ mark:(line, skyblue)
 at:MIN at:1991 $champ mark:(line, skyblue)

# --- 1903: New York replaces Baltimore
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 bar:NYY  from:1912 till:end  color:navy         text:"New York Yankees"              textcolor:white     $DownRight2
 at:NYY at:1921 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1922 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1923 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1926 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1927 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1928 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1932 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1936 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1937 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1938 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1939 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1941 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1942 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1943 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1947 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1949 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1950 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1951 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1952 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1953 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1955 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1956 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1957 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1958 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1960 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1961 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1962 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1963 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1964 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1976 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1977 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1978 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1981 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1996 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1998 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:1999 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:2000 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:2001 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:2003 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:2009 $champ mark:(line, navy)
 at:NYY at:2024 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)

# --- 1961 Expansion
 bar:TEX  from:1961 till:end                     link:/wiki/Texas_Rangers
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 bar:TEX  from:1972 till:end  color:oceanblue    text:"Texas Rangers"                 textcolor:darkred   $DownRight2
 at:TEX at:2010 $champ2 mark:(line, oceanblue)
 at:TEX at:2011 $champ2 mark:(line, oceanblue)
 at:TEX at:2023 $champ mark:(line, oceanblue)

 bar:LAA  from:1961 till:end                     link:/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels
 bar:LAA  from:1961 till:1965 color:red          text:"Los Angeles~Angels"                                $UpLeft
 bar:LAA  from:1965 till:1997 color:red2         text:"California Angels"
 bar:LAA  from:1997 till:2005 color:skyblue      text:"Anaheim~Angels"                                    $Up
 bar:LAA  from:2005 till:2016 color:darkred      text:"Los Angeles~Angels of Anaheim" textcolor:white     $Up
 bar:LAA  from:2016 till:end  color:red          text:"Los Angeles~Angels"            textcolor:navy      $Up

 at:LAA at:2002 $champ mark:(line, skyblue)

# --- 1962 Expansion
 bar:HOU  from:1962 till:end                     link:/wiki/Houston_Astros
 bar:HOU  from:1962 till:2013 color:nl1          text:"(NL)"
 bar:HOU  from:2013 till:end  color:orange       text:"Houston Astros"                                    $Down
 at:HOU at:2017 $champ mark:(line, orange)
 at:HOU at:2019 $champ2 mark:(line, orange)
 at:HOU at:2021 $champ2 mark:(line, orange)
 at:HOU at:2022 $champ mark:(line, orange)

# --- 1969 Expansion
 bar:KC   from:1969 till:end                     link:/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals
 bar:KC	  from:1969 till:end  color:skyblue      text:"Kansas City Royals"            textcolor:darkblue  $DownRight2
 at:KC  at:1980 $champ2 mark:(line, skyblue)
 at:KC  at:1985 $champ mark:(line, skyblue)
 at:KC  at:2014 $champ2 mark:(line, skyblue)
 at:KC  at:2015 $champ mark:(line, skyblue) 

 bar:MIL  from:1969 till:end                     link:/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers
 bar:MIL  from:1969 till:1970 color:darkblue     text:"Seattle Pilots"                                    $Left
 bar:MIL  from:1970 till:1998 color:gold         text:"Milwaukee Brewers"             textcolor:darkblue  $Down
 bar:MIL  from:1998 till:end  color:nl1          text:"(NL)"
 at:MIL at:1982 $champ2 mark:(line, gold)

# --- 1977 Expansion
 bar:SEA  from:1977 till:end                     link:/wiki/Seattle_Mariners
 bar:SEA  from:1977 till:end  color:teal2        text:"Seattle Mariners"              textcolor:white     $Right2

 bar:TOR  from:1977 till:end                     link:/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays
 bar:TOR  from:1977 till:end  color:darkblue     text:"Toronto Blue Jays"             textcolor:white     $Right2
 at:TOR at:1992 $champ mark:(line, darkblue)
 at:TOR at:1993 $champ mark:(line, darkblue)

# --- 1998 Expansion
 bar:TB   from:1998 till:end                     link:/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays
 bar:TB	  from:1998 till:2008 color:blue         text:"Tampa Bay~Devil Rays"          textcolor:white     $Up
 bar:TB	  from:2008 till:end  color:navy         text:"Tampa Bay Rays"                textcolor:skyblue   $DownRight2
 at:TB  at:2008 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
 at:TB  at:2020 $champ2 mark:(line, navy)
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