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In 2013, the Indians became the first team from the AL Central to qualify as a wild card under the new postseason format. In 2014 , the Kansas City Royals ended a 29-year postseason drought returning to the playoffs for the first time since winning the World Series in 1985 .
AL Central; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Cleveland Guardians: 92: 69 .571 — 50–30 42–39 Kansas City Royals: 86: 76 .531 6½ 45–36 41–40
(2) Cleveland Guardians (AL Central champions) vs. (6) Detroit Tigers (Wild Card Series winner): Guardians win series, 3–2. The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosted Games 1 and 2, and in Cleveland's case, hosted Game 5.
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League , a minor league based in the Great Lakes states , which eventually aspired to major league status.
Through the 2021 postseason, there have been a total of 37 AL wild card teams (one each season during 1995–2011, and two each season since 2012). The AL East has produced 24, the AL Central five, and the AL West eight. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have been a wild card qualifier a record eight times each.
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AL Central; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Cleveland Guardians: 92: 70 .568 — 46–35 46–35 Chicago White Sox: 81: 81 .500 11 37–44 44–37
The 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 regular season, played between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to determine the champion of the American League's (AL) Central Division. It was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 6 ...