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1978–79 NHL season

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{{short description|National Hockey League season}}
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{{Infobox sports season
| title =1978–79 NHL season
| league =[[National Hockey League]]
| sport =[[Ice hockey]]
| duration =October 11, 1978 – May 21, 1979
| draft =Draft
| draft_link =1978 NHL Draft
| top_pick_link =List of first overall NHL draft picks
| top_pick =[[Bobby Smith (ice hockey)|Bobby Smith]]
| picked_by =[[Minnesota North Stars]]
| season =Regular season
| season_champs =[[New York Islanders]]
| MVP =[[Bryan Trottier]] ([[New York Islanders|Islanders]])
| MVP_link =Hart Memorial Trophy
| top_scorer =Bryan Trottier (Islanders)
| top_scorer_link =Art Ross Trophy
| playoffs =Playoffs
| playoffs_link =1979 Stanley Cup playoffs
| finals =Stanley Cup
| finals_link =1979 Stanley Cup Finals
| finals_champ =[[Montreal Canadiens]]
| finals_runner-up =[[New York Rangers]]
| playoffs_MVP = [[Bob Gainey]] ([[Montreal Canadiens|Canadiens]])
| playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy
|nextseason_year = [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
|prevseason_year = [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| seasonslistnames =[[List of NHL seasons|NHL]]
|no_of_games=80
|no_of_teams=17
| TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[La Soirée du hockey|SRC]] (Canada) [[NHL Network (1975 TV program)|NHL Network]], [[NHL on CBS|CBS]],{{efn|CBS only televised the February 10 [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|Challenge Cup]] game.}} [[NHL on ABC|ABC]]{{efn|ABC was contracted to only televise Game 7 of the [[1979 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]], but the Finals ended in five games.}} (United States)
}}
The '''1978–79 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|62nd]] [[Season (sports)|season]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. The [[Montreal Canadiens]] beat the [[New York Rangers]] in the [[Stanley Cup]] finals four games to one for their fourth consecutive Cup; two "[[Original Six]]" teams would not meet again in the Finals for the next 34 years, when the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] defeated the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[2013 Stanley Cup Finals|2013 Finals]]. The Bruins faced the Canadiens in the 1979 semifinals, marking the last appearance by three Original Six teams in the final four for the next 35 years, when the Blackhawks, Canadiens and Rangers reached the semifinals of the [[2014 Stanley Cup playoffs|2014 playoffs]].

The [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Cleveland Barons]] merged with the [[Minnesota North Stars]] (continuing as the North Stars), reducing the NHL membership to 17 teams, the last time that a league in the "big four" [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports league]] contracted.
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==League business==
This season saw the first reduction in the total number of teams since the [[New York Americans|Brooklyn Americans]] folded following the [[1941–42 NHL season|1941–42 season]]. Fearing that two teams were on the verge of folding, the league approved the merger of the financially unstable [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Cleveland Barons]] and [[Minnesota North Stars]] franchises, reducing the number of teams to 17. The merged team continued as the Minnesota North Stars but assumed the Barons' place in the Adams Division.

This reduction would only be temporary, however, as negotiations continued toward an agreement with the [[World Hockey Association]] that would see it fold following this season, with four of its teams joining the NHL as expansion franchises for [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]].

A [[1978 NHL dispersal draft|dispersal draft]] was then held on June 15, 1978. The merged North Stars was allowed to protect 14 players, then the five other worst teams in the previous 1977–78 season would each have the option to pick one of the unprotected players.

The [[1978 NHL amateur draft]] was also held on June 15, at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. [[Bobby Smith (ice hockey)|Bobby Smith]] was selected first overall by the North Stars.

For the first time since the [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]] became an annual tradition, it was not played. In its stead was the [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|1979 Challenge Cup]], which saw [[Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] players come over to North America to play against NHL players. The Soviets won the series two games to one.

==Regular season==
For the past three seasons, the Montreal Canadiens had dominated the regular season, but times were changing. The [[New York Islanders]] had been steadily improving over the past few seasons and this season saw them beat out the Canadiens by one point for the best record in the league.

This was the last season until the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06 season]] that the St. Louis Blues missed the playoffs.

===Final standings===
''GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
 
''Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in '''bold'''''

====Prince of Wales Conference====
{{1978–79 NHL Adams Division standings}}
{{1978–79 NHL Norris Division standings}}

====Clarence Campbell Conference====
{{1978–79 NHL Patrick Division standings}}
{{1978–79 NHL Smythe Division standings}}

==Playoffs==
{{main|1979 Stanley Cup playoffs}}

===Playoff seeds===
The top two teams in each division made the playoffs, along with the four next-best regular-season records from teams in the entire league finishing third or lower. All 12 clubs then were [[Seed (sports)|seeded]] 1–12 based on regular season points, regardless of conference or division.

''Note: Only teams that qualified for the playoffs are listed here.''

# [[1978–79 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]], Patrick Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 116 points
# [[1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]], Norris Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 115 points
# [[1978–79 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]], Adams Division champions – 100 points
# [[1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]] – 95 points
# [[1978–79 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] – 91 points
# [[1978–79 Atlanta Flames season|Atlanta Flames]] – 90 points
# [[1978–79 Buffalo Sabres season|Buffalo Sabres]] – 88 points
# [[1978–79 Pittsburgh Penguins season|Pittsburgh Penguins]] – 85 points
# [[1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto Maple Leafs]] – 81 points
# [[1978–79 Los Angeles Kings season|Los Angeles Kings]] – 80 points
# [[1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago Black Hawks]], Smythe Division champions – 73 points
# [[1978–79 Vancouver Canucks season|Vancouver Canucks]] – 63 points

===Playoff bracket===
The NHL used "re-seeding" instead of a fixed bracket playoff system: in each round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, the second-highest remaining seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, and so forth.

Regardless of playoff seed, all four division winners received a [[Bye (sports)|bye]] to the Quarterfinals. Each series in the Preliminary Round was played in a [[best-of-three]] format while each series in the other three rounds were played in a [[best-of-seven]] format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each series).

{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=Preliminary round
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Stanley Cup Finals
| RD1-seed05='''1'''
| RD1-team05='''Philadelphia'''
| RD1-score05='''2'''
| RD1-seed06=8
| RD1-team06=Vancouver
| RD1-score06=1
| RD1-seed07='''2'''
| RD1-team07='''NY Rangers'''
| RD1-score07='''2'''
| RD1-seed08=7
| RD1-team08=Los Angeles
| RD1-score08=0
| RD1-seed11=3
| RD1-team11=Atlanta
| RD1-score11=0
| RD1-seed12='''6'''
| RD1-team12='''Toronto'''
| RD1-score12='''2'''
| RD1-seed15=4
| RD1-team15=Buffalo
| RD1-score15=1
| RD1-seed16='''5'''
| RD1-team16='''Pittsburgh'''
| RD1-score16='''2'''
| RD2-seed01='''1'''
| RD2-team01='''NY Islanders'''
| RD2-score01='''4'''
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02=Chicago
| RD2-score02=0
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Philadelphia
| RD2-score03=1
| RD2-seed04='''5'''
| RD2-team04='''NY Rangers'''
| RD2-score04='''4'''
| RD2-seed05='''2'''
| RD2-team05='''Montreal'''
| RD2-score05='''4'''
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Toronto
| RD2-score06=0
| RD2-seed07='''3'''
| RD2-team07='''Boston'''
| RD2-score07='''4'''
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Pittsburgh
| RD2-score08=0
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=NY Islanders
| RD3-score01=2
| RD3-seed02='''4'''
| RD3-team02='''NY Rangers'''
| RD3-score02='''4'''
| RD3-seed03='''2'''
| RD3-team03='''Montreal'''
| RD3-score03='''4'''
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Boston
| RD3-score04=3
| RD4-seed01='''2'''
| RD4-team01='''Montreal'''
| RD4-score01='''4'''
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02=NY Rangers
| RD4-score02=1
}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2" | 1979 NHL awards
|-
|[[Prince of Wales Trophy]]: (Wales Conference regular season champion) || [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|[[Clarence S. Campbell Bowl]]: (Campbell Conference regular season champion) || [[New York Islanders]]
|-
|[[Art Ross Trophy]]: (Top scorer, regular season) || [[Bryan Trottier]], New York Islanders
|-
|[[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]]: (Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication) || [[Serge Savard]], Montreal Canadiens
|-
|[[Calder Memorial Trophy]]: (Top first-year player) || [[Bobby Smith (ice hockey)|Bobby Smith]], Minnesota North Stars
|-
|[[Conn Smythe Trophy]]: (Most valuable player, playoffs) || [[Bob Gainey]], Montreal Canadiens
|-
|[[Frank J. Selke Trophy]]: (Best defensive forward) || Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
|-
|[[Hart Memorial Trophy]]: (Most valuable player, regular season) || Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders
|-
|[[Jack Adams Award]]: (Best coach) || [[Al Arbour]], New York Islanders
|-
|[[James Norris Memorial Trophy]]: (Best defenceman) || [[Denis Potvin]], New York Islanders
|-
|[[Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]]: (Excellence and sportsmanship) ||[[Bob MacMillan]], Atlanta Flames
|-
|[[Lester B. Pearson Award]]: (Outstanding player, regular season) || [[Marcel Dionne]], Los Angeles Kings
|-
|[[Vezina Trophy]]: (Goaltender(s) of team(s) with best goaltending record) || [[Ken Dryden]] & [[Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952)|Michel Larocque]], Montreal Canadiens
|}

===All-Star teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! First team !!   Position   !! Second team
|-
|[[Ken Dryden]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | [[Goaltender|G]]
|[[Glenn Resch]], [[New York Islanders]]
|-
|[[Denis Potvin]], [[New York Islanders]]
| align=center | [[defenceman|D]]
|[[Börje Salming]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
|[[Larry Robinson]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | D
|[[Serge Savard]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|[[Bryan Trottier]], [[New York Islanders]]
| align=center | [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]]
|[[Marcel Dionne]], [[Los Angeles Kings]]
|-
|[[Guy Lafleur]], [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]]
|[[Mike Bossy]], [[New York Islanders]]
|-
|[[Clark Gillies]], [[New York Islanders]]
| align=center | [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]]
|[[Bill Barber]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
|-
|}

==Player statistics==

===Scoring leaders===
''GP = Games Played, G = [[Goal (ice hockey)|Goals]], A = [[Assist (ice hockey)|Assists]], Pts = Points, PIM = [[Penalty (ice hockey)|Penalties In Minutes]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="30%" | Player
! width="30%" | Team
! width="7.5%" | GP
! width="7.5%" | G
! width="7.5%" | A
! width="7.5%" | Pts
! width="7.5%" | PIM
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Bryan Trottier]]
| align=left | New York Islanders || 76 || 47 || 87 || 134 || 50
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Marcel Dionne]]
| align=left | Los Angeles Kings || 80 || 59 || 71 || 130 || 30
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Guy Lafleur]]
| align=left | Montreal Canadiens || 80 || 52 || 77 || 129 || 28
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Mike Bossy]]
| align=left | New York Islanders || 80 || 69 || 57 || 126 || 25
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Bob MacMillan]]
| align=left | Atlanta Flames || 79 || 37 || 71 || 108 || 14
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Guy Chouinard]]
| align=left | Atlanta Flames || 80 || 50 || 57 || 107 || 14
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Denis Potvin]]
| align=left | New York Islanders || 73 || 31 || 70 || 101 || 58
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Bernie Federko]]
| align=left | St. Louis Blues || 74 || 31 || 64 || 95 || 14
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Dave Taylor (ice hockey)|Dave Taylor]]
| align=left | Los Angeles Kings || 78 || 43 || 48 || 91 || 124
|- align=right
| align=left | [[Clark Gillies]]
| align=left | New York Islanders || 75 || 35 || 56 || 91 || 68
|}
'''Source:''' NHL.{{sfn |Dinger |2011 |p=151}}

===Leading goaltenders===

''Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | MIN
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | GAA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | SO
|-
|[[Ken Dryden]] || Montreal Canadiens || 47 || 2814 || 108 || 2.30 || 30 || 10 || 7 || 5
|-
|[[Chico Resch]] || N.Y. Islanders || 43 || 2539 || 106 || 2.50 || 26 || 7 || 10 || 2
|-
|[[Bernie Parent]] || Philadelphia Flyers || 36 || 1979 || 89 || 2.70 || 16 || 12 || 7 || 4
|-
|[[Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952)|Michel Larocque]] || Montreal Canadiens || 34 || 1986 || 94 || 2.84 || 22 || 7 || 4 || 3
|-
|[[Billy Smith (ice hockey)|Billy Smith]] || N.Y. Islanders || 40 || 2261 || 108 || 2.87 || 25 || 8 || 4 || 1
|-
|[[Mike Palmateer]] || Toronto Maple Leafs || 58 || 3396 || 167 || 2.95 || 26 || 21 || 10 || 4
|-
|[[Don Edwards (ice hockey)|Don Edwards]] || Buffalo Sabres || 54 || 3160 || 159 || 3.02 || 26 || 18 || 9 || 2
|-
|[[Mario Lessard]] || L.A. Kings || 49 || 2860 || 148 || 3.10 || 23 || 15 || 10 || 4
|-
|[[Glen Hanlon]] || Vancouver Canucks || 31 || 1821 || 94 || 3.10 || 12 || 13 || 5 || 3
|-
|[[Gerry Cheevers]] || Boston Bruins || 43 || 2509 || 132 || 3.16 || 23 || 9 || 10 || 1
|-
|}

===Other statistics===
;[[NHL Plus-Minus Award|Plus-minus]]
* Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders

==Coaches==

===Patrick Division===
*Atlanta Flames: [[Fred Creighton]]
*New York Islanders: [[Al Arbour]]
*New York Rangers: [[Fred Shero]]
*Philadelphia Flyers: [[Bob McCammon]] and [[Pat Quinn (ice hockey)|Pat Quinn]]

===Adams Division===
*Boston Bruins: [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]]
*Buffalo Sabres: [[Billy Inglis]]
*Minnesota North Stars: [[Harry Howell (ice hockey)|Harry Howell]] and [[Glen Sonmor]]
*Toronto Maple Leafs: [[Roger Neilson]]

===Norris Division===
*Detroit Red Wings: [[Bobby Kromm]]
*Los Angeles Kings: [[Bob Berry (ice hockey)|Bob Berry]]
*Montreal Canadiens: [[Scotty Bowman]]
*Pittsburgh Penguins: [[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]]
*Washington Capitals: [[Danny Belisle]]

===Smythe Division===
*Chicago Black Hawks: [[Bill White (ice hockey)|Bill White]]
*Colorado Rockies: [[Patrick J. Kelly (ice hockey)|Pat Kelly]]
*St. Louis Blues: [[Barclay Plager]]
*Vancouver Canucks: [[Harry Neale]]

==Milestones==

===Debuts===
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1978–79 (listed with their first team, asterisk (*) marks debut in playoffs):
*[[Joel Quenneville]], Toronto Maple Leafs
*[[Brad Marsh]], Atlanta Flames
*[[Réjean Lemelin|Reggie Lemelin]], Atlanta Flames
*[[Al Secord]], Boston Bruins
*[[Bobby Smith (ice hockey)|Bobby Smith]], Minnesota North Stars
*[[Steve Payne (ice hockey)|Steve Payne]], Minnesota North Stars
*[[Rod Langway]] §, Montreal Canadiens
*[[John Tonelli]] §, New York Islanders
*[[Anders Hedberg]] §, New York Rangers
*[[Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey)|Ulf Nilsson]] §, New York Rangers
*[[Ken Linseman]] §, Philadelphia Flyers
*[[Pete Peeters]], Philadelphia Flyers
*[[Greg Millen]], Pittsburgh Penguins
*[[Wayne Babych]], St. Louis Blues
*[[Curt Fraser]], Vancouver Canucks
*[[Thomas Gradin]], Vancouver Canucks
*[[Stan Smyl]], Vancouver Canucks
*[[Ryan Walter]], Washington Capitals

''Players marked with § began their major professional career in the [[World Hockey Association]].''

===Last games===
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1978–79 (listed with their last team):
*[[Bobby Orr]], Chicago Black Hawks
*[[Joe Watson (ice hockey)|Joe Watson]], Colorado Rockies
*[[Danny Grant (ice hockey)|Danny Grant]], Los Angeles Kings
*[[J. P. Parisé|J. P. Parise]], Minnesota North Stars
*[[Jacques Lemaire]], Montreal Canadiens
*[[Ken Dryden]], Montreal Canadiens
*[[Yvan Cournoyer]], Montreal Canadiens
*[[Ed Westfall]], New York Islanders
*[[Bernie Parent]], Philadelphia Flyers
*[[Garry Monahan]], Toronto Maple Leafs
*[[Pit Martin]], Vancouver Canucks

==Broadcasting==
''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' on [[CBC Television]] televised Saturday night regular season games and Stanley Cup playoff games.

In the U.S., this was the fourth and final season that NHL games aired in national [[broadcast syndication]] under the [[NHL Network (1975 TV program)|NHL Network]] package. On February 10, [[NHL on CBS|CBS]] decided to televise Game 2 of the [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|1979 Challenge Cup]], but that was the network's only involvement in broadcasting the NHL this season. Similarly, [[NHL on ABC|ABC]] only agreed to air Game 7 of the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals had the series gone that far. The league then dissolved the NHL Network after the season, signing packages of regular season slates to the fledgling cable networks [[NHL on ESPN|ESPN]] and UA-Columbia (later known as the [[NHL on USA|USA Network]]). The [[Hughes Television Network]], the NHL Network's distributor, also signed a new deal for regular season and postseason games.

== See also ==
* [[List of Stanley Cup champions]]
* [[1978 NHL amateur draft]]
* [[1978–79 NHL transactions]]
* [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|1979 Challenge Cup]]
* [[1978–79 WHA season]]
* [[Lester Patrick Trophy]]
* [[1978 in sports]]
* [[1979 in sports]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite book|title=Total Hockey |editor=Diamond, Dan |publisher=Total Sports |year=2000 |location=Kingston, New York |isbn=1-892129-85-X }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dinger |editor-first=Ralph |year=2011 |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 |publisher=Dan Diamond & Associates |isbn=978-1-894801-22-5 |location=Toronto, ON |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dryden |editor-first=Steve |title=Century of hockey |publisher=McClelland & Stewart Ltd. |location=Toronto, ON |year=2000 |isbn=0-7710-4179-9 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |last2=Fischler |first2=Shirley
|last3=Hughes |first3=Morgan |last4=Romain |first4=Joseph |last5=Duplacey |first5=James
|year=2003 |title=The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League |publisher=Publications International Inc. |isbn=0-7853-9624-1 |location=Lincolnwood, Illinois |ref={{harvid|Fischler|2003}}}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/nhl1927.html Hockey Database]
*[http://nhl.com/ NHL.com]
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Ed Belfour

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Ed Belfour
| halloffame = 2011
| image = Ed Belfour.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Belfour with [[Leksands IF]] in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|21}}
| birth_place = [[Carman, Manitoba]], Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 214
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[Chicago Blackhawks]] [[San Jose Sharks]] [[Dallas Stars]] [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] [[Florida Panthers]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 2008
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Canada}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] |}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Canada Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Canada Cup|1991 Canada]] |}}
}}
'''Edward John Belfour''' (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. He played [[junior hockey]] for the [[Winkler Flyers]] before going to the [[North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey|University of North Dakota]] where he helped the school win the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) championship in the [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87 season]]. The following year, Belfour signed as a free agent with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] (after not being picked in the draft) alternating time between them and the [[Saginaw Hawks]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] (IHL). Many regard Belfour as an elite goaltender and one of the best of all-time. His 484 wins rank fifth all-time among NHL goaltenders. Belfour was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in the 2011 class, his first year of eligibility.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370270 | title = Class of 2011 announced for Hall of Fame | publisher = [[The Sports Network]] | date = 2011-11-02 | access-date = 2011-11-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110904001248/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370270 | archive-date = 2011-09-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In addition Belfour is one of only two players to have won an NCAA championship, an Olympic gold medal, and the [[Stanley Cup]] (the other such player is [[Neal Broten]]).

His characteristic face mask earned him the sobriquet "'''Eddie the Eagle'''",<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/belfour.html | title = Ed Belfour profile at Hockey Goalies | website = hockeygoalies.org | date = 2010-03-05 | access-date = 2010-03-05}}</ref> and some of his quirks and off-ice antics earned him the nickname "'''Crazy Eddie'''".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Belfour/Belfour_bio.html | title = Ed Belfour biography | website = jockbio.com | date = 2010-03-04 | access-date = 2010-03-04 | archive-date = 2010-07-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100731090427/http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Belfour/Belfour_bio.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Playing career==

===Juniors and college===
Belfour played for three seasons in the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] with the [[Winkler Flyers]], helping the team to a first-place finish in 1986. As the starting goalie for the top team, Belfour finally received some notoriety and he joined the [[North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey|North Dakota Fighting Sioux]] for the [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87 season]]. The 21-year-old Belfour was a freshman, older than many of the upper-classmen on his team. He won 29 games that year, helping UND set a new NCAA record with 40 wins on the year and win the [[1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|National Title]]. After the season Belfour, as an undrafted player, was able to sign with any team and signed with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]].

===Minors and International===
For his first professional season, Belfour played for the [[Saginaw Hawks]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]. He won 32 games for the team and helped them reach the IHL semifinals. The following season saw Belfour split his time between the IHL and [[National Hockey League|NHL]], playing 23 games with the parent club. He was returned to Saginaw where he helped the team to a 2nd-place finish in the conference but faltered in the postseason and the Hawks were bounced in the first round.

Rather than return to Saginaw, Belfour played the 1989–90 season with the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian national men's hockey team]]. He was recalled by the Blackhawks for their [[1989–90 NHL season|postseason run]] and produced a 4–2 record with a 2.49 GAA, far better numbers than the other two Blackhawk netminders.

===Chicago Blackhawks===
The next season, 1990–91, Belfour became the starting goalie, and had a strong rookie season. He notched 43 victories in 74 games (both NHL rookie and Blackhawk team records), finished the season with a 2.47 [[Goals against average|GAA]] and 4 shutouts. He also led the league in Save% (.910). It was the last time a goalie led the league in Wins, Save%, and GAA until Carey Price achieved the feat in the 2014–2015 season.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/stats/historical?season=20142015&gameType=2&team=&position=G&country= | title = 2014-15 Goaltender season statistics | publisher = [[National Hockey League]] | date = 2015-04-05 | access-date = 2015-04-05}}</ref> For his success, he received the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] for outstanding play by a rookie, and is the first person to receive the award under the [[Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)|''Makarov Rule'']] because he was a year under the new cutoff age of eligibility (26), the [[Vezina Trophy]] for best goaltender and the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] for fewest team goals-against. He was also a finalist for the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as the league's most valuable player, the first rookie goaltender to do so. He would win the Vezina Trophy and Jennings Trophy again in 1993, and the Jennings Trophy once more with Chicago in 1995.

Belfour helped lead the Blackhawks to the [[1992 Stanley Cup Finals]] in the [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92 season]], where they met the defending champion [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]. In Game 1, Chicago had a 4-1 lead with 8:24 remaining in the second period. However, the Penguins would score twice in the span of a minute to narrow it to 4-3 for the final period. [[Jaromír Jágr]] managed to score the tying goal with five minutes remaining, before a late one-man advantage for the Penguins proved key with [[Mario Lemieux]] putting a shot rebound past Belfour to give Pittsburgh the go-ahead lead with thirteen seconds left. In total, Belfour had allowed five goals on 39 shots. After a 3-1 loss in Game 2, the series moved to Chicago, where one successful shot meant everything. [[Kevin Stevens]] scored with 4:34 left in the first period off Belfour, and Penguins goaltender [[Tom Barrasso]] bested Belfour with no goals allowed on 27 shots as Pittsburgh now was one win away from the Cup. Game 4 was a rollercoaster for all involved, especially Belfour. Four goals were scored in the first seven minutes of the game, with each team getting two. After Stevens scored on a wrist shot over Belfour (the second goal on four shots), he was taken out by head coach [[Mike Keenan]] for [[Dominik Hašek]]. Hašek went 21-for-25 in saves as Pittsburgh rallied late again to win the game and the Finals. On August 7, Hašek was traded to the [[Buffalo Sabres]], where he received more playing time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sabrenoise.com/2022/08/07/buffalo-sabres-dominik-hasek-trade/ | title=Buffalo Sabres: Looking back on the Dominik Hasek trade | date=7 August 2022 }}</ref>

By the [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96 season]], tension was forming between Belfour and backup goalie [[Jeff Hackett]]. By [[1996–97 NHL season|January 1997]], reports had surfaced that the two had an incident near a locker room that saw Belfour call Hackett "nothing more than a backup", although the two (along with their coach) asserted that they were more competitive with each other rather than having friction.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-01-08-9701080032-story.html | title=Hackett, Belfour Try to Clear the Air | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=8 January 1997 }}</ref> A free agent after the season, Belfour was traded to the [[San Jose Sharks]] on January 25 for three players (right wing [[Ulf Dahlén]], defenseman [[Michal Sýkora]], goalie [[Chris Terreri]]) and a conditional second-round draft pick in the [[1998 NHL Entry Draft]] after turning down an extension offer ($3.3 million) that would've raised his current rate ($2.75-million). Right after the trade, Hackett received a three-year extension deal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/01/26/blackhawks-send-belfour-to-sharks/ | title=Blackhawks send Belfour to Sharks }}</ref>

Belfour finished his tenure with the Blackhawks ranking among the team leaders in many goaltending categories. Belfour finished third among all Blackhawk goalies in games played (415) and wins (201) in both categories ranking behind Hall of Famers [[Tony Esposito]] and [[Glenn Hall]]. Belfour also ranks fourth in shutouts (30), and second in assists (17). Belfour easily ranks as the Blackhawks' goalie leader in penalty minutes, with 242. Esposito, who played in more than twice as many games and minutes as Belfour, had only 31.

===San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars===
Following a dismal half-season with the Sharks, Belfour signed as a free agent with the [[Dallas Stars]] on July 2, 1997. During the season, Belfour played 61 games and had a 1.88 GAA as his team won the [[Presidents' Trophy]] and made it to the Western Conference Finals only to lose to the [[Detroit Red Wings]].

The next season, the Stars repeated their regular season championship and Belfour won his fourth [[William M. Jennings Trophy]]. In the playoffs, Belfour won duels against past Vezina- and Stanley Cup-winning goaltenders [[Grant Fuhr]] and [[Patrick Roy]], respectively. The Stars won the [[Stanley Cup]], beating the [[Buffalo Sabres]] in six games, capped by an incredible goalie duel against former backup [[Dominik Hašek]] that ended in a 2–1 win in the third overtime. Belfour made 53 saves to Hašek's 50, and for the entire Finals, had a 1.26 GAA to Hašek's 1.68.

Belfour backstopped his team to another consecutive finals appearance, winning his second seven-game Western Conference final duel against the [[Colorado Avalanche]]'s [[Patrick Roy]]. The Stars lost the Cup in double-overtime to the [[New Jersey Devils]]. Belfour had 4 shutouts in that playoffs, including a triple-overtime blanking of the Devils in game five of the finals series.

During the 2001–02 season, the Stars began to play poorly and there was a falling out between then-Stars coach [[Ken Hitchcock]] and [[General manager|GM]] [[Bob Gainey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Belfour leaves Stars after 'disagreement'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/belfour-leaves-stars-after-disagreement-1.270098|website=cbc.ca|access-date=March 3, 2018|date=January 9, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Belfour Is Suspended by Stars|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-08-sp-9799-story.html|access-date=March 3, 2018|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 8, 2001|location=Dallas}}</ref> After a poor season, the Stars decided not to re-sign Belfour and named [[Marty Turco]] the starting goalie for the next season.

===Toronto Maple Leafs===
On July 2, 2002, Belfour signed as a free agent with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] after then Leafs goaltender, [[Curtis Joseph]], chose to sign with the [[Detroit Red Wings]].<ref name = "Toronto">{{cite web|last1=Kreiser|first1=John|title=July 2: Ed Belfour signs with Stars, Maple Leafs|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/this-date-in-nhl-history-july-2/c-281080496|website=NHL.com|access-date=March 3, 2018|date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> Belfour rebounded after a dismal season with the Stars, winning a franchise-record 37 games and helping his new team finish second in the Northeast Division. His 2.26 GAA ranked 11th in the league. During the season, he was invited to play in the mid-season All-Star Game in Florida, but a back injury forced him to miss the event. On April 1, he earned his 400th career win in a match against the Devils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cerny|first1=Jim|title=HOCKEY; Belfour Turns Back Devils For 400th Career Victory|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/02/sports/hockey-belfour-turns-back-devils-for-400th-career-victory.html|access-date=March 3, 2018|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 2, 2003}}</ref> In the playoffs, Belfour posted a 2.71 GAA and a .915 Save% in seven games in an opening-round loss to the Flyers. On April 16 in Game Four at the [[Air Canada Centre]], Ed made 72 saves before losing 3–2 on an overtime goal by [[Mark Recchi]]. Belfour finished as runner-up for the Vezina Trophy, won that year by the Devils' [[Martin Brodeur]].

In 2003–04, he posted a 34-19-6 record in 59 games as the Maple Leafs finished fourth overall in the conference standings. He recorded a 2.13 GAA and a .918 save percentage along with ten shutouts. On April 3 in the final game of the season, Belfour posted a 6–0 shutout over the Senators to secure home ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. That shutout gave him 10 on the season, setting a new personal best. In the playoffs, Belfour posted three shutouts in the opening round against the Senators, setting a record for shutout streaks in a series. However, in the second round, former teammate [[Jeremy Roenick]] eliminated the Leafs by putting a game 6 overtime goal past Belfour.

Belfour did not play during the NHL lockout in 2004–05, instead taking a minority stake in the projected Dallas Americans team in the [[World Hockey Association (proposed)|proposed revival of the World Hockey Association]] while recovering and rehabilitating himself from primarily back-related injuries. The team had folded by October, 2004.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/WHA/2004/10/01/651501.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120714142343/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/WHA/2004/10/01/651501.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = July 14, 2012 | publisher = [[Canoe.ca]] | date = 2004-10-02 | access-date = 2004-10-02 | title = WHA: Leagues on thin ice}}</ref>

On November 28, 2005, Belfour won his 447th career NHL game, moving him into a tie with [[Terry Sawchuk]] for 2nd place in career wins.<ref name = "milestone win">{{cite web|title=Leafs' Belfour earns milestone win|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/leafs-belfour-earns-milestone-win-1.568897|website=cbc.ca|access-date=March 3, 2018|date=November 29, 2005}}</ref> Ed made 34 saves in the 2–1 win over the [[Florida Panthers]].<ref name = "milestone win"/>

On December 19, 2005, Belfour moved past Sawchuk with a 9–6 win over the [[New York Islanders]] at the [[Air Canada Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Belfour passes Sawchuk as Leafs top Isles|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/nhl/recap?gameId=251219021|website=ESPN.com|access-date=March 3, 2018|location=Toronto|date=December 20, 2005}}</ref> He was honoured in a special [[pre-game ceremony]] on December 23, 2005, before a game against the [[Boston Bruins]] at the Air Canada Centre; the Leafs went on to win the game. At the end of the 2005/06 season, Belfour had a record of 457-303-111 in the regular season, and 88–68 in the playoffs.

On July 1, 2006, Maple Leafs General Manager [[John Ferguson, Jr.]] released Belfour to free agency after posting a 22-22-4 record and a 3.29 GAA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maple Leafs cut Belfour, Domi|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/maple-leafs-cut-belfour-domi-1.577166|website=cbc.ca|access-date=March 3, 2018|date=June 30, 2006}}</ref>

===Florida Panthers===
On July 25, Belfour signed with the [[Florida Panthers]]. In October 2006, [[Alex Auld]] was injured while the two goalies were horsing around.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=0f79a93d-5a0f-490f-ae31-76d03c1b97a2 |newspaper=[[National Post]] |date=2006-11-02 |access-date=2010-02-03 |title=Belfour, Auld injured in horse play |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111150708/http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=0f79a93d-5a0f-490f-ae31-76d03c1b97a2 |archive-date=2016-01-11 }}</ref> On February 13, 2007, Belfour tied Hall of Famer [[Tony Esposito]] for eighth place on the career shutout list with his 76th in the Panthers' 1-0 blanking of the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Later in the season, another injury to Alex Auld gave Belfour the chance to become starter. He started 27 consecutive games, a record for the Panthers. Belfour regained his form during the {{NHL Year|2006}} season by posting a 2.79 GAA, .902 save percentage, and 1 shutout in 57 games.<ref>{{cite web|agency=Associated Press |title=Belfour catches Esposito on shutout list |work=The Goshen News |url=https://www.goshennews.com/sports/national_sports/belfour-catches-esposito-on-shutout-list-dipietro-beats-leafs/article_5b50926c-0c7c-5784-8002-104e0c9ee483.html |date=February 14, 2007|access-date=2020-12-23 }}</ref>

===Leksands IF===
On August 27, 2007, it was announced that Belfour would play with [[Leksands IF]] in the Swedish second division. ([[Allsvenskan (ice hockey)|HockeyAllsvenskan]]).<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.leksandsif.se/index.php?page=innerframe_news_show&readmore=2499 | publisher = [[Leksands IF]] | date = 2007-08-27 | access-date = 2007-08-27 | title = Leksands sign NHL star Goaltender Ed Belfour | language = sv | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929072020/http://www.leksandsif.se/index.php?page=innerframe_news_show&readmore=2499 | archive-date = 2007-09-29 }}</ref> Belfour's signing created much fanfare in the following months. He played his first professional game outside of North America in 18 years on October 31, 2007 with a 4–1 win over Sundsvall. Belfour followed up this game with a shutout streak lasting for 251 minutes, a club record in Leksand. He also broke the record for most shutouts during a whole season with 7.

During the division round, Belfour had a GAA of 1.79, which was the best of all goalies in Allsvenskan. During the playoffs, he had a GAA of 2.59 and a save percentage of .911.

==Eagle mask==
Throughout his career, Belfour has worn masks featuring an [[eagle]] on either side of his helmet. When asked why an eagle, he stated "I've always liked the eagle as a bird. It is a strong figure representing individuality, leadership, confidence, and outstanding vision. Its hunting and aggression are characteristics I admire, so when I was thinking of what I wanted on my mask, the eagle was a natural choice". Belfour's eagle has changed dramatically, from a rough Native looking style in Chicago, to a fierce competitive image in Dallas, while the background always features his current team's colours. On the chin, there is an image of the logo for the [[Make-a-Wish Foundation]], a charity very close to his heart, and the back plate highlights his passion for speed and restored cars. The car on the back is a 1941 Willys, along with the words Carman Racing, which is the name of Belfour's car customization and restoration shop in [[Freeland, Michigan]]. Upon seeing Belfour's eagle mask for the first time, [[Mike Keenan]], his head coach when he started in the NHL, nicknamed him "The Eagle".<ref>[http://www.belfour.com/offEagleMask.htm Eagle Mask] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509124802/http://www.belfour.com/offEagleMask.htm |date=May 9, 2007 }}</ref>

==International play==
Belfour was selected to represent [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] at the [[1991 Canada Cup]] Championship as the backup goaltender and was included in the squad for the 2002 Winter Olympic Team. In February 2002, Belfour won an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian men's hockey team. Although he didn't play in any of the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he did add depth in goal to the strong Canadian team backing up [[Curtis Joseph]] and [[Martin Brodeur]].

==Personal life==

Early in the 2000–01 season, on October 20, Belfour pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in which Belfour was intoxicated in a Dallas hotel room. While under arrest and being transported to the local division, he allegedly offered Dallas police officers $1 billion for his release without charges. He apologized to the Dallas Stars organization and police officers involved and was fined $3000 for [[resisting arrest]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Belfour pleads guilty to resisting arrest | publisher= [[CBC.ca]] | url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/belfour-pleads-guilty-to-resisting-arrest-1.240551 |date=2000-03-21 | access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

Late in the 2006–07 season, Belfour, along with [[Florida Panthers|Panthers]] teammate [[Ville Peltonen]], was arrested on April 9 outside of a South Florida nightclub and was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence. He was released the same day from [[Miami-Dade County]] jail on $1,500 bond.<ref>{{cite web | title=Belfour arrested after police scuffle | publisher=sportsnet.ca | url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20070409_115005_4648 | date=2007-04-09 | access-date=2007-04-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019020146/http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20070409_115005_4648 | archive-date=2015-10-19 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 28, 2020, Belfour was arrested and booked into the Warren County Regional Jail after an early morning incident at the Kentucky Grand Hotel and Spa in downtown [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/former-nhl-great-belfour-arrested-at-bg-hotel-on-mischief/article_b7ab3fce-5de7-5f00-997e-1445dd978bb0.html|title=Former NHL great Belfour arrested at BG hotel on mischief, intoxication charges|last=News|first=the Daily|website=Bowling Green Daily News|date=28 January 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> Belfour was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place.<ref name=":0" /> Belfour damaged hotel property, and was "manifestly under the influence of alcohol to a point he was a danger to himself and others," according to the police report.<ref name=":0" />

In his post-playing career he was inducted as a member of [[Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honouredmembers/inductee.php?id=452 | title = Ed Belfour inducted to HOF Manitoba | website = halloffamemb.ca | date = 2012-03-04 | access-date = 2012-03-04 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813233440/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honouredmembers/inductee.php?id=452 | archive-date = 2014-08-13 }}</ref> The [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] also awards [[Ed Belfour Top Goaltender Trophy|a trophy]] named after Belfour to its top goaltender each season.<ref name="tc">{{cite news|url=https://www.thecarillon.com/sports/MJHL-moves-to-fewer-20-year-olds-485567551.html|title=MJHL moves to fewer 20-year-olds|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=14 June 2018 |publisher=The Carillon|access-date=March 27, 2019|last1=Frey |first1=Terry }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:90%; text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[Save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| 1983–84
| [[Winkler Flyers]]
| [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
| 14 || — || — || — || — || 818 || 68 || 0 || 4.99 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 MJHL season|1984–85
| Winkler Flyers
| MJHL
| 34 || — || — || — || — || 1973 || 145 || 1 || 4.41 || —
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 528 || 41 || 0 || 4.66 || —
|-
| 1985–86 MJHL season|1985–86
| Winkler Flyers
| MJHL
| 33 || — || — || — || — || 1943 || 124 || 1 || 3.83 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87]]
| [[North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey|North Dakota Fighting Sioux]]
| [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]]
| 33 || 29 || 4 || 0 || — || 2049 || 81 || 3 || 2.43 || .915
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1987–88 IHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Saginaw Hawks]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 61 || 32 || 20 || 5 || — || 3446 || 183 || 0 || 3.19 || —
| 9 || 4 || 5 || 561 || 33 || 0 || 3.52 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 IHL season|1988–89]]
| Saginaw Hawks
| IHL
| 29 || 12 || 10 || 6 || — || 1760 || 92 || 0 || 3.10 || —
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 298 || 14 || 0 || 2.81 || —
|-
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 23 || 4 || 12 || 3 || — || 1148 || 74 || 0 || 3.87 || .878
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian National Team]]
| Intl
| 33 || 13 || 12 || 6 || — || 1808 || 93 || 0 || 3.09 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| 9 || 4 || 2 || 409 || 17 || 0 || 2.49 || .915
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 74 || 43 || 19 || 7 || — || 4127 || 170 || 4 || 2.47 || .910
| 6 || 2 || 4 || 295 || 20 || 0 || 4.06 || .891
|-
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 52 || 21 || 18 || 10 || — || 2928 || 132 || 5 || 2.70 || .894
| 18 || 12 || 4 || 949 || 39 || 1 || 2.46 || .902
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 71 || 41 || 18 || 11 || — || 4106 || 177 || 7 || 2.59 || .906
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 249 || 13 || 0 || 3.13 || .866
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 70 || 37 || 24 || 6 || — || 3998 || 178 || 7 || 2.67 || .906
| 6 || 2 || 4 || 360 || 15 || 0 || 2.50 || .921
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 42 || 22 || 15 || 3 || — || 2450 || 93 || 5 || 2.28 || .906
| 16 || 9 || 7 || 1014 || 37 || 1 || 2.18 || .923
|-
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 50 || 22 || 17 || 10 || — || 2956 || 135 || 1 || 2.74 || .902
| 9 || 6 || 3 || 666 || 23 || 1 || 2.07 || .929
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 33 || 11 || 15 || 6 || — || 1966 || 88 || 1 || 2.69 || .907
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1996–97
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| NHL
| 13 || 3 || 9 || 0 || — || 757 || 43 || 1 || 3.41 || .884
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Dallas Stars]]
| NHL
| 61 || 37 || 12 || 10 || — || 3581 || 112 || 9 || 1.88 || .916
| 17 || 10 || 7 || 1039 || 31 || 1 || 1.79 || .922
|-
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 61 || 35 || 15 || 9 || — || 3536 || 117 || 5 || 1.99 || .915
| 23 || 16 || 7 || 1544 || 43 || 3 || 1.67 || .930
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–00 NHL season|1999–00]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 62 || 32 || 21 || 7 || — || 3620 || 127 || 4 || 2.10 || .919
| 23 || 14 || 9 || 1443 || 45 || 4 || 1.87 || .931
|-
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 63 || 35 || 20 || 7 || — || 3687 || 144 || 8 || 2.34 || .905
| 10 || 4 || 6 || 671 || 25 || 0 || 2.23 || .910
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| Dallas Stars
| NHL
| 60 || 21 || 27 || 11 || — || 3467 || 153 || 1 || 2.65 || .895
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| NHL
| 62 || 37 || 20 || 5 || — || 3738 || 141 || 7 || 2.26 || .922
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 532 || 24 || 0 || 2.70 || .915
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 59 || 34 || 19 || 6 || — || 3444 || 122 || 10 || 2.13 || .918
| 13 || 6 || 7 || 774 || 27 || 3 || 2.09 || .929
|-
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 49 || 22 || 22 || — || 4 || 2897 || 159 || 0 || 3.29 || .892
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| [[Florida Panthers]]
| NHL
| 58 || 27 || 17 || — || 10 || 3289 || 152 || 1 || 2.77 || .902
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2007–08 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2007–08]]
| [[Leksands IF]]
| [[HockeyAllsvenskan|SWE-2]]
| 20 || 16 || 3 || 1 || — || 1206 || 36 || 6 || 1.79 || .921
| 9 || 4 || 5 || 510 || 22 || 1 || 2.59 || .911
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | NHL totals
! 963 !! 484 !! 320 !! 125 !! 14 !! 55,696 !! 2,317 !! 76 !! 2.50 !! .906
! 161 !! 88 !! 68 !! 9,945 !! 359 !! 14 !! 2.17 !! .920
|}

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
|-
| First All-Star team
| 1986
|
|-
| Top Goaltender
| 1986
|
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey|College]]
|-
| [[NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship|NCAA Championship]] (North Dakota)
| [[1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1987]]
|
|-
| All-[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] [[List of All-WCHA Hockey Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=WCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
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| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|West Second-Team All-American]]
| 1987
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
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| All-[[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship|NCAA]] [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]]
| 1987
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| First All-Star team
| [[1987-88 IHL season|1988]]
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| Rookie of the Year (shared with [[John Cullen]]).
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| [[Calder Memorial Trophy]]
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| 1991
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| 1991, 1993, [[1994-95 NHL season|1995]], [[1998-99 NHL season|1999]]
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| [[NHL All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]
| [[1992 NHL All-Star Game|1992]], [[1993 NHL All-Star Game|1993]], [[1996 NHL All-Star Game|1996]], [[1998 NHL All-Star Game|1998]], [[1999 NHL All-Star Game|1999]], [[2003 NHL All-Star Game|2003]]
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| Second All-Star Team
| 1995
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| [[Stanley Cup]]
| [[1999 Stanley Cup Finals|1999]]
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| [[Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award]]
| [[1999-2000 NHL season|2000]]
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| [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]
| 2011
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Belfour, Gilmour, Nieuwendyk, Howe Elected to Hall of Fame|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370270|access-date=2013-12-31|date=2011-06-28|website=tsn.ca|publisher=[[Bell Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101062405/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370270|archive-date=2014-01-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
* [http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/belfour.html Ed Belfour] at HockeyGoalies.org
* {{Team Canada|ed-belfour}}
* {{Olympics.com|ed-belfour}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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Lionel Conacher

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| name = {{br entries|Lionel Conacher|{{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}}}}
| image = Lionel Conacher crosse.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|5|26|1900|5|24}}
| death_place = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 194
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
| played_for = {{plainlist|
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)|Pittsburgh Pirates]]
* [[New York Americans]]
* [[Montreal Maroons]]
* [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
}}
| career_start = 1925
| career_end = 1937
| halloffame = 1994
| medaltemplates =
| module=
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| honorific-prefix =
| name = Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|CM}}
| image =
| office1 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] for [[Bracondale]]
| term_start1 = October 6, 1937
| term_end1 = August 3, 1943
| predecessor1 = [[Arthur Russell Nesbitt]]
| successor1 = [[Rae Luckock]]
| riding = [[Trinity (electoral district)|Trinity]]
| parliament = Canadian
| term_start = June 27, 1949
| term_end = May 26, 1954
| predecessor = [[Larry Skey]]
| successor = [[Donald Carrick]]
| party = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| allegiance = Canada
| branch = [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]
| serviceyears = 1942–1943
| rank = Honorary squadron leader
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'''Lionel Pretoria Conacher''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|ə|k|ər}} {{respell|KON|ə|kər}}; May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), nicknamed "'''the Big Train'''", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was [[Canadian football]]; he was a member of the 1921 [[Grey Cup]] champion [[Toronto Argonauts]]. He was also a member of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]] baseball team that won the [[International League]] championship in 1926. In hockey, he won the [[Memorial Cup]] in 1920, and the [[Stanley Cup]] twice: with the [[Chicago Black Hawks]] in 1934 and the [[Montreal Maroons]] in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He is one of three players, including [[Joe Miller (ice hockey)|Joe Miller]] and [[Carl Voss]], to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.

Conacher retired as an athlete in 1937 to enter politics. He won election to the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] in 1937, and in 1949 won a seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. Many of his political positions revolved around sports. He worked to eliminate corruption in boxing while serving as a [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|member of provincial parliament]] (MPP) in Ontario, also serving as the chairman of the Ontario Athletic Commission. Additionally, he served a term as director of recreation and entertainment for the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]].<ref name="Citizen 19420709">{{cite news|title=Lionel Conacher Named Air Force Sports Head|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i44zAAAAIBAJ&dq=lionel%20conacher&pg=6215%2C1855950|newspaper=The Evening Citizen|date=1942-07-09|location=Ottawa|page=13}}</ref> It was also on the sports field that Conacher died: He suffered a heart attack twenty minutes after hitting a triple in a softball game played on the lawn of [[Parliament Hill]].<ref>{{citation |author1=Frank Cosentino | author2= Don Morrow |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited|title=Lionel Conacher |year=1981 |location=Don Mills |isbn=0-88902-679-3}}</ref>

Numerous organizations have honoured Conacher's career. In addition to being named Canada's athlete of the half-century, he was named the country's top football player over the same period. He was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1955, the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1964, the [[Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame]] in 1965, the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1994, and the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lionel Conacher |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/84-lionel-conacher |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=23 September 2014 |archive-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229012110/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/84-lionel-conacher |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additionally, the [[Canadian Press]] gives the [[Lionel Conacher Award]] to its male athlete of the year.

==Early life==
Conacher was born in [[Toronto, Ontario]], on May 24, 1900.<ref name="Big Train Dead Star 19540527p1">{{cite news|title='Big Train' Passes on Lionel Conacher, M.P. Played Game to End|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1954-05-27|location=Toronto|pages=1, 3}}</ref> His middle name was given after the South African city of [[Pretoria]], where British Empire troops including Canadians were fighting the [[Boer War]] at the time of his birth.<ref name="LOH1on1">{{citation|last=Shea |first=Kevin |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep199401.htm |title=One on one with Lionel Conacher |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |date=2006-01-30 |access-date=2011-01-22 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616100535/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep199401.htm |archive-date=2011-06-16 }}</ref> He was the eldest son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Conacher, and the third of ten children overall. He had four brothers and five sisters.<ref>{{harvnb|Conacher|2007|p=ix}}</ref> The family grew up in the neighbourhood of [[Davenport, Toronto|Davenport]], which his brother [[Charlie Conacher|Charlie]] described as "one of Toronto's higher class slums".<ref name="LOH1on1" />
His father was a [[teamster]], and struggled to earn enough money to support the family.<ref name="CSHOF">{{citation|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/hm_profile.php?i=98 |title=Honoured Members – Lionel Conacher |publisher=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=2011-01-22 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125003440/http://www.sportshall.ca/hm_profile.php?i=98 |archive-date=2009-11-25 }}</ref> In the winter, he ploughed the snow off outdoor skating rinks to earn additional money.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=18}}</ref> Conacher left school after grade eight to go to work and help support his siblings.<ref name="Historica">{{cite web|title="Big Train" Lionel Conacher Called Greatest Male Athlete of the Half Century |url=http://www.histori.ca/sports/conach.html |work=Canadian Sports Tribune |publisher=The Historica-Dominion Institute |access-date=2012-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927041618/http://www.histori.ca/sports/conach.html |archive-date=2011-09-27 |location=Toronto |year=2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref> For ten hours a day, he hauled sod, earning an extra dollar a week for his family.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=19}}</ref>

All ten children were encouraged to participate in sports by the principal of Jesse Ketchum School, who felt that such pursuits would keep his students from getting into trouble. Conacher discovered that he was among the better players in any sport he tried, and quickly became a star at [[Canadian football]], [[ice hockey]] and [[lacrosse]].<ref name="LOH1on1" /> He realized his athletic ability could offer an escape from poverty.<ref name="Historica" />

==Amateur career==
Conacher was a prolific athlete, excelling in numerous sports at the same time. He played with 14 different teams during his teenage years, winning 11 championships.<ref name="CSHOF" /> In his youth, he played for [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame|Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] coach, [[Bob Abate]], and starred on Abate's Elizabeth Playground teams.<ref name = "1963 Testimonial Dinner">{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=Red|author-link=Red Burnett|title=Testimonial for Bob Abate|work=[[Toronto Star|Toronto Daily Star]]|page=17|date=April 26, 1963|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-bob-abate/145648327/|access-date=April 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was 16 years old when he won the Ontario lightweight [[wrestling]] championship,<ref name="Brignall22">{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=22}}</ref> and at 20 won the Canadian amateur light-heavyweight [[boxing]] championship.<ref name="OGHHOF">{{harvnb|Duplacey|Zweig|2010|p=101}}</ref> In 1921, he fought, and was [[knockout|knocked out]] by heavyweight champion [[Jack Dempsey]] in an exhibition match.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Andy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FVjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1942,2788867 |title=Says boxing is toughest |work=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix |date=1936-01-31 |access-date=2011-01-22 |page=19}}</ref> One year he famously hit a [[triple (baseball)|triple]] to win the Toronto city baseball championship, then rushed to the other side of the city to find his [[lacrosse]] team trailing 3–0 in the Ontario provincial final. He scored four goals and an assist to lead them to a comeback victory.<ref name="VSAthleteHalfCentury">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OzllAAAAIBAJ&pg=2002%2C5752698 |title=Lionel Conacher easily wins half century athlete award |work=Vancouver Sun |date=1950-12-30 |access-date=2011-01-24}}</ref>

===Football===
Rugby football was the first sport Conacher played, and it was his favourite.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=30}}</ref> He first played organized football at the age of 12 as a [[Tackle (American football)|middle wing]] with the Capitals in the Toronto Rugby Football League.<ref name="PFRA">{{cite web|last=Braunwart |first=Bob |title=LIONEL CONACHER: Canada's Answer to Jim Thorpe |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-11-076.pdf |work=Coffin Corner: Vol. 3, No. 11 (1981) |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |access-date=2012-01-13 |author2=Bob Carroll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226105605/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-11-076.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-26 |location=Warminster, Pennsylvania |url-status = dead}}</ref> He played four seasons with the team between 1912 and 1915, during which the Capitals won the city championship each year. He won the Ontario championship as a junior with the Toronto Central YMCA in 1918, and in 1919 moved up to the intermediate level.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=33}}</ref> With the intermediate Capitals, he was moved into an offensive role as a [[halfback (American football)|halfback]]. He excelled in the role, and his team reached [[Ontario Rugby Football Union]] (ORFU) final. In that final, the Capitals' opponents from [[Sarnia]] made stopping Conacher their priority, a strategy that proved the difference as Sarnia won the championship.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|pp=34–35}}</ref>

Conacher moved to the senior level in 1920 with the Toronto Rugby Club where his team again won the ORFU championship, but lost the eastern semifinal to the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Interprovincial Rugby Football Union]] (IRFU). His play impressed the Argonauts, who signed him for the 1921 season.<ref name="PFRA" /> In his first game with the Argonauts, he scored 23 of the team's 27 points, and led the IRFU in scoring, accounting for 14 touchdowns and 90 of his team's 167 points as they went undefeated in six games.<ref name="PFRA" /> The Argonauts won the eastern championship, and faced the [[Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club|Edmonton Eskimos]] in the first east–west [[Grey Cup]] championship in Canadian history. Conacher rushed for 211 yards and scored 15 points in Toronto's 23–0 victory to claim the national title.<ref name="CFHOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfhof.ca/members/lionel-conacher/|title=Lionel P. Conacher |publisher=Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=2011-02-12}}</ref>

Named captain in 1922, Conacher led the Argonauts to another undefeated season in IRFU play, finishing with five wins and one tie, as he rushed for about 950 yards. The Argonauts reached the Eastern final, but lost to [[Queen's Golden Gaels|Queen's University]], 12–11. In that game, Conacher was the entire Argonaut offence, rushing 35 times for 227 yards but Pep Leadley's 21-yard field goal towards the end of the game gave Queens' its victory.<ref name="PFRA" />

===Ice hockey===
The expense of playing hockey initially kept Conacher off the ice.<ref name="Brignall22" /> He did not learn to skate until he was 16. Consequently, hockey was among his weakest sports.<ref name="Historica" /> He played with the Toronto Century Rovers, and then the Aura Lee Athletic Club, but saw limited ice time. Determined to improve his game, he closely watched the top players from the bench and sought to emulate what made them successful. His efforts paid off, and by 1918–19, was considered a star [[defence (ice hockey)|defenceman]] for Aura Lee.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|pp=24–25}}</ref> He joined the [[Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers]], a team of all-star calibre players in 1919–20, and with them won the [[Memorial Cup]], Canada's national [[junior hockey|junior]] championship.<ref>{{harvnb|Lapp|Macaulay|1997|pp=15–17}}</ref> Conacher then returned to the Aura Lees to play for their senior team for two years.<ref name="LOHBio">{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p199401&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo |title=Lionel Conacher biography |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref>

[[National Hockey League]] (NHL) teams took notice of Conacher's ability. The [[Toronto St. Pats]] offered him $3,000 a season – three times the average salary – to play for them in [[1920–21 NHL season|1920–21]],<ref name="Brignal29">{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|pp=29–30}}</ref> while in 1921, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] offered $5,000 and support setting up a business.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=60}}</ref> He turned both down as he was not yet willing to surrender his status as an amateur athlete.<ref name="Brignal29" /> His decisions to refuse the offers led to speculation that he was being paid under the table. He and [[Billy Burch]] were accused of deliberately throwing a game in 1922, but were absolved of guilt by the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|pp=61–62}}</ref>

===Move to Pittsburgh===
Conacher remained in senior hockey and while playing for the North Toronto Seniors in 1923, was a part of the first hockey game broadcast on radio.<ref name="LOHBio" /> That summer, he received an offer from Roy Schooley, the manager of the [[Duquesne Gardens]] and owner of the [[Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets]] of the [[United States Amateur Hockey Association]] (USAHA), to play for his team. While he would retain his amateur status, Schooley set Conacher up with a job in the insurance business and paid his university tuition so that he could improve his education.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|pp=70–71}}</ref> He brought many of his teammates with him to [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], all of whom received jobs in the community, and he attended school at [[Bellefonte Academy]] for a year before enrolling at [[Duquesne University]].<ref name="Podnieks155">{{harvnb|Podnieks|2003|p=155}}</ref>

He played football for both schools in the fall,<ref name="PFRA" /> and served as the Yellow Jackets' captain in the winter where he led the team to consecutive USAHA titles in 1924 and 1925.<ref name="LOHBio" /> In the summers, Conacher returned to Toronto and played lacrosse and baseball.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=72}}</ref> The Yellow Jackets turned professional in 1925 when they were renamed the [[Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)|Pittsburgh Pirates]] and joined the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).<ref name="LOHBio" /> Conacher finally chose to turn professional with the team, a decision that surprised fans and teammates in Toronto, who knew of his favouritism for the game of football.<ref name="CSHOF" />

==Professional career==
[[File:Conacher hockey.jpg|thumb|right|Conacher as a member of the Montreal Maroons]]
Conacher scored the first goal in Pirates history on American Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 26, 1925, against the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref name="LOHBio" /> He scored nine goals in 33 games in {{NHL Year|1925}}, then returned to Toronto to play professional baseball with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NgxTAAAAIBAJ&pg=2996,4253595 |title=Conacher will be pro ball star, too |work=Regina Leader |date=1926-01-30 |access-date=2011-02-13 |page=22}}</ref> An outfielder on the team, Conacher and the Maple Leafs won the [[International League]] championship then defeated the [[Louisville Colonels (minor league baseball)|Louisville Colonels]] to win the [[Junior World Series|Little World Series]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QPQuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6020,2386566 |title=Toronto wins Little World Series |work=Miami Daily News |date=1926-10-04 |access-date=2011-02-13 |page=9}}</ref>

He returned to Pittsburgh for the {{NHL Year|1926}} NHL season, but was dealt early in the year to the [[New York Americans]] in exchange for [[Charlie Langlois]] and $2,000.<ref name="LOHStats">{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p199401&page=statsawards&list=ByName#photo |title=Lionel Conacher statistics |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2011-01-24}}</ref> The trade nearly proved disastrous for Conacher. He scored 8 goals in {{NHL Year|1926}} and improved to 11 in {{NHL Year|1927}},<ref name="LOHStats" /> but playing for a team owned by notorious [[Rum-running|bootlegger]] [[Bill Dwyer (mobster)|Bill Dwyer]] resulted in his becoming a heavy drinker.<ref name="Podnieks155" /> Conacher served as player-coach in {{NHL Year|1929}}, but his play and health had deteriorated. Two events in that off-season saved Conacher: he swore off alcohol completely upon the birth of his first child, and his playing rights were sold to the [[Montreal Maroons]].<ref>{{harvnb|Frayne|1974|pp=65–67}}</ref>

Conacher periodically struggled with Montreal, and at one point was placed on [[Waivers (NHL)|waivers]] with no other team willing to take over his contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AvAtAAAAIBAJ&pg=4102,1431565 |title=Conacher waived by all N.H.L. clubs |work=Montreal Gazette |date=1931-02-10 |access-date=2011-09-05 |page=17}}</ref> Nonetheless, his overall play and point totals increased for three consecutive seasons with the Maroons, peaking at 28 points in {{NHL Year|1932}}.<ref name="LOHStats" /> He was named to the [[NHL All-Star team|second All-Star team]] that season,<ref name="VSAthleteHalfCentury" /> but was traded to the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] in exchange for [[Teddy Graham]].<ref name="LOHStats" /> Conacher was a key figure in the club's first Stanley Cup victory that season. He finished second to the Canadiens' [[Aurel Joliat]] in the voting for the [[Hart Memorial Trophy|Hart Trophy]] and earned a spot on the NHL's first All-Star team.<ref name="LOHBio" />

On Wednesday October 3, 1934, Conacher was involved in one of the largest transactions in league history. He was dealt to the [[Montreal Canadiens]], along with [[Leroy Goldsworthy]] and [[Roger Jenkins (ice hockey)|Roger Jenkins]] in exchange for Montreal superstar [[Howie Morenz]], [[Lorne Chabot]] and [[Marty Burke]].<ref>{{harvnb|Duplacey|Zweig|2010|p=353}}</ref> The deal was only part of a series of trades involving four teams that represented one of the biggest deals in NHL history. Immediately following the Chicago trade, Conacher was sent back to the Maroons, along with [[Herb Cain]], in exchange for the rights to [[Nelson Crutchfield]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_BA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=4052,1648722 |title=Maroons, Hawks, Canadiens, Bruins in giant puck deal |work=Border Cities Star |date=1934-10-04 |access-date=2011-09-05 |page=5}}</ref> Conacher spent his last three NHL seasons with the Maroons and won his second Stanley Cup in 1935. He ended his hockey career after the team was eliminated from the playoffs by the [[New York Rangers]] on April 23, 1937. That final year he was runner-up to [[Babe Siebert]] in the 1937 Hart Trophy voting and was placed on the NHL second All-Star team.<ref name="LOHBio" />

===Canadian professional football===
[[File:Conacher football.jpg|thumb|left|Conacher in 1934]]
Conacher had not played competitive football since turning professional. At one point he was offered a position as coach of the [[Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers]], but disappointed the [[Canadian Football League East Division|Interprovincial Rugby Football Union]] club when he turned down the job due to his other commitments.<ref name="Brignal115">{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=115}}</ref> He was not absent from the game long, however, as Conacher returned to football in 1933. He was part of an effort to launch a new professional league that would feature both Canadian and American teams.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zUkwAAAAIBAJ&pg=5127,2906882 |title=Montreal in pro football league |work=Montreal Gazette |date=1933-07-26 |access-date=2011-09-05 |page=11}}</ref> The league never came to fruition, but Conacher organized what became the first professional football team in Canada.<ref name="CFHOF"/> He captained the team, based out of Toronto, which was known as the Crosse and Blackwell Chefs following a sponsorship with a local food products company.<ref name="PFRA" /> Conacher recruited former amateur players who had likewise left the sport in favour of paying jobs in other pro sports, including his brother [[Charlie Conacher|Charlie]].<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=117}}</ref>

The first game was held [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving Day]] in 1933, an exhibition contest against the Rochester Arpeakos. A crowd of 10,000 attended the game to watch Conacher play his first competitive football game in Canada in ten years. He did not disappoint, scoring two [[touchdown]]s and setting up a third for the Chefs, and was hailed as the game's star despite an 18–15 loss.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wiIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932%2C1155295 |title=Conacher is star as his team bows |work=Montreal Gazette |date=1933-10-10 |access-date=2011-09-06 |page=12}}</ref> Toronto lost a return match in Rochester, but in the third and final game of their season, the Chefs defeated a team from [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] at Toronto by a score of 18–0.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=120}}</ref> Conacher was again the star, rushing for two touchdowns and scoring 13 of his team's points.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/10/22/archives/conachers-play-feature-as-toronto-eleven-wins.html |title=Conacher's play feature as Toronto eleven wins |work=New York Times |date=1933-10-22 |access-date=2011-09-06}}</ref> He organized the team for a second year in 1934, known as the [[Wrigley Company|Wrigley]] Aromints due to new sponsorship, and again played an exhibition schedule as the team remained unaffiliated with any league.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lw0_AAAAIBAJ&pg=4128,2734333 |title=Harold Starr to perform for Conacher's pro eleven |work=Border Cities Star |date=1934-09-10 |access-date=2011-09-06 |page=3}}</ref> The team again played three games, winning all three. However, at the age of 34 years, Conacher found that the game was too hard on his body physically, and neither he nor his team returned for a third season.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=123}}</ref>

===Lacrosse===
Led by the owners of the Montreal Canadiens, the arena operators of Canada's NHL teams invented the sport of [[box lacrosse]] in 1931 in a bid to fill arena dates in the summer.<ref>{{harvnb|Fisher|2002|p=157}}</ref> The [[field lacrosse|field]] variant of the sport had been in decline in Canada as the popularity of baseball and football grew, and it was hoped that lacrosse played in the confines of a hockey rink would create a faster, more exciting game.<ref name="Bignall 2009 p107">{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=107}}</ref> A summer professional circuit, the International Professional Lacrosse League was created with representative teams of the Montreal Maroons, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and an entry from [[Cornwall, Ontario]]. Several NHL players who had played the field game before abandoning it to turn professional in hockey signed with the teams, including Conacher, who joined the Maroons.<ref name="Bignall 2009 p107"/> The Maroons' inaugural game came against the Maple Leafs, and though Toronto won 9–7, Conacher stole the spotlight from the victors. He scored six of Montreal's goals, assisted on the seventh, and earned the praise of his fellow players.<ref name="Brignal10">{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=110}}</ref> When the Maroons went to Toronto, the Maple Leafs hosted a "Lionel Conacher Night" to celebrate the city's native son.<ref name="Brignal10" /> The Maroons did not figure into the playoff for the championship, but Conacher led the league in scoring with 107 points. His dominance in the league was such that his total nearly doubled his nearest rival, who finished with 56 points.<ref>{{harvnb|Brignall|2009|p=111}}</ref> In one game, against Toronto, he scored ten goals in a 17–12 victory.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNeil |first=Marc T. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M4sjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612,1987561 |title=Conacher stars as Maroons triumph over Leafs, 17–12 |work=Montreal Gazette |date=1931-09-14 |page=21}}</ref> He chose not to return to lacrosse for the 1932 season, choosing instead to sign a contract to wrestle professionally during the hockey off-seasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G38uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6146,3465960 |title=Conacher denies he is holding out |work=Montreal Gazette |date=1932-03-23 |access-date=2011-09-06 |page=19}}</ref>

==Political career==

===Bracondale===
When Conacher retired from professional hockey, he ran as a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] in the [[1937 Ontario general election]]. He was elected as a [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) representing the Toronto [[Bracondale]] [[electoral district]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|Ontario Legislative Assembly]], defeating the district's incumbent, [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]] [[Arthur Russell Nesbitt]].<ref name=VanSun19371007>{{cite news|title='Big Train' elected: Lionel Conacher forsook puck for Ontario political career|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ujBlAAAAIBAJ&dq=conacher%20bracondale&pg=1232%2C910555|access-date=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1937-10-07|location=Vancouver|page=7}}</ref> Bracondale had a colourful electoral past, and this election night was no different. The October 6 election was a very close race between Nesbitt and Conacher.

Conacher represented Bracondale from October 6, 1937, until June 30, 1943, when the Legislature was dissolved for the [[1943 Ontario general election]].<ref name=ONTLAConacher>{{cite web|title=Lionel Pretoria Conacher|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1013|work=Past and Present MPPs|publisher=The Ontario Legislative Assembly|access-date=2011-08-30|location=Toronto|year=2011}}</ref> He was challenged for the Liberal nomination in Bracondale by Toronto city alderman E. C. Bogart.<ref name="Bogart, TOStar 19430710">{{cite news|title=Three Liberal Candidates Named in Toronto Ridings: Conacher Loses|newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star|date=1943-07-10|location=Toronto|page=3}}</ref> Bogart won and then lost the seat to the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)|Co-operative Commwealth]]'s [[Rae Luckock]] a few weeks later.<ref name=Gazette19430805>{{cite news|title=Ontario precedent set as 2 women elected|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=4580%2C679100|access-date=2011-08-29|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=1943-08-05|author=The Canadian Press|location=Montreal|page=12}}</ref>

Conacher also served as the sports director for the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (RCAF) during [[World War II]]. He and [[Canadian Amateur Hockey Association]] past-president [[George Dudley]], announced plans for military teams based at all RCAF commands across Canada to play in [[senior ice hockey]] leagues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Air Force Plans Hockey Teams Across Canada|date=August 8, 1942|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=18|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-08-1942-1552325/}}{{free access}}</ref>

===Trinity===

In the [[1945 Canadian federal election|1945 Canadian general election]], Conacher represented the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] for a seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], where he came second in Toronto's [[Trinity (electoral district)|Trinity]] electoral district, losing to the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent. He ran again in Trinity for the Liberals in the [[1949 Canadian federal election|1949 Canadian general election]], and this time he was elected. He was re-elected for a final time in the [[1953 Canadian federal election|1953 election]].<ref name="Big Train Dead Star 19540527p1"/> Conacher was a friend of Justice Walter Robb, the chairman of the Ontario Liquor Licensing board.{{sfn|Humphreys|2011|p=91}} Conacher came to be influenced by the gangster [[Johnny Papalia]] as the police informer [[Marvin Elkind]] recalled in 2011: "In those days, getting a liquor license was like printing money. Very few places had them. They were difficult to get and you had to get to Judge Robb. You just couldn't go to Judge Robb yourself and pay him off. You had to go through somebody.. Smirle Lawson was one of his contacts. Charlie Conacher was one of his contracts. So if you wanted a liquor license in a bar or something, you would get to Judge Robb through these certain guys".{{sfn|Humphreys|2011|p=91}}

In the spring of 1954 Conacher was in Ottawa attending to his parliamentary duties when he was asked to play in the annual softball game between MPs and members of the parliamentary press gallery. On May 26, in the sixth inning, in his last at-bat-ever, he hit a long drive into [[left field]], stretching a single into a [[Triple (baseball)|triple]], when he sprinted to [[third base]].<ref name="Big Train Dead Star 19540527p1" /> He stood, breathing heavily and then collapsed face-first from having been hit in the head with a pitch in an earlier inning. One of the other MPs was a doctor who tried to assist him, but there was little that could be done for Conacher and within twenty minutes he was pronounced dead.<ref name=Historica /> The next day Conacher was supposed to attend his daughter's graduation from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="Big Train Dead Star 19540527p1" /> A big funeral was held, and his brother Charlie flew in from England to be there.<ref name="Big Train Dead Star 19540527p1" /> He was buried at [[St. John's, York Mills|St. John's York Mills Anglican Church]] Cemetery in Toronto.<ref name="Globe Funeral Report 19540531">{{cite news|last=Vipond|first=Jim|title=Monday's Sports Digest|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=1954-05-31|location=Toronto|page=22}}</ref>

==Awards==
He was named Canada's Greatest Male Athlete of the Half-Century (1950). In 1981 the [[Pro Football Researchers Association]] called Conacher "Canada's Answer to [[Jim Thorpe]]".<ref name="PFRA"/> He is a member of the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] (1955), the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] (1963), the [[Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame]] (1966), and [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] (1994). The award for the [[Canadian Press]] Canadian male athlete of the year is called the [[Lionel Conacher Award]].<ref name="LOHBio" />

==Family==
Conacher's younger brothers, [[Charlie Conacher]], and [[Roy Conacher]], were also Hall of Fame hockey players. His namesake, [[Lionel Conacher Jr.|Lionel Jr.]], was a first round draft pick in 1960 and played a season with the [[Montreal Alouettes]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. His son [[Brian Conacher]] represented Canada at the [[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Winter Olympics]] and played for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], winning a [[Stanley Cup]] with them in [[1966–67 NHL season]]. [[Pete Conacher]], Lionel's nephew and the son of Charlie, also played in the NHL, as did another nephew of Lionel's, [[Murray Henderson (ice hockey)|Murray Henderson]], who was the son of Lionel's sister Catherine. Former NHL player [[Cory Conacher]] is also a distant relative of Lionel's.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/undrafted-free-agent-cory-conacher-in-mix-for-roster-spot-with-tampa-bay/1193124 |title=Undrafted free agent Cory Conacher in mix for roster spot with Tampa Bay Lightning - Tampa Bay Times |access-date=2012-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426150537/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/undrafted-free-agent-cory-conacher-in-mix-for-roster-spot-with-tampa-bay/1193124 |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Ice hockey===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season|Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
|1916–17||Toronto Century Rovers||Minor-ON
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1917–18||Toronto Aura Lee||[[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Jr.]]
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|1918–19||[[Toronto Parkdale|Parkdale Canoe Club]]||OHA-Jr.
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1919–20||Toronto Canoe Club||OHA-Jr.
|—||—||—||—||—||12||21||9||30||—
|-
|1920–21||Toronto Aura Lee||[[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|OHA-Sr.]]
|10||3||2||5||—||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1921–22||Toronto Aura Lee||OHA-Sr.
|20||7||2||9||—||2||2||0||2||0
|-
|1922–23||North Toronto A. A.||OHA-Int.
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1923–24||[[Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets]]||[[USA Hockey|USAHA]]
|20||12||4||16||—||13||6||3||9||—
|-
|1924–25||Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets||USAHA
|40||14||0||14||—||8||5||0||5||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1925}}||[[Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)|Pittsburgh Pirates]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]
|33||9||4||13||64||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|{{NHL Year|1926}}||Pittsburgh Pirates||NHL
|10||0||0||0||12||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1926–27||[[New York Americans]]||NHL
|30||8||9||17||81||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|{{NHL Year|1927}}||New York Americans||NHL
|30||11||6||17||82||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1928}}||New York Americans||NHL
|44||5||2||7||132||2||0||0||0||10
|-
|{{NHL Year|1929}}||New York Americans||NHL
|39||4||6||10||73||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1930}}||[[Montreal Maroons]]||NHL
|35||4||3||7||57||2||0||0||0||2
|-
|{{NHL Year|1931}}||Montreal Maroons||NHL
|46||7||9||16||60||4||0||0||0||2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1932}}||Montreal Maroons||NHL
|47||7||21||28||61||2||0||1||1||0
|-
|{{NHL Year|1933}}||[[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]||NHL
|48||10||13||23||87||8||2||0||2||4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1934}}||Montreal Maroons||NHL
|40||2||6||8||44||7||0||0||0||14
|-
|{{NHL Year|1935}}||Montreal Maroons||NHL
|47||7||7||14||65||3||0||0||0||0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{NHL Year|1936}}||Montreal Maroons||NHL
|45||6||19||25||64||5||0||1||1||2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
!494!!80!!105!!185!!882!!33!!2!!2!!4!!34
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==NHL coaching record==
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|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|[[Regular season]] !! colspan="1"|[[Post season]]
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|-
![[New York Americans]]||[[1929–30 NHL season|1929–30]]
|44||14||25||5||33||5th in Canadian||Missed playoffs
|-
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[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lionel-Conacher]

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}

*[[List of Canadian sports personalities]]

==References==

===Citations===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
*{{citation |last=Brignall |first=Richard |title=Big Train |year=2009 |publisher=James Lormier & Co. |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-55277-450-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bigtrainlegendar0000brig }}
*{{citation |last=Conacher |first=Brian |title=As the Puck Turns |year=2007 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Canada, ltd. |location=Mississauga |isbn=978-0-470-15295-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/aspuckturnsperso0000cona }}
*{{citation |last1=Duplacey |first1=James |last2=Zweig |first2=Eric |title=Official Guide to the Players of the Hockey Hall of Fame |publisher=Firefly Books |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-55407-662-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/officialguidetop00 }}
*{{citation |last=Fisher |first=Donald M. |title=Lacrosse: A History of the game |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8dQ11uQxrQC |year=2002 |publisher=JHU Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=0-8018-6938-2}}
*{{citation |last=Frayne |first=Trent |title=Mad Men of Hockey |year=1974 |publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company |location=New York City |isbn=0-396-07060-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/madmenofhockey0000fray }}
* {{cite book |last1=Humphreys |first1=Adrian |title=The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0470964514}}
*{{citation |last1=Lapp |first1=Richard |last2=Macaulay |first2=Alec |title=The Memorial Cup |publisher=Harbour Publishing |year=1997|isbn=1-55017-170-4}}
*{{citation |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Players: The ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL |publisher=Doubleday Canada|year=2003 |location=Toronto |isbn=0-385-25999-9}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/lionel-conacher History by the Minute Video]
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=lionel-pretoria-conacher}}
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6284}}
*{{baseballstats|brm=conach001lio}}
*[http://www.conacher-rosenfeld.ca/conacher-eng.html Lionel Conacher, Greatest Sporting Moments, Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit]

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1969 Kansas City Chiefs season

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{{short description|10th season in franchise history; first Super Bowl win}}
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| team = Kansas City Chiefs
| year = 1969
| record = 11–3
| division_place = 2nd [[American Football League|AFL Western]]
| coach = [[Hank Stram]]
| owner = [[Lamar Hunt]]
| general_manager = [[Jack Steadman (American football executive)|Jack Steadman]]
| stadium = [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Stadium]]
| playoffs = '''Won [[1969–70 American Football League playoffs|Divisional Playoffs]]''' (at [[1969 New York Jets season|Jets]]) 13–6 '''Won [[1969 American Football League Championship Game|AFL Championship]]''' (at [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Raiders]]) 17–7 '''Won [[Super Bowl IV]]''' (vs. [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Vikings]]) 23–7
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|1 = LB [[Bobby Bell]]
|2 = DT [[Buck Buchanan]]
|3 = G [[Ed Budde]]
|4 = DT [[Curley Culp]]
|5 = QB [[Len Dawson]]
|6 = RB [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]
|7 = LB [[Willie Lanier]]
|8 = QB [[Mike Livingston]]
|9 = CB [[Jim Marsalis]]
|10 = K [[Jan Stenerud]]
|11 = OT [[Jim Tyrer]]
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|2 = DE [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]]
|3 = DT [[Buck Buchanan]]
|4 = G [[Ed Budde]]
|5 = OT [[Dave Hill (American football)|Dave Hill]]
|6 = C [[E.J. Holub]]
|7 = LB [[Willie Lanier]]
|8 = LB [[Jim Lynch]]
|9 = DE [[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]]
|10 = G [[Mo Moorman]]
|11 = S [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]]
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|13 = OT [[Jim Tyrer]]
|14 = P [[Jerrel Wilson]]
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The [[1969 American Football League season|1969]] [[Kansas City Chiefs]] season was the team's tenth, their seventh in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], and the final season of the [[American Football League]] (AFL). It resulted in an 11–3 regular season record and three [[1969–70 American Football League playoffs|postseason]] road victories, including a 23–7 victory in [[Super Bowl IV]] over the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Spread betting|heavily favored]] [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]].

After two close losses to division rival [[1969 Oakland Raiders football team|Oakland]] in the regular season, the visiting Chiefs upset the Raiders in the [[1969 American Football League Championship Game|final AFL Championship Game]], claiming their third AFL title. The Chiefs were led by head coach [[Hank Stram]], quarterback [[Len Dawson]], and a powerful defense led by [[Bobby Bell]], [[Willie Lanier]], [[Buck Buchanan]], [[Emmitt Thomas]], [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]], and [[Curley Culp]]. The Chiefs' defense became the fourth defense in the history of pro football to lead its league in fewest rushing yards, fewest passing yards and fewest total yards.<ref>The Best Show in Football:The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns, p.294, Andy Piascik, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-58979-360-6}}</ref> The Chiefs were the second AFL team to win the Super Bowl and last AFL team to do so before the [[AFL-NFL Merger]] in the [[1970 NFL season|following season]].

The season was marred not only by an injury to quarterback Len Dawson, but also controversy surrounding Dawson and his purported involvement in a [[sports gambling]] ring. Back-up quarterback [[Mike Livingston]] and the Chiefs' stellar defense led the Chiefs back to the Super Bowl, this time, to win it all.

Along with owner [[Lamar Hunt]], nine future [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]] were members of the 1969 Chiefs, including QB [[Len Dawson]], LB [[Willie Lanier]], LB [[Bobby Bell]], DT [[Buck Buchanan]], DT [[Curley Culp]], CB [[Emmitt Thomas]], S [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]], K [[Jan Stenerud]], and head coach [[Hank Stram]].

In 2006, the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were ranked as the 18th greatest [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champions]] on the [[NFL Network]]'s documentary ''[[America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions]]'', the [[1969 AFL season|1969]] [[Kansas City Chiefs]], with team commentary from [[Len Dawson]], [[Willie Lanier]] and [[Jim Lynch]], and narrated by [[Martin Sheen]].<ref name="America's Game">[http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2006/12/07/americas_game_1969_kansas_city_chiefs/ ''America's Game: The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101123933/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2006/12/07/americas_game_1969_kansas_city_chiefs/ |date=January 1, 2007 }} ''KCChiefs.com'' December 7, 2006.</ref>

In 2007, [[ESPN.com]] ranked the 1969 Chiefs as the seventh-greatest defense in NFL history,<ref>[https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/bestNFLdefense.html The List: Best NFL defense of all-time]</ref> noting "Hank Stram's 'Triple Stack' defense, which gave the linebackers lots of room to roam, was superb, holding five opponents to fewer than 10 points and giving up an average of less than two touchdowns a game.... Then they got serious. Against the [defending] Super Bowl champion [[1969 New York Jets season|Jets]] in the AFL divisional playoff game at [[Shea Stadium]], the Chiefs held on for a 13–6 victory, thanks to a remarkable three-play goal line stand that stifled the Jets on the one. After losing twice to the [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Raiders]] during the regular season, the Chiefs allowed a single touchdown, in the first quarter, to win the [[1969 AFL Championship|AFL title]] over Oakland 17–7. The Chiefs defense then stifled the [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Vikings]] in the Super Bowl, allowing only two rushing first downs and picking off three passes in the fourth quarter to win 23–7. Total points against the Chiefs in the playoffs: 20." Kansas City is the only team in the Super Bowl era to win the title without allowing as much as 10 points in any postseason game.

The Chiefs did not return to or win the Super Bowl again until [[Super Bowl LIV]] in the [[2019 Kansas City Chiefs season|2019 season]].

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==Offseason==

===1969 AFL draft===
{{main|1969 NFL/AFL draft}}
In the first round of the 1969 AFL draft, the Chiefs selected cornerback [[Jim Marsalis]] from [[Tennessee State]]. Marsalis became an immediate starter at cornerback alongside veteran [[Emmitt Thomas]]. He was the only Chiefs rookie to start for the 1969 team, as [[Ed Podolak]] and [[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]] were benched, and [[Morris Stroud]] and [[Jack Rudnay]] sat out the season with injuries.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| 1969 Kansas City Chiefs Draft
|-
! style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}" |Round
!style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Selection
!style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Player
!style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Position
!style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| College
!style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Notes
|-
! [[List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks|1]]
! 23
| [[Jim Marsalis]] || [[Defensive back]] || [[Tennessee State]] ||
|-
! 2
! 48
| [[Ed Podolak]] || [[Running back]] || [[University of Iowa|Iowa]] ||
|-
!rowspan="2"| 3
! 61
|colspan="3" style="background:#BFBFBF"| ''Traded to [[1969 Denver Broncos season|Denver]]'' ||style="background:#BFBFBF"| from [[1969 Boston Patriots season|Boston]]
|-
! 76
| [[Morris Stroud]] || [[Tight end]] || [[Clark University|Clark]] ||
|-
! 4
! 101
| [[Jack Rudnay]] || [[Offensive lineman|Center]] || [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] ||
|-
! 5
! 126
| [[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]] || [[Linebacker]] || [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]] ||
|-
! 6
! 155
| John Pleasant || [[Running back]] || [[Alabama State University|Alabama State]] ||
|-
! 7
! 179
| Tom Nettles || [[Wide receiver]] || [[San Diego State University|San Diego State]] ||
|-
!rowspan="2"| 8
! 204
| Clanton King || [[Offensive lineman|Tackle]] || [[University of Purdue|Purdue]] ||
|-
! 206
| Maurice LeBlanc || [[Defensive back]] || [[Louisiana State University|Louisiana State]] || from [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland]]
|-
! 9
! 231
| Dan Klepper || [[Offensive lineman|Guard]] || [[University of Omaha|Omaha]] ||
|-
! 10
! 257
| John Spoonheimer || [[Defensive lineman|Defensive tackle]] || [[Cornell University|Cornell]] ||
|-
! 11
! 282
| Skip Wupper || [[Defensive lineman|Defensive end]] || [[LIU Post|C.W. Post]] ||
|-
! 12
! 309
| John Lavin || [[Linebacker]] || [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] ||
|-
! 13
! 335
| Rick Piland || [[Offensive lineman|Guard]] || [[Virginia Tech]] ||
|-
! 14
! 360
| Al Bream || [[Defensive back]] || Iowa ||
|-
! 15
! 388
| Leland Winston || [[Offensive lineman|Offensive tackle]] || [[Rice University|Rice]] ||
|-
! 16
! 413
| Eural Johnson || [[Defensive back]] || Prairie View ||
|-
! 17
! 438
| Ralph Jenkins || [[Defensive back]] || [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee]] ||
|}

== Personnel ==

=== Staff ===
{{NFL final staff
| year = 1969
| team = Kansas City Chiefs

| front_office =
* Founder – [[Lamar Hunt]]
* Executive vice-president and general manager – [[Jack Steadman (American football executive)|Jack Steadman]]

| head_coach =
* Head coach – [[Hank Stram]]

| offensive =
* Offensive backfield - [[John Beake]]
* Offensive ends – Darrel Brewster
* Offensive line – Bill Walsh

| defensive =
* Defensive backs - Tom Bettis
* Defensive assistant – Tommy O'Boyle
* Defensive line – Tom Pratt
}}

== Roster ==
{{NFL final roster
| year = 1969
| team = Kansas City Chiefs
| Active=53
| Inactive=10
| PS=7

|Quarterbacks=
* {{player|16}} '''[[Len Dawson]]'''
* {{player|12}} [[Tom Flores]]
* {{player|10}} [[Mike Livingston]]
* {{player|7}} [[John Huarte]]
* {{player|15}} [[Jacky Lee (American football)|Jacky Lee]]

|Running Backs=
* {{player|21}} '''[[Mike Garrett]]''' [[Halfback (American football)|HB]]
* {{player|38}} [[Wendell Hayes]]
* {{player|45}} '''[[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]''' [[Fullback (American football)|FB]]
* {{player|23}} [[Paul Lowe]]
* {{player|14}} ''[[Ed Podolak]]''

|Wide Receivers=
* {{player|25}} '''[[Frank Pitts]]''' [[Split end|SE]]
* {{player| 1}} [[Noland Smith]]
* {{player|30}} '''[[Gloster Richardson]]''' [[Flanker (American football)|FL]]
* {{player|89}} '''[[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]''' [[Flanker (American football)|FL]]

|Tight Ends=
* {{player|84}} '''[[Fred Arbanas]]'''
* {{player|32}} [[Curtis McClinton]]
* {{player|81}} ''[[Mickey McCarty]]''

|Offensive Linemen=
* {{player|71}} '''[[Ed Budde]]''' G (L)
* {{player|60}} [[George Daney]] G
* {{player|73}} '''[[Dave Hill (American football)|Dave Hill]]''' T (R)
* {{player|55}} '''[[E.J. Holub]]''' C
* {{player|76}} '''[[Mo Moorman]]''' G (R)
* {{player|65}} [[Remi Prudhomme]] C
* {{player|77}} '''[[Jim Tyrer]]''' T (L)

|Defensive Linemen=
* {{player|87}} '''[[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]]''' DE (R)
* {{player|86}} '''[[Buck Buchanan]]''' DT (R)
* {{player|61}} '''[[Curley Culp]]''' DT (L)
* {{player|82}} [[Ed Lothamer]] DT
* {{player|75}} '''[[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]]''' DE (L)
* {{player|74}} [[Gene Trosch]] DE

|Linebackers=
* {{player|78}} '''[[Bobby Bell]]''' [[Outside linebacker|OLB]] (L)
* {{player|85}} [[Chuck Hurston]]
* {{player|63}} '''[[Willie Lanier]]''' [[Middle linebacker|MLB]]
* {{player|51}} '''[[Jim Lynch]]''' [[Outside linebacker|OLB]] (R)
* {{player|66}} ''[[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]]''

|Defensive Backs=
* {{player|24}} [[Caesar Belser]] S
* {{player|46}} '''[[Jim Kearney (American football)|Jim Kearney]]''' SS (L)
* {{player|40}} '''''[[Jim Marsalis]]''''' CB (L)
* {{player|42}} '''[[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]]''' FS (R)
* {{player|20}} [[Goldie Sellers]] CB
* {{player|18}} '''[[Emmitt Thomas]]''' CB (R)

|Special Teams=
* {{player|44}} '''[[Jerrel Wilson]]''' P
* {{player| 3}} '''[[Jan Stenerud]]''' K
* {{player| 6}} '''[[Warren McVea]]''' HB/[[Kick returner|KR]]
* {{player|22}} '''[[Willie Mitchell (football player)|Willie Mitchell]]''' CB/[[Punt returner|PR]]

|Reserve Lists=
* {{player|58}} ''[[Jack Rudnay]]'' C
* {{player|88}} ''[[Morris Stroud]]'' TE

|Practice Squad=

[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan/1969_roster.htm Complete team roster] 
Rookies in ''italics'' 
Starters in '''bold''' 
Positions in [[Bracket#Parentheses|parentheses]]
| style="width: 25px;" |
|-
}}

==Preseason==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Week
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Date
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Opponent
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Result
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Record
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Game Site
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Attendance
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Recap
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 1
| {{dow tooltip|August 2, 1969}}
| vs. '''[[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]'''
| '''W''' 23–17
| 1–0
| [[Legion Field]] {{small|([[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]])}}
| 21,000
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 2
| {{dow tooltip|August 9, 1969}}
| [[1969 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| '''W''' 38–13
| 2–0
| [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)|Municipal Stadium]]
| 38,000
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 3
| {{dow tooltip|August 16, 1969}}
| vs. [[1969 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
| '''W''' 23–7
| 3–0
| [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]] {{small|([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])}}
| 24,513
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 4
| {{dow tooltip|August 23, 1969}}
| at [[1969 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]
| '''W''' 42–14
| 4–0
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| 58,306
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 5
| {{dow tooltip|August 29, 1969}}
| at [[1969 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| '''W''' 31–21
| 5–0
| [[Busch Memorial Stadium]]
| 48,006
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|-style="background: #cfc;" align="center"
! 6
| {{dow tooltip|September 6, 1969}}
| [[1969 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]]
| '''W''' 14–10
| 6–0
| Municipal Stadium
| 37,273
| [https://www.profootballarchives.com/1969aflkc.html Recap]
|}

==Regular season==
The Chiefs began the regular season with four consecutive road games for the only time in team history, due to a scheduling conflict with the [[Kansas City Royals]] about usage of [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Stadium]].<ref name="Chiefs History">[http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/ Chiefs History: 1960's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421185300/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/ |date=April 21, 2007 }} ''KCChiefs.com'', retrieved January 1, 2007.</ref>
After a decisive 27–9 win at San Diego (9/14), the club posted a 31–0 shutout at Boston (9/21), but QB [[Len Dawson]] sustained a knee injury against the Patriots. The once-optimistic picture for the Chiefs went from bad to worse the following week when backup QB [[Jacky Lee (American football)|Jacky Lee]] went down with a broken ankle in a 24–19 loss at Cincinnati (9/28). That injury left the team's most crucial position in the hands of second-year QB [[Mike Livingston]], who took just five snaps as a rookie in ‘68.<ref name="Chiefs History"/>

However, Livingston engineered a five-game winning streak, while getting plenty of help from the club's defense. The team's home opener at [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)|Municipal Stadium]] was played in a daylong deluge referred to as a "frog-strangler" by Chiefs radio broadcaster [[Bill Grigsby]]. The Chiefs and Oilers combined for 14 fumbles in a 24–0 Kansas City victory (10/12).<ref name="Chiefs History"/>

Dawson returned to the starting lineup in a 27–3 win vs. San Diego (11/9) and guided the club to three wins in the season's next four games. [[Denver Broncos]] coach [[Lou Saban]] was infuriated following the Chiefs 31–17 win vs. Denver (11/27). Trailing 24–17 late in the game, Denver attempted an onside kick that was recovered by LB [[Bobby Bell]], who promptly returned that kick for a 53-yard TD. Mike Livingston started the following week vs. Buffalo (12/7) for an again-injured Dawson, who returned for the regular-season finale at Oakland (12/13). A 10–6 loss vs. the Raiders gave the Chiefs an 11–3 record, good for second in the division behind Oakland (12–1–1).<ref name="Chiefs History"/>

===Schedule===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Week
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Date
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Opponent
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Result
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Record
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Game Site
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Attendance
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Recap
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 1
| September 14
| at '''[[1969 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]'''
| '''W''' 27–9
| 1–0
| [[San Diego Stadium]]
| 47,988
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909140sdg.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 2
| September 21
| at [[1969 Boston Patriots season|Boston Patriots]]
| '''W''' 31–0
| 2–0
| [[Alumni Stadium]]
| 22,002
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909210nwe.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#fcc"
! 3
| September 28
| at '''[[1969 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]'''
| '''L''' 19–24
| 2–1
| [[Nippert Stadium]]
| 27,812
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909280cin.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 4
| October 5
| at '''[[1969 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]]'''
| '''W''' 26–13
| 3–1
| [[Mile High Stadium]]
| 50,564
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910050den.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 5
| October 12
| [[1969 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]]
| '''W''' 24–0
| 4–1
| [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Stadium]]
| 45,805
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910120kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 6
| October 19
| [[1969 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]
| '''W''' 17–10
| 5–1
| Municipal Stadium
| 49,809
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910190kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 7
| October 26
| '''[[1969 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]'''
| '''W''' 42–22
| 6–1
| Municipal Stadium
| 50,934
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910260kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 8
| November 2
| at [[1969 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
| '''W''' 29–7
| 7–1
| [[War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York)|War Memorial Stadium]]
| 45,844
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911020buf.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 9
| November 9
| '''[[1969 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]'''
| '''W''' 27–3
| 8–1
| Municipal Stadium
| 51,104
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911090kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 10
| November 16
| at [[1969 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]
| '''W''' 34–16
| 9–1
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| 63,849
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911160nyj.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#fcc"
! 11
| November 23
| '''[[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]'''
| '''L''' 24–27
| 9–2
| Municipal Stadium
| 51,982
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911230kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 12
| [[NFL on Thanksgiving Day|November 27]]
| '''[[1969 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]]'''
| '''W''' 31–17
| 10–2
| Municipal Stadium
| 48,773
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911270kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! 13
| December 7
| [[1969 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
| '''W''' 22–19
| 11–2
| Municipal Stadium
| 47,112
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912070kan.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#fcc"
! 14
| {{dow tooltip|December 13, 1969}}
| at '''[[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]'''
| '''L''' 6–10
| 11–3
| [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]]
| 54,443
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912130rai.htm Recap]
|-style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"
|colspan="10"| '''Note:''' Intra-division opponents are in '''bold''' text.
|}

===Game summaries===

====Week 1: at San Diego Chargers====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 1: Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
|date=September 14
|time=1:00 p.m. PDT
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=3|R2=10|R3=7|R4=7
|home=Chargers
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=6|H4=0
|stadium=[[San Diego Stadium]], [[San Diego, California]]
|attendance=47,988
|weather={{convert|70|F|C}}
|referee=Bob Finley
|TV=[[NFL on NBC|NBC]]
|TVAnnouncers=[[Jay Randolph]] and [[George Ratterman]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909140sdg.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 35-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 3–0.''
*SD – [[Dennis Partee]] 50-yard field goal. ''Tied 3–3.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Wendell Hayes]] 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 10–3.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 17-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 13–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*SD – [[John Hadl]] 9-yard run (kick failed). ''Chiefs 13–9.''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] 55-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 20–9.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Otis Taylor 9-yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 27–9.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – Len Dawson – 19/34, 224 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
*SD – John Hadl – 16/29, 224 yards, 4 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] – 14 rushes, 58 yards
*SD – [[Marty Domres]] – 1 rush, 12 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – Otis Taylor – 5 receptions, 112 yards, 2 TD
*SD – [[Lance Alworth]] – 4 receptions, 94 yards
}}

====Week 2: at Boston Patriots====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 2: Kansas City Chiefs at Boston Patriots – Game summary
|date=September 21
|time=1:30 p.m. EDT
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=14|R2=7|R3=10|R4=0
|home=Patriots
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0
|stadium=[[Alumni Stadium]], [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]]
|attendance=22,002
|weather={{convert|54|F|C}}
|referee=[[John McDonough (American football referee)|John McDonough]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Jay Randolph and George Ratterman
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909210nwe.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 22-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Chiefs 7–0.''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] 16-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – Mike Garrett 4-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 21–0.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 28–0.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 16-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 31–0.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – Len Dawson – 12/20, 140 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
*BOS – [[Mike Taliaferro]] – 12/23, 77 yards
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – Mike Garrett – 14 rushes, 79 yards, TD
*BOS – [[Jim Nance]] – 7 rushes, 22 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – Otis Taylor – 3 receptions, 58 yards, TD
*BOS – [[Carl Garrett]] – 5 receptions, 20 yards
}}

====Week 3: at Cincinnati Bengals====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
|date=September 28
|time=1:30 p.m. EDT
|road=Chiefs
|R1=6|R2=7|R3=0|R4=6
|home='''Bengals'''
|H1=7|H2=3|H3=0|H4=14
|stadium=[[Nippert Stadium]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
|attendance=27,812
|weather={{convert|55|F|C}}
|referee=Walt Fitzgerald
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Jay Randolph and [[Elmer Angsman]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196909280cin.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 16-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 3–0.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 41-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 6–0.''
*CIN – [[Eric Crabtree]] 17-yard pass from [[Greg Cook]] ([[Horst Mühlmann]] kick). ''Bengals 7–6.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Gloster Richardson]] 11-yard pass from [[Jacky Lee]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 13–7.''
*CIN – Horst Mühlmann 38-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 13–10.''
'''Third quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*CIN – [[Bob Trumpy]] 80-yard pass from [[Sam Wyche]] (Horst Mühlmann kick). ''Bengals 17–13.''
*CIN – [[Jess Phillips (American football)|Jess Phillips]] 10-yard run (Horst Mühlmann kick). ''Bengals 24–13.''
*KC – [[Wendell Hayes]] 10-yard run (run failed). ''Bengals 24–19.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – [[Mike Livingston]] – 9/17, 99 yards
*CIN – Sam Wyche – 9/14, 128 yards, TD, 2 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] – 17 rushes, 77 yards
*CIN – Jess Phillips – 11 rushes, 58 yards, TD
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] – 6 receptions, 72 yards
*CIN – Bob Trumpy – 4 receptions, 100 yards, TD
}}

====Week 4: at Denver Broncos====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 4: Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos – Game summary
|date=October 5
|time=2:00 p.m. MDT
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=3|R2=6|R3=3|R4=14
|home=Broncos
|H1=0|H2=3|H3=0|H4=10
|stadium=[[Mile High Stadium]], [[Denver, Colorado]]
|attendance=50,564
|weather={{convert|55|F|C}}
|referee=[[Ben Dreith]]
|TV=
|TVAnnouncers=
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910050den.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 20-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 3–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*DEN – [[Bobby Howfield]] 13-yard field goal. ''Tied 3–3.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 12-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 6–3.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 54-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 9–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 11-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 12–3.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] 12-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 19–3.''
*KC – [[Jim Kearney (American football)|Jim Kearney]] 60-yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 26–3.''
*DEN – Bobby Howfield 47-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 26–6.''
*DEN – [[Al Denson (American football)|Al Denson]] 22-yard pass from [[Pete Liske]] (Bobby Howfield kick). ''Chiefs 26–13.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – [[Mike Livingston]] – 14/27, 214 yards
*DEN – Pete Liske – 13/22, 149 yards, TD, INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] – 13 rushes, 67 yards
*DEN – [[Floyd Little]] – 13 rushes, 63 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] – 3 receptions, 71 yards
*DEN – Floyd Little – 8 receptions, 70 yards
}}

====Week 5: vs. Houston Oilers====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 5: Houston Oilers at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=October 12
|time=3:00 p.m. CDT
|road=Oilers
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=14|H2=10|H3=0|H4=0
|stadium=[[Kansas City Municipal Stadium|Municipal Stadium]], [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance=45,805
|weather={{convert|56|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Reader]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=[[Bill Enis]] and [[Elmer Angsman]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910120kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 2-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 7–0.''
*KC – [[George Daney]] 5-yard fumble return (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 30-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 17–0.''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 33-yard pass from [[Tom Flores]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 24–0.''
'''Third quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*HOU – [[Pete Beathard]] – 10/35, 110 yards, 5 INT
*KC – [[Mike Livingston]] – 8/15, 61 yards, INT
'''Top rushers'''
*HOU – [[Hoyle Granger]] – 14 rushes, 21 yards
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] – 10 rushes, 67 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*HOU – [[Jim Beirne]] – 4 receptions, 47 yards
*KC – Robert Holmes – 4 receptions, 58 yards, TD
}}

====Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 6: Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=October 19
|time=12:30 p.m. CDT
|road=Dolphins
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=3|R4=7
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=7|H2=10|H3=0|H4=0
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=49,809
|weather={{convert|58|F|C}}
|referee=Bob Finley
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=[[Jim Simpson (sportscaster)|Jim Simpson]] and [[Al DeRogatis]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910190kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 14-yard pass from [[Mike Livingston]] ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Chiefs 7–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 9-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–0.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 44-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 17–0.''
'''Third quarter'''
*MIA – [[Karl Kremser]] 37-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 17–3.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*MIA – [[Mercury Morris]] 9-yard run (Karl Kremser kick). ''Chiefs 17–10.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*MIA – [[Bob Griese]] – 21/45, 192 yards, 3 INT
*KC – Mike Livingston – 17/34, 308 yards, TD, INT
'''Top rushers'''
*MIA – [[Larry Csonka]] – 10 rushes, 31 yards
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] – 9 rushes, 38 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*MIA – [[Larry Seiple]] – 6 receptions, 71 yards
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] – 4 receptions, 131 yards
}}

====Week 7: vs. Cincinnati Bengals====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 7: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=October 26
|time=3:00 p.m. CST
|road=Bengals
|R1=0|R2=12|R3=7|R4=3
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=7|H2=14|H3=7|H4=14
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=50,934
|weather={{convert|53|F|C}}
|referee=[[Ben Dreith]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Jay Randolph and Elmer Angsman
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196910260kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Wendell Hayes]] 4-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 7–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*CIN – [[Horst Mühlmann]] 35-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 7–3.''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 27-yard pass from [[Mike Livingston]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–3.''
*CIN – [[Bob Trumpy]] 59-yard pass from [[Sam Wyche]] (Horst Mühlmann kick). ''Chiefs 14–10.''
*CIN – KC fumble recovery endzone for a Safety. ''Chiefs 14–12.''
*KC – [[Gloster Richardson]] 10-yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 21–12.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 10-yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 28–12.''
*CIN – [[Harry Gunner]] 70-yard interception return (Horst Mühlmann kick). ''Chiefs 28–19.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*CIN – Horst Mühlmann 27-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 28–22.''
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] 80-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 35–22.''
*KC – [[Goldie Sellers]] 21-yard special teams fumble return (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 42–22.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*CIN – Sam Wyche – 11/21, 154 yards, TD
*KC – Mike Livingston – 15/25, 208 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*CIN – Sam Wyche – 3 rushes, 32 yards
*KC – Warren McVea – 17 rushes, 141 yards, TD
'''Top receivers'''
*CIN – Bob Trumpy – 3 receptions, 74 yards, TD
*KC – Mike Garrett – 5 receptions, 101 yards, TD
}}

====Week 8: at Buffalo Bills====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 8: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills – Game summary
|date=November 2
|time=1:30 p.m. EST
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=0|R2=3|R3=3|R4=23
|home=Bills
|H1=7|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0
|stadium=[[War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York)|War Memorial Stadium]], [[Buffalo, New York]]
|attendance=45,844
|weather={{convert|57|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Vest]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Jim Simpson and Al DeRogatis
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911020buf.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*BUF – [[Marlin Briscoe]] 14-yard pass from [[Dan Darragh]] ([[Bruce Alford Jr.|Bruce Alford]] kick). ''Bills 7–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 47-yard field goal. ''Bills 7–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 34-yard field goal. ''Bills 7–6.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 37-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 9–7.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 44-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 12–7.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 18-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 15–7.''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 34-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 22–7.''
*KC – Mike Garrett 5-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 29–7.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – [[Len Dawson]] – 7/14, 94 yards
*BUF – Dan Darragh – 10/25, 132 yards, TD, 4 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – Mike Garrett – 14 rushes, 71 yards, 2 TD
*BUF – [[Wayne Patrick]] – 12 rushes, 66 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Frank Pitts]] – 4 receptions, 70 yards
*BUF – [[Haven Moses]] – 2 receptions, 43 yards
}}

====Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 9: San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=November 9
|time=3:00 p.m. CST
|road=Chargers
|R1=3|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=0|H2=10|H3=10|H4=7
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=51,982
|weather={{convert|57|F|C}}
|referee=Bob Finley
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=[[Curt Gowdy]] and Al DeRogatis
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911090kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*SD – [[Dennis Partee]] 25-yard field goal. ''Chargers 3–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 5-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 7–3.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 30-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 10–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 47-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 13–3.''
*KC – [[Frank Pitts]] 50-yard pass from [[Warren McVea]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 20–3.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Warren McVea 2-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 27–3.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*SD – [[Marty Domres]] – 10/32, 132 yards, 5 INT
*KC – [[Len Dawson]] – 17/24, 169 yards, 3 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*SD – [[Russ Smith (running back)|Russ Smith]] – 8 rushes, 30 yards
*KC – Mike Garrett – 9 rushes, 46 yards, TD
'''Top receivers'''
*SD – [[Rick Eber]] – 3 receptions, 66 yards
*KC – Frank Pitts – 4 receptions, 99 yards, TD
}}

====Week 10: at New York Jets====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 10: Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets – Game summary
|date=November 16
|time=1:30 p.m. EST
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=10|R2=10|R3=7|R4=7
|home=Jets
|H1=3|H2=7|H3=0|H4=6
|stadium=[[Shea Stadium]], [[New York, New York]]
|attendance=63,849
|weather={{convert|35|F|C}}
|referee=[[Ben Dreith]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and [[Kyle Rote]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911160nyj.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] 18-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Chiefs 7–0.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 21-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 10–0.''
*NYJ – [[Jim Turner (placekicker)|Jim Turner]] 10-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 10–3.''
'''Second quarter'''
*NYJ – [[George Sauer Jr.|George Sauer]] 40-yard pass from [[Joe Namath]] (Jim Turner kick). ''Tied 10–10.''
*KC – Otis Taylor 7-yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 17–10.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 38-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 20–10.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] 2-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 27–10.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Otis Taylor 10-yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 34–10.''
*NYJ – [[Don Maynard]] 10-yard pass from Joe Namath (run failed). ''Chiefs 34–16.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – Len Dawson – 23/38, 285 yards, 3 TD, INT
*NYJ – Joe Namath – 24/40, 327 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – Warren McVea – 15 rushes, 102 yards, TD
*NYJ – [[Emerson Boozer]] – 6 rushes, 45 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – Otis Taylor – 7 receptions, 96 yards, 3 TD
*NYJ – Don Maynard – 9 receptions, 137 yards, TD
}}

====Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 11: Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=November 23
|time=3:00 p.m. CST
|road='''Raiders'''
|R1=3|R2=14|R3=10|R4=0
|home=Chiefs
|H1=7|H2=10|H3=0|H4=7
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=51,982
|weather={{convert|47|F|C}}
|referee=[[John McDonough (American football referee)|John McDonough]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911230kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*OAK – [[George Blanda]] 10-yard field goal. ''Raiders 3–0.''
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] 5-yard run ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Chiefs 7–3.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] 31-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–3.''
*OAK – [[George Atkinson (safety)|George Atkinson]] 22-yard interception return (George Blanda kick). ''Chiefs 14–10.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 14-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 17–10.''
*OAK – [[Warren Wells]] 22-yard pass from [[Daryle Lamonica]] (Geoge Blanda kick). ''Tied 17–17.''
'''Third quarter'''
*OAK – George Blanda 14-yard field goal. ''Raiders 20–17.''
*OAK – [[Dan Conners]] 75-yard interception return (George Blanda kick). ''Raiders 27–17.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – [[Frank Pitts]] 42-yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Raiders 27–24.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*OAK – Daryle Lamonica – 9/24, 142 yards, TD
*KC – Len Dawson – 13/24, 269 yards, 2 TD, 5 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*OAK – [[Hewritt Dixon]] – 16 rushes, 82 yards
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] – 14 rushes, 80 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*OAK – [[Warren Wells]] – 3 receptions, 59 yards, TD
*KC – Otis Taylor – 6 receptions, 103 yards, TD
}}

====Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos====
'''[[NFL on Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day games]]'''
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 12: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date={{dow tooltip|November 27, 1969}}
|time=12:30 p.m. CST
|road=Broncos
|R1=0|R2=3|R3=0|R4=14
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=3|H2=14|H3=0|H4=14
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=48,773
|weather={{convert|38|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Reader]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=[[Charlie Jones (sportscaster)|Charlie Jones]] and Elmer Angsman
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196911270kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 16-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 3–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Warren McVea]] 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 10–0.''
*DEN – [[Bobby Howfield]] 42-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 10–3.''
*KC – Warren McVea 1-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 17–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – [[Emmitt Thomas]] 45-yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 24–3.''
*DEN – [[Fran Lynch]] 1-yard run (Bobby Howfield kick). ''Chiefs 24–10.''
*DEN – [[Wandy Williams]] 1-yard run (Bobby Howfield kick). ''Chiefs 24–17.''
*KC – [[Bobby Bell]] 53-yard kickoff return (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 31–17.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*DEN – [[Steve Tensi]] – 12/33, 179 yards, 2 INT
*KC – [[Len Dawson]] – 5/6, 95 yards
'''Top rushers'''
*DEN – Fran Lynch – 12 rushes, 65 yards, TD
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] – 20 rushes, 88 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*DEN – [[John Embree (American football)|John Embree]] – 3 receptions, 72 yards
*KC – [[Fred Arbanas]] – 2 receptions, 67 yards
}}

====Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 13: Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
|date=December 7
|time=3:00 p.m. CST
|road=Bills
|R1=3|R2=3|R3=10|R4=6
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=7|H2=6|H3=3|H4=6
|stadium=Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
|attendance=47,112
|weather={{convert|34|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Vest]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912070kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*BUF – [[Bruce Alford Jr.|Bruce Alford]] 16-yard field goal. ''Bills 3–0.''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 1-yard run ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Chiefs 7–3.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 52-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 10–3.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 8-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 13–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*BUF – Bruce Alford 34-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 13–6.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 47-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 16–6.''
*BUF – [[Marlin Briscoe]] 17-yard pass from [[Jack Kemp]] (Bruce Alford kick). ''Chiefs 16–13.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 20-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 19–13.''
*BUF – [[O. J. Simpson]] 32-yard run (pass failed). ''Tied 19–19.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 25-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 22–19.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*BUF – Jack Kemp – 18/32, 165 yards, TD
*KC – [[Mike Livingston]] – 13/23, 142 yards
'''Top rushers'''
*BUF – O. J. Simpson – 11 rushes, 62 yards, TD
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] – 18 rushes, 67 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*BUF – [[Bobby Crockett]] – 4 receptions, 50 yards
*KC – Mike Garrett – 4 receptions, 43 yards
}}

====Week 14: at Oakland Raiders====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=Week 14: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
|date={{dow tooltip|December 13, 1969}}
|time=1:00 p.m. PST
|road=Chiefs
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=6
|home='''Raiders'''
|H1=0|H2=3|H3=0|H4=7
|stadium=[[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]], [[Oakland, California]]
|attendance=54,443
|weather={{convert|55|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Reader]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912130rai.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
'''Second quarter'''
*OAK – [[George Blanda]] 30-yard field goal. ''Raiders 3–0.''
'''Third quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*OAK – [[Charlie Smith (running back)|Charlie Smith]] 8-yard pass from [[Daryle Lamonica]] (George Blanda kick). ''Raiders 10–0.''
*KC – [[Wendell Hayes]] 1-yard run (run failed). ''Raiders 10–6.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – [[Len Dawson]] – 2/6, 47 yards
*OAK – Daryle Lamonica – 11/20, 188 yards, TD, 2 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] – 15 rushes, 71 yards
*OAK – [[Marv Hubbard]] – 6 rushes, 39 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] – 2 receptions, 47 yards
*OAK – [[Warren Wells]] – 1 reception, 72 yards
}}

===Standings===
{{1969 AFL Western standings}}

==Postseason==
===Schedule===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Round
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Date
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Opponent
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Result
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Record
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Game Site
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Attendance
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}"| Recap
|- style="background:#cfc"
! Divisional
| {{dow tooltip|December 20, 1969}}
| at [[1969 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]
| '''W''' 13–6
| 1–0
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| 62,977
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912200nyj.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! AFL Championship
| January 4
| at '''[[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]'''
| '''W''' 17–7
| 2–0
| [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]]
| 53,564
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001040rai.htm Recap]
|- style="background:#cfc"
! Super Bowl IV
| January 11
| vs. [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]
| '''W''' 23–7
| 3–0
| [[Tulane Stadium]]
| 80,562
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm Recap]
|}

===Game summaries===
====Divisional Playoffs: at New York Jets====
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle={{NFLPrimaryStyle|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}}; text-align:center
|state=autocollapse
|title=AFL Divisional Playoffs: Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets – Game summary
|date={{dow tooltip|December 20, 1969}}
|time=1:30 p.m. EST
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=0|R2=3|R3=3|R4=7
|home=Jets
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=3
|stadium=[[Shea Stadium]], [[New York, New York]]
|attendance=62,977
|weather={{convert|33|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Reader]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912200nyj.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*NYJ – [[Jim Turner (placekicker)|Jim Turner]] 27-yard field goal. ''Jets 3–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 23-yard field goal. ''Tied 3–3.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 25-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 6–3.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*NYJ – Jim Turner 7-yard field goal. ''Tied 6–6.''
*KC – [[Gloster Richardson]] 19-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 13–6.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – Len Dawson – 12/27, 201 yards, TD
*NYJ – [[Joe Namath]] – 14/40, 169 yards, 3 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] – 18 rushes, 67 yards
*NYJ – [[Matt Snell]] – 12 rushes, 61 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] – 2 receptions, 74 yards
*NYJ – [[George Sauer Jr.|George Sauer]] – 5 receptions, 66 yards
}}

In the 1969 AFL Divisional Playoff Game at the [[New York Jets]] (12/20), Kansas City rode its dominating defense which produced a crucial goal-line stand en route to a 13–6 win over the defending Super Bowl champions to set up a rematch with the Raiders in the final AFL Championship Game.<ref name="Chiefs History"/>
{{further|American Football League playoffs}} Chiefs went to the AFL Championship to the Oakland Raiders and win 17-7. And win Super Bowl IV to the Minnesota Vikings 23-7.

====AFL Championship Game: at Oakland Raiders====
{{main article|1969 American Football League Championship Game}}
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|title=AFL Championship Game: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
|date=January 4
|time=4:00 p.m. EST
|road='''Chiefs'''
|R1=0|R2=7|R3=7|R4=3
|home=Raiders
|H1=7|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0
|stadium=Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
|attendance=54,443
|weather={{convert|45|F|C}}
|referee=[[Jack Vest]]
|TV=NBC
|TVAnnouncers=Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001040rai.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*OAK – [[Charlie Smith (running back)|Charlie Smith]] 3-yard run ([[George Blanda]] kick). ''Raiders 7–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – [[Wendell Hayes]] 1-yard run ([[Jan Stenerud]] kick). ''Tied 7–7.''
'''Third quarter'''
*KC – [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] 5-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 14–7.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 22-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 17–7.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*KC – [[Len Dawson]] – 7/17, 129 yards
*OAK – [[Daryle Lamonica]] – 15/39, 167 yards, 3 INT
'''Top rushers'''
*KC – Wendell Hayes – 8 rushes, 35 yards, TD
*OAK – [[Hewritt Dixon]] – 12 rushes, 36 yards
'''Top receivers'''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] – 3 receptions, 62 yards
*OAK – Charlie Smith – 8 receptions, 86 yards
}}

The Kansas City Chiefs won the last championship of the AFL, 17–7, by slowing down the Oakland passing attack and capitalizing on big plays. The Raiders looked on their way to their third win of the year against Kansas City when [[Charlie Smith (running back)|Charlie Smith]] scored on a three-yard run in the first quarter. But then, [[Len Dawson]] who had thrown seven incompletions in a row, hit [[Frank Pitts]] for a 41-yard gain to the Raiders' 1. Three plays later, [[Wendell Hayes]] blasted in for the tying touchdown. Dawson again pulled out a big play with the game tied, 7–7, in the third quarter. Facing a third-and-14 at the Kansas City 2, Dawson scrambled out of trouble and fired a 35-yard pass to [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]. That play was the key to a 94-yard drive that culminated in a five-yard scoring run by [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]. The Chiefs turned the ball over inside their own 30 three times in the fourth quarter, but each time they intercepted Raider quarterback [[Daryle Lamonica]], who was playing despite having severely jammed his throwing hand against the helmet of [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]] early in the final period. Chiefs go to Super Bowl IV and win to the Minnesota Vikings 23-7.

====Super Bowl IV: vs. (NFL) Minnesota Vikings====
{{main article|Super Bowl IV}}
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|date=January 11
|time=2:30 p.m. CST
|road=Vikings
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=7|R4=0
|home='''Chiefs'''
|H1=3|H2=13|H3=7|H4=0
|stadium=[[Tulane Stadium]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|attendance=80,562
|weather={{convert|55|F|C}}
|referee=John McDonough
|TV=[[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
|TVAnnouncers=[[Jack Buck]], [[Pat Summerall]], [[Frank Gifford]] and [[Jack Whitaker]]
|reference=[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm Recap]
|scoring=
'''First quarter'''
*KC – [[Jan Stenerud]] 48-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 3–0.''
'''Second quarter'''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 32-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 6–0.''
*KC – Jan Stenerud 25-yard field goal. ''Chiefs 9–0.''
*KC – [[Mike Garrett]] 5-yard run (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 16–0.''
'''Third quarter'''
*MIN – [[Dave Osborn]] 4-yard run ([[Fred Cox]] kick). ''Chiefs 16–7.''
*KC – [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] 46-yard pass from [[Len Dawson]] (Jan Stenerud kick). ''Chiefs 23–7.''
'''Fourth quarter'''
*''No scoring plays.''
|stats=
'''Top passers'''
*MIN – [[Joe Kapp]] – 16/25, 183 yards
*KC – Len Dawson – 12/17, 142 yards, TD
'''Top rushers'''
*MIN – [[Bill Brown (American football)|Bill Brown]] – 6 rushes, 26 yards
*KC – Mike Garrett – 11 rushes, 39 yards, TD
'''Top receivers'''
*MIN – [[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]] – 7 receptions, 111 yards
*KC – Otis Taylor – 6 receptions, 81 yards, TD
}}

The fourth annual AFL-NFL Championship Game, now officially known as the "Super Bowl", was played on January 11, 1970, at [[Tulane Stadium]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. The AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs defeated the NFL champion [[Minnesota Vikings]], 23–7.

Even though the Vikings were 13-point favorites coming into the game, the Chiefs defense dominated the game by limiting the Minnesota offense to only 67 rushing yards, forcing 3 interceptions, and recovering 2 fumbles. The victory by the AFL evened the Super Bowl series with the NFL at two games apiece.

Kansas City's Len Dawson became the fourth consecutive winning quarterback to be named Super Bowl MVP. He completed 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown, with 1 interception. Dawson also recorded 3 rushing attempts for 11 yards.

The Vikings began the game by taking the opening kickoff and marching from their own 20-yard line to the Kansas City 39-yard line, but were forced to punt. The Chiefs then drove 42 yards in 8 plays to score on kicker [[Jan Stenerud]]'s Super Bowl record 48-yard field goal. (According to Dawson, the Vikings were shocked that the Chiefs would attempt a 48-yard field goal. "Stenerud was a major factor", he said.)<ref>Dawson, "Super Bowl IV"</ref> Minnesota then managed to reach midfield on their next drive, but were forced to punt again.

On the first play of their ensuing drive, Chiefs quarterback [[Len Dawson]] threw a 20-yard completion to wide receiver [[Frank Pitts]], followed by a 9-yard pass to wide receiver [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]. Four plays later, on the first play of the second quarter, a pass interference penalty on Vikings defensive back [[Ed Sharockman]] nullified Dawson's third down incompletion and gave Kansas City a first down at the Minnesota 31-yard line. However, on third down and 4 at the 25-yard line, Vikings cornerback [[Earsell Mackbee]] broke up a deep pass intended for Taylor. Stenerud then kicked another field goal to increase the Chiefs lead to 6–0.

On the second play of their next drive, Vikings wide receiver [[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]] fumbled the ball after catching a 16-yard reception, and Chiefs defensive back [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]] recovered the ball at the Minnesota 46-yard line. But the Vikings made key defensive plays. First defensive tackle [[Alan Page]] tackled running back [[Mike Garrett]] for a 1-yard loss, and then safety [[Paul Krause]] intercepted Dawson's pass at the 7-yard line on the next play.

However, the Vikings also could not take advantage of the turnover. Quarterback [[Joe Kapp]]'s two incompletions and a delay of game penalty forced Minnesota to punt from their own 5-yard line. The Chiefs then took over at the Viking 44-yard line after punter [[Bob Lee (quarterback)|Bob Lee]]'s kick only went 39 yards. A 19-yard run by Pitts on a reverse play then set up another field goal by Stenerud to increase the Chiefs' lead to 9–0.

On the ensuing kickoff, Vikings returner Charlie West fumbled the ball, and Kansas City's Remi Prudhomme recovered it at Minnesota 19-yard line. Defensive tackle [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]] sacked Dawson for an 8-yard loss by on the first play of the drive, but then a 13-yard run by running back [[Wendell Hayes]] and a 10-yard reception by Taylor gave the Chiefs a first down at the 4-yard line. Two plays later, running back [[Mike Garrett]]'s 5-yard touchdown run gave Kansas City a 16–0 lead. The play call was “65 Toss Power Trap”, which became a classic play call in NFL history. It was heard because head coach [[Hank Stram]] was wearing a microphone for [[NFL Films]], making him the first person to ever do that.<ref name="America's Game"/>

West returned the ensuing kickoff 27 yards to the 32-yard line. Then on the first play of the drive, Kapp completed a 27-yard pass to Henderson to advance the ball to the Kansas City 41-yard line. However, on the next 3 plays, Kapp threw 2 incompletions and was sacked by defensive tackle [[Buck Buchanan]] for an 8-yard loss. Then on fourth down, kicker [[Fred Cox]]'s 56-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.

In the third quarter, the Vikings managed to build some momentum. After forcing the Chiefs to punt on the opening possession of the second half, Minnesota drove 69 yards in 10 plays to score on fullback [[Dave Osborn]]'s 4-yard rushing touchdown to cut the lead, 16–7. However, Kansas City responded on their next possession with a 6-play, 82-yard drive to score on Dawson's 46-yard touchdown completion to Taylor three minutes later.

The Chiefs would then go on to shut out the Vikings in the fourth quarter, forcing three interceptions on three Minnesota possessions, to clinch the 23–7 victory. The defeat was total for the Vikings, as even their "Indestructible" quarterback Joe Kapp had to be helped off the field in the fourth quarter after being sacked by Chiefs defensive lineman [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]].

Garrett was the top rusher of the game, recording 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown. He also caught 2 passes for 25 yards and returned a kickoff for 18 yards. Taylor was the Chiefs' leading receiver with 6 catches for 81 yards and a touchdown. Kapp finished the game with 16 of 25 completions for 183 yards, with 2 interceptions. Henderson was the top receiver of the game with 7 catches for 111 yards.

This was the last game where the winner was awarded the World Championship Game Trophy, as later that fall the trophy was renamed the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] due to Lombardi's death and the [[AFL-NFL Merger]].

== Honors & Awards ==
=== AFL All-Star Game ===
''The Chiefs sent nine players to the [[American Football League All-Star game]] to represent the AFL West.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=1969 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan/1969.htm |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

*[[Bobby Bell]]
*[[Buck Buchanan]]
*[[Ed Budde]]
*[[Curley Culp]]
*[[Len Dawson]]
*[[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]
*[[Willie Lanier]]
*[[Mike Livingston]]
*[[Jim Marsalis]]
*[[Jim Tyrer]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061208010242/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=KAN&lg=afl&yr=1969 1969 Kansas City Chiefs on Database Football]}}

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Renaissance Papacy

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{{Short description|Period of papal history}}
[[File:Raffaello, ritratto di papa leone X tra i cardinali luigi de' rossi e giulio de' medici, 1518, 03.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pope Leo X]], the quintessential Renaissance pope]]
The '''Renaissance Papacy''' was a period of [[history of the papacy|papal history]] between the [[Western Schism]] and the [[Reformation]]. From the election of [[Pope Martin V]] of the [[Council of Constance]] in 1417 to the Reformation in the 16th century, Western Christianity was largely free from schism as well as significant [[antipope|disputed papal claimants]]. There were many important divisions over the direction of the religion, but these were resolved through the then-settled procedures of the [[papal conclave]].

The popes of this period were a reflection of the [[College of Cardinals]] that elected them. The College was dominated by [[cardinal-nephew]]s (relatives of the popes that elevated them), [[crown-cardinal]]s (representatives of the Catholic monarchies of Europe), and members of the powerful Italian families. There were two popes each from the [[House of Borgia]], [[House of della Rovere]], and [[House of Medici]] during this period. The wealthy popes and cardinals increasingly patronized [[Renaissance art]] and [[Renaissance architecture|architecture]], (re)building the landmarks of [[Rome]] from the ground up.

The [[Papal States]] began to resemble a modern [[nation-state]] during this period, and the papacy took an increasingly active role in European wars and diplomacy. Popes were more frequently called upon to arbitrate disputes between competing [[colonialism|colonial powers]] than to resolve complicated theological disputes. To the extent that this period is relevant to modern Catholic dogma, it is in the area of [[papal supremacy]]. None of these popes have been [[canonization|canonized as a saint]], or even regarded as Blessed or Venerable.

==History==
In 1420, the papacy returned to Rome under [[Pope Martin V]]. Generally speaking, the Renaissance popes who followed him prioritized the temporal interests of the [[Papal States]] in Italian politics.<ref name="s368"/> In addition to being the head of the Holy Roman Church, the Pope became one of Italy's most powerful secular rulers, signing treaties with other sovereigns and fighting wars. In practice though, much of the territory of the Papal States was only nominally controlled by the Pope, and in actuality was ruled by minor princes. Control was often contested; indeed it took until the 16th century for the Pope to have any genuine control over all his territories.

Numerous popes during this period used Papal finances and armies to enforce and expand upon the longstanding territorial and property claims of the papacy as an institution, e.g. [[Pope Julius II]] and the [[League of Cambrai]]; [[Pope Clement VII]] and the [[War of the League of Cognac]].<ref name="d190">{{harvnb|Duffy|2006|p=190}}</ref> Before the Western Schism the papacy derived much of its revenue from the "vigorous exercise of its spiritual office;" however, during the Renaissance, popes were largely dependent on financial revenue from the Papal States themselves.<ref name="d194">{{harvnb|Duffy|2006|p=194}}</ref> In attempting to increase the territory of the Papal States, [[Pope Julius II]] became known as "the Warrior Pope" for his ongoing military campaigns.<ref name="s368"/> He continued the consolidation of power in the Papal States and continued the process of rebuilding Rome physically. His most prominent architectural project was the rebuilding of [[St. Peter's Basilica]].

Certain Renaissance popes used papal finances and armies to enrich themselves and their families; for example, [[Pope Alexander VI]] used the power of Papal patronage to fund his son [[Cesare Borgia]]'s wars throughout Italy.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url = https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/italian-history-biographies/cesare-borgia| title = Cesare Borgia | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite CE1913 |last=Loughlin |first=James |wstitle=Pope Alexander VI}}</ref> Likewise, [[Pope Leo X]] embroiled papal armies in fighting the protracted [[War of Urbino]], an effort to secure the Pope's nephew [[Lorenzo II de Medici]]'s rule over that city. The War of Urbino contributed, in large part, to driving the papacy into deep debt.<ref>{{Cite CE1913 |first=Klemens |last=Löffler |wstitle=Pope Leo X}}</ref>

With ambitious temporal agendas ranging from military campaigns to the arts, Renaissance popes widened the scope of their sources of revenue. Famously, [[Pope Leo X]] expanded the sale of [[indulgence]]s and bureaucratic and ecclesiastical offices to finance the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica.<ref name="d194"/> Controversy over these practices reached their zenith in 1517, when [[Martin Luther]] initiated the [[Protestant Reformation]], ultimately splintering Western Christendom into many denominations.<ref>{{Cite CE1913 |first=Henry George |last=Ganss |wstitle=Martin Luther}}</ref>

The popes of this period ruled as [[absolute monarchy|absolute monarchs]], but unlike their European peers, they were not [[hereditary monarchy|hereditary]] rulers, so a plurality of them promoted their family interests through [[nepotism]]<ref name="s369">{{harvnb|Spielvogel|2008|p=369}}</ref> (The word ''[[wikt:nepotism|nepotism]]'' originally referred to the practice of Popes creating [[cardinal-nephew]]s, when it appeared in the [[English language]] about 1669.).<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |date=September 2003 |url=http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00323182?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=nepotism&first=1&max_to_show=10 |title=Nepotism}}</ref> According to Duffy, "the inevitable outcome of all of this was a creation of a wealthy cardinalatial class, with strong dynastic connections."<ref name="d193">{{harvnb|Duffy|2006|p=193}}</ref> For example, in 1517, Pope Leo X made his cardinal-nephew Giulio de Medici vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church (second-in-command); and ultimately, following the former's death in 1521, in 1523 the latter became [[Pope Clement VII]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url = https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/roman-catholic-popes-and-antipopes/clement-vii| title = Clement VII |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

According to [[Eamon Duffy]], "the Renaissance papacy invokes images of a Hollywood spectacular, all decadence and drag. Contemporaries viewed Renaissance Rome as we now view Nixon's Washington, a city of expense-account whores and political graft, where everything and everyone had a price, where nothing and nobody could be trusted. The popes themselves seemed to set the tone."<ref name="d193"/> Exemplary of the time and place, Pope Leo X is said to have famously remarked: "Since God has given us the Papacy, let us enjoy it."<ref name="s369"/> Several of the Renaissance popes [[List of sexually active popes|took mistresses, fathered children]], engaged in intrigue, and even murder.<ref name="d193"/> For example, Alexander VI had four acknowledged children, including the infamous murderer Cesare Borgia. Not all historical commentators take such a grim view of the Renaissance papacy though, noting that the "misdeeds (largely exaggerated) of some of the pontiffs of this era have caused many people to dismiss all of the “Renaissance Popes” as corrupt and worldly when, in fact, their ranks included men who were personally upright, modest and virtuous."<ref name="madmonarchist.blogspot.com">{{Cite web|url=http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2012/07/papal-profile-pope-clement-vii.html|website=The Mad Monarchist |title=Papal Profile: Pope Clement VII|date = 9 July 2012}}</ref> The author goes on to cite Clement VII as "a very upright man, devout and not at all licentious, lavish or cruel as so many of his fellow “Renaissance Popes” are often thought of as being;" likewise, he praises Adrian VI's "holiness and moral integrity."<ref name="madmonarchist.blogspot.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2012/04/papal-profile-pope-hadrian-vi.html|website = The Mad Monarchist |title=Papal Profile: Pope Hadrian VI|date = 2 April 2012}}</ref>

The Renaissance papacy began to decline when the Protestant Reformation splintered Western Christianity into denominations, and as nation-states (e.g. France, England), began asserting varying degrees of control over the Church in their territories.<ref name="dailyhistory.org">{{cite web |first1=Clinton |last1=Sandvick |first2=Edward |last2=Whelan |first3=Eric |last3=Lambrecht |url=https://dailyhistory.org/Did_the_Sack_of_Rome_in_1527_end_the_Renaissance_in_Italy | title=Did the Sack of Rome in 1527 end the Renaissance in Italy? |website=Daily History | access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref> Other factors contributed as well; for example, by the early 1520s, after years of immoderate spending, the Holy Roman Church was nearing bankruptcy; in 1527, the armies of [[Holy Roman Emperor Charles V]] sacked Rome, causing the city's population to dwindle from 55,000 to 10,000 in a single year; and in 1533, [[Henry VIII of England]] broke away from the Catholic Church so that he could marry [[Anne Boleyn]], initiating the [[English Reformation]].<ref name="dailyhistory.org"/> Cumulatively, these events changed the complexion of the Church, moving it away from the humanistic values exemplified by Popes like Leo X and Clement VII, toward the religious orthodoxy that would become synonymous with the [[Counter-Reformation]], and [[Roman Inquisition]]. Following the [[Council of Trent]] in 1545, the humanism once encouraged by the Renaissance papacy came to be regarded as against the teachings of the Church.{{sfn|Duffy|2006|p=206}}<ref name="dailyhistory.org"/>

==Theology==
[[File:Savonarola Being Burnt at the Stake.jpg|thumb|right|The [[List of people executed by the Holy See|execution of Savonarola]]]]
The [[Inquisition|"inquisitorial machinery"]] to deal with heresy remained largely unchanged from the thirteenth century.<ref name="s368">{{harvnb|Spielvogel|2008|p=368}}</ref> The two main movements unsuccessfully suppressed during this period were [[John Wycliffe]]'s [[Lollardy]] and [[Jan Hus]]'s [[Hussitism]].<ref name="s368"/> Voices critical of the worldliness of the papacy—such as [[Savonarola]] in Florence—were [[excommunication|excommunicated]].{{sfn|Duffy|2006|p=197}} Critics such as [[Desiderius Erasmus]], who remained committed to reform rather than schism, were treated more favorably.{{sfn|Duffy|2006|pp=197-198}} The revival of Greek literature during this period made [[Platonism]] fashionable again in Catholic intellectual circles.<ref name="d193"/>

This was a period of declining religiosity among popes. Although Adrian VI said [[mass (liturgy)|mass]] every day for the year he was pope, there is no evidence that his two predecessors—[[Pope Julius II|Julius II]] and [[Pope Leo X|Leo X]]—ever celebrated mass at all.{{sfn|Baumgartner|2003|pp=97–98}}

The reforms of the [[Council of Constance]] were unambitious and unenforced.<ref name="s368"/> [[Conciliarism]]—a movement to assert the authority of [[ecumenical council]]s over popes—was also defeated; [[papal supremacy]] was maintained and strengthened at the expense of the papacy's moral prestige.<ref name="s368"/> The role of the College of Cardinals in theological and temporal policy making also declined during this period.<ref name="d192">{{harvnb|Duffy|2006|p=192}}</ref> According to Duffy, "the one place where the cardinals were supreme was in Conclave."<ref name="d193"/>

The perceived abuses of this period, such as the selling of indulgences, were piled upon pre-existing theological differences and calls for reform, culminating in the [[Protestant Reformation]].{{sfn|Duffy|2006|pp=201–203}} Leo X and Adrian VI "failed utterly to grasp the seriousness" of the support of [[Martin Luther]] in Germany, and their response to the rise of Protestantism was ineffective.{{sfn|Duffy|2006|pp=203–204}}

==Art and architecture==
Because the popes had been in [[Avignon Papacy|Avignon]] or divided by schism since 1309, Rome remained architecturally underdeveloped from both a utilitarian and artistic perspective.<ref name="d178">{{harvnb|Duffy|2006|p=178}}</ref> According to Duffy, "Rome had no industries except pilgrimage, no function except as the pope's capital."<ref name="d178"/> The patronage of arts and architecture was both a matter of papal policy – to increase the prestige of the institution as a whole—and the personal preferences of individual popes.<ref name="s369"/> [[Pope Leo X]] is well known for his patronage of [[Raphael]], whose paintings played a large role in the redecoration of the Vatican. [[Pope Sixtus IV]] initiated a major drive to redesign and rebuild Rome, widening the streets and destroying the crumbling ruins, commissioning the [[Sistine Chapel]], and summoning many artists from other Italian city-states. [[Pope Nicholas V]] founded the [[Vatican Library]].

<gallery perrow="7">
File:Petersdom von Engelsburg gesehen.jpg|The rebuilding of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] began in 1506
File:Chapelle sixtine2.jpg|The [[Sistine Chapel]] was painted between 1481 and 1512
File:Raffael 058.jpg|''[[The School of Athens]]'' (1509–1511) from the [[Raphael Rooms]]
File:Michelangelo's Pieta 5450 cropncleaned edit.jpg|[[Pietà (Michelangelo)|Michelangelo's ''Pietà'']], completed 1499
File:Moses San Pietro in Vincoli.jpg|Julius II commissioned [[Moses (Michelangelo)|Michelangelo's ''Moses'']] (1513–1515) for his tomb
Image:Raffael Stanza della Segnatura.jpg|[[Raphael Rooms|The Stanza della Segnatura]] by Raphael, a suite of apartments for Pope Julius II
</gallery>

==Overview==
The period from end of the [[Western Schism]] in 1417 to the [[Council of Trent]] (1534–1563) is a rough approximation used by scholars to date the Renaissance Papacy and separate it from the era of the [[Counter-Reformation]].
<gallery perrow="7">
File:Papa Martino V.jpg|[[Pope Martin V]] (1417–1431)
File:PapstEugen.jpg|[[Pope Eugene IV]] (1431–1447)
File:Paus Nicolaas V door Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|[[Pope Nicholas V]] (1447–1455)
File:Calixtus III.jpg|[[Pope Callixtus III]] (1455–1458)
File:Pius II (cropped).jpg|[[Pope Pius II]] (1458–1464)
File:Pietrobarbo.jpg|[[Pope Paul II]] (1464–1471)
File:Pedro Berruguete, Portrait of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere (early 1500s), Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg|[[Pope Sixtus IV]] (1471–1484)
File:Papa Innocenzo VIII, di Cristofano dell'Altissimo, 1552-68 -FG.jpg|[[Pope Innocent VIII]] (1484–1492)
File:Pope Alexander Vi.jpg|[[Pope Alexander VI]] (1492–1503)
File:PiusIII.jpg|[[Pope Pius III]] (1503)
File:Raffaello Sanzio - Portrait of Julius II - WGA18799 (cropped).jpg|[[Pope Julius II]] (1503–1513)
File:Raffaello, ritratto di papa leone X tra i cardinali luigi de' rossi e giulio de' medici, 1518, 03.jpg|[[Pope Leo X]] (1513–1521)
File:Portrait of Pope Adrian VI (after Jan van Scorel).jpg|[[Pope Adrian VI]] (1522–1523)
File:Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian) - Pope Clement VII - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Pope Clement VII]] (1523–1534)
File:Portrait of Pope Paul III Farnese (by Titian) - National Museum of Capodimonte.jpg|[[Pope Paul III]] (1534–1549)
File:Girolamo Sicciolante - Paus Julius III.jpg|[[Pope Julius III]] (1550–1555)
File:Portrait of Pope Marcellus II Cervini (Vatican Museums - Musei Vaticani, Vatican).jpg|[[Pope Marcellus II]] (1555)
File:Pope Paul IV – Jacopino Conte (Manner), ca. 1560.jpg|[[Pope Paul IV]] (1555–1559)
File:Portrait of Pope Pius IV, three-quarter-length, seated at a draped table (Circle of Scipione Pulzone).jpg|[[Pope Pius IV]] (1559–1565)
</gallery>

==See also==
{{portal bar|Catholicism|Vatican City}}

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last=Baumgartner |first=Frederic J. |date=2003 |title=Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=0-312-29463-8}}
* {{cite book |authorlink=Eamon Duffy | last=Duffy |first=Eamon |date=2006 |title=Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=9780300115970}}
* {{cite book |first=Jackson J. |last=Spielvogel |authorlink=Jackson J. Spielvogel |date=2008 |title=Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300 |publisher=Wadsworth |isbn=9780495796411}}

==External links==
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pape/hd_pape.htm The Papacy during the Renaissance] at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

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Breaking the Law

2025-01-17T00:45:50Z

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{{short description|1980 single by Judas Priest}}
{{about|the song by Judas Priest|violations of law|Crime}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Breaking the Law
| cover = Breaking The Law.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Judas Priest]]
| album = [[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]
| B-side = [[Metal Gods (Judas Priest song)|Metal Gods]]
| released = 30 May 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1980/Music-Week-1980-05-31-S-OCR.pdf|title=Music Week|page=26}}</ref>

| recorded = January–February 1980
| studio = Startling, [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]], England
| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length = 2:35
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer =
* [[Rob Halford]]
* [[K. K. Downing]]
* [[Glenn Tipton]]
| producer = [[Tom Allom]]
| prev_title = [[Living After Midnight]]
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = [[United (Judas Priest song)|United]]
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{External music video|type=single|1= {{YouTube|oGEosFMtUw8|"Breaking the Law"}}
}}
}}
"'''Breaking the Law'''"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6149386/|title = Judas Priest: Breaking the Law|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Judas-priest-breaking-the-law-lyrics|title = Judas Priest – Breaking the Law}}</ref> is a song by English [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Judas Priest]], originally released on their 1980 album ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''. The song is one of the band's better known singles, and is readily recognized by its opening guitar riff.

==Composition==
Prior to releasing 1980's ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]'', Judas Priest had been making moves toward streamlining their music into a simpler, less processed sound. That approach came to full fruition on ''British Steel''. "Breaking the Law" combines a recognisable minor-key opening riff and a rhythmic chorus as its main hooks. There is a change-up on the mostly instrumental bridge, a new chord progression with [[Rob Halford]] shouting "You don't know what it's like!" before the sound effect of a police car's siren leads back into the main riff. More recent live performances of the song have featured a short solo by [[K. K. Downing]] over the bridge. The outro of the song is the main riff played repeatedly with Halford singing the chorus and Downing playing power chords.

[[File:Breaking the Law (Judas Priest).svg|500px|thumb|right|Example of a typical [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] harmonic progression i–VI–VII [[Aeolian mode|Aeolian]] (Am–F–G): the main riff of [[Judas Priest]]'s "Breaking the Law". {{Audio|Breaking the Law (Judas Priest).mid|MIDI sample}}]]The song features some sound effects, including the sound of breaking glass and a police siren. The band were recording ''British Steel'' at [[Tittenhurst Park]], which was the home of [[the Beatles]]'s drummer [[Ringo Starr]]. For the breaking glass effect, the band used milk bottles that a milkman brought them in the morning, and the police siren was actually guitarist K. K. Downing using the tremolo arm on his [[Stratocaster]].

Halford later said, "It was a time in the U.K. when there was a lot of strife-a lot of government strife, the miners were on strike, the car unions were on strike, there were street riots. It was a terrible time. That was the incentive for me to write a lyric to try to connect with that feeling that was out there."<ref name="Billboard 26 June" />

==Music video==
Directed by [[Julien Temple]], the video starts with vocalist Rob Halford singing from the back of a 1974 [[Cadillac]] [[Cadillac Fleetwood#Fleetwood title used as prefix 1935-1986|Fleetwood]] [[Cadillac Eldorado|Eldorado]] convertible. Halford meets with two men dressed as priests carrying guitar cases and they enter the bank together. For the ''breaking the law'' chorus the two men remove their disguises and are revealed to be guitarists K. K. Downing and [[Glenn Tipton]]. They are then joined by bassist [[Ian Hill]] and drummer [[Dave Holland (drummer)|Dave Holland]]. The people in the bank are incapacitated by the guitars. Meanwhile, the security guard (who has only just awoken) watches on in amazement on the [[CCTV]] screens. The band breaks into the safe (with Halford showing "extraordinary" strength in pulling apart the iron bars). Halford takes from the safe a golden record award for the ''British Steel'' album (the music video was shot before the album went platinum). They quickly exit the bank with the record and drive away. Ironically, it is not illegal to play music in a bank or to retrieve one's own belongings from a safety deposit box, though lead singer Rob Halford did commit a moving violation by standing up while driving the getaway vehicle. Judas Priest concert footage now appears on the CCTV screens, and the security guard is seen miming along with a fake guitar, completely immersed in the music. The video concludes with the full band driving back along the [[A40 road|A40]], repeating the chorus until the song ends.

Downing later said, "I have to chuckle to myself really about how they got us to do whatever it was we were doing. But we were young and it was exciting and we were making probably the first ever [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] conceptual video. It reminds us that however big and powerful we were, we still did everything that people wanted us to do..."<ref>{{cite web| work= [[Rock's Backpages]] | title=Judas Priest: British Steel, Stronger Than Ever|author=Joel McIver | url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/judas-priest-british-steel-stronger-than-ever}}{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

==Performances==
Since ''British Steel'' was released, "Breaking the Law" has been a popular staple at some of Judas Priest's most famous performances. The performance version of the song has changed since it was first performed on the 1981 [[World Wide Blitz Tour]] for the follow-up to ''British Steel'', ''[[Point of Entry]]'': at first, the band would play it the original way it was on ''British Steel''. Later, the band sometimes (for example on the ''[[Angel of Retribution]]'' tour) played the opening riff with Halford picking for Downing, Downing picking for Tipton and Tipton picking for Hill, then quickly spreading apart to their respective usual positions on the stage for the verse. Over time, the band have raised the tempo of the song during live performances, and a solo was added by Downing (since his departure, his replacement [[Richie Faulkner]] composed a new solo, replacing Downing's). In live performances, Halford ends the song by screaming the words "Breaking the Law".

The song was covered with modified lyrics by American [[queercore]] band [[Pansy Division]], with Pansy Division even performing the song live with [[Rob Halford]] on one occasion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/rob-halford-pansy-division-breaking-the-law-cover-pride/|title = Loudwire - That Time Rob Halford Joined Queercore Band Pansy Division at Pride Event Before Coming Out| website=[[Loudwire]] | date=22 June 2021 }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
The song made [[VH1]]'s 40 Greatest Metal Songs at {{Numero|40}}.<ref>''"VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs"'', 1–4 May 2006, ''VH1'' Channel, reported by [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml VH1.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706070050/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml |date=6 July 2008}}; last accessed 10 September 2006.</ref> In 2009 it was named the 12th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.<ref>{{cite web|title=spreadit.org music |url=http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ |access-date=7 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212180319/http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ |archive-date=12 February 2009}}</ref>

''[[PopMatters]]'' said the song "opens with one of the most famous riffs in metal history, wasting no time getting into listeners' heads.{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine= [[PopMatters]] |title=THE 15 BEST JUDAS PRIEST SONGS|author=Adrien Begrand| url=https://www.popmatters.com/15-best-judas-priest-songs}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the song number four on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2023-03-13 |title=The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personnel==
*[[Rob Halford]] – vocals
*[[K. K. Downing]] – guitars
*[[Glenn Tipton]] – guitars
*[[Ian Hill]] – bass
*[[Dave Holland (drummer)|Dave Holland]] – drums

==B-side {{anchor|Metal Gods}}==
{{Infobox song
| name = Metal Gods
| type = single
| artist = [[Judas Priest]]
| album = [[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]
| A-side = Breaking the Law
| released = {{start date|1980|04|14|df=y}}

| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length = {{Duration|4:00}}
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer =
*[[Glenn Tipton]]
*[[Rob Halford]]
*[[K.K. Downing]]
| producer = [[Tom Allom]]
}}
"'''Metal Gods'''" is a song by Judas Priest from their album ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''. The song was also released as the [[B-side]] to the song "Breaking the Law".

===Composition===
Sounds produced by [[Cue stick|billiard cues]] and trays of cutlery can be heard in the song.<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=British Steel (remastered edition)|others=Judas Priest|year=1980|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]}}</ref>

Frontman Rob Halford said about the song in a [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] article: "I'm a bit of a science-fiction fan, and I think I got the lyrics from that world-robots and sci-fi and metal gods, just by word association. It's a statement against [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] or something, about these metal gods that were taking over".<ref name="Billboard 26 June">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268264/judas-priests-british-steel-track-by-track|title=Judas Priest's 'British Steel' Track-By-Track|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523040449/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268264/judas-priests-british-steel-track-by-track|archive-date=23 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Guitarist K. K. Downing said: "When we were recording that track we had loads and loads of fun trying to make it sound as metal as we can. We were shaking cutlery trays in front of the microphones to create the sound of metal marching feet".<ref name="Billboard 26 June" /> Halford added: "In those days there wasn't an Internet, so you couldn't go online and download samples. So we would whip a piece of guitar chord on a flight case or swish a pool cue in front of a microphone for the audio effects. I lifted and dropped that cutlery tray 100 times, I think".<ref name="Billboard 26 June" /> Downing also added: "Ringo Starr actually owned the house when we were there, so we would go around to see what Ringo had that we could put on our record. So I guess it's Ringo's knives and forks that created the true 'Metal Gods' sound, which is pretty funny to realise".<ref name="Billboard 26 June" />

==Charts==
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!Chart (1980)
!Peak position
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{{single chart|Ireland2|19|song=Breaking the Law|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2022|refname="ire"}}
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{{single chart|UK|12|date=19800615|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2022}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU Official music video] at [[YouTube]]

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List of American League pennant winners

2024-10-31T15:32:53Z

216.131.22.89: /* League Championship Series era (1969–present) */

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[[File:1926 New York Yankees team.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The 1926 New York Yankees were one of 41 pennant-winning teams in the Yankees' history.]]
{{MLB playoffs sidebar}}
Every [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) season, one [[American League]] (AL) team wins the [[pennant (sports)|pennant]], signifying that they are the league's champion and have the right to play in the [[World Series]] against the champion of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL). The pennant was presented to the team with the best [[winning percentage|win–loss record]] each year through the 1968 season,<ref>{{cite book|last=Gillette|first=Gary|author2=Gammons, Peter |others=Palmer, Pete|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|publisher=Sterling|year=2007|page=1723|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62ntg9bMH4AC&q=national+league+pennant&pg=PT1723}}</ref> after which the [[American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] (ALCS) was introduced to decide the pennant winner.<ref name="brefpostseason">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|title=Playoff and World Series Stats and Results|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|url-status=live}}</ref> The first modern World Series was played in 1903 and, after a hiatus in 1904, has taken place every season except 1994,<ref name="brefpostseason"/> when a [[1994-95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] forced the cancellation of the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]].<ref name="94strike">{{Cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/08/25/1994_strike_victims_ap/|title=Season interrupted|work=Sports Illustrated|date=August 26, 2002|access-date=January 2, 2010|archive-date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601233417/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/08/25/1994_strike_victims_ap/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current AL pennant holders are the [[New York Yankees]], who beat the [[Cleveland Guardians]] for the pennant on October 19, 2024.

In 1969, the AL split into two divisions,<ref>{{cite book|last=Koppett|first=Leonard|author2=Koppett, Dave |title=Koppett's concise history of major league baseball|publisher=Carroll & Graf|year=2004|page=300|isbn=0-7867-1286-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjrbVkGAsHcC&q=major+league+baseball+split+divisions&pg=PA300}}</ref> and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the five-game ALCS to determine the pennant winner, who received (and continues to receive) the [[William Harridge Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/awards/organization-of-the-year/2008/267273.html|title=Our Organization of the Year should have staying power|last=Topkin|first=Marc|date=December 22, 2008|publisher=Baseball America|access-date=August 20, 2009|archive-date=January 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130051709/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/awards/organization-of-the-year/2008/267273.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The trophy featured a golden eagle, the league's emblem, sitting atop a silver baseball and clutching the AL banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/24/first_impressions_were_lasting_ones_for_henry/|title=First impressions lasting for Henry|last=Edes|first=Gordon|date=October 24, 2004|work=Boston Globe|access-date=August 20, 2009|archive-date=August 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829234056/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/24/first_impressions_were_lasting_ones_for_henry/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since [[2017 American League Championship Series|2017]], the trophy is all silver with a pennant on top. The trophy is named for [[Will Harridge]], who was league president from 1931 to 1958.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P|editor=Porter, David L.|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1987|page=631|isbn=0-313-31175-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aChCBw-PmHQC&q=william+harridge&pg=PA631}}</ref> The format of the ALCS was changed from a [[best-of-five playoff|best-of-five]] to a [[best-of-seven playoff|best-of-seven format]] in the 1985 postseason.<ref>{{cite journal|title=League Championship Series Results|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside|volume=60|issue=10|page=74|issn=0005-609X|date=October 2001}}</ref> In 1995, an additional playoff series was added when MLB restructured into three divisions in each league.<ref name="realign">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1995.shtml|title=1995 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717151524/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1995.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, the winners of the [[American League East|Eastern]], [[American League Central|Central]], and [[American League West|Western Divisions]], as well as the [[List of American League Wild Card winners|three AL Wild Card winners]], play in the [[American League Division Series|AL Division Series]], a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play in the ALCS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB's postseason format, explained |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-format-faq |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023.

The New York Yankees have won 41 AL pennants,<ref name="NYY">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/|title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112352/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/|url-status=live}}</ref> winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091024&content_id=7538586&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Stars 'n' Pinstripes: Yanks earn AL flag|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|date=October 26, 2009|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=October 29, 2009|archive-date=October 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029105406/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091024&content_id=7538586&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|url-status=live}}</ref> This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the [[Oakland Athletics]], who have won 15.<ref name="OAK">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/|title=Oakland Athletics Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112708/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/|url-status=live}}</ref> They are followed by the [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[Detroit Tigers]], with 14 and 11 pennants won respectively.<ref name="BOS">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/|title=Boston Red Sox Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112430/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DET">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/|title=Detroit Tigers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429053326/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Yankees have the most pennants since the introduction of the ALCS in 1969 with 11, followed by the Athletics, Red Sox, and the [[Baltimore Orioles]] with 6, 6, and 5 respectively. The Yankees also hold the record for most wins by a pennant-winning team, with [[1998 New York Yankees season|their 1998 team]] winning 114 out of 162 games,<ref name="98NYY">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml|title=1998 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726232555/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> finishing 22 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.<ref name="98BOS">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1998.shtml|title=1998 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102123058/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|1954 Cleveland Indians]] won the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games<ref name="54CLE">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1954.shtml|title=1954 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208150430/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and finishing eight games ahead of the Yankees.<ref name="54NYY">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1954.shtml|title=1954 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616054421/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Milwaukee Brewers]] won the AL pennant in 1982 but later moved to the NL starting in the 1998 season.<ref name="brewmove">{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html|title=Brewers switch leagues, join Reds in NL Central|work=The Kentucky Post|agency=Associated Press|date=November 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505095313/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/brew110697.html|archive-date=May 5, 2005}}</ref>

The only current MLB franchise to have never won a league pennant—and therefore, to have never appeared in the World Series—is the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref name="World Series Club History">{{cite web|title=World Series Club History|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/teamworldseriesappearances.shtml|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=August 6, 2013|archive-date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919104920/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/teamworldseriesappearances.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Gleeson|title=The Nationals won the World Series, and now there are only six MLB teams without one|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/10/31/teams-without-world-series-nationals/4107727002/|publisher=USA Today|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226011950/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/10/31/teams-without-world-series-nationals/4107727002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Key==
[[File:Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[President of the United States|President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]] shakes hands with Washington Senators pitcher [[Walter Johnson]] celebrating the Senators' 1924 American League pennant, one of three won by the franchise while in Washington.|alt=Two men stand in front of a crowd shaking hands. The man on the left of the photo is wearing a tan suit and hat and the man on the right is wearing a light-colored pinstriped baseball uniform.]]
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| '''Record''' || Regular season [[winning percentage|win–loss record]]
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| '''GA''' || Games ahead of the second-place team (1901–1968)
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| '''Ahead of''' || The second-place team (1901–1968)
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| C || [[American League Central]] division member (1995–present)
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| W || [[American League West]] division member (1969–present)
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| † || [[List of American League Wild Card winners|Wild card]] team (1995–present)
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==Single table era (1901–1968)==
[[File:1901 Chicago White Stockings.jpg|thumb|right|The Chicago White Stockings won the American League pennant in 1900 and 1901. The latter year was the AL's first season as a recognized "major league."]]
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! scope="col"|Manager
! scope="col"|Record
! scope="col"|GA
! scope="col"|Ahead of
! scope="col"|Manager
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1901}} || [[1901 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} || {{sort|083|83–53}} || {{sort|04|4}} || [[1901 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1901.shtml|title=1901 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713230736/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1901.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1902}} || [[1902 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|083|83–53}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1902 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|McAleer}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1902.shtml|title=1902 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429061126/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1902.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1903}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1903 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}} || {{sort|091.2|91–47}} || {{sort|14.5|14½}} || [[1903 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1903.shtml|title=1903 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104200850/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1903.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1904}} || [[1904 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]] || {{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}} || {{sort|095|95–59}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1904 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904.shtml|title=1904 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221023801/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1905}} || [[1905 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|092.4|92–56}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1905 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Fielder|Jones}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1905.shtml|title=1905 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217104602/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1905.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1906}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Fielder|Jones}} || {{sort|093|93–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1906 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml|title=1906 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307233904/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1906.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1907}} || [[1907 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|092.3|92–58}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1907 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|title=1907 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802212233/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1908}} || [[1908 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|090.1|90–63}} || {{sort|00.5|½}} || [[1908 Cleveland Naps season|Cleveland Naps]] || {{sortname|Nap|Lajoie}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|title=1908 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713043114/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1909}} || [[1909 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} || {{sort|098.3|98–54}} || {{sort|03.5|3½}} || [[1909 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|title=1909 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512211924/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1910}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1910 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|102.4|102–48}} || {{sort|14.5|14½}} || [[1910 New York Highlanders season|New York Highlanders]] || {{sortname|Hal|Chase}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|title=1910 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308065847/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1911}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1911 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|101.2|101–50}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1911 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|title=1911 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184619/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1912}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1912 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Jake|Stahl}} || 105–47 || {{sort|14|14}} || [[1912 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|title=1912 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210227/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1913}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1913 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|096.3|96–57}} || {{sort|06.5|6½}} || [[1913 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|title=1913 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000139/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1914}} || [[1914 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1914 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1914.shtml|title=1914 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212220315/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1914.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1915}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1915 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} || {{sort|101.2|101–50}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1915 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|title=1915 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012703/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1916}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1916 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} || {{sort|091.1|91–63}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1916 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Pants|Rowland}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916.shtml|title=1916 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322131756/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1917}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Pants|Rowland}} || 100–54 || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1917 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Jack|Barry|Jack Barry (baseball)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|title=1917 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308092859/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1918}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1918 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Ed|Barrow}} || {{sort|075|75–51}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1918 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Lee|Fohl}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918.shtml|title=1918 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815185227/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1919}} || [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Kid|Gleason}} || {{sort|088.2|88–52}} || {{sort|03.5|3½}} || [[1919 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|title=1919 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1920}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1920 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1920 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Kid|Gleason}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|title=1920 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010210651/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1921}} || [[1921 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|098.2|98–55}} || {{sort|04.5|4½}} || [[1921 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|title=1921 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024320/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1922}} || [[1922 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|094|94–60}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1922 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] || {{sortname|Lee|Fohl}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1922.shtml|title=1922 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321175456/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1922.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1923}}|| bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1923 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|098.3|98–54}} || {{sort|16|16}} || [[1923 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] ||{{sortname|Ty|Cobb}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|title=1923 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301063558/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1924}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1924 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|092.2|92–62}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1924 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml|title=1924 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095515/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1924.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1925}} || [[1925 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|096.4|96–55}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1925 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1925.shtml|title=1925 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901061153/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1925.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1926}} || [[1926 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|091.1|91–63}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1926 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Tris|Speaker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1926.shtml|title=1926 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109230242/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1926.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1927}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1927 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|110.1|110–44}}|| {{sort|19|19}} || [[1927 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1927.shtml|title=1927 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013205003/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1927.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1928}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1928 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|02.5|2½}} || [[1928 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1928.shtml|title=1928 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815185232/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1928.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1929}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1929 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|104.3|104–46}} || {{sort|18|18}} || [[1929 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1929.shtml|title=1929 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414111523/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1929.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1930}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1930 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|102.2|102–52}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1930 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Walter|Johnson}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1930.shtml|title=1930 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014201600/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1930.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1931}} || [[1931 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} || {{sort|107.2|107–45}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1931 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1931.shtml|title=1931 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912001521/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1931.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1932}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1932 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|107.1|107–47}} || {{sort|13|13}} || [[1932 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] || {{sortname|Connie|Mack}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932.shtml|title=1932 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924033937/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1933}} || [[1933 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1933 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1933.shtml|title=1933 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095519/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1933.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1934}} || [[1934 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1934 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1934.shtml|title=1934 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804054527/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1934.shtml?|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1935}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1935 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||{{sort|093|93–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1935 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|title=1935 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213444/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1936}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1936 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|102.3|102–51}} || {{sort|19.5|19½}} || [[1936 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1936.shtml|title=1936 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804045718/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1936.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1937}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1937 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|102.2|102–52}} || {{sort|13|13}} || [[1937 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1937.shtml|title=1937 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014239/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1937.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1938}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1938 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|099.2|99–53}} || {{sort|09.5|9½}} || [[1938 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1938.shtml|title=1938 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014344/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1938.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1939}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1939 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|106.3|106–45}} || {{sort|17|17}} || [[1939 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1939.shtml|title=1939 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014450/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1939.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1940}} || [[1940 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Del|Baker}} || {{sort|090.2|90–53}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1940 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Del|Baker}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1940.shtml|title=1940 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201613/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1940.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1941}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1941 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|101.1|101–53}} || {{sort|17|17}} || [[1941 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1941.shtml|title=1941 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032204/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1941.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1942}} || [[1942 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|103.2|103–51}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1942 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1942.shtml|title=1942 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032517/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1942.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1943}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1943 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || {{sort|098.4|98–49}} || {{sort|13.5|13½}} || [[1943 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Ossie|Bluege}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1943.shtml|title=1943 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811033130/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1943.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1944}} || [[1944 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] || {{sortname|Luke|Sewell}} || {{sort|089|89–65}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1944 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1944.shtml|title=1944 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603080440/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1944.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1945}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1945 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} || {{sort|088.1|88–65}} || {{sort|01.5|1½}} || [[1945 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]] || {{sortname|Ossie|Bluege}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1945.shtml|title=1945 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830124210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1945.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1946}} || [[1946 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|Cronin}} || {{sort|104.2|104–50}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1946 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|title=1946 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003737/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1946.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1947}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1947 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1947 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Steve|O'Neill}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|title=1947 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044351/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1948}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1948 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Lou|Boudreau}} || {{sort|097.2|97–58}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1948 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|title=1948 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044355/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1948.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1949}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1949 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1949 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|title=1949 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901003725/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1949.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1950}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1950 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1950 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Red|Rolfe}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|title=1950 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044359/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1950.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1951}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1951 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1951 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1951.shtml|title=1951 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014124/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1951.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1952}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1952 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|095|95–59}} || {{sort|02|2}} || [[1952 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1952.shtml|title=1952 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014111/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1952.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1953}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1953 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|099.3|99–52}} || {{sort|08.5|8½}} || [[1953 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1953.shtml|title=1953 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014152/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1953.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1954}} || [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} || {{sort|111.1|111–43}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1954 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1954.shtml|title=1954 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014208/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1954.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1955}} || [[1955 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|096.2|96–58}} || {{sort|03|3}} || [[1955 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1955.shtml|title=1955 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014141/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1955.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1956}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1956 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1956 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1956.shtml|title=1956 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014031/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1956.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1957}} || [[1957 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|098.1|98–56}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1957 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1957.shtml|title=1957 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1957.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1958}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1958 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|092.2|92–62}} || {{sort|10|10}} || [[1958 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1958.shtml|title=1958 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014156/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1958.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1959}} || [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} || {{sort|094|94–60}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1959 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || {{sortname|Joe|Gordon}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1959.shtml|title=1959 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307220159/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1959.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1960}} || [[1960 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || {{sort|097.3|97–57}} || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1960 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Paul|Richards|Paul Richards (baseball)}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1960.shtml|title=1960 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014138/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1960.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1961}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1961 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || 109–53 || {{sort|08|8}} || [[1961 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Bob|Scheffing}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1961.shtml|title=1961 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622064745/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1961.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1962}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1962 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || {{sort|096.1|96–62}} || {{sort|05|5}} || [[1962 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1962.shtml|title=1962 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208191141/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1962.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1963}} || [[1963 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Houk}} || {{sort|104.1|104–57}} || {{sort|10.5|10½}} || [[1963 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1963.shtml|title=1963 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116221811/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1963.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1964}} || [[1964 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || {{sortname|Yogi|Berra}} || {{sort|099.1|99–63}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1964 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1964.shtml|title=1964 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107143837/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1964.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1965}} || [[1965 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} || {{sort|102.1|102–60}} || {{sort|07|7}} || [[1965 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || {{sortname|Al|López}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1965.shtml|title=1965 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830151845/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1965.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1966}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1966 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Hank|Bauer}} || {{sort|097.1|97–63}} || {{sort|09|9}} || [[1966 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || {{sortname|Sam|Mele}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|title=1966 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507055224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1967}} || [[1967 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|092.1|92–70}} || {{sort|01|1}} || [[1967 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mayo|Smith}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1967.shtml|title=1967 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502065545/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1967.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1968}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1968 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || {{sortname|Mayo|Smith}} || {{sort|103.1|103–59}} || {{sort|12|12}} || [[1968 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml|title=1968 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007234345/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==League Championship Series era (1969–present)==
{{See also|American League Championship Series|League Championship Series MVP Award}}
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! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Series
! scope="col"| Winning team
! scope="col"| Manager
! scope="col"| Record
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Games
! scope="col"| Losing team
! scope="col"| Manager
! scope="col"| Record
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1969}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1969}} || [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 109–53 || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1969 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]W || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1969.shtml|title=1969 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918054642/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1969.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1970}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1970}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1970 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 108–54 || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1970 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]W || {{sortname|Bill|Rigney}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1970.shtml|title=1970 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103170305/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1970.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1971}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1971}} || [[1971 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|101.2|101–57}} || align="center"| 3–0 || [[1971 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || 101–60 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1971.shtml|title=1971 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024754/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1971.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1972}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1972}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1972 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|093|93–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1972 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]E || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|086|86–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1972.shtml|title=1972 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719200602/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1972.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1973}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1973}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1973 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Dick|Williams}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1973 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E|| {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1973.shtml|title=1973 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222113232/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1973.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1974}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1974}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1974 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Alvin|Dark}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1974 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E|| {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1974.shtml|title=1974 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930033641/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1974.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1975}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1975}} || [[1975 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|Darrell|Johnson}} || {{sort|095.2|95–65}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1975 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Alvin|Dark}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1975.shtml|title=1975 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429070647/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1975.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1976}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1976}} || [[1976 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|097.1|97–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1976.shtml|title=1976 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081144/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1976.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1977}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1977}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1977 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|100.2|100–62}} || align="center" | 3–2 || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || 102–60 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1977.shtml|title=1977 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928153613/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1977.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1978}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1978}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1978 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Bob|Lemon}} || {{sort|100.1|100–63}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1978 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Whitey|Herzog}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1978.shtml|title=1978 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104200238/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1978.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1979}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1979}} || [[1979 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Earl|Weaver}} || 102–57 ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1979 California Angels season|California Angels]]W || {{sortname|Jim|Fregosi}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1979.shtml|title=1979 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429043859/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1979.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1980}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1980}} || [[1980 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Jim|Frey}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1980 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || 103–59 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1980.shtml|title=1980 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607115050/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1980.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1981}}{{ref label|1981AL|a|a}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1981}} || [[1981 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Bob|Lemon}} || {{sort|059|59–48}} ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1981 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Billy|Martin}} || {{sort|064|64–45}} ||<ref name="1981AL">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1981.shtml|title=1981 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909190021/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1981.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1982}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1982}} || [[1982 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]]E || {{sortname|Harvey|Kuenn}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 3–2 || [[1982 California Angels season|California Angels]]W || {{sortname|Gene|Mauch}} || {{sort|093|93–69}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1982.shtml|title=1982 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206030344/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1982.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1983}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1983}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1983 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Altobelli}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||align="center"| 3–1 || [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]W || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1983.shtml|title=1983 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065008/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1983.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1984}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1984}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1984 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]E || {{sortname|Sparky|Anderson}} || 104–58 ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[1984 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || {{sort|084|84–78}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1984.shtml|title=1984 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901061209/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1984.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1985}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1985}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]W || {{sortname|Dick|Howser}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[1985 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|Bobby|Cox}} || {{sort|099|99–62}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1985.shtml|title=1985 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010094120/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1985.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1986}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1986}} || [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|John|McNamara|John McNamara (baseball)}} || {{sort|095.1|95–66}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[1986 California Angels season|California Angels]]W || {{sortname|Gene|Mauch}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1986.shtml|title=1986 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005235919/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1986.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1987}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1987}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]W || {{sortname|Tom|Kelly|Tom Kelly (baseball)}} || {{sort|085|85–77}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1987 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]E || {{sortname|Sparky|Anderson}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1987.shtml|title=1987 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212133225/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1987.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1988}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1988}} || [[1988 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || 104–58 ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[1988 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Morgan|Joe Morgan (manager)}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1988.shtml|title=1988 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616103138/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1988.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1989}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1989}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1989 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1989 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1989.shtml|title=1989 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=June 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619100816/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1989.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1990}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1990}} || [[1990 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || 103–59 ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[1990 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Morgan|Joe Morgan (manager)}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1990.shtml|title=1990 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005175659/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1990.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1991}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1991}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]W || {{sortname|Tom|Kelly|Tom Kelly (baseball)}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1991 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1991.shtml|title=1991 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006020536/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1991.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1992}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1992}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[1992 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Tony|La Russa}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1992.shtml|title=1992 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005211210/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1992.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1993}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1993}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|Cito|Gaston}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[1993 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]W || {{sortname|Gene|Lamont}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1993.shtml|title=1993 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429105345/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1993.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1994}} || colspan="8" align="center" | ''Not held due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]].'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml|title=1994 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015044158/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1995}}{{ref label|1995alignment|b|b}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1995}} || [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]C || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|100.3|100–44}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]W || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || {{sort|079|79–66}} ||<ref name="realign"/>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1996}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1996}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[1996 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|092|92–70}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E† || {{sortname|Davey|Johnson}} || {{sort|088|88–74}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1996.shtml|title=1996 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006040424/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1996.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1997}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1997}} || [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]C || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|086|86–75}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1997 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Davey|Johnson}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1997.shtml|title=1997 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924041924/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1997.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1998}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1998}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1998 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || 114–48 ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[1998 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]C || {{sortname|Mike|Hargrove}} || {{sort|089|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1998.shtml|title=1998 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006000507/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1998.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|1999}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|1999}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[1999 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|098|98–64}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[1999 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E† || {{sortname|Jimy|Williams}} || {{sort|094|94–68}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1999.shtml|title=1999 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727110241/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1999.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2000}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2000}} || bgcolor="#fcc" | [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|087|87–74}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]W† || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || {{sort|091|91–71}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2000.shtml|title=2000 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420110716/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2000.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2001}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2001}} || [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|095.2|95–65}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]W || {{sortname|Lou|Piniella}} || 116–46 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2001.shtml|title=2001 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429104549/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2001.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2002}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2002}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2002 Anaheim Angels season|Anaheim Angels]]W† || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2002 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]]C || {{sortname|Ron|Gardenhire}} || {{sort|094|94–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2002.shtml|title=2002 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516065143/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2002.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2003}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2003}} || [[2003 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || {{sort|101.1|101–61}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2003 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E† || {{sortname|Grady|Little}} || {{sort|088|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2003.shtml|title=2003 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719214603/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2003.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2004}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2004}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E† || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|098.1|98–64}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2004 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || 101–61 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2004.shtml|title=2004 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208190830/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2004.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2005}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2005}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]]C || {{sortname|Ozzie|Guillén}} || {{sort|099|99–63}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]W{{ref label|LAA|c|c}} || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2005.shtml|title=2005 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=May 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503111323/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2005.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2006}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2006}} || [[2006 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]C† || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2006 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]W || {{sortname|Ken|Macha}} || {{sort|093|93–69}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2006.shtml|title=2006 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804054531/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2006.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2007}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2007}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2007 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]C || {{sortname|Eric|Wedge}} || {{sort|090|96–66}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2007.shtml|title=2007 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224103942/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2007.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2008}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2008}} || [[2008 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Maddon}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2008 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E† || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2008.shtml|title=2008 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913035637/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2008.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2009}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2009}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2009 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || 103–59 ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]]W{{ref label|LAA|c|c}} || {{sortname|Mike|Scioscia}} || {{sort|097|97–65}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2009.shtml|title=2009 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035218/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2009.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2010}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2010}} || [[2010 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]W || {{sortname|Ron|Washington}} || {{sort|090|90–72}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[2010 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E† || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || {{sort|095|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010.shtml|title=2010 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 22, 2010|archive-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402230033/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2011}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2011}} || [[2011 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]W || {{sortname|Ron|Washington}} || {{sort|096|96–66}} || align="center" | 4–2 || [[2011 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]C || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2011.shtml|title=2011 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 15, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016110019/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2011.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2012}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2012}} || [[2012 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]C || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|88|88–74}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2012 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Joe|Girardi}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2012.shtml|title=2012 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035231/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2012.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2013}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2013}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2013 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|John|Farrell|John Farrell (manager)}} || {{sort|97|97–65}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2013 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]]C || {{sortname|Jim|Leyland}} || {{sort|93|93–69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml|title=2013 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 19, 2013|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014042631/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2014}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2014}} || [[2014 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]C† || {{sortname|Ned|Yost}} || {{sort|89|89–73}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2014 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]]E || {{sortname|Buck|Showalter}} || {{sort|96|96–66}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2014.shtml|title=2014 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 15, 2014|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071038/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2014.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2015}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2015}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2015 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]C || {{sortname|Ned|Yost}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E || {{sortname|John|Gibbons}} || {{sort|93|93–69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2015.shtml|title=2015 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=October 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030022404/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2015.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2016}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2016}} || [[2016 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]C || {{sortname|Terry|Francona}} || {{sort|94|94–67}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2016 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]E† || {{sortname|John|Gibbons}} || {{sort|89|89–73}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016.shtml|title=2016 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025055/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2017}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2017}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"|[[2017 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W||{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}}||{{sort|101|101–61}}|| align="center" | 4–3 ||[[2017 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E†||{{sortname|Joe|Girardi}}||{{sort|91|91–71}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2017.shtml|title=2017 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020005316/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2017.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2018}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2018}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2018 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E || {{sortname|Alex|Cora}} || {{sort|108|108–54}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2018 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} || {{sort|103|103–59}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2018.shtml|title=2018 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301200547/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2018.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2019}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2019}} || [[2019 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} || {{sort|107|107–55}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2019 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|103|103–59}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2019.shtml|title=2019 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 20, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029011851/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2019.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2020}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2020}} || [[2020 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]E || {{sortname|Kevin|Cash}} || {{sort|40|40–20}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2020 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|29|29–31}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2020.shtml|title=2020 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016031831/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2020.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2021}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2021}} || [[2021 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|95|95–67}} ||align="center"| 4–2 || [[2021 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]E† || {{sortname|Alex|Cora}} || {{sort|92|92–70}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2021.shtml|title=2021 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 22, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022211117/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2021.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2022}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2022}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2022 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|106|106–56}} ||align="center"| 4–0 || [[2022 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|99|99–63}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2022.shtml|title=2022 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024042240/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2022.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2023}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2023}} ||bgcolor="#fcc"| [[2023 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]]W† || {{sortname|Bruce|Bochy}} || {{sort|90|90–72}} ||align="center"| 4–3 || [[2023 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]W || {{sortname|Dusty|Baker}} || {{sort|90|90–72}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2023.shtml|title=2023 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027083432/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2023.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align="center"| {{mlby|2024}} ||align="center"| {{alcsy|2024}} || [[2024 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]E || {{sortname|Aaron|Boone}} || {{sort|94|94–68}} ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[2024 Cleveland Guardians season|Cleveland Guardians]]C || {{sortname|Stephen|Vogt}} || {{sort|92|92–69}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2024.shtml|title=2024 American League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
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;Notes
*{{note label|1981AL|a|a}} A mid-season labor stoppage split the season into two halves. The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the [[1981 American League Division Series]]. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant.<ref name="1981AL"/>
*{{note label|1995alignment|b|b}} The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the postseason. Wild cards were first used in the 1995 playoffs.<ref name="realign"/>
*{{note label|LAA|c|c}} While [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] was the official name of the team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ana|title=The Official Website of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|work=AngelsBaseball.com|publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115231140/http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ana|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3175560/?t=3|title=Team Page — Baseball|work=NBCSports.MSNBC.com|publisher=[[NBC Universal]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608114537/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3175560/?t=3|archive-date=June 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> the team was commonly referred to simply as "Los Angeles Angels", which they changed back to in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/laa/los-angeles-angels|title=Los Angeles Angels — Angels Baseball Clubhouse|work=ESPN.com|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205135009/http://espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=laa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/page/ANA/los-angeles-angels|title=Los Angeles Angels|work=CBSSports.com|publisher=[[CBS Broadcasting, Inc.]]|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=October 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019233900/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/page/ANA/los-angeles-angels|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Pennants won by franchise==
[[File:Boston Red Sox George W. Bush.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Boston Red Sox won an American League pennant and the World Series in 2007, three years after accomplishing the same feat in 2004.|alt=Several men in suits stand behind a man holding a white baseball jersey which reads "BUSH 07" on it.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! scope="col"|Team
! scope="col"|Pennants won
! scope="col"|Postseason appearances
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref
|-
| [[New York Yankees]]{{ref label|NYY|a|a}} ||align="center"| 41 || align="center" | 59 || <ref name="NYY"/>
|-
| [[Oakland Athletics]]{{ref label|OAK|b|b}} ||align="center"| 15 ||align="center"| 29 || <ref name="OAK" />
|-
| [[Boston Red Sox]]{{ref label|BOS|c|c}} ||align="center"| 14 ||align="center"| 25 || <ref name="BOS" />
|-
| [[Detroit Tigers]] ||align="center"| 11 ||align="center"| 17 || <ref name="DET" />
|-
| [[Baltimore Orioles]]{{ref label|BAL|d|d}} ||align="center"| 7 || align="center" | 16 || <ref name="BAL">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/|title=Baltimore Orioles Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129032721/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Minnesota Twins]]{{ref label|MIN|e|e}} ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 18 || <ref name="MIN">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/|title=Minnesota Twins Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302110239/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cleveland Guardians]]{{ref label|CLE|f|f}} ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 17 || <ref name="CLE">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/|title=Cleveland Indians Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219082748/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago White Sox]] ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 11 || <ref name="CHW">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/|title=Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112522/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kansas City Royals]] ||align="center"| 4 ||align="center"| 10 || <ref name="KCR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/|title=Kansas City Royals Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112511/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Houston Astros]]{{ref label|HOU|h|h}}|| align="center" | 4 || align="center" | 9 ||<ref name="HOU">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/|title=Houston Astros Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112934/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]{{ref label|TEX|g|g}} ||align="center"| 3 ||align="center"| 9 || <ref name="TEX">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/|title=Texas Rangers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112639/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tampa Bay Rays]]{{ref label|TBR|j|j}} ||align="center"| 2 ||align="center"| 9 || <ref name="TBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/|title=Tampa Bay Rays Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811103116/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ||align="center"| 2 ||align="center"| 10 || <ref name="TOR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|title=Toronto Blue Jays Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813213424/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Angels]]{{ref label|ANA|i|i}} ||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 10 || <ref name="ANA">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/|title=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406112723/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Milwaukee Brewers]]{{ref label|MIL|k|k}} ||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 2 || <ref name="MIL">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/|title=Milwaukee Brewers Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221055724/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seattle Mariners]] ||align="center"| 0 ||align="center"| 5 || <ref name="SEA">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/|title=Seattle Mariners Team History & Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221192956/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

;Notes
*{{note label|NYY|a|a}} Also known as New York Highlanders. In addition to their 41 official pennants, the Yankees had the best win-loss record in the American League when the 1994 season was cut short by a labor dispute.<ref name="NYY"/>
*{{note label|OAK|b|b}} Also known as Kansas City Athletics and [[Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref name="OAK"/>
*{{note label|BOS|c|c}} Also known as Boston Americans.<ref name="BOS"/>
*{{note label|BAL|d|d}} Also known as [[St. Louis Browns]] and Milwaukee Brewers.<ref name="BAL"/> This does not refer to the New York Yankees, who were known as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901 and 1902.<ref name="NYY"/>
*{{note label|MIN|e|e}} Also known as [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]] from 1901 to 1960<ref name="MIN"/> as called the Nationals from 1905 to 1955.
*{{note label|CLE|f|f}} Also known as Cleveland Bluebirds (Blues), Cleveland Bronchos, Cleveland Naps, and Cleveland Indians.<ref name="CLE"/>
*{{note label|TEX|g|g}} Also known as [[Washington Senators (1961–1971)|Washington Senators]] from 1961 to 1971.<ref name="TEX"/>
*{{note label|HOU|h|h}} Also known as Houston Colt .45's from 1962 to 1964. This does not include one National League pennant and nine playoff appearances.
*{{note label|ANA|i|i}} Also known as Anaheim Angels, California Angels, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.<ref name="ANA"/>
*{{note label|TBR|j|j}} Also known as Tampa Bay Devil Rays.<ref name="TBR"/>
*{{note label|MIL|k|k}} Also known as [[Seattle Pilots]] in 1969. The Brewers were members of the American League through the 1997 season after which they switched to the National League.<ref name="MIL"/> This table records only the Brewers' American League accomplishments.

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
*[[National League Championship Series]]
*[[List of National League pennant winners]]
*[[List of World Series champions]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
; General
* {{cite web |url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |title = Playoff and World Series Stats and Results |website = Baseball-Reference.com |publisher = Sports Reference LLC |access-date = January 25, 2010 |archive-date = January 9, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |url-status = live }}

; Inline citations
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp Official League Championship Series Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119070354/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp |date=2010-01-19 }} from [[Major League Baseball]]

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