American League
East Division History
 
Numbers in parenthesis are wins for first place teams and games behind for all other teams.
For years with more than one division, italic indicates team won League Series.
Bold indicates team won World Championship.
Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1977 New York (A) (87) Boston (A) (-17) Indianapolis (-21) Detroit (-30)
1978 Boston (A) (79) New York (A) (-6) Indianapolis (-10) Detroit (-16)
1979 Boston (A) (91) New York (A) (-14) Detroit (-19) Indianapolis (-25)
1980 Detroit (97) Indianapolis (-9) Boston (A) (-22) New York (A) (-41)
1981 Indianapolis (113) Detroit (-20) Boston (A) (-46) New York (A) (-55)
1982 Detroit (96) Indianapolis (-3) Boston (A) (-29) New York (A) (-35)
1983 Indianapolis (91) Detroit (-1) Boston (A) (-17) New York (A) (-47)
1984 Indianapolis (88) Boston (A) (-8) Detroit (-20) New York (A) (-29)
1985 Indianapolis (98) Boston (A) (-18) Detroit (-35) New York (A) (-36)
1986 Boston (A) (89) Indianapolis (-4) New York (A) (-18) Detroit (-19)
1987 Boston (A) (87) Indianapolis (-2) Detroit (-10) New York (A) (-11)
1988 New York (A) (97) Detroit (-3) Boston (A) (-4) Indianapolis (-43)
1989 Detroit (88) Boston (A) (-4) New York (A) (-15) Indianapolis (-31)
1990 Detroit (92) Boston (A) (-8) Indianapolis (-17) New York (A) (-18)