National League
Central 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 Pittsburgh (90) Cleveland (N) (-1) Philadelphia (-22.5) Washington (-23.5)
1978 Cleveland (N) (91) Pittsburgh (-8) Washington (-22) Philadelphia (-39)
1979 Washington (95) Pittsburgh (-14) Cleveland (N) (-29) Philadelphia (-31)
1980 Pittsburgh (95) Washington (-6) Philadelphia (-12) Cleveland (N) (-21)
1981 Washington (95) Philadelphia (-1) Cleveland (N) (-3) Pittsburgh (-9)
1982 Cleveland (N) (103) Washington (-4) Philadelphia (-9) Pittsburgh (-30)
1983 Cleveland (N) (111) Philadelphia (-4) Washington (-17) Pittsburgh (-49)
1984 Cleveland (N) (103) Philadelphia (-12) Washington (-32) Pittsburgh (-39)
1985 Cleveland (N) (99) Philadelphia (-5) Washington (-16) Pittsburgh (-24)
1986 Philadelphia (95) Cleveland (N) (-2) Pittsburgh (-21) Washington (-28)
1987 Philadelphia (89) Cleveland (N) (-1) Washington (-6) Pittsburgh (-19)
1988 Washington (87) Cleveland (N) (-8) Philadelphia (-14) Pittsburgh (-14)
1989 Washington (93) Philadelphia (-15) Pittsburgh (-17) Cleveland (N) (-48)
1990 Washington (99) Pittsburgh (-16) Philadelphia (-17) Cleveland (N) (-30)