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The American League Central is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division was formed in the 1994 realignment. Its teams are all located in the Midwestern United States. It is currently the only division in the MLB where all of its members have won the World Series at least once (though only one team has won the World Series as a member of the AL Central).
§ Due to the players' strike starting August 12, no official winner was awarded. Chicago was leading at the strike.
** In 2008, the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox finished the season with identical records of 88–74. Chicago won a one-game playoff at U.S. Cellular Field against Minnesota 1–0 to clinch the division title.
# In 2009, the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers finished the season with identical records of 86-76. The Twins won a one-game playoff at the Metrodome 6-5 in 12 innings to clinch the division title.
The Central division was the last division in baseball to produce a wild-card team that actually competed in the playoffs — in 2006 — 12 years after its creation. (In 1994, the AL's first wild-card team — the Indians — did not play, because there were no postseason playoffs that year.) On September 24, 2006, a victory by the Twins guaranteed the wild card would come from the division, eliminating the Red Sox of the American League East from wild-card contention and ending a three-year streak of wild-card appearances by the Red Sox. The Twins eliminated the White Sox from playoff contention on September 25 and then passed the Tigers on the last day of the regular season to give the Tigers the wild-card slot. Detroit went on to win the American League Championship.