Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. The American League Division Series and National League Division Series have given birth to many memorable moments. In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series.The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card play-off. Fanduel SportsBook: Astros -110, Rays +750. Join our linker program. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. 2003 | To continue reading login or create an account. 2020 team records, home and away … Request Reprint & … You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles. 2006. For many baseball fans across the country, October means the start of the MLB postseason. Previously, because of a players' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers (who were in the American League until 1998) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division. The Yankees have a 13-2 record against the Twins in the postseason with wins in 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2010. During the regular season, the teams met a total of six times, where the Yankees won five of the games. The games will be played in a best-of-five format, requiring one team to win three games to advance to the American League Division Championship series. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The series should be high-scoring with the Twins ranking first in the league with 307 home runs and the Yankees second with 306. The Division Series was permanently created after the 1993 season when Major League Baseball restructured each league into three divisions, but their first regular playing was in 1995 due to the cancellation of the 1994 playoffs. The series was the 42nd in league history. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. There is currently no award for the Most Valuable Player of the Division Series. Return to Top; MLB Players. Bovada Sportsbook: Astros -125, Rays +700. Both ALDS series begin on Friday and will be broadcasted on either FS1 or the MLB Network. The Yankees also outscored the Twins 43-38 in those contests. Oakland struggled in the contest with only eight hits. 1999 2005 | Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series.The Division Series consist of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team (the non-division winning team with the best record). All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. How does it currently work? 1995 AL Standings, Team and Player Statistics, Leaderboards, Award Winners, Trades, Minor Leagues, Fielding, Batting, Pitching, New Debuts The 2011 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the winners of the 2011 American League Division Series, the Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers, against each other for the American League championship and the right to be the league's representative in the 2011 World Series. Newsweek was unable to find betting lines for this specific series, but the odds for each team to win the American League pennant are listed below. Matchups; Cleveland Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles