Competition Charts

Source: Benjamin G. Rader, Baseball: A History of America's Game (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992)


Distribution of Pennants, American League, 1921-46

(Cities are listed, from left to right, in order of average population adjusted to the number of teams located in the metropolitan area.)

New York Detroit Phil. Boston Wash. St. Louis
1943 1945 1931 1946 1933 1944
1942 1940 1930 1925
1941 1935 1929 1924
1939 1934
1938
1937
1936
1932
1928
1927
1926
1923
1922
1921


Distribution of Pennants, National League, 1921-46
(Cities are listed, from left to right, in order of average population adjusted to the number of teams located in the metropolitan area.)

New York Brook. Chicago Pitts. Cinn. St. Louis
1937 1941 1945 1927 1940 1946
1936 1938 1925 1939 1944
1933 1935 1943
1924 1932 1942
1923 1929 1934
1922 1931
1921 1930
1928
1926


American League Pennant Winners, 1946-1975

New York Boston Cleve. Balt. Chi. Minn. Det. Phil./K.C./Oak
1964 1975 1954 1966 1959 1965 1968 1974
1963 1967 1948 1971 1973
1962 1946 1970 1972
1961  
1960  
1958
1957
1956
1955
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1947


National League Pennant Winners, 1946-1975

Brook./L.A. St. Louis N.Y./S.F. Boston/Mil. Cinn. Pitts. Phil.
1974 1968 1962 1958 1976 1960 1950
1966 1967 1954 1957 1975    
1965 1964 1951 1948 1972
1963 1946     1970
1959   1961
1956  
1955  
1953
1952
1949
1947


American League Pennant Winners, 1976-2006

Oak. Balt. N.Y. Boston Cleve. Toronto Anaheim K.C. Minn. Detroit CWS Milw.
1990 1983 2003 2004 1997 1993 2002 1985 1991 2006 2005 1982
1989 1979 2001 1986 1995 1992   1980 1987 1984  
1988 1971 2000        
  1970 1999          
  1969 1998          
  1996          
    1981                  
    1978                  
    1977                  
    1976                  


National League Pennant Winners, 1976-2006

Cinn. L.A. N.Y. St. Louis Phil. Pitt. S.F. Atl. S.D. Arizona Houston Florida
1990 1988 2000 2006 1993 1979 2002 1999 1998 2001 2005 2003
1976 1981 1986 2004 1983 1971 1989 1996 1984     1997
  1978 1973 1987 1980 1995      
  1977 1969 1985 1992      
    1982 1991      


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