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The 2022 season of the American League was the one hundred twenty-second season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team was one of its league's wild cards, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	Cleveland Guardians	162	92	70	0	.568	-.-	698 (4.31)	634 (3.91)	0.254	0.316	0.383	3.46	0.984
2	Chicago White Sox	162	81	81	0	.500	11.0	686 (4.23)	717 (4.43)	0.256	0.310	0.387	3.92	0.982
3	Minnesota Twins	162	78	84	0	.481	14.0	696 (4.30)	684 (4.22)	0.248	0.317	0.401	3.98	0.985
4	Detroit Tigers	162	66	96	0	.407	26.0	557 (3.44)	713 (4.40)	0.231	0.286	0.346	4.05	0.984
5	Kansas City Royals	162	65	97	0	.401	27.0	640 (3.95)	810 (5.00)	0.244	0.306	0.380	4.70	0.986
Eastern Division
1	New York Yankees	162	99	63	0	.611	-.-	907 (4.98)	567 (3.50)	0.241	0.325	0.426	3.50	0.987
2	Toronto Blue Jays*	162	92	70	0	.568	7.0	775 (4.78)	679 (4.19)	0.264	0.329	0.431	3.87	0.986
3	Tampa Bay Rays*	162	86	76	0	.531	13.0	666 (4.11)	614 (3.79)	0.239	0.309	0.377	3.41	0.985
4	Baltimore Orioles	162	83	79	0	.512	16.0	674 (4.16)	688 (4.25)	0.236	0.305	0.390	3.97	0.985
5	Boston Red Sox	162	78	84	0	.481	21.0	735 (4.54)	787 (4.86)	0.258	0.321	0.409	4.53	0.985
Western Division
1	Houston Astros	162	106	56	0	.654	-.-	737 (4.55)	518 (3.20)	0.248	0.319	0.424	2.90	0.987
2	Seattle Mariners*	162	90	72	0	.556	16.0	690 (4.26)	623 (3.85)	0.230	0.315	0.390	3.59	0.988
3	Los Angeles Angels	162	73	89	0	.451	33.0	623 (3.85)	668 (4.12)	0.233	0.297	0.390	3.77	0.985
4	Texas Rangers	162	68	94	0	.420	38.0	707 (4.36)	743 (4.59)	0.239	0.301	0.395	4.22	0.984
5	Oakland Athletics	162	60	102	0	.370	46.0	568 (3.51)	770 (4.75)	0.216	0.281	0.346	4.52	0.984

League leaders

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Marcus Semien	Texas Rangers	161
At Bats	Marcus Semien	Texas Rangers	657
Runs Scored	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	133
Hits	Bo Bichette	Toronto Blue Jays	189
Doubles	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians	44
Triples	Amed Rosario	Cleveland Guardians	9
Home Runs	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	62
Total Bases	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	391
Runs Batted In	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	131
Stolen Bases	Jorge Mateo	Baltimore Orioles	35
Caught Stealing	Randy Arozarena	Tampa Bay Rays	10
Walks	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	111
Intentional Base-on-Balls	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians	20
Hit by Pitch	Andres Gimenez	Cleveland Guardians	25
Strikeouts	Eugenio Suarez	Seattle Mariners	196
Sacrifice Hits	Austin Hedges Nicky Lopez	Cleveland Guardians Kansas City Royals	10
Sacrifice Flies	Alex Bregman Marcus Semien	Houston Astros Texas Rangers	10
Grounded into Double Plays	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays	26
Batting Average	Luis Arraez	Minnesota Twins	0.316
On-Base Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.425
Slugging Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.686
On-Base plus Slugging	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	1.111
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	211

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	18
Losses	Marco Gonzales	Seattle Mariners	15
Win-Loss Percentage	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	0.818
Appearances	Adam Cimber Emmanuel Clase	Toronto Blue Jays Cleveland Guadians	77
Games Started	Gerrit Cole Nick Pivetta	New York Yankees Boston Red Sox	33
Complete Games	Framber Valdez	Houston Astros	3
Shutouts	9 tied with		1
Games Finished	Emmanuel Clase	Cleveland Guadians	67
Saves	Emmanuel Clase	Cleveland Guadians	42
Innings Pitched	Framber Valdez	Houston Astros	201.1
Batters Faced	Framber Valdez	Houston Astros	827
Hits Allowed	Jose Berrios	Toronto Blue Jays	199
Home Runs Allowed	Gerrit Cole	New York Yankees	33
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Dylan Cease	Chicago White Sox	78
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Michael Fullmer Sam Moll	Detroit/Minnesota Oakland Athletics	6
Hit Batsmen	Alek Manoah	Toronto Blue Jays	15
Strikeouts	Gerrit Cole	New York Yankees	257
Wild Pitches	Alex Lange	Detroit Tigers	15
Balks	10 tied with		2
Runs Allowed	Jose Berrios	Toronto Blue Jays	103
Earned Runs Allowed	Jose Berrios	Toronto Blue Jays	100
Earned Run Average	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	1.75
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	0.829

All-Star Game

The American League won the 2022 All-Star Game, played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 by a score of 3 to 2 over the National League. The league's manager was Dusty Baker.

Postseason

The 2022 American League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with three wild card teams. The teams competed in two best-of-three Wild Card Series, with the top two division winners receiving a first-round bye, two best-of-five Division Series, and finally by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

	Wild Card Series					Division Series					League Championship Series
	1	Bye
						ALW	Houston Astros	3
						WC	Seattle Mariners	0
	4	Toronto Blue Jays	0
	5	Seattle Mariners	2
											ALW	Houston Astros	4
											ALE	New York Yankees	0
	3	Cleveland Guardians	2
	6	Tampa Bay Rays	0
						ALC	Cleveland Guardians	2
						ALE	New York Yankees	3
	2	Bye

In the World Series, the American League champion Houston Astros defeated the National League's Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Aaron Judge, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he received 410 out of a possible 420 points and 28 of 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros, by unanimous vote. In the award's voting, he received 210 out of a possible 210 points and all 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Julio Rodríguez, an outfielder with the Seattle Mariners. In the award's voting, he received 148 of a possible 150 points and 29 of 30 first-place votes.

The Mariano Rivera Award, given to the best relief pitcher in the league, was given to Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Shane Bieber	Cleveland Guardians
C	Jose Trevino	New York Yankees
1B	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays
2B	Andres Gimenez	Cleveland Guardians
3B	Ramon Urias	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Jeremy Peña	Houston Astros
LF	Steven Kwan	Cleveland Guardians
CF	Myles Straw	Cleveland Guardians
RF	Kyle Tucker	Houston Astros
UT	D.J. LeMahieu	New York Yankees

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best hitters as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Alejandro Kirk	Toronto Blue Jays
1B	Nathaniel Lowe	Texas Rangers
2B	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros
3B	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians
SS	Xander Bogaerts	Boston Red Sox
OF	Julio Rodríguez	Seattle Mariners
	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees
	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels
DH	Yordan Alvarez	Houston Astros
UT	Luis Arraez	Minnesota Twins

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians
  • May: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • June: Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros
  • July: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • August: Alex Bregman, Houston Astros
  • September: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Logan Gilbert, Seattle Mariners
  • May: Martín Pérez, Texas Rangers
  • June: Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox
  • July: Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox
  • August: Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay Rays
  • September: Alek Manoah, Toronto Blue Jays

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians
  • May: Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners
  • June: Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners
  • July: Jose Miranda, Minnesota Twins
  • August: George Kirby, Seattle Mariners
  • September: Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians

Umpires

See 2022 Major League Baseball