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The 2024 season of the American League was the one hundred twenty-fourth 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	161	92	69	0	.571	-.-	708 (4.40)	621 (3.86)	0.238	0.307	0.395	3.61	0.985
2	Kansas City Royals*	162	86	76	0	.531	6.5	735 (4.54)	644 (3.98)	0.248	0.306	0.403	3.76	0.985
2	Detroit Tigers*	162	86	76	0	.531	6.5	682 (4.21)	642 (3.96)	0.234	0.300	0.385	3.61	0.986
4	Minnesota Twins	162	82	80	0	.506	10.5	742 (4.58)	735 (4.54)	0.246	0.315	0.411	4.26	0.986
5	Chicago White Sox	162	41	121	0	.253	51.5	507 (3.13)	813 (5.02)	0.221	0.278	0.340	4.68	0.984
Eastern Division
1	New York Yankees	162	94	68	0	.580	-.-	815 (5.03)	668 (4.12)	0.248	0.333	0.429	3.74	0.984
2	Baltimore Orioles*	162	91	71	0	.562	3.0	786 (4.85)	699 (4.31)	0.250	0.315	0.435	3.94	0.986
3	Boston Red Sox	162	81	81	0	.500	13.0	751 (4.64)	747 (4.61)	0.252	0.319	0.423	4.04	0.981
4	Tampa Bay Rays	162	80	82	0	.494	14.0	640 (3.73)	663 (4.09)	0.230	0.302	0.366	3.77	0.984
5	Toronto Blue Jays	162	74	88	0	.457	20.0	671 (4.14)	743 (4.59)	0.241	0.313	0.389	4.29	0.984
Western Division
1	Houston Astros	161	88	73	0	.547	-.-	740 (4.60)	649 (4.03)	0.262	0.322	0.418	3.74	0.985
2	Seattle Mariners	162	85	77	0	.525	3.5	676 (4.17)	607 (3.75)	0.224	0.311	0.376	3.49	0.986
3	Texas Rangers	162	78	84	0	.481	10.5	683 (4.22)	738 (4.56)	0.238	0.305	0.380	4.35	0.987
4	Oakland Athletics	162	69	93	0	.426	19.5	643 (3.97)	764 (4.72)	0.233	0.301	0.393	4.37	0.985
5	Los Angeles Angels	162	63	99	0	.389	25.5	635 (3.92)	797 (4.92)	0.229	0.301	0.369	4.56	0.983

League leaders

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	161
At Bats	Jarren Duran	Boston Red Sox	671
Runs Scored	Juan Soto	New York Yankees	128
Hits	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	211
Doubles	Jarren Duran	Boston Red Sox	48
Triples	Jarren Duran	Boston Red Sox	14
Home Runs	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	58
Total Bases	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	392
Runs Batted In	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	144
Stolen Bases	Jose Caballero	Tampa Bay Rays	44
Caught Stealing	Jose Caballero	Tampa Bay Rays	16
Walks	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	133
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	20
Hit by Pitch	Randy Arozarena	Tampa Bay/Seattle	22
Strikeouts	Zack Gelof	Oakland Athletics	188
Sacrifice Hits	Kyle Isbel	Kansas City Royals	8
Sacrifice Flies	Vinnie Pasquantino	Kansas City Royals	13
Grounded into Double Plays	Yainer Diaz Aaron Judge	Houston Astros New York Yankees	22
Batting Average	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	0.332
On-Base Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.458
Slugging Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.701
On-Base plus Slugging	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	1.159
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	223

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	18
Losses	Kutter Crawford	Boston Red Sox	16
Win-Loss Percentage	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	0.818
Appearances	T.J. McFarland	Oakland Athletics	79
Games Started	4 tied with		33
Complete Games	Kevin Gausman	Toronto Blue Jays	2
Shutouts	5 tied with		1
Games Finished	Emmanuel Clase	Cleveland Guadians	66
Saves	Emmanuel Clase	Cleveland Guadians	47
Innings Pitched	Logan Gilbert	Seattle Mariners	208.2
Batters Faced	Seth Lugo	Kansas City Royals	836
Hits Allowed	George Kirby	Seattle Mariners	181
Home Runs Allowed	Kutter Crawford	Boston Red Sox	34
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Luis Gil	New York Yankees	77
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Scott Alexander	Oakland Athletics	7
Hit Batsmen	Chris Bassitt Tanner Houck	Toronto Blue Jays Boston Red Sox	16
Strikeouts	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	228
Wild Pitches	Trevor Richards	Toronto/Minnesota	13
Balks	Griffin Canning	Los Angeles Angels	4
Runs Allowed	Griffin Canning	Los Angeles Angels	105
Earned Runs Allowed	Griffin Canning	Los Angeles Angels	99
Earned Run Average	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	2.39
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Logan Gilbert	Seattle Mariners	0.887

All-Star Game

The American League won the 2024 All-Star Game, played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 by a score of 5 to 3 over the National League. The league's manager was Bruce Bochy.

Postseason

The 2024 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
						ALE	New York Yankees	3
						WC	Kansas City Royals	1
	4	Baltimore Orioles	0
	5	Kansas City Royals	2
											ALE	New York Yankees	4
											ALW	Cleveland Guardians	1
	ALW	Houston Astros	0
	6	Detroit Tigers	2
						WC	Detroit Tigers	2
						ALC	Cleveland Guardians	3
	2	Bye

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1.

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, by unanimous vote. In the award's voting, he received 420 out of a possible 420 points and all 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers, 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 Luis Gil, a pitcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he received 106 of a possible 150 points and 15 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	Seth Lugo	Kansas City Royals
C	Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners
1B	Carlos Santana	Minnesota Twins
2B	Andres Gimenez	Cleveland Guardians
3B	Alex Bregman	Houston Astros
SS	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals
LF	Steven Kwan	Cleveland Guardians
CF	Daulton Varsho	Toronto Blue Jays
RF	Wilyer Abreu	Boston Red Sox
UT	Dylan Moore	Seattle Mariners

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	Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals
1B	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays
2B	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros
3B	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians
SS	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals
OF	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees
	Juan Soto	New York Yankees
	Anthony Santander	Baltimore Orioles
DH	Brent Rooker	Oakland Athletics
UT	Josh Smith	Texas Rangers

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles
  • May: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • June: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • July: Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals
  • August: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • September: Wyatt Langford, Texas Rangers

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: José Berríos, Toronto Blue Jays
  • May: Luis Gil, New York Yankees
  • June: Garrett Crochet, Chicago White Sox
  • July: Taj Bradley, Tampa Bay Rays
  • August: Bowden Francis, Toronto Blue Jays
  • September: Corbin Burnes, Baltimore Orioles

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Colton Cowser, Baltimore Orioles
  • May: Luis Gil, New York Yankees
  • June: Wyatt Langford, Texas Rangers
  • July: Colt Keith, Detroit Tigers
  • August: Spencer Arrighetti, Houston Astros
  • September: Wyatt Langford, Texas Rangers

Umpires

See 2024 Major League Baseball