List of American League pennant winners

[2] The first modern World Series was played in 1903 and, after a hiatus in 1904, has taken place every season except 1994,[2] when a players' strike forced the cancellation of the postseason.

[5] The trophy featured a golden eagle, the league's emblem, sitting atop a silver baseball and clutching the AL banner.

[14][15] The Yankees have the most pennants since the introduction of the ALCS in 1969 with 11, followed by the Athletics, Red Sox, and the Baltimore Orioles with 6, 6, and 5 respectively.

[19] The Milwaukee Brewers won the AL pennant in 1982 but later moved to the NL starting in the 1998 season.

[20] The only current MLB franchise to have never won a league pennant—and therefore, to have never appeared in the World Series—is the Seattle Mariners.

The 1926 New York Yankees were one of 41 pennant-winning teams in the Yankees' history.
Two men stand in front of a crowd shaking hands. The man on the left of the photo is wearing a tan suit and hat and the man on the right is wearing a light-colored pinstriped baseball uniform.
President Calvin Coolidge shakes hands with Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson celebrating the Senators' 1924 American League pennant, one of three won by the franchise while in Washington.
The Chicago White Stockings won the American League pennant in 1900 and 1901. The latter year was the AL's first season as a recognized "major league."
Several men in suits stand behind a man holding a white baseball jersey which reads "BUSH 07" on it.
The Boston Red Sox won an American League pennant and the World Series in 2007, three years after accomplishing the same feat in 2004.