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The 2025 season of the American League was the one hundred twenty-fifth 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	88	74	0	.543	-.-	643 (3.97)	649 (4.01)	0.226	0.293	0.376	3.70	0.983
2	Detroit Tigers*	162	87	75	0	.537	1.0	758 (4.68)	691 (4.27)	0.247	0.316	0.413	3.95	0.986
3	Kansas City Royals	162	82	80	0	.506	6.0	651 (4.02)	637 (3.93)	0.247	0.309	0.397	3.73	0.989
4	Minnesota Twins	162	70	92	0	.432	18.0	678 (4.19)	773 (4.77)	0.238	0.310	0.397	4.55	0.985
5	Chicago White Sox	162	60	102	0	.370	28.0	647 (3.99)	742 (4.58)	0.232	0.302	0.373	4.27	0.982
Eastern Division
1	Toronto Blue Jays	162	94	68	0	.580	-.-	798 (4.93)	721 (4.45)	0.265	0.333	0.427	4.18	0.985
1	New York Yankees*	162	94	68	0	.580	-.-	849 (5.24)	685 (4.23)	0.254	0.324	0.421	3.91	0.984
3	Boston Red Sox*	162	89	73	0	.549	5.0	786 (4.85)	676 (4.17)	0.252	0.319	0.423	3.70	0.980
4	Tampa Bay Rays	162	77	85	0	.475	17.0	714 (4.41)	683 (4.22)	0.251	0.313	0.401	3.94	0.984
5	Baltimore Orioles	162	75	87	0	.463	19.0	677 (4.18)	788 (4.86)	0.235	0.305	0.394	4.60	0.985
Western Division
1	Seattle Mariners	162	90	72	0	.566	-.-	766 (4.73)	694 (4.28)	0.244	0.320	0.420	3.87	0.988
2	Houston Astros	162	87	75	0	.537	3.0	686 (4.23)	665 (4.10)	0.250	0.315	0.399	3.86	0.988
3	Texas Rangers	162	81	81	0	.500	9.0	684 (4.22)	605 (3.73)	0.234	0.302	0.381	3.47	0.991
4	The Athletics	162	76	86	0	.469	14.0	733 (4.52)	817 (5.04)	0.233	0.301	0.393	4.70	0.984
5	Los Angeles Angels	162	72	90	0	.444	18.0	673 (4.15)	837 (5.17)	0.225	0.298	0.397	4.89	0.983

League leaders

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Brent Rooker	The Athletics	162
At Bats	Julio Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	652
Runs Scored	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	137
Hits	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	184
Doubles	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	47
Triples	Jarren Duran	Boston Red Sox	13
Home Runs	Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners	60
Total Bases	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	372
Runs Batted In	Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners	125
Stolen Bases	Jose Caballero	Tampa Bay/New York	49
Caught Stealing	Chandler Simpson	Tampa Bay Rays	12
Walks	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	124
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	36
Hit by Pitch	Randy Arozarena	Seattle Mariners	27
Strikeouts	Riley Greene	Detroit Tigers	201
Sacrifice Hits	Kyle Isbel	Kansas City Royals	13
Sacrifice Flies	Austin Wells	New York Yankees	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Junior Caminero	Tampa Bay Rays	31
Batting Average	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.331
On-Base Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.457
Slugging Percentage	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	0.688
On-Base plus Slugging	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	1.144
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	215

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Max Fried	New York Yankees	19
Losses	Jack Flaherty	Detroit Tigers	15
Win-Loss Percentage	Max Fried	New York Yankees	0.792
Appearances	Brendon Little	Toronto Blue Jays	79
Games Started	Yusei Kikuchi Carlos Rodon Will Warren	Los Angeles Angels New York Yankees New York Yankees	33
Complete Games	Tanner Bibee Framber Valdez	2025 Cleveland Guardians Houston Astros	2
Shutouts	5 tied with		1
Games Finished	Jeff Hoffman	Toronto Blue Jays	59
Saves	Carlos Estevez	Kansas City Royals	42
Innings Pitched	Garrett Crochet	Boston Red Sox	205.1
Batters Faced	Garrett Crochet	Boston Red Sox	814
Hits Allowed	Yusei Kikuchi	Los Angeles Angels	180
Home Runs Allowed	Tomoyuki Sugano	Baltimore Orioles	33
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Gavin Williams	Cleveland Guardians	83
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Brandon Eisert Carlos Estevez	The Athletics Kansas City Royals	6
Hit Batsmen	Luis Severino	The Athletics	16
Strikeouts	Garrett Crochet	Boston Red Sox	255
Wild Pitches	Michael Lorenzen Framber Valdez Seranthony Dominguez	Kansas City Royals Houston Astros Baltimore/Toronto	12
Balks	7 tied with		3
Runs Allowed	Chris Paddack	Minnesota/Detroit	98
Earned Runs Allowed	Chris Paddack	Minnesota/Detroit	94
Earned Run Average	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	2.21
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	0.891

All-Star Game

The American League lost the 2025 All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 by a score of 7 to 6 against the National League in a game decided on a swing-off. The league's manager was Aaron Boone.

Postseason

The 2025 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	Toronto Blue Jays	3
						WC	New York Yankees	1
	4	New York Yankees	2
	5	Boston Red Sox	1
											ALE	Toronto Blue Jays	4
											ALW	Seattle Mariners	3
	ALC	Cleveland Guardians	1
	6	Detroit Tigers	2
						WC	Detroit Tigers	2
						ALW	Seattle Mariners	3
	2	Bye

In the World Series, the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays were defeated by the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3.

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 355 out of a possible 420 points and 17 of 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he received 198 out of a possible 210 points and 26 of 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Nick Kurtz, a first baseman with The Athletics, by unanimous vote. In the award's voting, he received 210 out of a possible 210 points and all 30 first-place votes.

The Mariano Rivera Award, given to the best relief pitcher in the league, was given to Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Red Sox.

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	Max Fried	New York Yankees
C	Dillon Dingler	Detroit Tigers
1B	Ty France	Minnesota/Toronto
2B	Marcus Semien	Texas Rangers
3B	Maikel Franco	Kansas City Royals
SS	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals
LF	Steven Kwan	Cleveland Guardians
CF	Ceddanne Rafaela	Boston Red Sox
RF	Wilyer Abreu	Boston Red Sox
UT	Mauricio Dubon	Houston Astros

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	Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners
1B	Nick Kurtz	The Athletics
2B	Jazz Chisholm	New York Yankees
3B	José Ramírez	Cleveland Guardians
SS	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals
OF	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees
	Byron Buxton	Minnesota Twins
	Riley Greene	Detroit Tigers
DH	George Springer	Toronto Blue Jays
UT	Zach McKinstry	Detroit Tigers

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • May: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
  • June: Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners
  • July: Nick Kurtz, The Athletics
  • August: Shea Langeliers, The Athletics
  • September: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Max Fried, New York Yankees
  • May: Kris Bubic, Kansas City Royals
  • June: Hunter Brown, Houston Astros
  • July: Nathan Eovaldi, Texas Rangers
  • August: Trevor Rogers, Baltimore Orioles
  • September: Max Fried, New York Yankees

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Kristian Campbell, Boston Red Sox
  • May: Jacob Wilson, The Athletics
  • June: Nick Kurtz, The Athletics
  • July: Nick Kurtz, The Athletics
  • August: Roman Anthony, Boston Red Sox
  • September: Joey Cantillo, Cleveland Guardians

Umpires

See 2025 Major League Baseball