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2006 MLB AL East standings
The New York Yankees won the 2006 MLB AL East division race at 97-65, 10 games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays.
🏆How the 2006 playoffs went
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AL East standings, 2006
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| New York Yankees (NYY) | 97 | 65 | .599 | - | 5-5 | L2 |
| Toronto Blue Jays (TOR) | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 7-3 | W2 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays (TB) | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 3-7 | L4 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 20 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 4 games on June 29, 2006.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on August 1, 2006.
- The Boston Red Sox won 12 games in a row from June 16, 2006 to June 29, 2006, the longest run of the race.
- The Boston Red Sox led by 4 games as late as July 4, 2006.
- The New York Yankees led by as many as 12 games on September 27, 2006.
- The New York Yankees went 26-15 from July 21, 2006 to September 3, 2006, turning a deficit of 3.5 games into a lead of 9 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 67 of the 177 days played.
- The New York Yankees spent 88 of the season's 183 charted days in first place.