Every 2020 MLB race charted day by day: AL East, AL Central, AL West, NL East, NL Central and NL West. Final standings, from a season that ran July 23 to September 27, 2020.
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AL East standings, 2020
Team
W
L
Pct
GB
L10
Streak
Tampa Bay Rays (TB)
40
20
.667
-
8-2
W4
New York Yankees (NYY)
33
27
.550
7
4-6
L1
Toronto Blue Jays (TOR)
32
28
.533
8
6-4
L1
Baltimore Orioles (BAL)
25
35
.417
15
3-7
W1
Boston Red Sox (BOS)
24
36
.400
16
6-4
W2
Final standings.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 7 times.
The Tampa Bay Rays trailed by as many as 4.5 games on August 3, 2020.
The Tampa Bay Rays took first place for good on August 25, 2020.
The New York Yankees won 10 games in a row from September 9, 2020 to September 19, 2020, the longest run of the race.
The New York Yankees led by 4 games as late as August 6, 2020.
The Tampa Bay Rays went 12-3 from August 17, 2020 to September 3, 2020, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 5 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 16 of the 66 days played.
Five teams held first place.
The Tampa Bay Rays spent 41 of the season's 67 charted days in first place.