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2020 MLB AL East standings
The Tampa Bay Rays won the 2020 MLB AL East division race at 40-20, 7 games ahead of the New York Yankees.
🏆How the 2020 playoffs went
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AL East standings, 2020
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| 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.