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2017 MLB AL East standings
The Boston Red Sox won the 2017 MLB AL East division race at 93-69, 2 games ahead of the New York Yankees.
🏆The 2017 playoffs, series by series
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AL East standings, 2017
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) y | 93 | 69 | .574 | - | 5-5 | L1 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) w | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Rays (TB) | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 6-4 | W4 |
| Toronto Blue Jays (TOR) | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | 75 | 87 | .463 | 18 | 2-8 | L5 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- w
- clinched a wild card place
- y
- clinched the division
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 18 times.
- The Boston Red Sox trailed by as many as 5 games on May 9, 2017.
- The Boston Red Sox took first place for good on August 1, 2017.
- The Boston Red Sox won 8 games in a row from July 31, 2017 to August 9, 2017, the longest run of the race.
- The New York Yankees led by 4 games as late as June 12, 2017.
- The Boston Red Sox led by as many as 5.5 games on August 13, 2017.
- The Boston Red Sox went 15-9 from June 12, 2017 to July 7, 2017, turning a deficit of 4 games into a lead of 4.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 65 of the 179 days played.
- The Boston Red Sox spent 97 of the season's 183 charted days in first place.