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26 teams in AL, NL · 2106 regular-season games · 1989-04-03 to 1989-10-01 · attendance 55,173,096

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World Series champion

Oakland Athletics

MVP

Robin Yount AL
Kevin Mitchell NL

Cy Young

Bret Saberhagen AL
Mark Davis NL

Rookie of the Year

Gregg Olson AL
Jerome Walton NL

All-Star Game

1989-07-11 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Hall of Fame class of 1989

Al Barlick, Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, Red Schoendienst

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Oakland Athletics 4–1 Toronto Blue Jays	5
League Championship	San Francisco Giants 4–1 Chicago Cubs	5
World Series	Oakland Athletics 4–0 San Francisco Giants	4

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—	651	3,375,883	Jimy Williams, Cito Gaston	Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	87	75	.537	2	686	2,535,208	Frank Robinson
3	Boston Red Sox	83	79	.512	6	735	2,510,012	Joe Morgan
4	Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	.500	8	679	1,970,735	Tom Trebelhorn
5	New York Yankees	74	87	.460	14.5	792	2,170,485	Dallas Green, Bucky Dent
6	Cleveland Indians	73	89	.451	16	654	1,285,542	Doc Edwards, John Hart
7	Detroit Tigers	59	103	.364	30	816	1,543,656	Sparky Anderson

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	99	63	.611	—	576	2,667,225	Tony LaRussa	World Series Division
2	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7	635	2,477,700	John Wathan
3	California Angels	91	71	.562	8	578	2,647,291	Doug Rader
4	Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	16	714	2,043,993	Bobby Valentine
5	Minnesota Twins	80	82	.494	19	738	2,277,438	Tom Kelly
6	Seattle Mariners	73	89	.451	26	728	1,298,443	Jim Lefebvre
7	Chicago White Sox	69	92	.429	29.5	750	1,045,651	Jeff Torborg

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago Cubs	93	69	.574	—	623	2,491,942	Don Zimmer	Division
2	New York Mets	87	75	.537	6	595	2,918,710	Davey Johnson
3	St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	7	608	3,080,980	Whitey Herzog
4	Montreal Expos	81	81	.500	12	630	1,783,533	Buck Rodgers
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	19	680	1,374,141	Jim Leyland
6	Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	26	735	1,861,985	Nick Leyva

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	92	70	.568	—	600	2,059,701	Roger Craig	Pennant Division
2	San Diego Padres	89	73	.549	3	626	2,009,031	Jack McKeon
3	Houston Astros	86	76	.531	6	669	1,834,908	Art Howe
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	77	83	.481	14	536	2,944,653	Tom Lasorda
5	Cincinnati Reds	75	87	.463	17	691	1,979,320	Pete Rose, Tommy Helms
6	Atlanta Braves	63	97	.394	28	680	984,930	Russ Nixon

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