Eastern League History
Eastern League Past Champions
Past Eastern League Champions
| Year | Regular Season Leader | W | L | Pct. | Playoff Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Trenton (E) | 79 | 61 | 0.564 | New Hampshire defeated Trenton 3-0. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1 |
| Altoona (W) | 78 | 60 | 0.565 | New Hampshire defeated Akron 3-0. | |
| 2017 | Trenton (E) | 92 | 48 | 0.657 | Trenton defeated Binghamton 3-1. Altoona defeated Bowie 3-0 |
| Altoona (W) | 74 | 66 | 0.529 | Altoona defeated Trenton 3-0. | |
| 2016 | Reading (E) | 89 | 52 | 0.631 | Trenton defeated Reading 3-1. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1. |
| Akron (W) | 77 | 64 | 0.546 | Akron defeated Trenton 3-0. | |
| 2015 | Reading (E) | 80 | 61 | 0.567 | Reading defeated Binghamton 3-0. Bowie defeated Altoona 3-1 |
| Bowie (W) | 79 | 63 | 0.556 | Bowie defeated Reading 3-2. | |
| 2014 | Portland (E) | 88 | 54 | 0.62 | Binghamton defeated Portland 3-2. Richmond defeated Akron 3-1 |
| Richmond (W) | 79 | 63 | 0.556 | Binghamton defeated Richmond 3-0. | |
| 2013 | Binghamton (E) | 86 | 55 | 0.61 | Trenton defeated Binghamton 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Erie 3-1 |
| Harrisburg (W) | 77 | 65 | 0.542 | Trenton defeated Harrisburg 3-0. | |
| 2012 | Trenton (E) | 79 | 63 | 0.556 | Trenton defeated Reading 3-1. Akron defeated Bowie 3-2. |
| Akron (W) | 82 | 59 | 0.582 | Akron defeated Trenton 3-1. | |
| 2011 | New Hampshire (E) | 77 | 65 | 0.542 | NH defeated Reading 3-1. Richmond defeated Harrisburg 3-0. |
| Harrisburg (W) | 80 | 62 | 0.563 | NH defeated Richmond 3-1. | |
| 2010 | Altoona (W) | 82 | 60 | 0.577 | Altoona defeated Harrisburg 3-1. Trenton defeated New Hampshire 3-0. |
| Trenton (E) | 83 | 59 | 0.585 | Altoona defeated Trenton 3-1. | |
| 2009 | Akron (S) | 89 | 53 | 0.627 | Akron defeated Reading 3-0. Connecticut defeated New Britain 3-1. |
| Connecticut (N) | 83 | 59 | 0.585 | Akron defeated Connecticut 3-1. | |
| 2008 | Trenton (N) | 86 | 54 | 0.614 | Trenton defeated Portland 3-0. Akron defeated Bowie |
| Bowie (S) | 84 | 58 | 0.592 | 3-1. Trenton defeated Akron 3-1. | |
| 2007 | Trenton (N) | 83 | 59 | 0.585 | Trenton defeated Portland 3-1. Akron defeated Erie 3-1. Trenton defeated Akron 3-1. |
| Erie (S) | 81 | 59 | 0.579 | ||
| 2006 | Trenton (N) | 80 | 62 | 0.563 | Portland defeated Trenton 3-1. Akron defeated Altoona |
| Akron (S) | 87 | 55 | 0.613 | 3-2. Portland defeated Akron 3-2. | |
| 2005 | Portland (N) | 76 | 66 | 0.535 | Portland defeated Trenton 3-2. Akron defeated Altoona |
| Akron (S) | 84 | 58 | 0.592 | 3-2. Akron defeated Portland 3-1. | |
| 2004 | New Hampshire (N) | 84 | 57 | 0.596 | New Hampshire defeated Binghamton 3-1. Altoona defeated Erie 3-0. |
| Altoona (S) | 85 | 56 | 0.603 | New Hampshire defeated Altoona 3-0. | |
| 2003 | New Haven (N) | 79 | 63 | 0.556 | New Haven defeated New Britain 3-2. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1. |
| Akron (S) | 88 | 53 | 0.624 | Akron defeated New Haven 3-0. | |
| 2002 | Norwich (N) | 76 | 64 | 0.543 | Norwich defeated New Haven 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Akron 3-2. |
| Akron (S) | 93 | 48 | 0.66 | Norwich defeated Harrisburg 3-2. | |
| 2001 | New Britain (N) | 87 | 55 | 0.613 | New Britain defeated Norwich 3-1. Reading defeated Erie |
| Erie (S) | 84 | 58 | 0.592 | 3-1. New Britain and Reading declared Co-Champions | |
| due to stoppage of play in professional baseball. | |||||
| 2000 | Binghamton (N) | 82 | 58 | 0.586 | New Haven defeated Binghamton 3-1. Reading defeated Harrisburg 3-0. |
| Reading (S) | 85 | 57 | 0.599 | New Haven defeated Reading 3-1. | |
| 1999 | Trenton (N) | 92 | 50 | 0.648 | Norwich defeated Trenton 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Erie 3-1. |
| Erie (S) | 81 | 61 | 0.57 | Harrisburg defeated Norwich 3-2. | |
| 1998 | New Britain (N) | 83 | 59 | 0.585 | New Britain defeated Binghamton 3-1. Harrisburg defeated Akron 3-1. |
| Akron (S) | 81 | 60 | 0.574 | Harrisburg defeated New Britain 3-1. | |
| 1997 | Portland (N) | 79 | 63 | 0.556 | Portland defeated Norwich 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Bowie 3-2. |
| Harrisburg (S) | 86 | 56 | 0.606 | Harrisburg defeated Portland 3-1. | |
| 1996 | Portland (N) | 83 | 58 | 0.589 | Portland defeated Binghamton 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Trenton 3-1. |
| Trenton (S) | 86 | 56 | 0.606 | Harrisburg defeated Portland 3-1. | |
| 1995 | Portland (N) | 86 | 56 | 0.606 | New Haven defeated Portland 3-1. Reading defeated Trenton 3-0. |
| Trenton (S) | 73 | 69 | 0.514 | Reading defeated New Haven 3-2 | |
| Reading (S) | 73 | 69 | 0.514 | ||
| 1994 | Binghamton (N) | 82 | 59 | 0.582 | Binghamton defeated New Haven 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Bowie 3-2. |
| Harrisburg (S) | 88 | 51 | 0.633 | Binghamton defeated Harrisburg 3-1. | |
| 1993 | Harrisburg | 94 | 44 | 0.681 | Harrisburg defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. Canton-Akron defeated Bowie 3-2. |
| Trenton (S) | 73 | 69 | 0.514 | Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. | |
| 1992 | Canton-Akron | 80 | 58 | 0.58 | Binghamton defeated Harrisburg 3-1. Canton-Akron defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. |
| Binghamton defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. | |||||
| 1991 | Harrisburg | 87 | 53 | 0.621 | Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Hagerstown 3-0. |
| Albany-Colonie defeated Harrisburg 3-0. | |||||
| 1990 | Albany-Colonie | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | New Britain defeated Albany-Colonie 3-2. London defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. |
| London defeated New Britain 3-0. | |||||
| 1989 | Albany-Colonie | 92 | 48 | 0.657 | Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. Albany-Colonie defeated Reading 3-1. |
| Albany-Colonie defeated Harrisburg 3-1. | |||||
| 1988 | Glens Falls | 80 | 57 | 0.584 | Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Glens Falls 3-1. |
| Albany-Colonie defeated Vermont 3-1. | |||||
| 1987 | Pittsfield | 87 | 51 | 0.63 | Harrisburg defeated Reading 3-2. Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-1. |
| Harrisburg defeated Vermont 3-2. | |||||
| 1986 | Reading | 77 | 59 | 0.566 | Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-2. Reading defeated Glens Falls 3-1. |
| Vermont defeated Reading 3-2. | |||||
| 1985 | Albany-Colonie | 82 | 57 | 0.59 | Vermont defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. New Britain defeated Waterbury 3-1. |
| Vermont defeated New Britain 3-1. | |||||
| 1984 | Albany-Colonie | 81 | 57 | 0.587 | Vermont defeated Albany-Colonie 3-0. Waterbury defeated Glens Falls 3-1. |
| Vermont defeated Waterbury 3-2. | |||||
| 1983 | Reading | 96 | 44 | 0.686 | New Britain defeated Reading 2-1. Lynn defeated Buffalo 2-0. |
| New Britain defeated Lynn 3-1. | |||||
| 1982 | West Haven | 86 | 54 | 0.614 | Lynn defeated Glens Falls 2-0. West Haven defeated Lynn 3-0. |
| 1981 | Glens Falls | 83 | 52 | 0.615 | Bristol defeated Reading 2-0. Bristol defeated Glens Falls 3-2. |
| 1980 | Bristol | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | Holyoke defeated Buffalo 2-0. Waterbury defeated Reading 2-0. |
| Holyoke defeated Waterbury 2-1. | |||||
| 1979 | West Haven (1st half) | 42 | 28 | 0.6 | No playoffs held |
| West Haven (2nd half) | 41 | 28 | 0.594 | ||
| 1978 | Bristol (1st half) | 40 | 29 | 0.58 | Bristol defeated Reading 2-0. |
| Reading (2nd half) | 43 | 24 | 0.642 | ||
| 1977 | West Haven (New Eng) | 86 | 52 | 0.623 | West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| Three Rivers (Can-Am) | 76 | 62 | 0.551 | ||
| 1976 | Three Rivers (N) | 83 | 55 | 0.601 | West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| West Haven (S) | 80 | 59 | 0.576 | ||
| 1975 | Reading (1st half) | 41 | 20 | 0.672 | Bristol defeated Reading 3-0. |
| Bristol (2nd half) | 46 | 27 | 0.63 | ||
| 1974 | Bristol (Am) | 74 | 61 | 0.548 | Thetford Mines defeated Bristol 2-0. Pittsfield defeated Quebec City 2-0. |
| Quebec City (Nat) | 76 | 64 | 0.543 | Thetford Mines defeated Pittsfield 2-0. | |
| 1973 | Pittsfield (Am) | 75 | 61 | 0.551 | Reading defeated Pittsfield 3-1. |
| Reading (Nat) | 76 | 62 | 0.551 | ||
| 1972 | West Haven (Am) | 84 | 56 | 0.6 | West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| Three Rivers (Nat) | 76 | 60 | 0.559 | ||
| 1971 | Elmira (Am) | 78 | 61 | 0.561 | Elmira defeated Three Rivers 3-1. |
| Three Rivers (Nat) | 78 | 59 | 0.569 | ||
| 1970 | Waterbury | 79 | 62 | 0.56 | No playoffs held |
| 1969 | York | 89 | 50 | 0.64 | Playoffs cancelled after two games due to weather |
| 1968 | Pittsfield | 84 | 55 | 0.604 | Pittsfield defeated Elmira 2-0. Reading defeated Binghamton 2-0. |
| Reading defeated Pittsfield 3-1. | |||||
| 1967 | Binghamton (E) | 82 | 58 | 0.586 | Binghamton defeated Elmira 3-1. |
| Elmira (W) | 74 | 65 | 0.532 | ||
| 1966 | Elmira | 88 | 51 | 0.633 | No playoffs held |
| 1965 | Pittsfield | 85 | 55 | 0.607 | No playoffs held |
| 1964 | Elmira | 82 | 58 | 0.586 | No playoffs held |
| 1963 | Charleston | 83 | 57 | 0.593 | No playoffs held |
| 1962 | Williamsport | 83 | 57 | 0.593 | Williamsport defeated Springfield 2-1. Elmira defeated York 2-1. |
| Elmira defeated Williamsport 3-1. | |||||
| 1961 | Springfield | 85 | 54 | 0.612 | No playoffs held |
| 1960 | Williamsport | 76 | 62 | 0.551 | Williamsport defeated Reading 2-0. Springfield defeated Binghamton 2-1. |
| Williamsport and Springfield declared Co-Champions due to inclement weather. | |||||
| 1959 | Springfield | 85 | 55 | 0.607 | Springfield defeated Binghamton 3-0. Williamsport defeated Allentown 3-0. |
| Springfield defeated Williamsport 3-1. | |||||
| 1958 | Lancaster | 75 | 57 | 0.568 | Lancaster defeated York 3-1. Binghamton defeated Williamsport 3-0. |
| Binghamton defeated Lancaster 3-2. | |||||
| 1957 | Binghamton | 85 | 55 | 0.607 | Albany defeated Binghamton 3-2. Reading defeated Schenectady 3-0. |
| Reading defeated Albany 3-1. | |||||
| 1956 | Schenectady | 84 | 54 | 0.609 | Schenectady defeated Allentown 3-0. Reading defeated Binghamton 3-0. |
| Schenectady defeated Reading 3-0. | |||||
| 1955 | Reading | 84 | 53 | 0.613 | Schenectady defeated Reading 3-1. Allentown defeated Binghamton 3-1. |
| Allentown defeated Schenectady 3-2. | |||||
| 1954 | Wilkes-Barre | 80 | 59 | 0.576 | Albany defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-2. Reading defeated Elmira 4-0. |
| Albany defeated Reading 4-1. | |||||
| 1953 | Reading | 101 | 47 | 0.682 | Reading defeated Schenectady 4-2. Binghamton defeated Albany 4-1. |
| Binghamton defeated Reading 4-2. | |||||
| 1952 | Albany | 82 | 54 | 0.603 | Reading defeated Albany 4-1. Binghamton defeated Schenectady 4-3. |
| Binghamton defeated Reading 4-1. | |||||
| 1951 | Wilkes-Barre | 85 | 54 | 0.612 | Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. Scranton defeated Hartford 4-0. |
| Scranton defeated Elmira 4-0. | |||||
| 1950 | Wilkes-Barre | 90 | 48 | 0.652 | Wilkes-Barre defeated Hartford 4-2. Binghamton defeated Albany 4-1. |
| Wilkes-Barre defeated Binghamton 4-1. | |||||
| 1949 | Albany | 93 | 47 | 0.664 | Wilkes-Barre defeated Albany 4-0. Binghamton defeated Scranton 4-0. |
| Binghamton defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. | |||||
| 1948 | Scranton | 89 | 51 | 0.636 | Hartford defeated Williamsport in a one game playoff for fourth place. |
| Scranton defeated Utica 4-1. Albany defeated Hartford 4-3. | |||||
| Scranton defeated Albany 4-0. | |||||
| 1947 | Utica | 90 | 48 | 0.652 | Utica defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-2. Albany defeated Scranton 4-3. |
| Utica defeated Albany 4-3. | |||||
| 1946 | Scranton | 96 | 43 | 0.691 | Scranton defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-0. Hartford defeated Albany 4-2. |
| Scranton defeated Hartford 4-1. | |||||
| 1945 | Utica | 83 | 52 | 0.615 | Albany defeated Utica 4-2. Wilkes-Barre defeated Hartford 4-2. |
| Albany defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. | |||||
| 1944 | Hartford | 99 | 38 | 0.729 | Binghamton defeated Albany 3-0. Utica defeated Hartford 3-2. |
| Binghamton defeated Utica 4-2. | |||||
| 1943 | Scranton | 87 | 51 | 0.63 | Scranton defeated Hartford 3-1. Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-2. |
| .Elmira defeated Scranton 4-2. | |||||
| 1942 | Albany | 84 | 56 | 0.6 | Scranton defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-0. Binghamton defeated Albany 3-2. |
| Scranton defeated Binghamton 4-1. | |||||
| 1941 | Wilkes-Barre | 87 | 51 | 0.63 | Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-0. Williamsport defeated Scranton 3-0. |
| Elmira defeated Williamsport 4-3. | |||||
| 1940 | Scranton | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | Binghamton defeated Albany 3-1. Hartford defeated Scranton 3-1. |
| Binghamton defeated Hartford 4-1. | |||||
| 1939 | Scranton | 80 | 60 | 0.571 | Scranton defeated Springfield 3-2. Albany defeated Elmira 3-2. |
| Scranton defeated Albany 4-1. | |||||
| 1938 | Binghamton | 84 | 51 | 0.622 | Elmira defeated Binghamton 3-2. |
| 1937 | Elmira | 84 | 51 | 0.622 | Binghamton defeated Williamsport in a one game playoff for fourth place. |
| Elmira defeated Hazelton 3-1. Wilkes-Barre defeated Binghamton 3-1. | |||||
| Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-1. | |||||
| 1936 | Scranton (1st half) | 42 | 27 | 0.609 | Scranton defeated Elmira 4-0. |
| Elmira (2nd half) | 44 | 26 | 0.629 | ||
| 1935 | Scranton (1st half) | 44 | 23 | 0.657 | Binghamton defeated Scranton 4-3. |
| Binghamton (2nd half) | 40 | 29 | 0.58 | ||
| 1934 | Binghamton (1st half) | 41 | 28 | 0.594 | Williamsport defeated Binghamton 4-2. |
| Williamsport (2nd half) | 41 | 27 | 0.603 | ||
| 1933 | Binghamton | 79 | 55 | 0.59 | No playoffs held |
| 1932 | Wilkes-Barre | 78 | 61 | 0.561 | No playoffs held |
| 1931 | Harrisburg | 83 | 56 | 0.597 | No playoffs held |
| 1930 | Wilkes-Barre | 79 | 59 | 0.572 | No playoffs held |
| 1929 | Binghamton | 83 | 56 | 0.597 | No playoffs held |
| 1928 | Harrisburg | 82 | 54 | 0.603 | No playoffs held |
| 1927 | Harrisburg | 87 | 51 | 0.63 | No playoffs held |
| 1926 | Scranton | 84 | 50 | 0.627 | No playoffs held |
| 1925 | York | 77 | 55 | 0.583 | York defeated Williamsport 3-1. |
| Williamsport | 77 | 55 | 0.583 | ||
| 1924 | Williamsport | 87 | 46 | 0.654 | No playoffs held |
| 1923 | Williamsport | 82 | 42 | 0.661 | No playoffs held |
Eastern League History