Past Champions
Past Eastern League Champions
| Year | Regular Season Leader |
W
|
L
|
Pct.
|
Playoff Results |
| 2018 | Trenton (E) |
79
|
61
|
.564
|
New Hampshire defeated Trenton 3-0. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1. New Hampshire defeated Akron 3-0. |
| Altoona (W) |
78
|
60
|
.565
|
||
| 2017 | Trenton (E) |
92
|
48
|
.657
|
Trenton defeated Binghamton 3-1. Altoona defeated Bowie 3-0. Altoona defeated Trenton 3-0. |
| Altoona (W) |
74
|
66
|
.529
|
||
| 2016 | Reading (E) |
89
|
52
|
.631
|
Trenton defeated Reading 3-1. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1. Akron defeated Trenton 3-0. |
| Akron (W) |
77
|
64
|
.546
|
||
| 2015 | Reading (E) |
80
|
61
|
.567
|
Reading defeated Binghamton 3-0. Bowie defeated Altoona 3-1. Bowie defeated Reading 3-2. |
| Bowie (W) |
79
|
63
|
.556
|
||
| 2014 | Portland (E) |
88
|
54
|
.620
|
Binghamton defeated Portland 3-2. Richmond defeated Akron 3-1. Binghamton defeated Richmond 3-0. |
| Richmond (W) |
79
|
63
|
.556
|
||
| 2013 | Binghamton (E) |
86
|
55
|
.610
|
Trenton defeated Binghamton 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Erie 3-1. Trenton defeated Harrisburg 3-0. |
| Harrisburg (W) |
77
|
65
|
.542
|
||
| 2012 | Trenton (E) |
79
|
63
|
.556
|
Trenton defeated Reading 3-1. Akron defeated Bowie 3-2. Akron defeated Trenton 3-1. |
| Akron (W) |
82
|
59
|
.582
|
||
| 2011 | New Hampshire (E) |
77
|
65
|
.542
|
NH defeated Reading 3-1. Richmond defeated Harrisburg 3-0. NH defeated Richmond 3-1. |
| Harrisburg (W) |
80
|
62
|
.563
|
||
| 2010 | Altoona (W) |
82
|
60
|
.577
|
Altoona defeated Harrisburg 3-1. Trenton defeated New Hampshire 3-0. Altoona defeated Trenton 3-1. |
| Trenton (E) |
83
|
59
|
.585
|
||
| 2009 | Akron (S) |
89
|
53
|
.627
|
Akron defeated Reading 3-0. Connecticut defeated New Britain 3-1. Akron defeated Connecticut 3-1. |
| Connecticut (N) |
83
|
59
|
.585
|
||
| 2008 | Trenton (N) |
86
|
54
|
.614
|
Trenton defeated Portland 3-0. Akron defeated Bowie 3-1. Trenton defeated Akron 3-1. |
| Bowie (S) |
84
|
58
|
.592
|
||
| 2007 | Trenton (N) |
83
|
59
|
.585
|
Trenton defeated Portland 3-1. Akron defeated Erie 3-1. Trenton defeated Akron 3-1. |
| Erie (S) |
81
|
59
|
.579
|
||
| 2006 | Trenton (N) |
80
|
62
|
.563
|
Portland defeated Trenton 3-1. Akron defeated Altoona 3-2. Portland defeated Akron 3-2. |
| Akron (S) |
87
|
55
|
.613
|
||
| 2005 | Portland (N) |
76
|
66
|
.535
|
Portland defeated Trenton 3-2. Akron defeated Altoona 3-2. Akron defeated Portland 3-1. |
| Akron (S) |
84
|
58
|
.592
|
||
| 2004 | New Hampshire (N) |
84
|
57
|
.596
|
New Hampshire defeated Binghamton 3-1. Altoona defeated Erie 3-0. New Hampshire defeated Altoona 3-0. |
| Altoona (S) |
85
|
56
|
.603
|
||
| 2003 | New Haven (N) |
79
|
63
|
.556
|
New Haven defeated New Britain 3-2. Akron defeated Altoona 3-1. Akron defeated New Haven 3-0. |
| Akron (S) |
88
|
53
|
.624
|
||
| 2002 | Norwich (N) |
76
|
64
|
.543
|
Norwich defeated New Haven 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Akron 3-2. Norwich defeated Harrisburg 3-2. |
| Akron (S) |
93
|
48
|
.660
|
||
| 2001 | New Britain (N) |
87
|
55
|
.613
|
New Britain defeated Norwich 3-1. Reading defeated Erie |
| Erie (S) |
84
|
58
|
.592
|
3-1. New Britain and Reading declared Co-Champions | |
| due to stoppage of play in professional baseball. | |||||
| 2000 | Binghamton (N) |
82
|
58
|
.586
|
New Haven defeated Binghamton 3-1. Reading defeated Harrisburg 3-0. New Haven defeated Reading 3-1. |
| Reading (S) |
85
|
57
|
.599
|
||
| 1999 | Trenton (N) |
92
|
50
|
.648
|
Norwich defeated Trenton 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Erie 3-1. Harrisburg defeated Norwich 3-2. |
| Erie (S) |
81
|
61
|
.570
|
||
| 1998 | New Britain (N) |
83
|
59
|
.585
|
New Britain defeated Binghamton 3-1. Harrisburg defeated Akron 3-1. Harrisburg defeated New Britain 3-1. |
| Akron (S) |
81
|
60
|
.574
|
||
| 1997 | Portland (N) |
79
|
63
|
.556
|
Portland defeated Norwich 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Bowie 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Portland 3-1. |
| Harrisburg (S) |
86
|
56
|
.606
|
||
| 1996 | Portland (N) |
83
|
58
|
.589
|
Portland defeated Binghamton 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Trenton 3-1. Harrisburg defeated Portland 3-1. |
| Trenton (S) |
86
|
56
|
.606
|
||
| 1995 | Portland (N) |
86
|
56
|
.606
|
New Haven defeated Portland 3-1. Reading defeated Trenton 3-0. Reading defeated New Haven 3-2 |
| Trenton (S) |
73
|
69
|
.514
|
||
| Reading (S) |
73
|
69
|
.514
|
||
| 1994 | Binghamton (N) |
82
|
59
|
.582
|
Binghamton defeated New Haven 3-0. Harrisburg defeated Bowie 3-2. Binghamton defeated Harrisburg 3-1. |
| Harrisburg (S) |
88
|
51
|
.633
|
||
| 1993 | Harrisburg |
94
|
44
|
.681
|
Harrisburg defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. Canton-Akron defeated Bowie 3-2. Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. |
| Trenton (S) |
73
|
69
|
.514
|
||
|
|
|
|
|||
| 1992 | Canton-Akron |
80
|
58
|
.580
|
Binghamton defeated Harrisburg 3-1. Canton-Akron defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. Binghamton defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. |
| 1991 | Harrisburg |
87
|
53
|
.621
|
Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Hagerstown 3-0. Albany-Colonie defeated Harrisburg 3-0. |
| 1990 | Albany-Colonie |
79
|
60
|
.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
|
.657
|
Harrisburg defeated Canton-Akron 3-2. Albany-Colonie defeated Reading 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Harrisburg 3-1. |
| 1988 | Glens Falls |
80
|
57
|
.584
|
Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Glens Falls 3-1. Albany-Colonie defeated Vermont 3-1. |
| 1987 | Pittsfield |
87
|
51
|
.630
|
Harrisburg defeated Reading 3-2. Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-1. Harrisburg defeated Vermont 3-2. |
| 1986 | Reading |
77
|
59
|
.566
|
Vermont defeated Pittsfield 3-2. Reading defeated Glens Falls 3-1. Vermont defeated Reading 3-2. |
| 1985 | Albany-Colonie |
82
|
57
|
.590
|
Vermont defeated Albany-Colonie 3-1. New Britain defeated Waterbury 3-1. Vermont defeated New Britain 3-1. |
| 1984 | Albany-Colonie |
81
|
57
|
.587
|
Vermont defeated Albany-Colonie 3-0. Waterbury defeated Glens Falls 3-1. Vermont defeated Waterbury 3-2. |
| 1983 | Reading |
96
|
44
|
.686
|
New Britain defeated Reading 2-1. Lynn defeated Buffalo 2-0. New Britain defeated Lynn 3-1. |
| 1982 | West Haven |
86
|
54
|
.614
|
Lynn defeated Glens Falls 2-0. West Haven defeated Lynn 3-0. |
| 1981 | Glens Falls |
83
|
52
|
.615
|
Bristol defeated Reading 2-0. Bristol defeated Glens Falls 3-2. |
| 1980 | Bristol |
79
|
60
|
.568
|
Holyoke defeated Buffalo 2-0. Waterbury defeated Reading 2-0. Holyoke defeated Waterbury 2-1. |
| 1979 | West Haven (1st half) |
42
|
28
|
.600
|
No playoffs held |
| West Haven (2nd half) |
41
|
28
|
.594
|
||
| 1978 | Bristol (1st half) |
40
|
29
|
.580
|
Bristol defeated Reading 2-0. |
| Reading (2nd half) |
43
|
24
|
.642
|
||
| 1977 | West Haven (New Eng) |
86
|
52
|
.623
|
West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| Three Rivers (Can-Am) |
76
|
62
|
.551
|
||
| 1976 | Three Rivers (N) |
83
|
55
|
.601
|
West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| West Haven (S) |
80
|
59
|
.576
|
||
| 1975 | Reading (1st half) |
41
|
20
|
.672
|
Bristol defeated Reading 3-0. |
| Bristol (2nd half) |
46
|
27
|
.630
|
||
| 1974 | Bristol (Am) |
74
|
61
|
.548
|
Thetford Mines defeated Bristol 2-0. Pittsfield defeated Quebec City 2-0. Thetford Mines defeated Pittsfield 2-0. |
| Quebec City (Nat) |
76
|
64
|
.543
|
||
| 1973 | Pittsfield (Am) |
75
|
61
|
.551
|
Reading defeated Pittsfield 3-1. |
| Reading (Nat) |
76
|
62
|
.551
|
||
| 1972 | West Haven (Am) |
84
|
56
|
.600
|
West Haven defeated Three Rivers 3-0. |
| Three Rivers (Nat) |
76
|
60
|
.559
|
||
| 1971 | Elmira (Am) |
78
|
61
|
.561
|
Elmira defeated Three Rivers 3-1. |
| Three Rivers (Nat) |
78
|
59
|
.569
|
||
| 1970 | Waterbury |
79
|
62
|
.560
|
No playoffs held |
| 1969 | York |
89
|
50
|
.640
|
Playoffs cancelled after two games due to weather |
| 1968 | Pittsfield |
84
|
55
|
.604
|
Pittsfield defeated Elmira 2-0. Reading defeated Binghamton 2-0. Reading defeated Pittsfield 3-1. |
| 1967 | Binghamton (E) |
82
|
58
|
.586
|
Binghamton defeated Elmira 3-1. |
| Elmira (W) |
74
|
65
|
.532
|
||
| 1966 | Elmira |
88
|
51
|
.633
|
No playoffs held |
| 1965 | Pittsfield |
85
|
55
|
.607
|
No playoffs held |
| 1964 | Elmira |
82
|
58
|
.586
|
No playoffs held |
| 1963 | Charleston |
83
|
57
|
.593
|
No playoffs held |
| 1962 | Williamsport |
83
|
57
|
.593
|
Williamsport defeated Springfield 2-1. Elmira defeated York 2-1. Elmira defeated Williamsport 3-1. |
| 1961 | Springfield |
85
|
54
|
.612
|
No playoffs held |
| 1960 | Williamsport |
76
|
62
|
.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
|
.607
|
Springfield defeated Binghamton 3-0. Williamsport defeated Allentown 3-0. Springfield defeated Williamsport 3-1. |
| 1958 | Lancaster |
75
|
57
|
.568
|
Lancaster defeated York 3-1. Binghamton defeated Williamsport 3-0. Binghamton defeated Lancaster 3-2. |
| 1957 | Binghamton |
85
|
55
|
.607
|
Albany defeated Binghamton 3-2. Reading defeated Schenectady 3-0. Reading defeated Albany 3-1. |
| 1956 | Schenectady |
84
|
54
|
.609
|
Schenectady defeated Allentown 3-0. Reading defeated Binghamton 3-0. Schenectady defeated Reading 3-0. |
| 1955 | Reading |
84
|
53
|
.613
|
Schenectady defeated Reading 3-1. Allentown defeated Binghamton 3-1. Allentown defeated Schenectady 3-2. |
| 1954 | Wilkes-Barre |
80
|
59
|
.576
|
Albany defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-2. Reading defeated Elmira 4-0. Albany defeated Reading 4-1. |
| 1953 | Reading |
101
|
47
|
.682
|
Reading defeated Schenectady 4-2. Binghamton defeated Albany 4-1. Binghamton defeated Reading 4-2. |
| 1952 | Albany |
82
|
54
|
.603
|
Reading defeated Albany 4-1. Binghamton defeated Schenectady 4-3. Binghamton defeated Reading 4-1. |
| 1951 | Wilkes-Barre |
85
|
54
|
.612
|
Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. Scranton defeated Hartford 4-0. Scranton defeated Elmira 4-0. |
| 1950 | Wilkes-Barre |
90
|
48
|
.652
|
Wilkes-Barre defeated Hartford 4-2. Binghamton defeated Albany 4-1. Wilkes-Barre defeated Binghamton 4-1. |
| 1949 | Albany |
93
|
47
|
.664
|
Wilkes-Barre defeated Albany 4-0. Binghamton defeated Scranton 4-0. Binghamton defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. |
| 1948 | Scranton |
89
|
51
|
.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
|
.652
|
Utica defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-2. Albany defeated Scranton 4-3. Utica defeated Albany 4-3. |
| 1946 | Scranton |
96
|
43
|
.691
|
Scranton defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-0. Hartford defeated Albany 4-2. Scranton defeated Hartford 4-1. |
| 1945 | Utica |
83
|
52
|
.615
|
Albany defeated Utica 4-2. Wilkes-Barre defeated Hartford 4-2. Albany defeated Wilkes-Barre 4-3. |
| 1944 | Hartford |
99
|
38
|
.729
|
Binghamton defeated Albany 3-0. Utica defeated Hartford 3-2. Binghamton defeated Utica 4-2. |
| 1943 | Scranton |
87
|
51
|
.630
|
Scranton defeated Hartford 3-1. Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-2. Elmira defeated Scranton 4-2. |
| 1942 | Albany |
84
|
56
|
.600
|
Scranton defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-0. Binghamton defeated Albany 3-2. Scranton defeated Binghamton 4-1. |
| 1941 | Wilkes-Barre |
87
|
51
|
.630
|
Elmira defeated Wilkes-Barre 3-0. Williamsport defeated Scranton 3-0. Elmira defeated Williamsport 4-3. |
| 1940 | Scranton |
79
|
60
|
.568
|
Binghamton defeated Albany 3-1. Hartford defeated Scranton 3-1. Binghamton defeated Hartford 4-1. |
| 1939 | Scranton |
80
|
60
|
.571
|
Scranton defeated Springfield 3-2. Albany defeated Elmira 3-2. Scranton defeated Albany 4-1. |
| 1938 | Binghamton |
84
|
51
|
.622
|
Elmira defeated Binghamton 3-2. |
| 1937 | Elmira |
84
|
51
|
.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
|
.609
|
Scranton defeated Elmira 4-0. |
| Elmira (2nd half) |
44
|
26
|
.629
|
||
| 1935 | Scranton (1st half) |
44
|
23
|
.657
|
Binghamton defeated Scranton 4-3. |
| Binghamton (2nd half) |
40
|
29
|
.580
|
||
| 1934 | Binghamton (1st half) |
41
|
28
|
.594
|
Williamsport defeated Binghamton 4-2. |
| Williamsport (2nd half) |
41
|
27
|
.603
|
||
| 1933 | Binghamton |
79
|
55
|
.590
|
No playoffs held |
| 1932 | Wilkes-Barre |
78
|
61
|
.561
|
No playoffs held |
| 1931 | Harrisburg |
83
|
56
|
.597
|
No playoffs held |
| 1930 | Wilkes-Barre |
79
|
59
|
.572
|
No playoffs held |
| 1929 | Binghamton |
83
|
56
|
.597
|
No playoffs held |
| 1928 | Harrisburg |
82
|
54
|
.603
|
No playoffs held |
| 1927 | Harrisburg |
87
|
51
|
.630
|
No playoffs held |
| 1926 | Scranton |
84
|
50
|
.627
|
No playoffs held |
| 1925 | York |
77
|
55
|
.583
|
York defeated Williamsport 3-1. |
| Williamsport |
77
|
55
|
.583
|
||
| 1924 | Williamsport |
87
|
46
|
.654
|
No playoffs held |
| 1923 | Williamsport |
82
|
42
|
.661
|
No playoffs held |