The National League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the most National League East titles (11). All of Atlanta's NL East titles came during a record stretch of reaching MLB playoffs 14 consecutive times (There were no playoffs in 1994 and the first three titles of that streak came when the Braves were in the National League West. The Washington Nationals won the East title in 2012.
During the two-division era, from 1969 to 1993, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates alone owned more than half of the division titles, having won a combined 15 of 25 championships during that span. They were also the only teams in the division to have won consecutive titles during that span.
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