color1616 = [0, 0, 0]/255;
color1617 = [200, 8, 16]/255;
color1618 = [0, 23, 66]/255;
color1619 = [116, 180, 250]/255;
color1620 = [7, 39, 84]/255;
commonstyle = struct( 'Marker', 'none', 'MarkerSize', 4, 'MarkerEdgeColor', 'w' );
line( time1616, data1616, 'Color', color1616, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1616, commonstyle );
line( time1617, data1617, 'Color', color1617, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1617, commonstyle );
line( time1618, data1618, 'Color', color1618, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1618, commonstyle );
line( time1619, data1619, 'Color', color1619, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1619, commonstyle );
line( time1620, data1620, 'Color', color1620, 'MarkerFaceColor', color1620, commonstyle );

set(gca, 'YDir', 'reverse');
ylabel( 'Games Back' );
ylm = get(gca, 'YLim');
set(gca, 'YLim', [-0.5 ylm(2)+0.5]);
set(gca, 'YTick', 0:0.5:ylm(2));
if ylm(2) > 10
  labels = cellstr(get(gca, 'YTickLabel'));
  labels(2:2:end) = {''};
  set(gca, 'YTickLabel', labels);
end
times = [time1616(:); time1617(:); time1618(:); time1619(:); time1620(:)];
set(gca, 'XLim', [min(times) max(times)]);
set(gca, 'Position', get(gca, 'Position').*[1 1 0.80 1]);

names = {'Chicago White Sox', 'Cleveland Indians', 'Detroit Tigers', 'Kansas City Royals', 'Minnesota Twins' };
[C, IA, IC] = unique([data1616(end), data1617(end), data1618(end), data1619(end), data1620(end)]);
for idx = 1 : numel( C )
    text( max(times) + 0.02*(max(times)-min(times)), C(idx), names(IC == idx) );
end

datetick('x','keeplimits')