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It is contested by the winners of the two National League (NL) Division Series. The winner of the NLCS wins the NL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the American League's (AL) Championship Series. The NLCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it ...
The modern World Series began in 1903, when the National League recognized the upstart American League, founded in 1901. There was an earlier "World's Championship Series" played between the pennant winners of the NL and the American Association 1884–1890; from 1894 to 1897 the NL's first- and second-place teams played a postseason series for ...
National League teams have won 52 of the 120 World Series championships contested from 1903 to 2024. For decades, Major League baseball clubs only played teams from their own league during the regular season and most of the playoffs, with only their champions facing off in the World Series.
Pages in category "National League Championship Series" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 2020 National League Championship Series was the best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball’s 2020 postseason between the two National League Division Series winners, the second-seeded Atlanta Braves and the overall #1 seed Los Angeles Dodgers, for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2020 World Series.
Those series wins came in the 2002 National League Championship Series, the 2012 National League Championship Series, and the 2014 National League Championship Series. Coincidentally, a play similar to what sparked Will Clark and José Oquendo brawl in 1988 happened in the 2012 NLCS when Cardinals' left fielder Matt Holliday slid late into ...
The 1998 National League Championship Series (NLCS), to determine the champion of the National League in Major League Baseball’s 1998 postseason, was played from October 7 to 14 between the East Division champion and top-seeded Atlanta Braves and the West Division champion and third-seeded San Diego Padres.
The 1993 National League Championship Series was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball’s 1993 postseason played between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. The Phillies stunned the 104-win Braves, who were bidding for their third consecutive World Series appearance, and won the NLCS, 4–2.