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Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures are used by Major League Baseball (MLB) to break ties between teams for qualification and seeding into the MLB postseason.The procedures in use since 2022, when a third wild card team and resulting Wild Card Series were added for both the American League and National League, are outlined below.
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
One-game playoffs were used in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2021 season. When two or more MLB teams were tied for a division championship or the wild card playoff berth (1995–2011, or starting in 2012, the second only) at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the winner.
This story was updated to reflect standings as of Friday, Sept. 20 at 8:00 a.m., as well as correct tiebreaker scenarios. As the MLB postseason draws nearer, fans are shaking, waiting for playoff ...
MLB tiebreakers. Major League Baseball’s tiebreaking procedures are fairly simple. If two teams, regardless of division, finish with the same record, the team that won the season series wins a ...
If the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants finish the regular season with the same record, they'll play a one-game tiebreaker Oct. 4 at Oracle Park.
No game is played if both teams are guaranteed to go to the playoffs. This happened in 2001 Major League Baseball season when the Houston Astros (9–7 against STL) and St. Louis Cardinals (7–9 against HOU) tied for first in the National League Central with records of 93–69.
1948 American League tie-breaker game; 1951 National League tie-breaker series; 1959 National League tie-breaker series; 1962 National League tie-breaker series; 1978 American League East tie-breaker game; 1980 National League West tie-breaker game; 1995 American League West tie-breaker game; 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game