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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.
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Here, the intra-division tiebreaker at the bottom of the previous section is used. This determines the first and second seed. There is a clear winner of the first seed, but the remaining two division winners have the same record. Again, the intra-division tiebreaker at the bottom of the previous section is used.
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.
1 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game, 2018 National League West tie-breaker game
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 ...