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The 2003 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2003 season.The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The 2003 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 2003 postseason played between the Wild Card Boston Red Sox and the top-seeded New York Yankees from October 8 to 16, 2003.
The 2003 Major League Baseball season ended when the Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in a six-game World Series.The Detroit Tigers set the American League record for losses in a season, with 119, and the Marlins became the first team to win the championship twice as a wild card.
June 18 – Larry Doby, 79, Hall of Fame center fielder and a seven-time All-Star, and the first black player in American League history, debuting July 5, 1947; posted a career .283 batting average with 253 home runs and 970 RBI in 13 seasons, leading the AL in home runs twice and collecting 100 or more RBI five times; member of two Cleveland ...
The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League's (NL) Championship Series. The ALCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it changed to its current best-of-seven format.
The 2003 World Series (also known as the Centennial World Series) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 season. [1] The 99th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees; the Marlins upset the heavily-favored Yankees, four games to two.
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.
In 1995, an additional playoff series was added when MLB restructured into three divisions in each league. [9] As of 2022 [update] , the winners of the Eastern , Central , and Western Divisions , as well as the three AL Wild Card winners , play in the AL Division Series , a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play in the ...