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Beginning in 2012, a second wild card team was added to each league. [2] The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet the number one seed in the Division Series. For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division ...
Through the 2021 postseason, Wild Card Game winners have gone on to compile an overall 9–9 record in League Division Series, with Wild Card Game winners going 4–5 in the ALDS and 5–4 in the NLDS. Two Wild Card Game winners have gone on to win the World Series (the 2014 Giants and the 2019 Nationals).
A "wild card" rule was used in the 1981 season after a players' strike wiped out the "middle third" of the season. The owners decided that the winners (in each division) of each "half" of the abbreviated season would make the playoffs, with the caveat that if the same team won both halves then that division's team with the second-best record from the second half would enter the playoffs as a ...
The winners of each league's wild card rounds advance to face the two best division winners in that league's Division Series. Entering September 30, the day before the Wild Card Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks had finished their season with 89 wins, while the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were tied with 88 wins.
The winners there advance to the World Series, which will also use the traditional best-of-seven structure. ... Wild Card Series (Best-of-3): October 1: ALWC A & B Game 1, ...
The winners of each league's wild card rounds advance to face the two best division winners in that league's Division Series. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch (pictured in 2015 with the Astros) The Houston Astros (88–73) qualified for the postseason as the American League West division winner, clinching the division by beating the Seattle Mariners ...
The wild card series is a best-of-three games format, with the first team to win two games advancing to the division series. All games in the wild card series are played at the home stadium of the ...
The winners of each league's wild card rounds advance to face the two best division winners in that league's Division Series. The Minnesota Twins (87–75) clinched the postseason for the first time since 2020 by winning the AL Central on September 23. [ 2 ]