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The 1986 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1986 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
April 7 – On Opening Day at Tiger Stadium, Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox achieves a major league first by hitting a home run off Jack Morris on the first pitch of the season. [ 27 ] April 29 – Roger Clemens , age 23, struck out twenty Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park to set a major league record for a nine-inning game.
The Major League Baseball postseason is an elimination tournament conducted after the regular season, by which MLB determines its World Series champion for a given year.. The MLB postseason format has evolved throughout its history, with the number of participating teams increasing from two (for its first six-plus decades) to the current 12, with a special format in 2020 having 16.
The 1986 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 1986 postseason between the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels for the right to advance to the 1986 World Series to face the winner of the 1986 National League Championship Series. The Red Sox came in with a 95–66 record and the ...
Top three reach playoffs Baltimore Orioles (90-71) : +4 games – clinched postseason spot Sept. 25 Detroit Tigers (86-74) : +1 game – clinched postseason spot Sept. 27
Here's a full look at the MLB playoff picture: (Through games played Sept. 16) AL wild card standings. Top three reach playoffs. Baltimore Orioles (84-66): + 5 games. Kansas City Royals (82-69 ...
This is a list of seasons of Major League Baseball 1870s. Year ... 1986: Boston Red Sox: New York Mets: New York Mets ... 2024: New York Yankees: Los Angeles Dodgers ...
MLB playoff bracket: *Standings subject to change. American League Wild Card: No. 6 Kansas City Royals vs. No. 3 Houston Astros. No. 5 Detroit Tigers vs. No. 4 Baltimore Orioles. American League Byes: