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Billy Bean standing with the NLCS logo at Dodger Stadium in 2016. The National League Championship Series (NLCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the winners of the two National League (NL) Division Series.
The trophy is named for Warren Giles, the league president from 1951 to 1969, and is presented immediately after each NL Championship Series (NLCS) by Warren's son Bill Giles, the honorary league president and former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. [1] From 1876 through 1968, the pennant was awarded to the team with the best regular-season ...
From the pitcher's mound, Steve Avery threw 16 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings without giving up a run in the 1991 NLCS, [8] and John Smoltz amassed 19 strikeouts the following year. [9] Liván Hernández won the 1997 NLCS MVP after winning his only start and earning a win out of the bullpen in relief; he struck out 16 in 10 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings.
The Arizona Diamondbacks qualified for the postseason as the sixth seed wild card entrant with an 84–78 record. In the Wild Card Series, they swept the third-seeded and National League Central division winner Milwaukee Brewers, and then swept and upset the second-seeded and National League West division winner 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series to reach the National League ...
Warren C. Giles Trophy; League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award; ... Template:NLCS This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, at 23:15 (UTC). ...
This series marks the fourth postseason meeting between the Dodgers and the Mets. This NLCS marks a rematch of the 1988 NLCS, which the Dodgers won in seven games en route to their World Series title. The other previous postseason meetings were in the 2006 NLDS and, most recently, the 2015 NLDS, both of which the Mets won. They swept the former ...
The 2021 National League Championship Series was the best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2021 postseason between the third-seeded Atlanta Braves and the defending World Series champion and fourth-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers, for the National League pennant and the right to play in the 2021 World Series.
4.20 NLCS MVP Award. 4.21 Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award. 4.22 DHL Hometown Heroes (2006) ... 1969 – National League Championship Series Trophy;