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A single wild card game was instituted in 2012. This became a best-of-three playoff wild card series in 2020 as a one-off, and became permanent (albeit with fewer teams playing than in the 2020 series) starting in the 2022 season. [1] [2] [3] There are two wild card series each, in the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The lowest ...
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 other division winner in both the American League and National League (No. 3 seed) faces the third wild card team, or No. 6 seed, in a wild card series. The other two wild card teams in each ...
The postseason format starts with wild card series featuring the three wild card playoff teams from each league, along with the lowest-seeded division record. At this stage, the higher seed will ...
A wild card standings template, such as Template:2013 AL Wild Card standings, consists of a division leaders table and a wild card standings table. To create the division leaders table, use the {{MLB standings}} template as shown in the usage example above. The teams must be listed in the desired output order.
American League. No. 1 seed: Houston Astros (AL West clinched) No. 2 seed: New York Yankees (AL East clinched) Wild card series: No. 3 Cleveland Guardians (AL Central clinched) vs. No. 6 Seattle ...
A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002 to 2007. The 2002, 2014, and 2023 World Series have been the only times when both teams were wild cards. The Baltimore Orioles, in 1996, were the first wild card team to win a Division Series. The Marlins, in 1997, were the first wild card team to reach and first to win the World ...
November 2: World Series Game 7 (if necessary) MLB playoff picture: Wild card standings, latest 2024 division standings This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB playoff format ...