MLB DIVISION SERIES HISTORY

Every Division Series in Major League Baseball History | Baseball Almanac

October belongs to Major League Baseball. Why? Because that is when the postseason begins for the top teams that make the playoffs. Until 1969, when there were no divisions, the team finishing with the best record in each league won that league's pennant and faced the other league's pennant winner in the Fall Classic.

In 1969, however, the sport experienced a major shift in its post-season process after both the American and National Leagues added two more teams each and reorganized into two divisions, the East and West. As a result, the winners in each division were now required to play each other in a best-of-five League Championship Series to determine who would advance to the World Series. In 1985, the format was changed to a best-of-seven contest, where it has remained to this day.

Technically, the first division series were in the strike-interrupted year of 1981. Due to the two-month strike, Major League owners elected to split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series. The winner of each of these series was then the division winner facing the other division winner in the League Championship Series. However, there would be no more division series until 1995.

Beginning with the 1994 season, baseball added a third division, the Central, to accommodate the introduction of expansion teams and realignment. Because of the strike that season, there were no postseason games. Thus the Divisional Series premiered in 1995, adding another elimination round to the playoffs. The American League Division Series and National League Division Series have given birth to many memorable moments.

How does it currently work? The Divisional Series is a best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team. Typically, the wild-card team plays the division leader with the best winning percentage in one series, and the other two division leaders play the other series. However, if the wild-card team and the division leader with the best record are from the same division, the wild-card team plays the next winningest division leader, and the remaining two division leaders play. The teams with the better winning percentage get homefield advantage (home team for games 1, 2 and 5). The two Division Series winners move on to the best-of-seven League Championship Series to determine the pennant winner and league representative for the World Series.

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"Perhaps this latest wild-card wackiness will prove to be little more than an unfortunate rain delay, but don't wait till next year; this may be our last and best September." - Columnist Walter Shapiro in Time Magazine (October 1993)

Division Series History

1981 - 2023

New York
  East (1-0)
3 Oakland
  West (1-0)
3 Montreal
  East (1-0)
3 Los Angeles
  West (1-0)
3
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  East (0-1)
2 Kansas City
  West (0-1)
0 Philadelphia
  East (0-1)
2 Houston
  West (0-1)
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Cleveland
  Central (1-0)
3 Seattle
  West (1-0)
3 Cincinnati
  Central (1-0)
3 Atlanta
  East (1-0)
3
Boston
  East (0-1)
0 New York
  Wildcard (1-1)
2 Los Angeles
  West (1-1)
0 Colorado
  Wildcard (0-1)
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New York
  East (2-1)
3 Baltimore
  Wildcard (1-0)
3 St. Louis
  Central (1-0)
3 Atlanta
  East (2-0)
3
Texas
  West (0-1)
1 Cleveland
  Central (1-1)
1 San Diego
  West (0-1)
0 Los Angeles
  Wildcard (1-2)
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Cleveland
  Central (2-1)
3 Baltimore
  East (2-0)
3 Atlanta
  East (3-0)
3 Florida
  Wildcard (1-0)
3
New York
  Wildcard (2-2)
2 Seattle
  West (1-1)
1 Houston
  Central (0-2)
0 San Francisco
  West (0-1)
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Cleveland
  Central (3-1)
3 New York
  East (3-2)
3 Atlanta
  East (4-0)
3 San Diego
  West (1-1)
3
Boston
  Wildcard (0-2)
1 Texas
  West (0-2)
0 Chicago
  Wildcard (0-1)
0 Houston
  Central (0-3)
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New York
  East (4-2)
3 Boston
  Wildcard (1-2)
3 New York
  Wildcard (1-0)
3 Atlanta
  East (5-0)
3
Texas
  West (0-3)
0 Cleveland
  Central (3-2)
2 Arizona
  West (0-1)
1 Houston
  Central (0-4)
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Seattle
  Wildcard (2-1)
3 New York
  East (5-2)
3 New York
  Wildcard (2-0)
3 St. Louis
  Central (2-0)
3
Chicago
  Central (0-1)
0 Oakland
  West (1-1)
2 San Francisco
  West (0-2)
1 Atlanta
  East (5-1)
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Seattle
  West (3-1)
3 New York
  East (6-2)
3 Arizona
  West (1-1)
3 Atlanta
  East (6-1)
3
Cleveland
  Central (3-3)
2 Oakland
  Wildcard (1-2)
2 St. Louis
  Wildcard (2-1)
2 Houston
  Central (0-5)
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Minnesota
  Central (1-0)
3 Anaheim
  Wildcard (1-0)
3 San Francisco
  Wildcard (1-2)
3 St. Louis
  Central (3-1)
3
Oakland
  West (1-3)
2 New York
  East (6-3)
1 Atlanta
  East (6-2)
2 Arizona
  West (1-2)
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New York
  East (7-3)
3 Boston
  Wildcard (2-2)
3 Florida
  Wildcard (2-0)
3 Chicago
  Central (1-1)
3
Minnesota
  Central (1-1)
1 Oakland
  West (1-4)
2 San Francisco
  West (1-3)
1 Atlanta
  East (6-3)
2
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New York
  East (8-3)
3 Boston
  Wildcard (3-2)
3 St. Louis
  Central (4-1)
3 Houston
  Wildcard (1-5)
3
Minnesota
  Central (1-2)
1 Anaheim
  West (1-1)
0 Los Angeles
  West (1-3)
1 Atlanta
  East (6-4)
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Los Angeles
  West (2-1)
3 Chicago
  Central (1-1)
3 St. Louis
  Central (5-1)
3 Houston
  Wildcard (2-5)
3
New York
  East (8-4)
2 Boston
  Wildcard (3-3)
0 San Diego
  West (1-2)
0 Atlanta
  East (6-5)
1
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Detroit
  Wildcard (1-0)
3 Oakland
  West (2-4)
3 St. Louis
  Central (6-1)
3 New York
  East (3-0)
3
New York
  East (8-5)
1 Minnesota
  Central (1-3)
0 San Diego
  West (1-3)
1 Los Angeles
  Wildcard (1-4)
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Boston
  East (4-3)
3 Cleveland
  Central (4-3)
3 Arizona
  West (2-2)
3 Colorado
  Wildcard (1-1)
3
Anaheim
  West (2-2)
0 New York
  Wildcard (8-6)
1 Chicago
  Central (1-2)
0 Philadelphia
  East (0-2)
0
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Boston
  Wildcard (5-3)
3 Tampa Bay
  East (1-0)
3 Los Angeles
  West (2-4)
3 Philadelphia
  East (1-2)
3
Anaheim
  West (2-3)
1 Chicago
  Central (1-2)
1 Chicago
  Central (1-3)
0 Milwaukee
  Wildcard (0-2)
1
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New York
  East (9-6)
3 Anaheim
  West (3-3)
3 Los Angeles
  West (3-4)
3 Philadelphia
  East (2-2)
3
Minnesota
  Central (1-4)
0 Boston
  Wildcard (5-4)
0 St. Louis
  Central (6-2)
0 Colorado
  Wildcard (1-2)
1
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New York
  Wildcard (10-6)
3 Texas
  West (1-3)
3 Philadelphia
  East (3-2)
3 San Francisco
  West (2-3)
3
Minnesota
  Central (1-5)
0 Tampa Bay
  East (1-1)
2 Cincinnati
  Central (1-0)
0 Atlanta
  Wildcard (6-6)
1
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Detroit
  Central (2-0)
3 Texas
  West (2-3)
3 Milwaukee
  Central (1-2)
3 St. Louis
  Wildcard (7-2)
3
New York
  East (10-7)
2 Tampa Bay
Wildcard (1-2)
1 Arizona
  West (2-3)
2 Philadelphia
  East (3-3)
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Detroit
  Central (3-0)
3 New York
  East (11-7)
3 San Francisco
  West (3-3)
3 St. Louis
  Wildcard (8-2)
3
Oakland
  West (2-5)
2 Baltimore
  Wildcard (2-1)
2 Cincinnati
  Central (1-1)
2 Washington
  East (0-1)
2
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Detroit
  Central (4-0)
3 Boston
  East (6-4)
3 Los Angeles
  West (4-4)
3 St. Louis
  Central (9-2)
3
Oakland
  West (2-6)
2 Tampa Bay
Wildcard (1-3)
1 Atlanta
  East (6-7)
1 Pittsburgh
  Wildcard (0-1)
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Baltimore
  East (3-1)
3 Kansas City
  Wildcard (1-1)
3 San Francisco
  Wildcard (4-3)
3 St. Louis
  Central (10-2)
3
Detroit
  Central (4-1)
0 Anaheim
  West (3-4)
0 Washington
  East (0-2)
1 Los Angeles
  West (4-5)
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Toronto
  East (1-0)
3 Kansas City
  Central (2-1)
3 Chicago
  Wildcard (2-3)
3 New York
  East (4-0)
3
Texas
  West (2-4)
2 Houston
  Wildcard (2-6)
2 St. Louis
  Central (10-3)
1 Los Angeles
  West (4-6)
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Toronto
  Wildcard (2-0)
3 Cleveland
  Central (5-3)
3 Chicago
  Central (3-3)
3 Los Angeles
  West (5-6)
3
Texas
  West (2-5)
0 Boston
  East (6-5)
0 San Francisco
  Wildcard (4-4)
1 Washington
  East (0-3)
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New York
  Wildcard (12-7)
3 Houston
  West (3-6)
3 Chicago
  Central (4-3)
3 Los Angeles
  West (6-6)
3
Cleveland
  Central (5-4)
2 Boston
  East (6-6)
1 Washington
  East (0-4)
2 Arizona
  Wildcard (2-4)
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Boston
  East (7-6)
3 Houston
  West (4-6)
3 Milwaukee
  Central (2-2)
3 Los Angeles
  West (7-6)
3
New York
  Wildcard (12-8)
1 Cleveland
  Central (5-5)
0 Colorado
  Wildcard (1-3)
0 Atlanta
  East (6-8)
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New York
  East (13-8)
3 Houston
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3 St. Louis
  Central (11-3)
3 Washington
  Wildcard (1-4)
3
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  Central (1-6)
0 Tampa Bay
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2 Atlanta
  East (6-9)
2 Los Angeles
  West (7-7)
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Houston
  Wildcard (6-6)
3 Tampa Bay
  East (2-4)
3 Atlanta
  East (7-9)
3 Los Angeles
  West (8-7)
3
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  West (2-7)
1 New York
  Wildcard (13-9)
2 Miami
  Wildcard (2-1)
0 San Diego
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Boston
  Wildcard (8-6)
3 Houston
  West (7-6)
3 Los Angeles
  Wildcard (9-7)
3 Atlanta
  East (8-9)
3
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  East (2-5)
1 Chicago
  Central (1-3)
1 San Francisco
  West (4-5)
2 Milwaukee
  Central (2-3)
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New York
  East (14-9)
3 Houston
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3 San Diego
  Wildcard (2-4)
3 Philadelphia
  Wildcard (4-3)
3
Cleveland
  Central (5-6)
2 Seattle
  Wildcard (3-2)
0 Los Angeles
  West (9-8)
1 Atlanta
  East (8-10)
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Texas
  Wildcard (3-5)
3 Houston
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3 Philadelphia
  Wildcard (5-3)
3 Arizona
  Wildcard (3-4)
3
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0 Minnesota
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1 Atlanta
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The Division Series is the quarterfinal round of the Major League Baseball postseason. Four series are played in this round, two each for both the American League and the National League. Since the Division Series started in 1981, the New York Yankees (American League) have made the most appearances (21), and won the most (14). In the National League, the Atlanta Braves have made the most appearances (19), and lost the most (11).

Divisons / alignments have changed many times since 1969 and writer Tom Verduccii of Sports Illustrated once said in 1995, "The format is harder to understand than the essay question on a Russian literature exam. The American League's official media guide, the Red Book, even had it wrong! When an Indian official telephoned both the American and National league offices to find out which league champion has the home field advantage in the World Series, he received two different answers."

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