As you know there can be 4 teams in the Playoffs, the 6 Division Winners and the 2 Wild Card winners from both the American and National Leagues.
The team with the best record in either division will play the Wild Card winner for their league but if their Wild Card winner is in the same division as them then they'll play against the team in their same league who has the 2nd best record.
How it determines who holds home field advantage for the Division Series and the League Championship Series is based on their Regular Season record but this only applies to the Divisional Winners, Wild Card winners can never have home field advantage during the Divisional Series or the League Championship Series.
The World Series' home field advantage is as you know based on the outcome of the All Star Baseball game.
division series
The baseball playoff competitions are structured so the team that advances and wins the World Series must win 11 games. The breakdown is as follows: American/National League Division Series - Best 3 of 5 games American/National League Championship Series - Best 4 of 7 games World Series - Best 4 of 7 games.
In Major League Baseball, NLDS stands for the National League Division Series which determines which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consist of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team.
The baseball playoff competitions are structured so the team that advances and wins the World Series must win 11 games. The breakdown is as follows: American/National League Division Series - Best 3 of 5 games American/National League Championship Series - Best 4 of 7 games World Series - Best 4 of 7 games.
The World Series is played by the winners of the National League Championship Series and the American League Championship series. The exact location will not be known until the completion of those playoff series in late October.
In the Major Leagues, the three teams that lead the Division in both leagues will make the Playoffs and the two teams from both leagues with the best record that don't lead the division will also make the Playoffs. Additionallly the two Wild Card teams in the American League will play each other in a one-game playoff and the two Wild Card teams in the National League will also play each other in a one-game playoff. The winner of the American League Wild Card game will continue on to the Division Series in order to play the Divisional Winner with the best record and the winner of the N.L. Wild Card game will also have to face the Divisional record with the best record but in the National League. The Divisional Series is a best of 5 series, the two winners in the A.L. will go on to face each other in the Championship Series and the 2 winners in the N.L. will also go on to face each other in the Championship Series which is a best of 7 series. The winners of the Championship Series will face each other in the World Series which is also a best of 7 series.
well letz see 8 teams make the playoffs right 4 from the American league 4 from the national league so do the math 1 out of 8 1/8 playoff teams win the world series
In 1955 there was no playoff format. The winner (team with the best record) of the American League played the winner of the National League. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series.
No. Prior to 1969, there were no division in either league. Whichever team in each league had the best regular season record was the league's representative in the World Series. So, prior to 1969, only one team from each league made the playoffs and the only playoff round was the World Series. Starting in 1969, each league divided its teams into two divisions, the East and the West. The winners of the divisions would play each other in a playoff series (American/National League Championship Series) and the winner of that series would be the league's representative in the World Series. Two teams made the playoffs from each league and there were two rounds in the playoffs. Starting in 1994, each league was divided into three divisions, the East, Central, and West. The winners of each division would make the playoffs along with the one non division winner that had the best overall regular season record from each league. Four teams make the playoffs from each league. This is currently how the playoffs are done in MLB. There are three rounds in the playoffs, the American/National League Divisional Series, American/National League Championship Series, and the World Series.
ThEre are division winners an wild card winners then they play each other until the world series champion.
In the 2012 National League Division Series, the San Francisco Giants dropped their first two games against the Cincinnati Reds, but roared back with three consecutive wins to advance to the League Championship Series.
There were only 10 teams in both the American League and National League in 1965 and there was no division playoff series. Divisional playoffs did not start until 1969. The Twins went 102-60 in 1965 and finished 7 games ahead of the second place Chicago White Sox and 8 games ahead of the third place Baltimore Orioles.