The three division winners in each league earn spots in the playoffs. The fourth spot in each league is given to the non-divisonal-winning team with the best record in each league.
The Wild Card was established in 1994 after the strike and the transition from 2 divisions in each league to 3 (East, Middle, West)
Each other
There are a total of 4 Wild Card teams in Major League Baseball, 2 from the American League and 2 from the National League. The 2 Wild Card teams in each league have to play in a 1-game Playoff in order to determine the Wild Card team that will be advancing to play 1 of the Divisional Champions.
chance of winning wild card spot
The Florida Marlins in 1997 and 2003.
Colorado Rockies.
The baseball stat WC means Wild Card as how many games back in the league race a team is.
WCGB stands for "Wild Card Games Behind" and until after Labor day is about as useful as knowing a team's record for Wednesday games in cities with a "D" in their name.
Its when the top teams just like in regular baseball plus the wild card play against each other in the playoffs
There is no phase 10 and there is no wild card.
Make more money for the owners
The rules used to be different but from what I understand, two wild card teams will play a one game play-off to determine who goes on to the post season. From what I understand it is technically a play-off game.