the wild card teams play the best team in each of the leagues
2011
If a team is a wild card team, then 3. If not a wild card team, then 2.
1994
The Milwaukee Brewers
The abbreviation "W C" in the daily MLB standings stands for "Wild Card." It refers to the team's position in the race for a Wild Card playoff spot in addition to their regular divisional standing.
Yeah, no.
Yes. Green Bay was a wild card team this year. Pittsburg was a wild card team (#6 seed) in 2008. I'm not sure how often it has happened but I know it has been done.
Wild Card is the team with the best record that is not a division winner. One Wild Card from each League(American & National) makes the playoffs so you have the 3 division winners plus the wild card team.
Two wild card teams from each league makes the MLB playoff each year. As of 2012 there is a one game wild card playoff between the two best records in each league who didn't win their division.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) 2009 Wild Card race was won by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of the American League (AL) with a regular season record of 91-71 (.562 winning percentage) and the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League (NL) with a regular season record of 90-72 (.556 winning percentage). Neither team advanced to the 2009 MLB World Series.
That would depend on what team has the best winning percentage in the league. Generally, the wild card team plays the division winner with the best winning percentage. However, if the division winner with the best winning percentage is in the same division as the wild card team, then the wild card team will play the division winner with the second best winning percentage and the division winner with the best winning percentage will play the other division winner. MLB is the only major sport that sets up their playoff system this way. This would keep the Yankees and Red Sox from playing in the first round of the playoffs.