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Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Major League Baseball postseason | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1903 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Los Angeles Dodgers (8th title) |
| Most titles | New York Yankees (27 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | United States: Fox TBS ESPN MLB Network International: Broadcasters |
| Official website | MLB Postseason |
| Part of a series on the |
| Major League Baseball postseason |
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| Wild Card Series |
| Division Series |
| League Championship Series |
| World Series |
| Teams |
The Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason is the annual playoff elimination tournament held to determine the champion of MLB in the United States and Canada. Since 2022, the postseason for each league—American and National—consists of two best-of-three Wild Card Series contested by the lowest-seeded division winner and the three wild card teams, two best-of-five Division Series (LDS) featuring the wild-card winners and the two highest-seeded division winners, and finally the best-of-seven League Championship Series (LCS). The winners of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) and the National League Championship Series (NLCS) play each other in the best-of-seven World Series.[1] Under this system, the postseason consist of between 13 to 22 games per team. 13 if they sweep every series & 22 if each series goes the distance. The postseason tournament takes place after the conclusion of MLB's regular season and takes approximately one month to complete.
- ^ "Complete history of baseball's postseason formats". MLB.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.