Monday, November 30, 2020

Wildcard game winner winning World Series: 2014 and 2019.

The second wildcard was added in 2012. The two wildcard teams play a sudden death single elimination game, which leaves them with disadvantages for the remainder of the tournament, including using their best starting pitchers to reach the wildcard game and/or in the wildcard game, immediate travel and not having home field advantage. Despite that, ...

2014: Both the Giants and Royals (89 wins) won their wildcard games and reached the finals.

World Series4-3San Francisco Giants over Kansas City Royals
NLCS4-1San Francisco Giants over St. Louis Cardinals
NL Division Series3-1San Francisco Giants over Washington Nationals
NL Division Series3-1St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card Game1-0San Francisco Giants over Pittsburgh Pirates
TmWLW-L%GB
Los Angeles Dodgers9468.580--
San Francisco Giants8874.5436.0
San Diego Padres7785.47517.0
Colorado Rockies6696.40728.0
Arizona Diamondbacks6498.39530.0

2019:

World Series4-3Washington Nationals over Houston Astros
NLCS4-0Washington Nationals over St. Louis Cardinals
NL Division Series3-2Washington Nationals over Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Division Series3-2St. Louis Cardinals over Atlanta Braves
Wild Card Game1-0Washington Nationals over Milwaukee Brewers
TmWLW-L%GB
Atlanta Braves9765.599--
Washington Nationals9369.5744.0
New York Mets8676.53111.0
Philadelphia Phillies8181.50016.0
Miami Marlins57105.35240.0


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