list of major league baseball tie-breakers
tie-breakers
Table:
Tie-breaker games and series

Title

Winning team

Score(s)

Losing team

Site(s)

Playoff results

Note(s)

1946 NL pennant

St. Louis Cardinals

4–2, 8–4^

Brooklyn Dodgers

Sportsman's Park (Game 1)
Ebbets Field (Game 2)

Cardinals won the 1946 World Series*

[15][16]

1948 AL pennant

Cleveland Indians

8–3

Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

Indians won the 1948 World Series*

[17]

1951 NL pennant

New York Giants

3–1, 0–10, 5–4^

Brooklyn Dodgers

Ebbets Field (Game 1)
Polo Grounds (Games 2, 3)

Giants lost the 1951 World Series#

[12][18][19]

1959 NL pennant

Los Angeles Dodgers

3–2, 6–5 (12)^

Milwaukee Braves

County Stadium (Game 1)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Game 2)

Dodgers won the 1959 World Series*

[9][20]

1962 NL pennant

San Francisco Giants

8–0, 7–8, 6–4^

Los Angeles Dodgers

Candlestick Park (Game 1)
Dodger Stadium (Games 2, 3)

Giants lost the 1962 World Series#

[21][22][23]

1978 AL East

New York Yankees

5–4

Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

Yankees won the 1978 World Series*

[24]

1980 NL West

Houston Astros

7–1

Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodger Stadium

Astros lost the 1980 NLCS

[25]

1995 AL West

Seattle Mariners

9–1

California Angels

Kingdome

Mariners lost the 1995 ALCS

[26]

1998 NL Wild Card

Chicago Cubs

5–3

San Francisco Giants

Wrigley Field

Cubs lost the 1998 NLDS

[27]

1999 NL Wild Card

New York Mets

5–0

Cincinnati Reds

Cinergy Field

Mets lost the 1999 NLCS

[28]

2007 NL Wild Card

Colorado Rockies

9–8 (13)

San Diego Padres

Coors Field

Rockies lost the 2007 World Series#

[10]

2008 AL Central

Chicago White Sox

1–0

Minnesota Twins

U.S. Cellular Field

White Sox lost the 2008 ALDS

[29]

2009 AL Central

Minnesota Twins

6–5 (12)

Detroit Tigers

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Twins lost the 2009 ALDS

[11]

2013 AL Wild Card

Tampa Bay Rays

5–2

Texas Rangers

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays lost the 2013 ALDS

[30]

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