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A Pennant playoff is distinguished from the conventional use of the term Playoff which indicates a post-season tournament. A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ...
In this context, a playoff game (or games) is necessitated by teams being tied at the end of the regular season. Thus a "pennant playoff" is actually part of the regular season, not of the post-season.
Because of the stark finality of it, such a playoff game or series often has much the same dramatic component as a Game 7 of a World Series, or a final game of any post-season Series. For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
The National Football League on nine occasions had a one-game playoff to decide a division champion, during the time before many teams qualified for the post-season playoffs and an elaborate formula was developed to determine post-season qualifiers. The last of those NFL playoffs occurred in 1965 (see National Football League championships). Unlike the baseball pennant playoffs, these games were considered to be post-season. Thus the Packers and the Colts in 1965 both show as 10-3-1, with the Packers awarded first place by virtue of their tie-breaking playoff game with the Colts. The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...
The National Football League has used several different formats to determine their league champions since its founding in 1920. ...
In Major League Baseball, with the regular season being well over 100 games long (162 since 1961), the probability of two teams finishing in an exact tie is fairly small, and has been a relatively rare occurrence. Yet the closeness of many a pennant race has frequently presented at least the possibility of a tie. Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
Through the 2005 season, there have been 10 league, division or wild-card playoffs. The National League rules once called for a best-2-of-3 playoff series format, while the American League rules called for a single game. With the advent of divisional play and the need for a stricter post-season TV schedule, the rules were unified in 1969, and now any required playoff is strictly a one-game affair, on the day after the regular season was scheduled to end. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article refers to the American baseball league. ...
American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
Such a playoff is only used to determine which of two teams will go to the post-season. For example, in 2005, the Yankees and Red Sox finished with the same record, but because both teams had already qualified for the post-season, no playoff game was needed; the Yankees were awarded first place (and home field advantage in at least the first round of post-season play) in accordance with tie-breaking rules, having won the season series with the Red Sox 10 games to 9. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The season-ending matchup of the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on October 8, 1908, in which the Cubs prevailed 4-2, is sometimes thought of as a "playoff". Although it had that effect, it was actually a makeup game necessitated by a tied game on September 23, in which a baserunning mistake by young Giants' player Fred Merkle cost the Giants a victory. Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Wrigley Field (1916-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 • 1907 NL Pennants (16) 1945 • 1938 • 1935 • 1932 1929 • 1918 • 1910 • 1908 1907 • 1906 • 1886 • 1885 1882 • 1881 • 1880 • 1876 Central Division titles (1...
Major league affiliations National League (1883-present) West Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark AT&T Park (2000-present) Major league titles World Series titles (5) 1954 • 1933 • 1922 • 1921 1905 NL Pennants (20) 2002 • 1989 • 1962 • 1954 1951 • 1937 • 1936 • 1933 1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 1917 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911...
The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in New York City used by Major League Baseballs New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in...
October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ...
1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Frederick Charles Merkle (December 20, 1888 – March 2, 1956) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. ...
Here is a rundown of the baseball playoffs:
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