The first round of the playoffs (known as the Divisional Series) are played over the best-of-five games (the first two at one venue, then two at the other, then a fifth at the first venue if required), with the higher ranked team having home field advantage (i.e. three home games and two on the road).
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Up to five games are played in the Division series in the MLB. The first team to win three games advances to the next round. The final two rounds, the League Championship series and the World Series, are best-of-seven (the first team to win four games wins the series). Up to five games are played in the Division series in the MLB. The first team to win three games advances to the next round.
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Due to the strike in 1981, the season was split into two halves and playoff seedings were determined using the winners from each half. The first half began on April 9 and ended June 11, while the second half started on August 10 and ended October 4. Overall standings are presented here for reference but were not used to determine playoff berths.
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In the first round, the no.1 ranked team plays the no.4 ranked team (and no.2 plays no.3), unless they came from the same division, in which case 1 plays 3, and 2 plays 4. Ties in rankings are broken by the toss of a coin!
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In the past the two leagues simply took turns - one year the AL, the next the NL. This website, How Baseball Works, is a guide to the game of the Baseball, brought to you by the online interactive Baseball Management game, Gameplan Baseball.
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The World Series (and the Playoffs) The Playoffs. At the end of the regular season the three divisional winners (ranked 1, 2 and 3 according to their win-loss records) and the wild-card team (ranked 4) from each league (the American League and the National League) go forward into the playoffs.
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In divisions with only four teams, they play each other 20 times for a total of 60 in the division and 102 games out. When there are six teams in a division they play a total of 15 games against each of the five other team in their division, for 75 games in and 78 out of their division.
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How many games do teams play out of division in the MLB?   It depends on the division, in the AL east each of the five teams plays the other four in their division 18 times, for a total of 72 games. So in the AL east they play a… total of 90 games outside their division.
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Due to the strike in 1981, the season was split into two halves and playoff seedings were determined using the winners from each half. The first half began on April 9 and ended June 11, while the second half started on August 10 and ended October 4. Overall standings are presented here for reference but were not used to determine playoff berths.
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The second round of the playoffs (known as the Championship Series) are played over the best-of-seven games, with home field advantage meaning four home games (two games at one venue, three at the other, then two more at the first venue).
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how many division games in mlb
There are up to five division games in MLB.