2007-09-27 19:14:34 · 6 answers · asked by Steve-O 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
From MLB.com:
Scenario #4: If three Clubs are tied for first place in a Division (or Wild Card) with an identical winning percentage at the conclusion of the championship season and the tied Clubs do not have identical records against one another in the championship season, the tie for the Division Championship (or Wild Card) shall be broken as follows:
If the three tied Clubs have identical records against one another in the championship season, the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw that results in the Clubs' being designated Club "A," "B," and "C."
If the tied Clubs do not have identical records against one another in the champoinship season, they will be designated Club "A,""B," and "C" based on their records in head-to- head competition during the championship season as follows:
If Club 1 has a better record against each of Clubs 2 and 3, and Club 2 has a better record against Club 3, then Club 1 shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and Club 2 shall choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Club 3 shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 has a better record against each of Clubs 2 and 3, and Club 2 and Club 3 have the same record against each other, then Club 1 shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between Clubs 2 and 3, the winner of which shall choose one of the remaining two designations. The remaining Club shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 and Club 2 have the same record against each other but each has a better record against Club 3, then the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between Clubs 1 and 2, the winner of which shall choose a designation as Club "A," "B," or "C." The Club losing the draw shall choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Club 3 shall be assigned the remaining designation.
If Club 1 has a better record against Club 2, Club 2 has a better record against Club 3, and Club 3 has a better record against Club 1, then the three Clubs shall be ranked on the basis of overall winning percentage within that three-Club group, and the Club with the highest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall have first choice among designations as Club"A," "B," or "C," the Club with the next highest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall have the next choice between the two remaining designations, and the Club with the lowest winning percentage from among that three-Club group shall be assigned the remaining designation. If two or more of the Clubs within such three-Club group have the same winning percentage among the group, the Office of the Commissioner shall supervise a draw between the Clubs so tied to determine priority of selection among the designations.
Club"A" shall play Club "B" at the ballpark of Club "A" on Monday, September 29. The following day (Tuesday, September 30), the winner of the first game shall be the home Club in a second game, against Club "C." The winner of the game between Club"C" and the Club that won the game between Club"A" and Club"B" shall be declared the Division Champion.
Example of Scenario #4: The Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins tie for the AL Central Division Championship. The Seattle Mariners have a better record than all three tied Clubs and would be the Wild Card. Based on their head-to-head records through games of September 7 (CWS 7-5 over each Minnesota and KC; KC 11-8 over Minnesota), the White Sox would choose their designation as Club "A," "B," or "C," and Kansas City would choose a designation from the remaining two designations. Minnesota would be assigned the remaining designation.
So in English; Rockies won the season series against the Phils and against SD, while Phils were up 4-3 on SD.
So the tiebreaker would be:
SD @ Philly
Rockies @ Winner
2007-09-27 19:37:42 · answer #1 · answered by Doc E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Phillies and the Mets might play for the NL east championship. even though when you consider that that interest counts as a many times going on season interest, the loser of that interest might end the season a million/2 interest in the back of the Brewers. does not this make the Brewers the wild card team?
2016-10-20 05:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the last wildcard spot is given to the winner of the one-game playoff tiebreaker..
you either have to win one or two games..
team 1 vs. @ team 2
team 3 vs @ winner of "team 1 vs. team 2"
to determine if you're playing 1 game or 2 games depends on head to head record of the 3 teams
bottom line...if you're tied...you have to play at least 1 more game to determine the wildcard..you can't lose the wildcard on a coin flip
2007-09-27 21:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anderson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a good question! I have absolutely no idea as to the answer.
2007-09-27 19:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They go at each other with meat cleavers.
2007-09-28 00:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the commissioner decides.
2007-09-27 22:26:43 · answer #6 · answered by jor-jor 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋