Prior to 1969, the National League champion (the "pennant winner") was determined by the best win–loss record at the end of the regular season. There were four ad hocthree-game playoff series due to ties under this formulation (in 1946, 1951, 1959, and 1962).
A structured postseason series began in 1969, when both the National and American Leagues were reorganized into two divisions each, East and West. The two division winners within each league played each other in a best-of-five series to determine who would advance to the World Series. In 1985, the format changed to best-of-seven.
The NLCS and ALCS, since the expansion to seven games, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not. Home field advantage is given to the team that has the better record, except a division champion would always get home advantage over a Wild Card team. From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season.
In 1994, the league was restructured into three divisions, with the three division winners and a wild card team advancing to a best-of-five postseason round, the now-permanent National League Division Series (NLDS). The winners of that round advance to the best-of-seven NLCS.
The Milwaukee Brewers, an American League team between 1969 and 1997, and the Houston Astros, a National League team between 1962 and 2012, are the only franchises to play in both the ALCS and NLCS. The Astros are the only team to have won both an NLCS (2005) and an ALCS (2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022). The Astros made four NLCS appearances before moving to the AL in 2013. Every current National League franchise has appeared in the NLCS and all teams except the Brewers have won an NL Pennant via the NLCS.
A Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is given to the outstanding player in the NLCS. No MVP award is given for Division Series play.
The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice, in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeffrey Leonard of the San Francisco Giants.
Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award until 1980.[3] The winners are listed in several locations:
in the below NLCS results table, in the "Series MVP" column
In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, then by number of appearances, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning appearances.
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NLCS redirects here For other uses see NLCS disambiguation The National League Championship Series NLCS also known as the National League Pennant is a best of seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball s MLB postseason It is contested by the winners of the two National League NL Division Series The winner of the NLCS wins the NL pennant and advances to the World Series MLB s championship series to play the winner of the American League s AL Championship Series The NLCS began in 1969 as a best of five playoff and used this format until 1985 when it changed to its current best of seven format Billy Bean stands by the NLCS logo at Dodger Stadium in 2016 Contents 1 History 2 Championship Trophy 3 Most Valuable Player Award 4 Results 4 1 Appearances by team 4 2 Years of appearance 4 3 Frequent matchups 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditPrior to 1969 the National League champion the pennant winner was determined by the best win loss record at the end of the regular season There were four ad hoc three game playoff series due to ties under this formulation in 1946 1951 1959 and 1962 A structured postseason series began in 1969 when both the National and American Leagues were reorganized into two divisions each East and West The two division winners within each league played each other in a best of five series to determine who would advance to the World Series In 1985 the format changed to best of seven The NLCS and ALCS since the expansion to seven games are always played in a 2 3 2 format games 1 2 6 and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage and games 3 4 and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not Home field advantage is given to the team that has the better record except a division champion would always get home advantage over a Wild Card team From 1969 to 1993 home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season In 1981 a one off division series was held due to a split season caused by a players strike In 1994 the league was restructured into three divisions with the three division winners and a wild card team advancing to a best of five postseason round the now permanent National League Division Series NLDS The winners of that round advance to the best of seven NLCS The Milwaukee Brewers an American League team between 1969 and 1997 and the Houston Astros a National League team between 1962 and 2012 are the only franchises to play in both the ALCS and NLCS The Astros are the only team to have won both an NLCS 2005 and an ALCS 2017 2019 2021 and 2022 The Astros made four NLCS appearances before moving to the AL in 2013 Every current National League franchise has appeared in the NLCS and all teams except the Brewers have won an NL Pennant via the NLCS For the first time in history two wild card teams played in the 2022 National League Championship SeriesChampionship Trophy EditThe Warren C Giles Trophy is awarded to the NLCS winner 1 Warren Giles served as president of the National League from 1951 to 1969 2 Most Valuable Player Award EditSee League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award National League winnersA Most Valuable Player MVP award is given to the outstanding player in the NLCS No MVP award is given for Division Series play The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeffrey Leonard of the San Francisco Giants Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977 the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award until 1980 3 The winners are listed in several locations in the below NLCS results table in the Series MVP column in the article League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award on the MLB website 4 Results EditFurther information List of National League pennant winners 1876 1968 Key Wild card MVP did not play for winning teamYear Winning team Manager Games Losing team Manager Series MVP1969 New York Mets Gil Hodges 3 0 Atlanta Braves Lum Harris 1970 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson 3 0 Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh 3 1 San Francisco Giants Charlie Fox1972 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson 3 2 Pittsburgh Pirates Bill Virdon1973 New York Mets Yogi Berra 3 2 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson1974 Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston 3 1 Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh1975 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson 3 0 Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh1976 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson 3 0 Philadelphia Phillies Danny Ozark1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda 3 1 Philadelphia Phillies Danny Ozark Dusty Baker Los Angeles1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda 3 1 Philadelphia Phillies Danny Ozark Steve Garvey Los Angeles1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Chuck Tanner 3 0 Cincinnati Reds John McNamara Willie Stargell Pittsburgh1980 Philadelphia Phillies Dallas Green 3 2 Houston Astros Bill Virdon Manny Trillo Philadelphia1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda 3 2 Montreal Expos Jim Fanning Burt Hooton Los Angeles1982 St Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog 3 0 Atlanta Braves Joe Torre Darrell Porter St Louis1983 Philadelphia Phillies Paul Owens 3 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda Gary Matthews Philadelphia1984 San Diego Padres Dick Williams 3 2 Chicago Cubs Jim Frey Steve Garvey San Diego1985 St Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog 4 2 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda Ozzie Smith St Louis1986 New York Mets Davey Johnson 4 2 Houston Astros Hal Lanier Mike Scott Houston 1987 St Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog 4 3 San Francisco Giants Roger Craig Jeffrey Leonard San Francisco 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda 4 3 New York Mets Davey Johnson Orel Hershiser Los Angeles1989 San Francisco Giants Roger Craig 4 1 Chicago Cubs Don Zimmer Will Clark San Francisco1990 Cincinnati Reds Lou Piniella 4 2 Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland Rob Dibble and Randy Myers Cincinnati1991 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox 4 3 Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland Steve Avery Atlanta1992 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox 4 3 Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland John Smoltz Atlanta1993 Philadelphia Phillies Jim Fregosi 4 2 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Curt Schilling Philadelphia1994 No Series due to a players strike 1995 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox 4 0 Cincinnati Reds Davey Johnson Mike Devereaux Atlanta1996 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox 4 3 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Javy Lopez Atlanta1997 Florida Marlins Jim Leyland 4 2 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Livan Hernandez Florida1998 San Diego Padres Bruce Bochy 4 2 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Sterling Hitchcock San Diego1999 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox 4 2 New York Mets Bobby Valentine Eddie Perez Atlanta2000 New York Mets Bobby Valentine 4 1 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Mike Hampton New York2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Bob Brenly 4 1 Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Craig Counsell Arizona2002 San Francisco Giants Dusty Baker 4 1 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Benito Santiago San Francisco2003 Florida Marlins Jack McKeon 4 3 Chicago Cubs Dusty Baker Ivan Rodriguez Florida2004 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa 4 3 Houston Astros Phil Garner Albert Pujols St Louis2005 Houston Astros Phil Garner 4 2 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Roy Oswalt Houston2006 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa 4 3 New York Mets Willie Randolph Jeff Suppan St Louis2007 Colorado Rockies Clint Hurdle 4 0 Arizona Diamondbacks Bob Melvin Matt Holliday Colorado2008 Philadelphia Phillies Charlie Manuel 4 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Joe Torre Cole Hamels Philadelphia2009 Philadelphia Phillies Charlie Manuel 4 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Joe Torre Ryan Howard Philadelphia2010 San Francisco Giants Bruce Bochy 4 2 Philadelphia Phillies Charlie Manuel Cody Ross San Francisco2011 St Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa 4 2 Milwaukee Brewers Ron Roenicke David Freese St Louis2012 San Francisco Giants Bruce Bochy 4 3 St Louis Cardinals Mike Matheny Marco Scutaro San Francisco2013 St Louis Cardinals Mike Matheny 4 2 Los Angeles Dodgers Don Mattingly Michael Wacha St Louis2014 San Francisco Giants Bruce Bochy 4 1 St Louis Cardinals Mike Matheny Madison Bumgarner San Francisco2015 New York Mets Terry Collins 4 0 Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon Daniel Murphy New York2016 Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon 4 2 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts Javier Baez and Jon Lester Chicago2017 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts 4 1 Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon Chris Taylor and Justin Turner Los Angeles2018 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts 4 3 Milwaukee Brewers Craig Counsell Cody Bellinger Los Angeles2019 Washington Nationals Dave Martinez 4 0 St Louis Cardinals Mike Shildt Howie Kendrick Washington2020 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts 4 3 Atlanta Braves Brian Snitker Corey Seager Los Angeles2021 Atlanta Braves Brian Snitker 4 2 Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts Eddie Rosario Atlanta2022 Philadelphia Phillies Rob Thomson 4 1 San Diego Padres Bob Melvin Bryce Harper PhiladelphiaAppearances by team Edit Apps Team Wins Losses Win Most recentwin Most recentappearance Gameswon Gameslost Gamewin 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 7 533 2020 2021 39 42 48114 St Louis Cardinals 7 7 500 2013 2019 38 43 46913 Atlanta Braves 6 7 462 2021 2021 34 39 46610 Philadelphia Phillies 6 4 600 2022 2022 26 21 5539 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 7 222 1979 1992 17 25 4058 Cincinnati Reds 5 3 625 1990 1995 18 14 5638 New York Mets 5 3 625 2015 2015 26 17 6057 San Francisco Giants 5 2 714 2014 2014 24 15 6156 Chicago Cubs 1 5 167 2016 2017 11 21 3444 Houston Astros a 1 3 250 2005 2005 11 13 4583 San Diego Padres 2 1 667 1998 2022 8 8 5002 Miami Marlins 2 0 1 000 2003 2003 8 5 6152 Arizona Diamondbacks 1 1 500 2001 2007 4 5 4442 Washington Nationals 1 1 500 2019 2019 6 3 6672 Milwaukee Brewers 0 2 000 Never 2018 5 8 3851 Colorado Rockies 1 0 1 000 2007 2007 4 0 1 000Years of appearance Edit In the sortable table below teams are ordered first by number of wins then by number of appearances and finally by year of first appearance In the Season s column bold years indicate winning appearances Apps Team Wins Losses Win Season s 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 7 533 1974 1977 1978 1981 1983 1985 1988 2008 2009 2013 2016 2017 2018 2020 202114 St Louis Cardinals 7 7 500 1982 1985 1987 1996 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 2013 2014 201913 Atlanta Braves 6 7 462 1969 1982 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2020 202110 Philadelphia Phillies 6 4 600 1976 1977 1978 1980 1983 1993 2008 2009 2010 20228 New York Mets 5 3 625 1969 1973 1986 1988 1999 2000 2006 20158 Cincinnati Reds 5 3 625 1970 1972 1973 1975 1976 1979 1990 19957 San Francisco Giants 5 2 714 1971 1987 1989 2002 2010 2012 20149 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 7 222 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1979 1990 1991 19923 San Diego Padres 2 1 667 1984 1998 20222 Miami Marlins 2 0 1 000 1997 20036 Chicago Cubs 1 5 167 1984 1989 2003 2015 2016 20174 Houston Astros a 1 3 250 1980 1986 2004 20052 Washington Nationals 1 1 500 1981 20192 Arizona Diamondbacks 1 1 500 2001 20071 Colorado Rockies 1 0 1 000 20072 Milwaukee Brewers 0 2 000 2011 2018Frequent matchups Edit Count Matchup Record Years5 Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates Reds 4 1 1970 1972 1975 1979 19905 Los Angeles Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies Phillies 3 2 1977 1978 1983 2008 20094 San Francisco Giants vs St Louis Cardinals Giants 3 1 1987 2002 2012 20142 Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets Tied 1 1 1969 19992 Atlanta Braves vs St Louis Cardinals Tied 1 1 1982 19962 Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates Braves 2 0 1991 19922 Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers Tied 1 1 2020 20212 Houston Astros vs St Louis Cardinals Tied 1 1 2004 20052 New York Mets vs St Louis Cardinals Tied 1 1 2000 20062 Los Angeles Dodgers vs St Louis Cardinals Cardinals 2 0 1985 20132 Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers Tied 1 1 2016 2017See also Edit Baseball portalList of National League pennant winners List of National League Wild Card winners National League Division Series American League Championship SeriesNotes Edit a b The Houston Astros moved to the American League in 2013 References Edit Fantastic feeling for Bill Giles The Philadelphia Inquirer October 16 2008 Retrieved August 17 2009 Amour Mark Warren Giles Society for American Baseball Research Retrieved October 12 2021 League Championship Series Most Valuable Players MLB com News Awards History MLB Advanced Media L P Retrieved August 31 2009 League Championship Series Most Valuable Players MLB com News Awards History MLB Advanced Media L P Retrieved August 31 2009 External links EditLeague Championship Series History at Baseball Almanac World Series and MLB Playoffs at Baseball Reference com Post Season Games Directory at Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National League Championship Series amp oldid 1136843535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
