American League Wild Card Game
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The American League Wild Card Game is a single-elimination Major League Baseball postseason matchup that determines which wild card team advances in the American League playoffs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MLB Wild Card Game | 2 |
| American League Wild Card | 1 |
| American League Wild Card Game canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball postseason game
ⓘ
single-elimination game ⓘ |
| advancesToRound | Division Series ⓘ |
| advancingTeamQualifiesFor | ALDS ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wild Card Game
ⓘ
surface form:
AL Wild Card Game
|
| associatedWithOrganization |
American League
ⓘ
surface form:
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
|
| broadcastIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| competitionLevel | top-tier North American professional baseball ⓘ |
| competitionScope | professional ⓘ |
| competitionType | wild card game ⓘ |
| confederation |
Major League Baseball
ⓘ
surface form:
MLB
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decides | which AL wild card team advances ⓘ |
| determinesQualificationFor | American League Division Series ⓘ |
| eligibility |
American League Wild Card teams
ⓘ
surface form:
American League wild card teams
|
| eligibilityRule | non-division-winning teams with best records in American League ⓘ |
| era | modern MLB postseason format era ⓘ |
| firstSeasonPlayed | 2012 ⓘ |
| format | single-elimination ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingRules | Official Baseball Rules ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
one team advances in postseason
ⓘ
one team eliminated from postseason ⓘ |
| homeFieldAdvantageCriteria | better regular-season record among wild card teams ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| introducedInSeason | 2012 MLB season ⓘ |
| lastSeasonAsSingleGame | 2019 ⓘ |
| league | American League ⓘ |
| level | major league ⓘ |
| locationType | home ballpark of higher-seeded wild card team ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 2 ⓘ |
| organizer | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| overtimeRule | extra innings if tied after nine innings ⓘ |
| parallelEvent | National League Wild Card Game ⓘ |
| partOf |
American League Wild Card Game
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MLB Wild Card Game
|
| playoffRoundName | Wild Card Game ⓘ |
| postseasonStageOf |
American League postseason
ⓘ
surface form:
American League playoffs
MLB playoffs ⓘ
surface form:
MLB postseason
|
| replacedBy | American League Wild Card Series ⓘ |
| replacedByFormat | best-of-three Wild Card Series ⓘ |
| seasonPhase | postseason ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| status | discontinued as single game after playoff expansion ⓘ |
| teamSport | yes ⓘ |
| tieBreakerUsage | head-to-head and other MLB tiebreaker rules for seeding ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American League Wild Card team
this entity surface form:
MLB Wild Card Game
this entity surface form:
MLB Wild Card Game
this entity surface form:
American League Wild Card