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.

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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

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American League Wild Card teams participatesIn American League Wild Card Game
subject surface form: American League Wild Card team
Wild Card Game abbreviation American League Wild Card Game
this entity surface form: MLB Wild Card Game
American League Wild Card Game partOf American League Wild Card Game self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MLB Wild Card Game
2004 Boston Red Sox season postseasonBerthType American League Wild Card Game
this entity surface form: American League Wild Card