National League Division Series
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The National League Division Series is a best-of-five playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League teams advance to the League Championship Series.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NLDS | 1 |
| National League Division Series and National League Championship Series | 1 |
| National League Division Series winners | 1 |
| National League postseason | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball playoff round
ⓘ
postseason baseball series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
National League Division Series
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surface form:
NLDS
|
| competitionType | knockout playoff round ⓘ |
| conference | National League ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decides | two National League Championship Series participants ⓘ |
| determinesAdvancementTo | National League Championship Series ⓘ |
| eligibility |
National League
ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball National League clubs
|
| followedBy | National League Championship Series ⓘ |
| follows |
MLB regular season
ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball regular season
|
| format | best-of-five series ⓘ |
| gameCountMaximum | 5 ⓘ |
| gameCountMinimum | 3 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| hasCounterpart | American League Division Series ⓘ |
| historicalNote | not held from 1982 through 1993 ⓘ |
| homeFieldAdvantage | higher-seeded team ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| introducedAlongWith | American League Division Series ⓘ |
| league | National League ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfWinsRequired | 3 ⓘ |
| organizer | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| partOf |
MLB playoffs
ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball postseason
National League Division Series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National League postseason
|
| playoffRoundLevel | Division Series ⓘ |
| positionInPostseason | first full round of National League playoffs ⓘ |
| precededBy |
National League Wild Card Series
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surface form:
National League Wild Card Game
National League Wild Card Series ⓘ |
| reasonFor1981Creation | split-season format due to players strike ⓘ |
| reasonFor1995Reintroduction | expansion of playoffs with three-division alignment ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| reintroduced | 1995 ⓘ |
| scheduling | played annually in October ⓘ |
| seasonType | postseason ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| sportLevel | professional ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | national sports networks in the United States ⓘ |
| tieBreakerRuleContext | no ties; extra innings used to decide games ⓘ |
| typicalParticipants |
one or more National League wild card teams
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three National League division winners ⓘ |
| uses |
best-of-five format in modern era
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home-field advantage based on regular-season record and seeding ⓘ |
| winnerAdvancesTo | National League Championship Series ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NLDS
this entity surface form:
National League Division Series winners
Philadelphia Phillies–Atlanta Braves rivalry
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hasPostseasonMeetings
→
National League Division Series
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National League Division Series
→
partOf
→
National League Division Series
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National League postseason
this entity surface form:
National League Division Series and National League Championship Series
subject surface form:
American League Division Series