American League Championship Series
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The American League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff round that determines the American League pennant winner and World Series participant.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| American League pennant | 0 | 5 |
| ALCS | 0 | 2 |
| American League champion | 0 | 1 |
| American League championship | 0 | 1 |
| League Championship Series | 0 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball postseason series
→
best-of-seven playoff series → |
| alsoKnownAs |
American League Championship Series
→
surface form:
ALCS
|
| competitionScope | North America → |
| competitionType | professional sports playoff series → |
| competitiveLevel | Major League Baseball → |
| confersTitle | American League champion → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| determines |
American League pennant winner
→
American League representative in the World Series → |
| eligibility |
American League Division Series
→
surface form:
American League postseason qualifiers
|
| followedBy | World Series → |
| format | best-of-seven → |
| governingBody |
Commissioner of Baseball
→
surface form:
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
|
| hasAudienceType |
in-person spectators
→
streaming viewers → television viewers → |
| hasBroadcastScope |
international television
→
national television in the United States → |
| hasEliminationType | best-of-seven series elimination → |
| hasGameCountMaximum | 7 games → |
| hasGameCountMinimum | 4 games → |
| hasGameType | postseason game → |
| hasHistoricalChange | expanded format after introduction of Division Series → |
| hasHomeFieldAdvantageRule | teamWithBetterRegularSeasonRecordHostsMoreGames → |
| hasMediaCoverage | national sports media in the United States → |
| hasOutcome | series winner advances to World Series → |
| hasRuleSet |
Official Baseball Rules
→
surface form:
Major League Baseball rules with postseason modifications
|
| hasScheduling | best-of-seven with travel days → |
| hasSeedingBasis | regular season record and division titles → |
| hasStatisticalRecognition | series MVP award → |
| hasTrophy | American League championship trophy → |
| inception | 1969 → |
| isParallelTo | National League Championship Series → |
| language | English → |
| league | American League → |
| location | home ballparks of participating teams → |
| numberOfTeams | 2 → |
| organizer | Major League Baseball → |
| partOf |
MLB playoffs
→
surface form:
Major League Baseball postseason
|
| playoffRound | league championship round → |
| precededBy | American League Division Series → |
| seasonPhase | postseason → |
| sport | baseball → |
| temporalCoverage | late October → |
| usesSeriesLength | best-of-sevenGames → |
| winnerQualifiesFor | World Series → |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ALCS
this entity surface form:
American League champion
this entity surface form:
ALCS
subject surface form:
American League Wild Card team
subject surface form:
American League
this entity surface form:
American League championship
subject surface form:
American League
Game 5 of the 2004 American League Championship Series
→
homeLeagueChampionshipSeries
→
American League Championship Series
→
this entity surface form:
American League pennant
this entity surface form:
American League pennant
this entity surface form:
American League pennant
this entity surface form:
League Championship Series
subject surface form:
American League Division Series
subject surface form:
American League Division Series
this entity surface form:
American League pennant
this entity surface form:
American League pennant
subject surface form:
American League Division Series