League Championship Series

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Major League Baseball playoff series postseason round

The League Championship Series is a best-of-seven postseason round in Major League Baseball that determines the American and National League champions who advance to the World Series.

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Label Occurrences
League Championship Series canonical 18
League Championship Series on Fox 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball playoff series ⓘ
postseason round ⓘ
abbreviation LCS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs league championship round ⓘ
broadcastInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decides pennant winner ⓘ
determines American League champion ⓘ
National League Championship Series ⓘ
surface form: National League champion
follows Division Series ⓘ
format best-of-seven series ⓘ
governingBody Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasComponent American League Championship Series ⓘ
National League Championship Series ⓘ
hasLeagueVariant American League Championship Series ⓘ
National League Championship Series ⓘ
inauguralSeason 1969 ⓘ
introducedFormat best-of-seven in 1985 ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
league1 American League ⓘ
league2 National League ⓘ
mayExtendInto November ⓘ
minimumGamesToWin 4 ⓘ
numberOfLeagues 2 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeamsPerLeague 2 ⓘ
partOf MLB playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Major League Baseball postseason
playedInMonth October ⓘ
precedes World Series ⓘ
predecessor pennant decided by regular-season standings ⓘ
previousFormat best-of-five ⓘ
previousFormatYears 1969–1984 ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
sportTier top level ⓘ
status active competition ⓘ
usesHomeFieldAdvantageRule higher seed hosts more games ⓘ
usesSeriesLength up to 7 games ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo World Series ⓘ
winnerTitle league champion ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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MLB playoffs → includes → League Championship Series ⓘ
Fall Classic → relatedTo → League Championship Series ⓘ
Joe West → hasUmpiredEvent → League Championship Series ⓘ
American League Wild Card teams → hasPlayoffRound → League Championship Series ⓘ
subject surface form: American League Wild Card team
Division Series → precedes → League Championship Series ⓘ
MLB on TBS → hasPart → League Championship Series ⓘ
MLB on Fox → hasPart → League Championship Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: League Championship Series on Fox
MLB on Fox → hasBroadcast → League Championship Series ⓘ
Cowboy Joe → notableGameTypeOfficiated → League Championship Series ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe West
Dana DeMuth → participatedIn → League Championship Series ⓘ
1997 American League Championship Series → postseasonRound → League Championship Series ⓘ
Gerry Davis → participatedIn → League Championship Series ⓘ
1994 Division Series → followedBy → League Championship Series ⓘ
LCS → fullName → League Championship Series ⓘ
League Division Series → precedes → League Championship Series ⓘ
1982 National League Championship Series → postseasonRound → League Championship Series ⓘ
1982 American League Championship Series games → postseasonRound → League Championship Series ⓘ
subject surface form: 1982 American League Championship Series
MLB on NBC → hasBroadcastRightsFor → League Championship Series ⓘ
Major League Baseball teams → participatesIn → League Championship Series ⓘ
subject surface form: Major League Baseball team