Every 2012 MLB playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
San Francisco Giants won the 2012 title from a regular season record of 94-68. 10 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from the MLB Stats API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Game | St. Louis Cardinals | 1-0 in games | Atlanta Braves | October 5, 2012 |
| Wild Card Game | Baltimore Orioles | 1-0 in games | Texas Rangers | October 5, 2012 |
| Division Series | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-2 in games | Washington Nationals | October 7 to October 12, 2012 |
| Division Series | San Francisco Giants | 3-2 in games | Cincinnati Reds | October 6 to October 11, 2012 |
| Division Series | New York Yankees | 3-2 in games | Baltimore Orioles | October 7 to October 12, 2012 |
| Division Series | Detroit Tigers | 3-2 in games | Oakland Athletics | October 6 to October 11, 2012 |
| Championship Series | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 in games | New York Yankees | October 13 to October 18, 2012 |
| Championship Series | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 in games | St. Louis Cardinals | October 14 to October 22, 2012 |
| World Series | San Francisco Giants | 4-0 in games | Detroit Tigers | October 24 to October 28, 2012 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: AL Wild Card NL Wild Card