Every 2014 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 2014 title from a regular season record of 88-74. 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 | Kansas City Royals | 1-0 in games | Oakland Athletics | September 30, 2014 |
| Wild Card Game | San Francisco Giants | 1-0 in games | Pittsburgh Pirates | October 1, 2014 |
| Division Series | Kansas City Royals | 3-0 in games | Los Angeles Angels | October 2 to October 5, 2014 |
| Division Series | Baltimore Orioles | 3-0 in games | Detroit Tigers | October 2 to October 5, 2014 |
| Division Series | San Francisco Giants | 3-1 in games | Washington Nationals | October 3 to October 7, 2014 |
| Division Series | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-1 in games | Los Angeles Dodgers | October 3 to October 7, 2014 |
| Championship Series | Kansas City Royals | 4-0 in games | Baltimore Orioles | October 10 to October 15, 2014 |
| Championship Series | San Francisco Giants | 4-1 in games | St. Louis Cardinals | October 11 to October 16, 2014 |
| World Series | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 in games | Kansas City Royals | October 21 to October 29, 2014 |
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