Every 2016 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.
Chicago Cubs won the 2016 title from a regular season record of 103-58. 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 | Toronto Blue Jays | 1-0 in games | Baltimore Orioles | October 4, 2016 |
| Wild Card Game | San Francisco Giants | 1-0 in games | New York Mets | October 5, 2016 |
| Division Series | Chicago Cubs | 3-1 in games | San Francisco Giants | October 7 to October 11, 2016 |
| Division Series | Toronto Blue Jays | 3-0 in games | Texas Rangers | October 6 to October 9, 2016 |
| Division Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3-2 in games | Washington Nationals | October 7 to October 13, 2016 |
| Division Series | Cleveland Indians | 3-0 in games | Boston Red Sox | October 6 to October 10, 2016 |
| Championship Series | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 in games | Los Angeles Dodgers | October 15 to October 22, 2016 |
| Championship Series | Cleveland Indians | 4-1 in games | Toronto Blue Jays | October 14 to October 19, 2016 |
| World Series | Chicago Cubs | 4-3 in games | Cleveland Indians | October 25 to November 2, 2016 |
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