Every 2020 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.
Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2020 title from a regular season record of 43-17. 16 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 Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2-0 in games | Milwaukee Brewers | September 30 to October 1, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | Tampa Bay Rays | 2-0 in games | Toronto Blue Jays | September 29 to September 30, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | San Diego Padres | 2-1 in games | St. Louis Cardinals | September 30 to October 2, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | Houston Astros | 2-0 in games | Minnesota Twins | September 29 to September 30, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | Oakland Athletics | 2-1 in games | Chicago White Sox | September 29 to October 1, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | Atlanta Braves | 2-0 in games | Cincinnati Reds | September 30 to October 1, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | New York Yankees | 2-0 in games | Cleveland Indians | September 29 to September 30, 2020 |
| Wild Card Series | Miami Marlins | 2-0 in games | Chicago Cubs | September 30 to October 2, 2020 |
| Division Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3-0 in games | San Diego Padres | October 6 to October 8, 2020 |
| Division Series | Tampa Bay Rays | 3-2 in games | New York Yankees | October 5 to October 9, 2020 |
| Division Series | Houston Astros | 3-1 in games | Oakland Athletics | October 5 to October 8, 2020 |
| Division Series | Atlanta Braves | 3-0 in games | Miami Marlins | October 6 to October 8, 2020 |
| Championship Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-3 in games | Atlanta Braves | October 12 to October 18, 2020 |
| Championship Series | Tampa Bay Rays | 4-3 in games | Houston Astros | October 11 to October 17, 2020 |
| World Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 in games | Tampa Bay Rays | October 20 to October 27, 2020 |
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 East AL Central AL West NL East NL Central NL West