Every 2021 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.
Atlanta Braves won the 2021 title from a regular season record of 88-73. 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 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1-0 in games | St. Louis Cardinals | October 6, 2021 |
| Wild Card Game | Boston Red Sox | 1-0 in games | New York Yankees | October 5, 2021 |
| Division Series | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3-2 in games | San Francisco Giants | October 8 to October 14, 2021 |
| Division Series | Boston Red Sox | 3-1 in games | Tampa Bay Rays | October 7 to October 11, 2021 |
| Division Series | Houston Astros | 3-1 in games | Chicago White Sox | October 7 to October 12, 2021 |
| Division Series | Atlanta Braves | 3-1 in games | Milwaukee Brewers | October 8 to October 12, 2021 |
| Championship Series | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 in games | Los Angeles Dodgers | October 16 to October 23, 2021 |
| Championship Series | Houston Astros | 4-2 in games | Boston Red Sox | October 15 to October 22, 2021 |
| World Series | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 in games | Houston Astros | October 26 to November 2, 2021 |
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