Every 2022 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.
Houston Astros won the 2022 title from a regular season record of 106-56. 12 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 | San Diego Padres | 2-1 in games | New York Mets | October 7 to October 9, 2022 |
| Wild Card Series | Philadelphia Phillies | 2-0 in games | St. Louis Cardinals | October 7 to October 8, 2022 |
| Wild Card Series | Cleveland Guardians | 2-0 in games | Tampa Bay Rays | October 7 to October 8, 2022 |
| Wild Card Series | Seattle Mariners | 2-0 in games | Toronto Blue Jays | October 7 to October 8, 2022 |
| Division Series | San Diego Padres | 3-1 in games | Los Angeles Dodgers | October 11 to October 15, 2022 |
| Division Series | Houston Astros | 3-0 in games | Seattle Mariners | October 11 to October 15, 2022 |
| Division Series | Philadelphia Phillies | 3-1 in games | Atlanta Braves | October 11 to October 15, 2022 |
| Division Series | New York Yankees | 3-2 in games | Cleveland Guardians | October 11 to October 18, 2022 |
| Championship Series | Houston Astros | 4-0 in games | New York Yankees | October 19 to October 23, 2022 |
| Championship Series | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 in games | San Diego Padres | October 18 to October 23, 2022 |
| World Series | Houston Astros | 4-2 in games | Philadelphia Phillies | October 28 to November 5, 2022 |
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