2025 Major League Baseball postseason
Updated: 12/10/2025, 10:43:51 AM Wikipedia source
The 2025 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 2025 season. In each of the two leagues—National and American—the three division winners and three wild card teams (the remaining teams with the best win-loss records) qualified for the postseason, for a total of twelve teams. First was the best-of-three-games Wild Card Series, with the two division winners with the best records in each league getting a bye. Next was the best-of-five-games Division Series. The victors advanced to the best-of-seven-games League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners, the champions of each league. These two teams played against each other in the 2025 World Series, which began on October 24. The postseason began on September 30, 2025 and ended on November 2, 2025, with the Los Angeles Dodgers defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. The Dodgers repeated as World Series champions and won their ninth championship. They became the eighth franchise in MLB history to win back-to-back titles.
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| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | September 30 | Detroit Tigers – 2, Cleveland Guardians – 1 | Progressive Field | 2:34 | 26,186 |
| 2 | October 1 | Detroit Tigers – 1, Cleveland Guardians – 6 | Progressive Field | 3:12 | 26,669 |
| 3 | October 2 | Detroit Tigers – 6, Cleveland Guardians – 3 | Progressive Field | 2:50 | 29,891 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | September 30 | Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Yankees – 1 | Yankee Stadium | 3:04 | 47,027 |
| 2 | October 1 | Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Yankees – 4 | Yankee Stadium | 2:50 | 47,993 |
| 3 | October 2 | Boston Red Sox – 0, New York Yankees – 4 | Yankee Stadium | 2:30 | 48,833 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | September 30 | Cincinnati Reds – 5, Los Angeles Dodgers – 10 | Dodger Stadium | 3:08 | 50,555 |
| 2 | October 1 | Cincinnati Reds – 4, Los Angeles Dodgers – 8 | Dodger Stadium | 3:01 | 50,465 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | September 30 | San Diego Padres – 1, Chicago Cubs – 3 | Wrigley Field | 2:25 | 39,114 |
| 2 | October 1 | San Diego Padres – 3, Chicago Cubs – 0 | Wrigley Field | 2:54 | 41,083 |
| 3 | October 2 | San Diego Padres – 1, Chicago Cubs – 3 | Wrigley Field | 3:00 | 40,895 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 4 | New York Yankees – 1, Toronto Blue Jays – 10 | Rogers Centre | 3:06 | 44,655 |
| 2 | October 5 | New York Yankees – 7, Toronto Blue Jays – 13 | Rogers Centre | 3:04 | 44,764 |
| 3 | October 7 | Toronto Blue Jays – 6, New York Yankees – 9 | Yankee Stadium | 3:29 | 47,399 |
| 4 | October 8 | Toronto Blue Jays – 5, New York Yankees – 2 | Yankee Stadium | 3:22 | 47,823 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 4 | Detroit Tigers – 3, Seattle Mariners – 2 (11) | T-Mobile Park | 3:21 | 47,290 |
| 2 | October 5 | Detroit Tigers – 2, Seattle Mariners – 3 | T-Mobile Park | 2:46 | 47,371 |
| 3 | October 7 | Seattle Mariners – 8, Detroit Tigers – 4 | Comerica Park | 2:57 (2:53 delay) | 41,525 |
| 4 | October 8 | Seattle Mariners – 3, Detroit Tigers – 9 | Comerica Park | 2:55 | 37,069 |
| 5 | October 10 | Detroit Tigers – 2, Seattle Mariners – 3 (15) | T-Mobile Park | 4:58 | 47,025 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 4 | Chicago Cubs – 3, Milwaukee Brewers – 9 | American Family Field | 3:05 | 42,678 |
| 2 | October 6 | Chicago Cubs – 3, Milwaukee Brewers – 7 | American Family Field | 2:57 | 42,787 |
| 3 | October 8 | Milwaukee Brewers – 3, Chicago Cubs – 4 | Wrigley Field | 3:13 | 40,737 |
| 4 | October 9 | Milwaukee Brewers – 0, Chicago Cubs – 6 | Wrigley Field | 3:03 | 41,770 |
| 5 | October 11 | Chicago Cubs – 1, Milwaukee Brewers – 3 | American Family Field | 2:36 | 42,743 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 3 | Citizens Bank Park | 3:00 | 45,777 |
| 2 | October 6 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 3 | Citizens Bank Park | 3:07 | 45,653 |
| 3 | October 8 | Philadelphia Phillies – 8, Los Angeles Dodgers – 2 | Dodger Stadium | 2:54 | 53,689 |
| 4 | October 9 | Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 2 (11) | Dodger Stadium | 3:30 | 50,563 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Seattle Mariners – 3, Toronto Blue Jays – 1 | Rogers Centre | 2:48 | 44,474 |
| 2 | October 13 | Seattle Mariners – 10, Toronto Blue Jays – 3 | Rogers Centre | 3:28 | 44,814 |
| 3 | October 15 | Toronto Blue Jays – 13, Seattle Mariners – 4 | T-Mobile Park | 2:49 | 46,471 |
| 4 | October 16 | Toronto Blue Jays – 8, Seattle Mariners – 2 | T-Mobile Park | 2:54 | 46,981 |
| 5 | October 17 | Toronto Blue Jays – 2, Seattle Mariners – 6 | T-Mobile Park | 3:00 | 46,758 |
| 6 | October 19 | Seattle Mariners – 2, Toronto Blue Jays – 6 | Rogers Centre | 2:51 | 44,764 |
| 7 | October 20 | Seattle Mariners – 3, Toronto Blue Jays – 4 | Rogers Centre | 2:50 | 44,770 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 13 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 2, Milwaukee Brewers – 1 | American Family Field | 2:53 | 41,737 |
| 2 | October 14 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 5, Milwaukee Brewers – 1 | American Family Field | 2:51 | 41,427 |
| 3 | October 16 | Milwaukee Brewers – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 3 | Dodger Stadium | 2:48 | 51,251 |
| 4 | October 17 | Milwaukee Brewers – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 5 | Dodger Stadium | 2:41 | 52,883 |
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 24 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 4, Toronto Blue Jays – 11 | Rogers Centre | 3:13 | 44,353 |
| 2 | October 25 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 5, Toronto Blue Jays – 1 | Rogers Centre | 2:36 | 44,607 |
| 3 | October 27 | Toronto Blue Jays – 5, Los Angeles Dodgers – 6 (18) | Dodger Stadium | 6:39 | 52,654 |
| 4 | October 28 | Toronto Blue Jays – 6, Los Angeles Dodgers – 2 | Dodger Stadium | 2:54 | 52,552 |
| 5 | October 29 | Toronto Blue Jays – 6, Los Angeles Dodgers – 1 | Dodger Stadium | 3:02 | 52,175 |
| 6 | October 31 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 3, Toronto Blue Jays – 1 | Rogers Centre | 3:02 | 44,710 |
| 7 | November 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 5, Toronto Blue Jays – 4 (11) | Rogers Centre | 4:07 | 44,713 |
| Rank | Round | Date | Game | Matchup | TV network(s) | Streaming | Viewers (millions) | ||
| 1 | World Series | Tuesday, October 28, 8:00 p.m. | Game 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2-6 | Toronto Blue Jays | Fox | Fox One | 14.520 |
| 2 | Wednesday, October 29, 8:00 p.m. | Game 5 | Toronto Blue Jays | 6-1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 14.292 | |||
| 3 | Friday, October 24, 8:00 p.m. | Game 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4–11 | Toronto Blue Jays | 12.499 | |||
| 4 | Saturday, October 25, 8:00 p.m. | Game 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5-1 | Toronto Blue Jays | 11.399 | |||
| 5 | Monday, October 27, 8:00 p.m. | Game 3 | Toronto Blue Jays | 5–6(18) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 11.157 | |||
| 6 | ALDS | Friday, October 10, 8:08 p.m. | Game 5 | Detroit Tigers | 2–3(15) | Seattle Mariners | 8.591 | ||
| 7 | ALWC | Thursday, October 2, 8:08 p.m. | Game 3 | Boston Red Sox | 0–4 | New York Yankees | ESPN | ESPN Unlimited | 7.440 |
| 8 | Wednesday, October 1, 6:08 p.m. | Game 2 | Boston Red Sox | 3–4 | New York Yankees | 6.759 | |||
| 9 | Tuesday, September 30, 6:08 p.m. | Game 1 | Boston Red Sox | 3–1 | New York Yankees | 6.518 | |||
| 10 | NLCS | Tuesday, October 14, 8:08 p.m. | Game 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5–1 | Milwaukee Brewers | TBS, TruTV | HBO Max | 6.051 |
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