2016 Major League Baseball postseasonThe 2016 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2016 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the last edition of the postseason in which home field advantage in the World Series was determined by the winner of the MLB All-Star Game.
San Francisco GiantsEstablished in 1883Based in San Francisco since 1958Major league affiliationsNational League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present)Current uniformRetired numbersNYNY341120212224252730364442ColorsBlack, orange, metallic gold, creamNameSan Francisco Giants (1958–present)New York Giants (1885–1957)New York Gothams (1883–1884)NicknamesThe G-MenLos GigantesThe Orange and BlackBallparkOracle Park (2000–present)Candlestick Park (1960–1999)Seals Stadium (1958–1959)Hilltop Park (1911)Polo Grounds III (1891–1957)Polo Grounds II (1889–1890)St. George Cricket Grounds (1889)Oakland Park (1889)Polo Grounds I (1883–1888)Major league titlesWorld Series titles(8)19051921192219331954201020122014NL pennants(23)18881889190419051911191219131917192119221923192419331936193719511954196219892002201020122014West Division titles (9)197119871989199720002003201020122021Temple Cup (1)1894Pre-modern World Series (2)18881889Wild card berths(3)200220142016RivalriesLos Angeles DodgersAthleticsSt.
Citi FieldCiti Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opened in 2009, Citi Field is the home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets. The ballpark was built as a replacement for the adjacent Shea Stadium, which had been demolished shortly before Citi Field's opening. Citi Field was designed by the company Populous.
National League (baseball)The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.Major League BaseballNorth American professional baseball leagueMajor League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier baseball league in the world.
New York MetsThe New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the American League (AL)'s New York Yankees.Major League Baseball tie-breaking proceduresMajor League Baseball tie-breaking procedures are used by Major League Baseball (MLB) to break ties between teams for qualification and seeding into the MLB postseason. The procedures in use since 2022, when a third wild card team and resulting Wild Card Series were added for both the American League and National League, are outlined below.
Wild Card SeriesThe Wild Card Series (WCS; formerly known as the Wild Card Game (WCG) from 2012 to 2019 and in 2021) is the opening round of postseason play in Major League Baseball (MLB), featuring the American League Wild Card Series (ALWCS) and the National League Wild Card Series (NLWCS). A single wild card game was instituted in 2012.
QueensQueens, coextensive with Queens County, is the largest by area of the five boroughs and counties of New York City, New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn to its west, and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey.
Play-in gameA play-in game is a game, usually played at the beginning of a tournament or just prior to the tournament depending on how the tournament is defined. In a play-in, the lowest qualifiers or participants who have earned conditional qualification compete for qualification to the main portion of the tournament.TiebreakerIn games and sport, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is any method used to determine a winner or to rank participants when there is a tie - meaning two or more parties have achieved a same score or result. A tiebreaker provides the additional criterion or set of criteria to distinguish between the tied participants and establish a clear ranking or winner. In some sports, it is known as a countback.
New York (state)New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the Northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Canada to its north, New York extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. It is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, with over 20 million residents, and the 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km2). New York has a varied geography.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.