List of National League pennant winners
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Each season, a National League team wins the league's pennant, signifying that they are its champion and they win the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League. In addition to the pennant, the team that wins the National League playoffs receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy,[1] named after Warren Giles, who was the league president from 1951 to 1969. Warren's son Bill Giles, the honorary league president and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, presents the trophy to the National League champion at the conclusion of each National League Championship Series (NLCS).[1] The current National League pennant winners are the New York Mets, who won their fifth NL pennant in October 2015.
For most of the history of the National League (94 years), the pennant was presented to the team with the best win–loss record at the end of the season.[2] The first modern World Series was played in 1903, and after a hiatus in 1904, continued until 1994,[3] when a players' strike forced the cancellation of the postseason,[4] and resumed in 1995.[3] In 1969, the league split into two divisions,[5] and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the NLCS to determine the pennant winner. The format of the NLCS was changed from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven format for the 1985 postseason.[6] In 1995, an additional playoff series was added when Major League Baseball restructured the two divisions in each league into three.[7] As of 2010[update], the winners of the Eastern, Central, and Western Divisions, as well as one wild card team, play in the National League Division Series, a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play for the pennant.[8]
By pennants, the San Francisco Giants (formerly the New York Giants) (23 National League pennants, 25 playoff appearances)[9] are the winningest team in the National League. The Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers; 21 pennants, 27 playoff appearances).[10] have the second-most. In third place is the St. Louis Cardinals (19 pennants and 27 playoff appearances),[11] followed by the Atlanta Braves (17 pennants and 23 postseason appearances between their three home cities of Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Boston)[12] and the Chicago Cubs (16 pennants and 17 playoff appearances).[13] The Philadelphia Phillies won the league in back-to-back seasons in 2008 and 2009, becoming the first National League team to do so since the Braves in 1995 and 1996.[14] It should be noted that before 1903 there was no World Series as we know it today because the leagues were only loosely affiliated. As of 2014, the San Francisco Giants have the most World Series appearances at 20, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals with 19 and the Los Angeles Dodgers with 18.
The team with the best record to win the National League pennant was the 1906 Cubs, who won 116 of 152 games during that season[15] and finished 20 games ahead of the Giants, playing in New York at the time.[16] The best record by a pennant-winner in the Championship Series era is 108–54, which was achieved by the Cincinnati Reds in 1975[17] and the New York Mets in 1986;[18] both of these teams went on to win the World Series.[3]
National League champions have gone on to win the World Series 47 times, most recently in 2014.[3] Pennant-winners have also won the Temple Cup and the Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, two pre–World Series league championships, although second-place teams won three of the four Temple Cup meetings.[19][20] The largest margin of victory for a pennant-winner, before the league split into two divisions in 1969, is 27 1⁄2 games; the Pittsburgh Pirates led the Brooklyn Superbas (now the Dodgers) by that margin on the final day of the 1902 season.[21]
Contents
Key
Year | Links to the corresponding "year in baseball" (1876–1900) or "Major League Baseball season" (1901–present) article |
Team | Links to the corresponding season in which each team played |
Series | Links to the corresponding "National League Championship Series" article |
Record | Regular season win–loss record |
GA | Games ahead of the second-place team (pre-NLCS era) |
WW | Wins by the winning team (NLCS era) |
LW | Wins by the losing team (NLCS era) |
Ref | Reference |
Won World Series (1884-1890) | |
Won Temple Cup (1894–1897) | |
Won Chronicle-Telegraph Cup (1900) | |
Won World Series (1903–present) | |
E | National League East division member (1969–present) |
C | National League Central division member (1995–present) |
W | National League West division member (1969–present) |
† | Wild card team (1995–present) |
Single Table Era (1876–1968)
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Divisional era (1969–present)
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Notes
- a A mid-season labor stoppage split the season into two halves. The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 National League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 NLCS for the National League pennant.[128]
- b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the postseason. Wild cards were first used in the 1995 playoffs.[7]
NL pennants won by franchise
- Italics represent a franchise that is defunct in Major League Baseball as of the 2014 season.
Team | Pennants won | Playoff appearances | Ref |
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San Francisco Giants[a] | 23 | 25 | [9] |
Los Angeles Dodgers[b] | 21 | 29 | [10] |
St. Louis Cardinals[c] | 19 | 28 | [11] |
Atlanta Braves[d] | 17 | 23 | [12] |
Chicago Cubs[e] | 16 | 17 | [13] |
Pittsburgh Pirates[f] | 9 | 17 | [163] |
Cincinnati Reds[g] | 9 | 15 | [164] |
Philadelphia Phillies[h] | 7 | 14 | [165] |
New York Mets | 5 | 8 | [166] |
Baltimore Orioles (NL)[l] | 3 | 0 | [167] |
San Diego Padres | 2 | 5 | [168] |
Miami Marlins | 2 | 2 | [169] |
Providence Grays | 2 | 0 | [170] |
Houston Astros[i] | 1 | 9 | [171] |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 5 | [172] |
Colorado Rockies | 1 | 3 | [173] |
Detroit Wolverines | 1 | 0 | [174] |
Washington Nationals[k] | 0 | 3 | [175] |
Milwaukee Brewers[j] | 0 | 3 | [176] |
Notes
- a Also known as New York Giants and New York Gothams[9]
- b Also known as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics. Does not include American Association pennant won in 1889[10]
- c Also known as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns, and St. Louis Brown Stockings. Does not include four American Association pennants won in 1885-1888[11]
- d Also known as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Caps[12]
- e Also known as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings[13]
- f Also known as Pittsburgh Alleghenys[163]
- g Also known as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings. Does not include American Association pennant won in 1882[164]
- h Also known as Philadelphia Quakers and unofficially as Philadelphia Blue Jays[165]
- i Also known as Houston Colt .45s[171]
- j The Brewers were members of the American League through the 1997 season after which they switched to the National League.[177] This table records only the Brewers' National League accomplishments.
- k Also known as Montréal Expos[175]
- l The 19th-century Baltimore Orioles who played in the National League are no longer in existence; two current American League franchises later used the Orioles name (New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles).[178]
See also
- National League Division Series – has preceded this series since 1994
- American League Championship Series – the American League counterpart to the NLCS
- List of World Series champions
- List of pre–World Series baseball champions
References
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