List of Major League Baseball game sevens

In Major League Baseball (MLB), a game seven can occur in the World Series or in a League Championship Series (LCS), which are contested as best-of-seven series. Based on the playoffs format arrangement, game seven — when necessary — is played in the ballpark of the team holding home-field advantage for the series.

Fenway Park in Boston has hosted five MLB game sevens; three in the World Series and two in the American League Championship Series.

The World Series first employed a best-of-seven format in 1905. That format has been used annually since then, with four exceptions: 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921, which were contested as best-of-nine series. While it was played with the best-of-seven format, the 1912 World Series went to eight games due to one of the earlier games ending in a tie, necessitating a tiebreaker.

The League Championship Series began as best-of-five series, in both the American League and the National League, in 1969. Since the 1985 season, they have used a best-of-seven format.

A game seven cannot occur in earlier rounds of the MLB postseason, as the Division Series (best-of-five) and Wild Card Series (best-of-three) use shorter formats.

Key

(#)	Extra innings (the number indicates the number of extra innings played)
†	Indicates the team that won a game seven after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit
§	Indicates the team that lost a game seven after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit
Road*	Indicates a game seven that was won by the road team
Year (X)	Indicates the number of game sevens played in that year's World Series or LCS: For the World Series, the link leads to that World Series' article. For the LCS, the link leads to the article that year's MLB season.
Team (#)	Indicates team and the number of game sevens played by that team at that point

All-time game sevens

World Series

Year	Date	Venue	Winner	Result	Loser	Ref.
1909	October 16, 1909	Bennett Park	Pittsburgh Pirates (1)	8–0	Detroit Tigers (1)	[1]
1912	October 16, 1912	Fenway Park	Boston Red Sox (1)	3–2 (10)	New York Giants (1)	[2]
1924	October 10, 1924	Griffith Stadium	Washington Senators (1)	4–3 (12)	New York Giants (2)	[3]
1925	October 15, 1925	Forbes Field	Pittsburgh Pirates (2)	9–7	Washington Senators (2)	[4]
1926	October 10, 1926	Yankee Stadium (I)	St. Louis Cardinals (1)	3–2	New York Yankees (1)	[5]
1931	October 10, 1931	Sportsman's Park (III)	St. Louis Cardinals (2)	4–2	Philadelphia Athletics (1)	[6]
1934	October 9, 1934	Navin Field	St. Louis Cardinals (3)	11–0	Detroit Tigers (2)	[7]
1940	October 8, 1940	Crosley Field	Cincinnati Reds (1)	2–1	Detroit Tigers (3)	[8]
1945	October 10, 1945	Wrigley Field	Detroit Tigers (4)	9–3	Chicago Cubs (1)	[9]
1946	October 15, 1946	Sportsman's Park (III)	St. Louis Cardinals (4)	4–3	Boston Red Sox (2)	[10]
1947	October 6, 1947	Yankee Stadium (I)	New York Yankees (2)	5–2	Brooklyn Dodgers (1)	[11]
1952	October 7, 1952	Ebbets Field	New York Yankees (3)	4–2	Brooklyn Dodgers (2)	[12]
1955	October 4, 1955	Yankee Stadium (I)	Brooklyn Dodgers (3)	2–0	New York Yankees (4)	[13]
1956	October 10, 1956	Ebbets Field	New York Yankees (5)	9–0	Brooklyn Dodgers (4)	[14]
1957	October 10, 1957	Yankee Stadium (I)	Milwaukee Braves (1)	5–0	New York Yankees (6)	[15]
1958	October 9, 1958	Milwaukee County Stadium	New York Yankees (7)	6–2	Milwaukee Braves (2)	[16]
1960	October 13, 1960	Forbes Field	Pittsburgh Pirates (3)	10–9	New York Yankees (8)	[17]
1962	October 16, 1962	Candlestick Park	New York Yankees (9)	1–0	San Francisco Giants (3)	[18]
1964	October 15, 1964	Busch Stadium (I)	St. Louis Cardinals (5)	7–5	New York Yankees (10)	[19]
1965	October 14, 1965	Metropolitan Stadium	Los Angeles Dodgers (5)	2–0	Minnesota Twins (3)	[20]
1967	October 12, 1967	Fenway Park	St. Louis Cardinals (6)	7–2	Boston Red Sox (3)	[21]
1968	October 10, 1968	Busch Stadium (II)	Detroit Tigers (5)	4–1	St. Louis Cardinals (7)	[22]
1971	October 17, 1971	Memorial Stadium	Pittsburgh Pirates (4)	2–1	Baltimore Orioles (1)	[23]
1972	October 22, 1972	Riverfront Stadium	Oakland Athletics (2)	3–2	Cincinnati Reds (2)	[24]
1973	October 21, 1973	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	Oakland Athletics (3)	5–2	New York Mets (1)	[25]
1975	October 22, 1975	Fenway Park	Cincinnati Reds (3)	4–3	Boston Red Sox (4)	[26]
1979	October 17, 1979	Memorial Stadium	Pittsburgh Pirates (5)	4–1	Baltimore Orioles (2)	[27]
1982	October 20, 1982	Busch Stadium (II)	St. Louis Cardinals (8)	6–3	Milwaukee Brewers (1)	[28]
1985	October 27, 1985	Royals Stadium	Kansas City Royals (2)	11–0	St. Louis Cardinals (9)	[29]
1986	October 27, 1986	Shea Stadium	New York Mets (2)	8–5	Boston Red Sox (6)	[30]
1987	October 25, 1987	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minnesota Twins (4)	4–2	St. Louis Cardinals (11)	[31]
1991	October 27, 1991	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minnesota Twins (5)	1–0 (10)	Atlanta Braves (4)	[32]
1997	October 26, 1997	Pro Player Stadium	Florida Marlins (1)	3–2 (11)	Cleveland Indians (1)	[33]
2001	November 4, 2001	Bank One Ballpark	Arizona Diamondbacks (1)	3–2	New York Yankees (11)	[34]
2002	October 27, 2002	Edison International Field	Anaheim Angels (2)	4–1	San Francisco Giants (5)	[35]
2011	October 28, 2011	Busch Stadium	St. Louis Cardinals (15)	6–2	Texas Rangers (1)	[36]
2014	October 29, 2014	Kaufmann Stadium	San Francisco Giants (7)	3–2	Kansas City Royals (2)	[37]
2016	November 2, 2016	Progressive Field	Chicago Cubs (3)	8–7 (10)	Cleveland Indians (3)	[38]
2017	November 1, 2017	Dodger Stadium	Houston Astros (3)	5–1	Los Angeles Dodgers (7)	[39]
2019	October 30, 2019	Minute Maid Park	Washington Nationals (1)	6–2	Houston Astros (4)	[40]

League Championship Series

Year	LCS	Date	Venue	Winner	Result	Loser	Ref.
1985	ALCS	October 16, 1985	Exhibition Stadium	Kansas City Royals (1)	6–2	Toronto Blue Jays (1)	[41]
1986	ALCS	October 15, 1986	Fenway Park	Boston Red Sox (5)	8–1	California Angels (1)	[42]
1987	NLCS	October 14, 1987	Busch Stadium (II)	St. Louis Cardinals (10)	6–0	San Francisco Giants (4)	[43]
1988	NLCS	October 12, 1988	Dodger Stadium	Los Angeles Dodgers (6)	6–0	New York Mets (3)	[44]
1991	NLCS	October 17, 1991	Three Rivers Stadium	Atlanta Braves (3)	4–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (6)	[45]
1992	NLCS	October 14, 1992	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta Braves (5)	3–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (7)	[46]
1996	NLCS	October 17, 1996	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta Braves (6)	15–0	St. Louis Cardinals (12)	[47]
2003	NLCS	October 15, 2003	Wrigley Field	Florida Marlins (2)	9–6	Chicago Cubs (2)	[48]
	ALCS	October 16, 2003	Yankee Stadium (I)	New York Yankees (12)	6–5 (11)	Boston Red Sox (7)	[49]
2004	ALCS	October 20, 2004	Yankee Stadium (I)	Boston Red Sox (8)†	10–3	New York Yankees (13)	[50]
	NLCS	October 21, 2004	Busch Stadium (II)	St. Louis Cardinals (13)	5–2	Houston Astros (1)	[51]
2006	NLCS	October 19, 2006	Shea Stadium	St. Louis Cardinals (14)	3–1	New York Mets (4)	[52]
2007	ALCS	October 21, 2007	Fenway Park	Boston Red Sox (9)	11–2	Cleveland Indians (2)	[53]
2008	ALCS	October 19, 2008	Tropicana Field	Tampa Bay Rays (1)	3–1	Boston Red Sox (10)	[54]
2012	NLCS	October 22, 2012	AT&T Park	San Francisco Giants (6)	9–0	St. Louis Cardinals (16)	[55]
2017	ALCS	October 21, 2017	Minute Maid Park	Houston Astros (2)	4–0	New York Yankees (14)	[56]
2018	NLCS	October 20, 2018	Miller Park	Los Angeles Dodgers (8)	5–1	Milwaukee Brewers (2)	[57]
2020[a]	ALCS	October 17, 2020	Petco Park	Tampa Bay Rays (2)	4–2	Houston Astros (5)§	[58]
	NLCS	October 18, 2020	Globe Life Field	Los Angeles Dodgers (9)	4–3	Atlanta Braves (7)	[59]
2023	ALCS	October 23, 2023	Minute Maid Park	Texas Rangers (2)	11–4	Houston Astros (6)	[60]
	NLCS	October 24, 2023	Citizens Bank Park	Arizona Diamondbacks (2)	4–2	Philadelphia Phillies (1)	[61]

All-time standings

Team	Games played	Wins	Losses	Win–loss %
St. Louis Cardinals	16	11	5	.688
New York Yankees	14	6	8	.429
Boston Red Sox	10	4	6	.400
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers	9	5	4	.556
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	2	.714
Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves	7	4	3	.571
New York / San Francisco Giants	7	2	5	.286
Houston Astros	6	2	4	.333
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins	5	3	2	.600
Detroit Tigers	5	2	3	.400
New York Mets	4	1	3	.250
Cincinnati Reds	3	2	1	.667
Kansas City Royals	3	2	1	.667
Philadelphia / Oakland Athletics	3	2	1	.667
Chicago Cubs	3	1	2	.333
Cleveland Indians / Guardians	3	0	3	.000
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	2	0	1.000
Florida Marlins	2	2	0	1.000
Tampa Bay Rays	2	2	0	1.000
California / Anaheim Angels	2	1	1	.500
Texas Rangers	2	1	1	.500
Baltimore Orioles	2	0	2	.000
Milwaukee Brewers	2	0	2	.000
Washington Nationals	1	1	0	1.000
Toronto Blue Jays	1	0	1	.000
Philadelphia Philies	1	0	1	.000
Note: Four teams have never played a game seven:Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies. While the White Sox did play a game seven in the 1919 World Series, it was in a best-of nine series. Teams that have never played a game seven in a best-of-seven series are excluded. Names of franchises before their relocation are also shown.

Recurring game seven matchups

Count	Matchup	Record	Years Played
4	Brooklyn/ Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees	Yankees, 3–1	1947, 1952, 1955, 1956
2	New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Cardinals, 2–0	1926, 1964
2	Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Tie, 1–1	1934, 1968
2	Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Cardinals, 2–0	1946, 1967
2	Atlanta/ Milwaukee Braves vs. New York Yankees	Tie, 1–1	1957, 1958
2	Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates	Pirates, 2–0	1971, 1979
2	San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Tie, 1–1	1987, 2012
2	Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates	Braves, 2–0	1991, 1992
2	Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees	Tie, 1–1	2003, 2004

See also

• Baseball portal
• Sports portal

• List of Major League Baseball postseason sweeps
  • List of World Series sweeps
• List of NHL game sevens
• List of NBA game sevens

Notes

1. During the 2020 postseason, when neutral sites were used, the team that would normally have home-field advantage was designated as the home team and batted last.