the one game wild card started in 1995.
the one game wild card started in 1995.
when did the one game wild card start?
1995
consistently fielding one of the best teams in major league baseball, the atlanta braves won 14 straight division titles from 1991 to 2005, but won the world series only once (1995). in the 1996 world series, the braves seemed poised to win their second straight championship after jumping out to a 2–0 series lead going home. however, the braves lost 4 straight games to the new york yankees, including a game 4 in which they held a 6–0 lead at one point. the braves have only played in one world series since (1999; the braves were swept in four games by the new york yankees). notable examples of the atlanta sports curse as it pertains to the braves include lonnie smith, ed sprague, charlie leibrandt (in back-to-back world series), jim leyritz, eric gregg's wide strike zone, brooks conrad's errors, blowing an 8 1/2 game wild card lead in september 2011, and the 2012 national league wild card game.
sports-related curses
bullet::::- list of national league wild card winners









































section::::combined postseason series record as wild-card winners.









































(*) – counts one-game wild-card playoff in the statistics.









































section::::notable wild-card team achievements.









































bullet::::- the following wild-card teams have won the world series: the florida marlins, in 1997 and 2003; the anaheim angels, in 2002; the boston red sox, in 2004; the st. louis cardinals, in 2011; and the san francisco giants, in 2014. thus, three consecutive titles, from 2002 to 2004, were won by a wild card.









































bullet::::- a wild-card team appeared in the world series each year from 2002 to 2007.
major league baseball wild card