1993 Major League Baseball postseason

{{CSS crop {{Location map+ | USA {{Location map~ | USA {{Location map~ | USA The following teams qualified for the postseason: American League • Toronto Blue Jays – 95–67, AL East champions • Chicago White Sox – 94–68, AL West champions National League • Philadelphia Phillies – 97–65, NL East champions • Atlanta Braves – 104–58, NL West champions ==Playoff bracket==

==American League Championship Series==

Chicago White Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays The Blue Jays defeated the White Sox in six games to return to the World Series for the second year in a row. In Game 1, the White Sox led 3-2 after the fourth, but the Blue Jays put up five unanswered runs across the next three innings to win. In Game 2, Dave Stewart out-dueled Chicago's Alex Fernandez as the Jays won 3–1 to take a 2–0 series lead headed back home to Toronto. However, things didn't go quite the Jays' way just yet. Wilson Álvarez pitched a complete game for the White Sox as they won Game 3 to get on the board in the series. RBIs and home runs from Frank Thomas and Lance Johnson would carry the White Sox to victory in Game 4, evening the series. The Blue Jays would take Game 5 and the series lead back despite closer Duane Ward giving up a two-run home run to Robin Ventura in the top of the ninth. Game 5 would ultimately be Bo Jackson’s final postseason game in either the NFL or MLB. Stewart out-dueled Fernandez again in Game 6, and Ward helped seal a 6–2 Blue Jays victory to clinch the pennant. The White Sox would return to the ALCS in 2005, and defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in five games en route to a World Series title. The Blue Jays would return to the ALCS in 2015, but lost to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals in six games. They would eventually win the pennant again in 2025 over the Seattle Mariners in seven games after being eight outs away from elimination in Game 7, but they would come up short in the World Series. This was the last time a Toronto-based team won a conference championship in any of the four major North American leagues until the NBA’s Toronto Raptors won the Eastern Conference title in 2019, and the last time Canadian teams won conference championships in more than one of the four major leagues until the Blue Jays and the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers did so in 2025. ==National League Championship Series==

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves This was the first postseason meeting between the Braves and Phillies. The Phillies upset the two-time defending National League champion Braves in six games to return to the World Series for the first time since 1983. In Game 1, the Phillies prevailed in extra innings as Kim Batiste drove in the winning run with an RBI double in the bottom of the tenth. Greg Maddux pitched seven solid innings as the Braves blew out the Phillies in Game 2 to even the series headed to Atlanta. Tom Glavine went another seven innings in Game 3 as the Braves blew out the Phillies again to take the series lead. Then, the Braves imploded. In Game 4, the Phillies evened the series as Danny Jackson out-dueled John Smoltz. Game 5 was another extra-inning contest that was won by the Phillies, as Lenny Dykstra hit a solo home run in the top of the tenth to put the Phillies ahead for good, taking a 3–2 series lead headed back to Philadelphia. Tommy Greene pitched seven strong innings and the Phillies’ offense chased Maddux from the mound in a 6–3 victory in Game 6 to clinch the pennant. This would be the last time the Phillies won the pennant until 2008, where they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games en route to a World Series title. The Braves returned to the NLCS the next season, and swept the Cincinnati Reds en route to a World Series title. Both teams would meet again in the NLDS in 2022 and 2023, both of which were won by the Phillies. ==1993 World Series==

Toronto Blue Jays (AL) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (NL) The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies in six games to repeat as World Series champions. Game 1 was a slugfest that the Blue Jays won. In Game 2, the Phillies evened the series as closer Mitch Williams helped fend off a late rally by the Jays. In Philadelphia, the series then went upside down for the hometown team. Pat Hentgen pitched six solid innings as the Blue Jays blew out the Phillies in Game 3 to regain the series lead. Game 4 was a massive back-and-forth slugfest between both teams, but the Blue Jays narrowly prevailed, 15–14, to take a 3–1 series lead. Game 4 had three new World Series records set, including the longest game (4:14), most total runs scored in a single game (29), and most runs scored by a losing team (14). In Game 5, Curt Schilling won his first postseason game as he pitched a five-hit complete-game shutout to send the series back to Toronto. Game 5 was the last postseason game ever played at Veterans Stadium. The Blue Jays would capture the title in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 thanks to Joe Carter's come-from-behind walk-off three-run home run. The Blue Jays became the seventh franchise in MLB history to repeat as World Series champions. Along with the Montreal Canadiens winning the 1993 Stanley Cup Final, 1993 became the first (and to date, only) year in which at least two championships of the four major North American sports leagues were won by Canadian teams. This would be the last championship of the four major North American sports leagues won by a team from Canada until the Toronto Raptors won the 2019 NBA Finals. The Blue Jays would return to the World Series in 2025, but they would narrowly fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games after being two outs away from the championship in Game 7. The Phillies would return to the World Series in 2008, and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to win their most recent championship. ==Broadcasting==

This marked the final year of a four-year agreement with CBS to televise all postseason games nationally in the United States. MLB would then form The Baseball Network, a joint venture with ABC and NBC, to replace CBS in producing national telecasts of games. ==References==