• 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; the
San Francisco Giants, in 2014; the
Washington Nationals, in 2019; and the
Texas Rangers, in 2023. • The
Los Angeles Dodgers are the only division winners to play in a Wild Card Series and go on to win the World Series, doing so in 2020 and 2025. • A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002 to 2007. • The
2002,
2014, and
2023 World Series have been the only times when both teams were wild cards. • The
Baltimore Orioles, in 1996, were the first wild card team to win a Division Series. • The Marlins, in 1997, were the first wild card team to reach and first to win the World Series. By winning again in 2003, they became the first team to win the World Series twice as a wild card. The Marlins are also the only team to win the World Series without ever winning a division title. • The Red Sox and
New York Yankees have been a wild card seven times. The
Colorado Rockies have been a wild card five times. The
Oakland Athletics have been a wild card four times, while the
St. Louis Cardinals, the
Houston Astros, the
Pittsburgh Pirates, the Orioles, the
New York Mets, the Giants, the
Chicago Cubs, the
Tampa Bay Rays, and the
Toronto Blue Jays have been a wild card three times each. • The Houston Astros were the first team to have won a wild card in different leagues. NL (2004-2005) and AL (2015) • The following teams have qualified as wild card in consecutive years: the Red Sox (1998–99, 2003–05, 2008–2009), the Astros (2004–2005), the Mets (1999–2000), the Cardinals (2011–2012), the Pirates (2013–2015), the Yankees (2017−18), the Rockies (2017−18), the Athletics (2018−19), and the Brewers (2019–2020). • All Major League teams have earned a wild card berth; the last team to accomplish this was the
Philadelphia Phillies, who earned their first Wild Card berth in
2022. • The
2022 NLCS was the first League Championship Series to feature two wild card teams: the
San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies. The
2023 edition was the second, featuring the Phillies and the
Arizona Diamondbacks. • The first sixth-seeded team to reach the World Series was the Philadelphia Phillies in
2022. ==See also==