National League Division Series

In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determine which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The NLDS consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team. The Division Series were created after the 1993 season when Major League Baseball restructured each league into three divisions, but were first played in 1995 due to the cancellation of the 1994 playoffs. Typically, the wild-card team plays the division leader with the best winning percentage in one series, and the other two division leaders play the other series. However, if the wild-card team and the division leader with the best record are from the same division, the wild-card team plays the next winningest division leader, and the remaining two division leaders play. In any event, the two series winners move on to the best-of-seven NLCS. Since the NLDS's inception, the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros are the only teams to have met more than twice, with the Braves winning the series the first three times and the Astros winning the fourth meeting.

NLDS results (1995-present)

Year Winner Loser Wins Losses
1995 Atlanta Braves Colorado Rockies† align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
Cincinnati Reds Los Angeles Dodgers align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
1996 Atlanta Braves Los Angeles Dodgers† align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
1997 Atlanta Braves Houston Astros align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
Florida Marlins† San Francisco Giants align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
1998 Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs† align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
San Diego Padres Houston Astros align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
1999 Atlanta Braves Houston Astros align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
New York Mets† Arizona Diamondbacks align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
2000 St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Braves align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
New York Mets† San Francisco Giants align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
2001 Atlanta Braves Houston Astros align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
Arizona Diamondbacks St. Louis Cardinals† align="center" | 3 align="center" | 2
2002 St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Diamondbacks align="center" | 3 align="center" | 0
San Francisco Giants† Atlanta Braves align="center" | 3 align="center" | 2
2003 Chicago Cubs Atlanta Braves align="center" | 3 align="center" | 2
Florida Marlins† San Francisco Giants align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
2004 St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers align="center" | 3 align="center" | 1
Houston Astros† Atlanta Braves align="center" | 3 align="center" | 2
†Denotes wild-card team.

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