Wild Card Game

The Wild Card Game is a one-game postseason "play-in" between the two wild card teams in each league. Beginning with the 2012 postseason, the winner of each Wild Card Game proceeds to its league's Division Series to play the team with the best regular season record, regardless of division.

In 2014, the winners of both leagues' Wild Card Game reached the World Series, with the San Francisco Giants becoming the first World Series Champions to have played in the game.

American League Wild Card Game

Year	Date	Home team	Record	Manager	Score	Road team	Record	Manager	Notes
2012	October 5	Texas Rangers	93-69	Ron Washington	1-5	Baltimore Orioles	93-69	Buck Showalter
2013	October 1	Cleveland Indians	92-70	Terry Francona	0-4	Tampa Bay Rays	92-71	Joe Maddon	1
2014	September 30	Kansas City Royals	89-73	Ned Yost	9-8	Oakland Athletics	88-74	Bob Melvin
2015	October 6	New York Yankees	87-75	Joe Girardi	0-3	Houston Astros	86-76	A.J. Hinch
2016	October 4	Toronto Blue Jays	89-73	John Gibbons	5-2	Baltimore Orioles	89-73	Buck Showalter	2

Notes:

1. The Tampa Bay Rays won a one-game playoff with the Texas Rangers for the wild card spot
2. The Toronto Blue Jays won a tiebreaker for the right to host the 2016 American League Wild Card Game

National League Wild Card Game

Year	Date	Home team	Record	Manager	Score	Road team	Record	Manager	Notes
2012	October 5	Atlanta Braves	94-68	Fredi Gonzalez	3-6	St. Louis Cardinals	88-74	Mike Matheny
2013	October 1	Pittsburgh Pirates	94-68	Clint Hurdle	6-2	Cincinnati Reds	90-72	Dusty Baker
2014	October 1	Pittsburgh Pirates	88-74	Clint Hurdle	0-8	San Francisco Giants	88-74	Bruce Bochy	1
2015	October 7	Pittsburgh Pirates	98-64	Clint Hurdle	0-4	Chicago Cubs	97-65	Joe Maddon
2016	October 5	New York Mets	87-75	Terry Collins	0-3	San Francisco Giants	87-75	Bruce Bochy	2

Notes:

1. The Pittsburgh Pirates won a tiebreaker for the right to host the 2014 National League Wild Card Game
2. The New York Mets won a tiebreaker for the right to hist the 2016 National League Wild Card Game