163rd game

English Etymology One game beyond the customary length of the Major League Baseball season, 162 games. Noun 163rd game en baseball A one-game playoff between two teams for a playoff spot. en https://books.google.com/books?id=rK4n2VNO-6cC&pg=PR10&dq=%22163rd+game%22 The Greatest Game Richard Bradley (writer) Richard Bradley Free Press (publisher) Free Press 9781416534396 2008 x Much to the surprise of both the Red Sox and the Yankees, the Yankees lost. The Red Sox, however, did not. ¶ As a result, baseball's two best teams would be facing each other in a 163rd game. The winner would take on the Kansas City Royals in the league championship series, the prelude to the World Series, en https://books.google.com/books?id=15d3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22163rd%20game%22 Baseball Field Guide 3rd Dan Formosa; Paul Hamburger New York The Experiment 9781615193295 2016 18 The win-loss percentage is simply the number of games won divided by the total number of games played (the total number of games played is 162 at the end of the regular season). If two teams are tied at the end of the regular season, a 163rd game will be scheduled to break the tie. en https://books.google.com/books?id=V0eeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22163rd%20game%22 Tampa Bay Rays Luke Hanlon w:Minneapolis Abdo Publishing 9781098275549 2023 29 After the 162-game season, the Rays and the Rangers were both 91–71 and tied for the second wild-card spot in the AL. That meant a 163rd game was needed to decide who would go to the playoffs.