OTB 2019 Playoff Schedule

Schedule

Results

Standings

Teams

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OTB 2019 Playoff Schedule

September 30, 2019

*Bracket A: 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th seeds (yellow = out of bracket)*
Round 1 Weeks 1, 2, 3								Round 2 Week 4	Round 3 Week 5	Round 4 Week 6
	August 18	August 25	September 8	W	L	RS	RA	September 15	September 22	September 29
1st Place Orioles	vs. 14th W 13-8	vs. 12th W 13-6	vs. 9th L 4-6	2	1	30	20	at B2 W 9-6	vs. 4th seed W 7-6	vs 2nd seed W 9-4
4th Place Red Sox	vs. 12th W 12-0	vs. 8th W 10-7	vs. 14th W 22-11	3	0	44	18	vs. B4 W 3-2	at 2nd seed L 1-6
5th Place Yankees	vs. 9th L 5-15	vs. 14th W 9-8	vs. 6th L 1-19	1	2	15	42	at B1 L 3-10
8th Place Cardinals	at 7th L 0-7	at 4th L 7-10	vs. 12th W 12-5	1	2	19	22
9th Place Dodgers	at 5th W 15-5	vs. 10th W 5-4	at 1st W 6-4	3	0	26	13	vs. B3 W 8-4	at 1st seed L 6-7
12th Place Giants	at 4th L 0-12	at 1st L 6-13	at 8th L 5-12	0	3	11	37
14th Place Braves	at 1st L 8-13	at 5th L 8-9	at 4th L 11-22	0	3	27	44

*Bracket B: 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 13th seeds (yellow = out of bracket)*
Round 1 Weeks 1, 2, 3								Round 2 Week 4	Round 3 Week 5	Round 4 Week 6
	August 18	August 25	September 8	W	L	RS	RA	September 15	September 22	September 29
2nd Place White Sox	vs. 13th W 6-2	vs. 11th W 7-2	vs. 10th L 3-9	2	1	16	13	vs A4 W 10-3	vs 3rd seed W 6-1	at 1st seed L 4-9
3rd Place Cubs	vs. 11th W 8-1	vs. 7th L 6-18	vs. 13th W 9-0	2	1	23	19
6th Place Athletics	vs. 10th L 7-9	vs. 13th W 14-11	at 5th W 19-1	2	1	40	21	vs A3 L 6-9
7th Place Indians	vs. 8th W 7-0	at 3rd W 18-6	vs. 11th L 7-8	2	1	32	14	at A2 L 4-8
10th Place Twins	at 6th W 9-7	at 9th L 4-5	at 2nd W 9-3	2	1	22	15	at A1 L 2-3
11th Place Brewers	at 3rd L 1-8	at 2nd L 2-7	at 7th W 8-7	1	2	11	22
13th Place Pirates	at 2nd L 2-6	at 6th L 11-14	at 3rd L 0-9	0	3	13	29

Playoff Tournament Overview

Round 1: All 14 teams in 2 brackets of 7 teams each that play a minimum of 3 games.
Round 2: Top 4 teams in each bracket from Round 1 (Weeks 1-3) advance to Round 2. Matchups for Round 2 are as follows:

The team who finished 1st in their bracket plays the 4th place team in opposite bracket; team who finished 2nd in their bracket plays team who finished 3rd in opposite bracket, etc. and demonstrated graphically as follows:

A1 plays B4
A2 plays B3
A3 plays B2
A4 plays B1

Teams will be ranked in their respective bracket based on record and, in case of ties, use of First Round Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers (see below). Teams finishing 1st and 2nd in their bracket are home teams for Round 2. Following Round 2, the 4 remaining teams are re-seeded based upon seeding used to start the playoffs.

Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers
(Playoff Seeding will be completed before the start of Playoff Weeks 1, 5, and 6)

Seeding Tiebreakers

Tiebreaker 1 - Overall Record

Tiebreaker 2 - Head-to-Head

Tiebreaker 3 - Division Record

Tiebreaker 4 - Fewest Runs Allowed (Team Defense)

Tiebreaker 5 - Most Runs Scored (Team Offense)

Tiebreaker 6 - Coin Flip

First Round Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers

Tournament Head-to-Head - Two Teams Tied

A) If two teams are tied for the best record and have played each other in the tournament, the winner of that game advances.
B) If two teams are tied for the best record but did not play each other in the tournament, the winner of Head-to-Head during Regular Season advances.
C) If two teams are tied for the best record but did not play each other in the regular season, the team with the lowest average runs allowed per game in the playoffs will advance.
D) If two teams are tied with the best record and are tied with lowest average runs allowed per game in playoffs, then the higher seed will advance (seeding is determined using Seeding Tiebreakers before start of First Round).

Tournament Head-to-Head - Three or more Teams Tied (Tiebreakers must apply for all teams, or next tiebreaker is used. If one team is eliminated, then remaining teams start back at first tiebreaker. If there only two teams remaining, then format #1 is used.)

A) If three or more teams are tied for the best record and all have played each other in the tournament, and one team has beaten all teams that it is tied with, that team will advance.
B) If three or more teams are tied for the best record and all have NOT played each other in the tournament, the team with best overall record during Head-to-Head in Regular Season advances.
C) If three or more teams are tied for the best record and all have NOT played each other in the Regular Season, the team with the lowest average runs allowed per game in the playoffs will advance.
D) If three or more teams are tied with the best record and are tied with lowest average runs allowed per game in playoffs, then the higher seeded team will advance (Regular Season Record with applicable tiebreakers from First Round Seeding).