OTB 2021 Playoff Schedule
Last Updated October 11, 2021
Playoff Bracket Overview
Round 1
14 teams, 4 brackets, 3 games each in round-robin, 4 bracket winners and 4 wild card teams advance
Round 2 (cont'd)
8 teams re-seeded
based on regular
season finish
Single elimination
Round 3
4 teams
Re-seed
remaining teams
Single elimination
Round 4
2 teams
Championship Round
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |||||
| August 15 | August 29 | September 12 | W | L | RS | RA | September 19 | September 26 | October 3 | October 10 | |
1st Place Giants |
vs. 14th W 9-5 |
at 14th W 10-1 |
vs. 14th W 11-10 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
16 |
vs 8th (12th RS) Rained out |
vs 8th (12th RS) W 15-0 |
vs (10th RS) L 3-6 |
|
| 14th Place White Sox |
at 1st L 5-9 |
vs 1st L 1-10 |
at 1st L 10-11 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
30 |
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |||||
| August 15 | August 29 | September 12 | W | L | RS | RA | September 19 | September 26 | October 3 | October 10 | |
2nd Place Athletics |
vs. 13th W 17-2 |
vs. 8th W 9-1 |
vs 7th W 11-10 |
3 |
0 |
37 |
13 |
vs. 7th (11th RS) W 10-7 |
Bye week | vs. 9th L 5-6 |
|
| 7th Place Astros |
vs 8th W 5-4 |
vs 13th W 13-6 |
at 2nd L 10-11 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
21 |
vs. (9th RS) L 4-7 |
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| 8th Place Yankees |
at 7th L 4-5 |
at 2nd L 1-9 |
vs 13th W 16-11 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
25 |
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| 13th Place Braves |
at 2nd L 2-17 |
at 7th L 6-13 |
at 8th L 11-16 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
46 |
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |||||
| August 15 | August 29 | September 12 | W | L | RS | RA | September 19 | September 26 | October 3 | October 10 | |
3rd Place Indians |
vs. 12th L 4-6 |
vs. 9th L 3-13 |
vs. 6th W 6-4 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
23 |
vs. (10th RS) L 8-9 |
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| 6th Place Brewers |
vs. 9th L 4-6 |
vs 12th W 14-6 |
at 3rd L 4-6 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
18 |
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| 9th Place Dodgers |
at 6th W 6-4 |
at 3rd W 13-3 |
vs 12th L 0-3 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
10 |
at (7th RS) W 7-4 |
Bye week | at (2nd RS) W 6-5 |
vs. (10th RS) W 7-6 |
| 12th Place Pirates |
at 3rd W 6-4 |
at 6th L 6-14 |
at 9th W 3-0 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
18 |
at 1st (1st RS) Rained out |
at 1st (1st RS) L 0-15 |
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |||||
| August 15 | August 29 | September 12 | W | L | RS | RA | September 19 | September 26 | October 3 | October 10 | |
4th Place Twins |
vs. 11th L 3-10 |
vs. 10th L 4-7 |
vs. 5th W 10-9 |
1 |
2 |
17 |
26 |
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| 5th Place Cardinals |
vs. 10th L 3-7 |
vs 11th L 5-6 |
at 4th L 9-10 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
23 |
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| 10th Place Red Sox |
at 5th W 7-3 |
at 4th W 7-4 |
vs 11th L 11-20 |
2 |
1 |
25 |
27 |
at (3rd RS) W 9-8 |
Bye week | at 1st W 6-3 |
at (9th RS) L 6-7 |
| 11th Place Orioles |
at 4th W 10-3 |
at 5th W 6-5 |
at 10th W 20-11 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
19 |
at 2nd (2nd RS) L 7-10 |
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Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers
(Playoff Seeding will be completed prior to Playoff Week 1, Playoff Week 5, and Playoff Week 6)
End of Regular Season 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
Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers
1. To determine winner of each bracket:
- Best record in round-robin
- Round-robin head-to-head
- If two teams are tied for the best record and have played each other in the round-robin, the winner of that game wins the bracket
- If more than two teams are tied at the end of the round-robin and one team has beaten all teams that it is tied with, that one team will win the bracket, otherwise the team with the best regular season record will win the bracket.
2. To determine wild card winners:
- Teams that finished 2-1 advance and are placed in quarterfinals based on end of regular season seeding until four wild card slots are filled
- If there are more than four 2-1 teams, the teams with the top four end of regular season seedings advance
- If there are less than four 2-1 teams, the teams that finished 1-2 are then placed in quarterfinals based on end of regular season seeding until all wild card slots are filled