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The wild card began in 1994. This was because they wanted to give more chances to win the World Series. Wild card is the next two best teams in American League and the national league. Their have been 120 division winners 20 years times six division and 97 of those teams that led divisions at the end of Labor Day went on to the postseason. So that means that 105 of 120 divisions leaders through Labor Day since 1995 have clinched a playoff berth.
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Of those 23 exceptions,15 have come in the last 10 years,essentially after those braves and Yankee runs. And it has happened four times in the last three years,with the addition of the second wild card. Last year,Kansas City led the al central by a half game over Detroit after Labor Day,and the Tigers went on to win the central while the royals were the no. 1 wild card en route to their pennant.
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A big part of that success can be attributed to the braves and Yankees clubs during the first half of this era. Coxs braves led through Labor Day from 1995-2005,winning their division each time. Tore's Yankees won the al east in 1996 and then from '98-06 and the only time during those 10 seasons that they failed to lead after Labor Day was in 2005,when Boston blew its three game Labor Day division lead and went on as the wild card.
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