Playoff Series Breakdown
| First Round Playoff: Rays @ Red Sox | ||
| 1 | Rays 9, Red Sox 3 | WP: Bubic LP: Price |
| Rays Win Series 1-0 | ||
| First Round Playoff: Mets @ Reds | ||
| 1 | Reds 7, Mets 6 | WP: Mendez LP: Robles |
| Reds Win Series 1-0 | ||
| Second Round Playoff: Indians @ Yankees | ||
| 1 | Indians 5, Yankees 4 | WP: Goody LP: |
| 2 | Yankees 6, Indians 5 | WP: Montgomery LP: |
| 3 | Yankees 5, Indians 1 | WP: LP: |
| 4 | Yankees 9, Indians 5 | WP: Severino LP: Cowan |
| Yankees Win Series 3-1 | ||
| Second Round Playoff: Rays @ Rangers | ||
| 1 | Rangers 6, Rays 5 | WP: Vazquez LP: |
| 2 | Rays 6, Rangers 5 | WP: Brunson LP: Faria |
| 3 | Rays 8, Rangers 5 | WP: Familia LP: Archer |
| 4 | Rangers 8, Rays 1 | WP: Lewis LP: Clayton |
| 5 | Rangers 14, Rays 1 | WP: Cueto LP: Rodriguez |
| Rangers Win Series 3-2 | ||
| Second Round Playoff: Reds @ Cubs | ||
| 1 | Cubs 5, Reds 1 | WP: Hendricks LP: Greinke |
| 2 | Reds 10, Cubs 1 | WP: Kopech LP: Salazar |
| 3 | Reds 4, Cubs 2 | WP: Greene LP: Lester |
| 4 | Cubs 8, Reds 5 | WP: LP: Weber |
| 5 | Cubs 8, Reds 5 | WP: Barnes LP: Peralta |
| Cubs Win Series 3-2 | ||
| Second Round Playoff: Dodgers @ Phillies | ||
| 1 | Phillies 3, Dodgers 2 | WP: Moylan LP: Liberatore |
| 2 | Phillies 5, Dodgers 4 | WP: Neris LP: Diekman |
| 3 | Dodgers 3, Phillies 2 | WP: Diekman LP: Garcia |
| 4 | Phillies 6, Dodgers 3 | WP: Neshek LP: Diekman |
| Phillies Win Series 3-1 | ||
| Third Round Playoff: Yankees @ Rangers | ||
| 1 | Yankees 2, Rangers 1 | WP: Darvish LP: Faria |
| 2 | Rangers 9, Yankees 5 | WP: Vazquez LP: Tanaka |
| 3 | Yankees 5, Rangers 4 | WP: Green LP: Kimbrel |
| 4 | Rangers 11, Yankees 9 | WP: Houck LP: Montgomery |
| 5 | Yankees 3, Rangers 1 | WP: LP: Miller |
| 6 | Yankees 7, Rangers 6 | WP: Green LP: Miller |
| Yankees Win Series 4-2 | ||
| Third Round Playoff: Phillies @ Cubs | ||
| 1 | Phillies 8, Cubs 6 | WP: Neris LP: |
| 2 | Cubs 8, Phillies 4 | WP: LP: Urias |
| 3 | Phillies 2, Cubs 1 | WP: Allen LP: Parker |
| 4 | Cubs 2, Phillies 1 | WP: Hendricks LP: Neshek |
| 5 | Phillies 4, Cubs 2 | WP: Allen LP: |
| 6 | Cubs 1, Phillies 0 | WP: LP: Garcia |
| 7 | Cubs 3, Phillies 2 | WP: Parker LP: Moylan |
| Cubs Win Series 4-3 | ||
| World Series: Yankees @ Cubs | ||
| 1 | Yankees 8, Cubs 2 | WP: Severino LP: Hendricks |
| 2 | Yankees 3, Cubs 2 | WP: Green LP: |
| 3 | Yankees 8, Cubs 7 | WP: Green LP: Parker |
| 4 | Yankees 7, Cubs 2 | WP: Montgomery LP: |
| Yankees Win Series 4-0 | ||
