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2025 American League Championship Series
2025 American League Championship Series (ALCS): Toronto Blue Jays beat Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 on George Springer's three-run homer; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. MVP; Toronto's first pennant since 1993.
2025 American League Division Series
The 2025 American League Division Series: Toronto beat the Yankees 3-1 and Seattle edged Detroit 3-2 on Polanco's 15th-inning walk-off in the longest winner-take-all postseason game ever. Also called ALDS 2025.
2025 American League Wild Card Series
The 2025 American League Wild Card Series consisted of two best-of-three MLB playoff series, played September 30 to October 2, 2025, won by the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees.
2025 Atlanta Braves season
The 2025 Atlanta Braves season saw the Braves finish 76–86, fourth in the National League East, after a winless 0–7 start and injuries to the entire starting rotation.
2025 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
2025 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting: BBWAA elected Ichiro Suzuki (99.7%), CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner Jan. 21, 2025; Classic Era Committee elected Dick Allen and Dave Parker; five-member Class of 2025.
2025 Boston Red Sox season
The 2025 Boston Red Sox (89-73, third AL East) returned to the postseason for the first time since 2021, losing the Wild Card Series 2-1 to the Yankees after the Rafael Devers trade, the Garrett Crochet trade, and a ten-game July win streak.
2025 Chicago Cubs season
2025 Chicago Cubs season: Craig Counsell's 92-70 club, second in the NL Central, opened with the Tokyo Series, beat San Diego in the Wild Card round, and lost the NLDS to Milwaukee.
2025 Chicago White Sox season
2025 Chicago White Sox season: rebuilding MLB year finishing 60-102, last in AL Central, under first-year manager Will Venable; third straight 100-loss season after the record 121-loss 2024, with 1,445,738 attendance and eight rookies.
2025 Cincinnati Reds season
2025 Cincinnati Reds season: 83-79, third NL Central, third NL Wild Card under first-year manager Terry Francona; clinched on final day via Mets tiebreaker, swept 2-0 by Dodgers in NLWCS.
2025 Cleveland Guardians season
2025 Cleveland Guardians MLB season: 88-74 AL Central champions under Stephen Vogt, erasing a 15.5-game Detroit deficit, with a .226 franchise-worst average, 3.70 ERA, and a Wild Card Series loss to the Tigers.
2025 Colorado Rockies season
The 2025 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 33rd and worst: a 43-119 record that prompted the dismissal of manager Bud Black and a rebuild led by Paul DePodesta.
2025 Detroit Tigers season
The 2025 Detroit Tigers season: Detroit went 87-75, second in the AL Central, blew a 15.5-game July division lead, then beat Cleveland in the Wild Card Series before losing the ALDS to Seattle in five games.
2025 Houston Astros season
2025 Houston Astros season: finished 87-75, second in the AL West, 3.0 games behind Seattle, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and ending an eight-year postseason streak despite leading the division at the All-Star break.
2025 Japan Series
2025 Japan Series (SMBC日本シリーズ2025): 76th NPB championship, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat Hanshin Tigers 4-1 for their 12th title, first since 2020; Hotaka Yamakawa was series MVP.
2025 Little League World Series
2025 Little League Baseball World Series (78th edition, Aug 13–24, South Williamsport, Pa.): Tung-Yuan LL of Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Asia-Pacific) beat Summerlin South LL of Las Vegas, Nevada (Mountain) 7-0 for Taiwan's first title since 1996.
2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the team's 66th in the NL West, finishing 93–69 and defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games for a second straight World Series title.
2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2025 MLB All-Star Game (95th Midsummer Classic), July 15, 2025 at Truist Park, Atlanta; National League beat American League 7-6 in the first swing-off tiebreaker; Kyle Schwarber MVP; Cal Raleigh won the Home Run Derby.
2025 Major League Baseball postseason
2025 MLB postseason: 12-team playoff, Sept 30-Nov 1, 2025. Dodgers beat Blue Jays 4-3 in World Series, repeating as champions; Yamamoto MVP; 6.33M average viewers, up 28% from 2024.
2025 Major League Baseball season
The 2025 Major League Baseball season ran from the Tokyo Series to a Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series won 4-3 by Los Angeles; attendance reached 71,409,421 with average game time of 2:38.
2025 Mexican Baseball League season
2025 Mexican Baseball League season, LMB centenary (100th season, founded 1925). 20 teams, 93 games; Diablos Rojos del México (63-25) swept Charros de Jalisco 4-0 in the Serie del Rey for an 18th title and fourth bicampeonato.
2025 Milwaukee Brewers season
2025 Milwaukee Brewers season: MLB team's 97-65 NL Central championship year, best record in baseball, franchise-record 14-game streak, NLDS win over Cubs, NLCS sweep by Dodgers.
2025 National League Championship Series
2025 NLCS: Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 (games 2-1, 5-1, 3-1, 5-1) for the NL pennant; Shohei Ohtani won NLCS MVP after a three-homer, 10-strikeout Game 4.
2025 National League Division Series
2025 National League Division Series, MLB NL playoffs October 4-11, 2025: Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs 3-2 and Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 3-1; both winners advanced to the NLCS.
2025 National League Wild Card Series
2025 National League Wild Card Series: MLB playoff first round, two best-of-three series. Dodgers swept the Reds 2-0; Cubs beat the Padres 2-1 at Wrigley Field, advancing for the first time since 2017.
2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament: 64-team postseason ending with LSU's eighth national title, sweeping 13th-seeded Coastal Carolina 5-3 in the Omaha College World Series finals; Kade Anderson Most Outstanding Player.
2025 New York Mets season
The 2025 New York Mets season was the franchise's 64th MLB season, in which the team went 83-79 and missed the playoffs after a second-half collapse.
2025 New York Yankees season
The 2025 New York Yankees went 94-68, second in the AL East behind Toronto on a tiebreaker, beat Boston in the Wild Card Series, lost the ALDS 3-1 to Toronto, led MLB with 849 runs and 274 home runs, and extended their title drought to 16 years.
2025 Nippon Professional Baseball season
2025 Nippon Professional Baseball season: both leagues opened March 28, 2025. Hanshin (.612) and SoftBank (.626) won the pennants; SoftBank beat Hanshin 4-1 for its 12th Japan Series title, first in five years.
2025 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 2025 Philadelphia Phillies season was the franchise's 143rd: a 96–66 team that won a second straight NL East title, then lost the NLDS to the Dodgers.
2025 San Diego Padres season
2025 San Diego Padres season: MLB club finished 90-72, second in the NL West behind the Dodgers, lost the Wild Card Series 2-1 to the Cubs; Mike Shildt's final season as manager, Mason Miller headline deadline acquisition.