The Rockies post best record for 3rd year team in MLB History

ByThis Day in Baseball October 1, 1995May 3, 2019

1995 – The Colorado Rockies become the first major league team to reach the postseason before their seventh year in existence. Colorado also becomes the National League’s first wild card winner following a 10 – 9 win over the San Francisco Giants. Colorado’s .535 winning percentage (77-67 record) is the best-ever for a third-year team. The New York Yankees become the first wild card winner in the American League.

Wild Card Games

Yankees and Rockies become the first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system

ByThis Day in Baseball October 1, 1995May 3, 2019

The Yankees and Rockies become the first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system. Both sides will lose in the first round of the new format, with Colorado bowing to the NL East’s Braves in four games, and the Bronx Bombers eliminated in extra innings of Game 5 in a classic ALDS against the AL West’s Mariners.

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Day: October 1, 1995

The Rockies post best record for 3rd year team in MLB History

Yankees and Rockies become the first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system

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