In 2022, the MLB regular season ends on Wednesday, October 5th.
The World Series playoff games start two days later on Friday, October 7th beginning with the newly expanded wild card series.
In the 2022 MLB postseason, 12 teams will make the playoffs. That means six teams from each league (American League and National League) will compete for two wildcard spots in the World Series this year.
As usual, television coverage of the 2022 MLB playoffs will be shared by traditional broadcasters ESPN, TBS, FOX, and FS1 with network FOX, airing the complete 2022 World Series games.
As the Boys of October prepare take to the field, watch for more updates as they are announced including start dates of wildcard and divisional games, the championship and World Series, and the full TV schedule.
Meanwhile, check out the complete 2022 MLB World Series TV schedule plus world series baseball trivia, fun facts, and related resources just up ahead:
2022 MLB WORLD SERIES TV SCHEDULE
ASTROS win series 4-2 over the Phillies to become WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Atlanta WINS series 4-2to become 2021 World Series Champions
DATE
MATCHUP
TIME (ET)
TV
Tue. Oct. 26
Atlanta Braves 6, Houston Astros 2 - FINAL
Wed. Oct. 27
Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 2 - FINAL
Fri. Oct. 29
Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 0 - FINAL
Sat. Oct. 30
Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 2 - FINAL
Sun. Oct. 31
Houston Astros 9, Atlanta Braves 5 - FINAL
Tue. Nov 2
Atlanta Braves 7, Houston Astros 0 - FINAL
Baseball World Series Fun Facts
"The Greatest Catch Ever Made,"
Willie Mays, 1954 World Series.
• The New York Yankees hold the record for the most World Series wins, with a total of 27 championship titles.
• "The Greatest Catch Ever Made" was during the 1954 World Series when Giant's center fielder Willie Mays made his fabled running leap for a 460-foot shot from Indians' slugger Vic Wertz.
• The most storied underdogs in baseball, the Amazin' Mets climbed out of the basement to beat the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles for the championship title in 1969. In total, the Mets have reached the World Series four times in franchise history (1969, 1973, 1986 and 2000).
• San Francisco was rockin' in 1989 when a devastating earthquake hit the Bay Area during Game 3. The game was postponed for 10 days before Oakland went on to sweep the series.
Around the Web, follow your favorite teams to see who's in and who's out in the division series on the road to the World Series, along with detailed results & scores, great coverage of the history of the World Series, its teams and players, stats and record-breaking performances ...:
FOX Sports - Major League Baseball - The official TV broadcast station of the major league World Series games with stats, schedules, scores & results along with the latest headline news & rumors including video highlights, photos, fantasy baseball. Major League Baseball - Get right to the meat and potatoes of who's in competition for the pennant championship with this site's chart showing the current standings of each team in the majors -- updated daily during the season.
Baseball Prospectus - Opinions on which teams are cracking the stats it takes to win the playoffs and get to the championship games. Analysis of players,
positions and historical comparisons make for interesting and informative reading. This site has a section for fantasy managers
who want to keep up with their players info and tradeability.
World Series History - From famous ejections - to the MVPs from seasons past - check out major league history, trivia and World Series fun facts at Baseball Almanac.com.