How Does Home-Field Advantage Work in the World Series?

Editorial illustration of a baseball and glove beside home plate in a generic stadium

Home-field advantage in the World Series gives one team the right to host up to four games of the best-of-seven championship. The American League and National League champions compete, and the first team to win four games takes the title.

The venues follow a 2–3–2 pattern. The club with the better regular-season record hosts Games 1 and 2, then travels for Games 3, 4 and 5. If the series continues, it returns home for Games 6 and 7. Games 5 through 7 are played only when needed, because the contest ends as soon as either team reaches four wins.

That means home-field advantage offers a possible extra home game, rather than a guarantee. In a four-game sweep, each ballpark hosts twice. If the teams are tied after six games, however, the deciding seventh game takes place at the stadium of the team holding that advantage.

Source: Ticketmaster’s MLB postseason format guide.

 

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