Schedule and 2024 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Dodgers 98-64, New York Yankees 94-68
Game 1 on Friday, 25 October: New York Yankees lose at Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-runs-3
Game 2 on Saturday, 26 October: New York Yankees lose at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-runs-2
Game 3 on Monday, 28 October: Los Angeles Dodgers win at New York Yankees, 4-runs-2
Game 4 on Thursday, 29 October: Los Angeles Dodgers lose at New York Yankees, 11-runs-4
Game 5 on Wednesday, 30 October: Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees
Game 6* on Friday, 01 November: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers
Game 7* on Saturday, 02 November: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers
* if needed
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-1:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 3-games-1 irrespective of site order (Dodgers) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2024 MLB Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 671-59 (.919)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 117-8 (.936)
series record, MLB only, all rounds: 81-14 (.853)
series record, MLB only, Finals round: 42-6 (.875)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 411-319 (.563)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 68-57 (.544)
Game 5 record, MLB only, all rounds: 47-48 (.495)
Game 5 record, MLB only, Finals round: 27-21 (.563)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1582 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2024 MLB Semifinals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-1 @ HHVV:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 3-games-1 with site order HHVV (Dodgers) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2024 MLB Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 434-27 (.941)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 75-5 (.938)
series record, MLB only, all rounds: 47-7 (.870)
series record, MLB only, Finals round: 20-4 (.833)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 300-161 (.651)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 46-34 (.575)
Game 5 record, MLB only, all rounds: 27-27 (.500)
Game 5 record, MLB only, Finals round: 15-9 (.625)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1582 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2024 MLB Semifinals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.