Here's the tie breaker rule thanks to the Cub Reporter. It does not as a matter of fact include a coin toss for three teams:
When there is a tie for a Division Championship and the breaking of the tie will result in the losing team nonetheless being the Wild Card team, the Division Champion shall be:
- a. the team with the better record in head-to-head competition, or in the event the teams have the
same record in head-to-head competition,
- b. the team with the better record, based on winning percentage in intradivisional competition, or,
in the event the two teams have the same intradivisional winning percentages,
- c. the team with the better record in League competition over the last 81 games played by each
team, or, in the event the two teams have the same records over this period,
- d. the team with the better record in League competition over the last 82 games, provided that the
82nd game was not a game between the tied teams.
If necessary, the subparagraph (d.) procedure of adding the immediately preceding game played by each team records shall be continued until such time as one team emerges with a better record and that team shall thereupon be declared the Division Champion and the other team shall be declared the Wild Card team.
When there is a tie for a Division Championship and the breaking of that tie will result in the losing team(s) not being the Wild Card team, the tie for the Division Championship shall be broken as follows:
- a. Tie between two teams. The League President shall conduct a coin flip to determine the site of
a playoff game between the two teams, the game to be played the day after the conclusion of the
championship season. The winner of the game shall be declared the Division Champion.
- b. Tie among three teams. If the tied teams have identical records against each other, the League
President shall supervise a draw which results in the tied teams being designated the A, B and C teams.
A will play B at the home field of A, the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The
following day, C will play the winner of A-B at the winner's home field. The winner of the game shall
be declared the Division Champion. When, however, the tied teams do not have identical records against
each other, their designation as the A, B, or C teams shall be determined as follows:
- Team 1 has better record against both Team 2 and Team 3, and Team 2 has better record against
Team 3: Team 1 chooses designation as A, B or C team, and Team 2 chooses from remaining
choices;
- Team 1 has better record against both Team 2 and Team 3, and Team 2 and Team 3 have same record
against each other: Team 1 chooses designation as A, B or C team and League President supervises
draw between Teams 2 and 3 for remaining choices;
- Team 1 and Team 2 have same record against each other but better record against Team 3: League
President supervises draw between Teams 1 and 2. Winner chooses designation as A, B or C team and
loser chooses from remaining choices;
- Team 1 has better record against Team 2, Team 2 has better record against Team 3, and Team 3
has better record against Team 1: Rank teams on the basis of overall winning percentage within the
three-team group; team(s) with higher percentages select designation as A, B or C teams(s); when
two or more teams tied in overall winning percentage, League President supervises draw between
teams so tied.
c. Tie among four teams. The League President shall supervise a draw which results in the tied
teams being designated the A, B, C and D teams. A will play B at the home field of A, and C will play
D at the home field of C, both games to be played the day after the conclusion of the championship
season. The following day, the winners will play at the home field of A, or, if A lost that of B. The
winner of the game shall be declared the Division Champion.
When there is a tie for a Division Championship and the tied teams have the same record as a team having the better record of the second place teams in the other two divisions, the Division Championship tie shall be broken as follows:
- a. Tie among two teams for Division Championship with one team having the better record of the
second place teams in the other two divisions. The League President shall conduct a coin flip to
determine the site of a playoff game between the two teams tied for the Division Championship, the game
to be played the day after the conclusion of the championship series. The winner of the game shall be
declared Division Champion and the team with the better record of the second place teams in the other
two divisions shall be declared the Wild Card team.
- b. Tie among three teams for a Division Championship, and one team having the better record of the
second place teams in the other two divisions. The League President shall supervise a draw which
results in the three teams tied for the Division Championship being designated the A, B and C teams. A
will play B at then home field of A, the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The
following day, C will play the winner of A-B at winner's home field. The winner of that game will be
declared Division Champion and the team with the better record of the second place teams in the other
two divisions, on the basis of its winning percentage, shall be declared the Wild Card team; provided
that where Team C defeats the winner of the game between teams A and B, the team it defeats, on the
basis of its winning percentage, shall be declared the wild card team when the tied teams' winning
percentages, at the conclusion of the championship season, were below .500.
- c. Tie among two teams for Division Championships in two different divisions, and second place team
in remaining division. The League President shall conduct two coin flips to determine the sites of the
playoff games between the two teams in each division tied for their Division Championships, both games
to be played the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The winners of the games shall
be declared Division Champions and the second place team in the remaining division shall be declared,
on the basis of its winning percentage, the Wild Card team.
When there is a tie which affects only the determination of the wild card team and not the determination of a Division Champion, the tie shall be broken as follows:
- a. Tie between two teams, in any divisions. The League President shall conduct a coin flip to
determine the site of a playoff game between the two teams, the game to be played the day after the
conclusion of the championship season. The winner of the game shall be declared the Wild Card
team.
- b. Tie among three teams, in any division. If the tied teams have identical records against each
other, the League President shall supervise a draw which results in the tied teams being designated the
A, B and C teams. A will play B at the home field of A, the day after the conclusion of the
championship season. The following day, C will play the winner of A-B at the winner's home field. The
winner of the game shall be declared the Wild Card team. When, however, the tied teams do not have
identical records against each other, their designation as the A, B or C teams shall be determined in
accordance with the procedures set forth in subparagraphs 2(b) (1-4) above.
- c. Tie among four teams, in any division. The League President shall supervise a draw which
results in the tied teams being designated the A, B, C and D teams. A will play B at the home field of
A, and C will play D at the home field of C, both games to be played the day after the conclusion of
the championship season. The following day, the winners will play at the home field of A, or if A
lost, that of B. The winner of the game shall be declared the Wild Card team.
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