2016 National League Division Series
The 2016 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2016 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners (seeded 1–3) and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff— played in two series. FS1 and MLB Network carried all the games in the United States.
| 2016 National League Division Series | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Dates | October 7–11 | ||||||||||||
| Television | FS1 (Games 1, 3–4) MLB Network (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Matt Vasgersian, John Smoltz, and Ken Rosenthal (FS1) Bob Costas, John Smoltz, and Ken Rosenthal (MLBN) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | John Hirschbeck (crew chief), Marvin Hudson, Mike Muchlinski, Alan Porter, Todd Tichenor and Larry Vanover Replay: Chris Conroy, Kerwin Danley, Gerry Davis, Adrian Johnson. | ||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Dates | October 7–13 | ||||||||||||
| Television | FS1 (Games 1–2, 4–5) MLB Network (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Kenny Albert, Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci, and J. P. Morosi (FS1) Bob Costas, Jim Kaat, and J. P. Morosi (MLBN) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien and Jim Bowden | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Dan Bellino, Manny González, Chris Guccione, Tom Hallion, Jeff Kellogg (crew chief) and Ron Kulpa Replay: Chris Conroy, Kerwin Danley, Gerry Davis, Adrian Johnson. | ||||||||||||
| NLWC | San Francisco Giants defeated New York Mets, 3–0 | ||||||||||||
These matchups were:
- (1) Chicago Cubs (Central Division champions) vs (5) San Francisco Giants (Wild Card Winner): Cubs win series 3–1.
- (2) Washington Nationals (East Division champions) vs (3) Los Angeles Dodgers (West Division champions): Dodgers win series 3–2.
The Dodgers defeated the Nationals in five games and reached the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2013.
The Cubs won the Division Series three games to one and advanced to the NLCS for the second consecutive year. This was the first and only playoff series loss of the Bruce Bochy-led Giants.
The Cubs went on to defeat the Dodgers in the NLCS, then win the 2016 World Series over the American League champion Cleveland Indians. Their first World title since 1908.