Certain parks just feel different when October rolls around. Some teams get a real edge at home, and the numbers back it up. The Brewers have driven that point home in 2026, winning five straight postseason games at American Family Field, including Game 1 of the World Series against the Rays.
Here are the ballparks that have delivered the strongest home-field records in playoff history.
The Mets’ old home, Shea Stadium, tops the list for a reason. From 1964 to 2008, New York went 26-13 there in the playoffs, a .667 mark.
The stadium’s most famous October chapter came in 1986. In a tied Game 6, the bottom of the 10th turned into chaos after the infamous Bill Buckner error, giving the Mets a walk-off win to keep the series alive.
Two nights later, still at home, they erased a 3-0 deficit to win Game 7 and finish off the series. At Citi Field, by contrast, the Mets have gone 8-8 in the playoffs.
Busch Stadium II in St. Louis sits right behind Shea, with the Cardinals going 35-18 there from 1966 to 2005.
That building saw October baseball from a long list of Cardinals greats, from Bob Gibson and Ozzie Smith to Albert Pujols. St.
Louis reached the World Series six times in that stretch, and five of those series went the distance. In three of those Game 7s, the home team won, including the Cardinals’ 6-3 win over the Brewers in 1982.
Citizens Bank Park has become one of the league’s better October environments since opening in 2004. The Phillies are 29-16 there in the postseason, a .644 mark that includes the peak of the Ryan Howard-Chase Utley-Jimmy Rollins era.
That run featured the 2008 title push, when Philadelphia went 11-3 in the playoffs and beat Tampa Bay 4-3 at home to clinch the World Series. Since 2022, the Phillies have been back in the postseason mix again, giving a new wave of players a shot at October moments in front of the Philly crowd.
Memorial Stadium was a fortress for the Orioles during the club’s best stretch. Baltimore posted a 19-11 playoff record there, powered by names like Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr.
The Orioles clinched both the 1966 and 1970 World Series with home wins, and the 1966 clincher was a classic 1-0 duel in which Dave McNally beat Don Drysdale, with both pitchers going the distance. Since moving to Camden Yards, though, Baltimore has been just 7-13 at home in the playoffs.
The original Yankee Stadium produced playoff numbers that border on absurd. New York went 101-60 there from 1923 to 2008, a .627 mark, and the 101 postseason wins are an MLB record for any home team at one venue. The Yankees won 26 rings while playing there, which tells the story better than any single stat could.
Atlanta’s Truist Park has quickly built a strong postseason résumé of its own. The Braves are 15-9 there since the ballpark opened in 2017, and their 20th home playoff game at the stadium ended in style when Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 2026 NL Wild Card Series to lift Atlanta past the Phillies, 5-3.
Two nights later, they closed out the series with a 6-2 win, before dropping Games 3 and 4 of the NLDS at home to the Dodgers. Still, from the start of the 2020 NL Wild Card Series through Game 5 of the 2021 World Series against the Astros, the Braves had strung together nine straight home playoff wins.
Oracle Park has been a steady October backdrop for the Giants since 2000, with San Francisco going 25-15 there in the postseason. All three of the franchise’s World Series wins this century were clinched on the road - one in Texas, one in Detroit and one in Kansas City - but the Giants did seal the 2012 and 2014 NLCS at home.
The Brewers are next on the list at American Family Field, where they’re 19-12 in playoff games. Milwaukee has already banked five home wins in the 2026 postseason, highlighted by those tight battles with the Dodgers and two dramatic wins over the Padres in the NLDS. Jackson Chourio’s walk-off hit against Mason Miller in Game 2 stood out in particular.
Yankee Stadium II has also given the Yankees plenty of October success. Since opening in 2009, New York is 33-22 there in the playoffs.
The new park got its first title celebration right away, with the Yankees closing out the Phillies in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series at home. They also finished off the 2010, 2012 and 2022 ALDS, the 2017 and 2018 AL Wild Card Games and the 2025 AL Wild Card Series in front of their own fans.
In 2026, they opened with a pair of blowout wins over the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Series, but the Rays swept them in the ALDS, including a Game 3 loss at home.
Rounding out the list is Comerica Park, where the Tigers are 16-11 in postseason play since 2000. Detroit still hasn’t won a World Series there, but the park has hosted some important clinchers. The Tigers sealed the 2006 and 2012 ALCS with home wins, both by sweep, and the 2006 clincher ended with Magglio Ordóñez’s walk-off home run.
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