2019 Major League Baseball season

2019 MLB season
2019 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 20 – October 30, 2019
Number of games	162
Number of teams	30
TV partner(s)	Fox/FS1, TBS, ESPN, MLB Network
Draft
Top draft pick	Adley Rutschman
Picked by	Baltimore Orioles
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Mike Trout (LAA) ; NL: Cody Bellinger (LAD)
Postseason
AL champions	Houston Astros
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	Washington Nationals
NL runners-up	St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
Champions	Washington Nationals
Runners-up	Houston Astros
World Series MVP	Stephen Strasburg (WSH)
MLB seasons
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Major League Baseball season began on March 20, while the regular season ended on September 29. It was the 150th anniversary of professional baseball, dating back to the 1869 foundation of the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The postseason began on October 1. The World Series began October 22 and ended October 30 with the Washington Nationals defeating the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series championship. The entire schedule was released on August 22, 2018.^[1]

The 90th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 9 at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. The American League won, 4–3, for its seventh straight victory.^[2]

This was the final season when anyone on the 40-man expanded roster could be used in games from September 1 through the end of the regular season (so-called September call-ups).

^ Calcaterra, Craig (August 22, 2018). "MLB releases 2019 schedule".
^ "American League wins its seventh straight MLB All-Star Game". sports.yahoo.com. July 10, 2019.

[2019schedule-1] Calcaterra, Craig (August 22, 2018). "MLB releases 2019 schedule".

[2] "American League wins its seventh straight MLB All-Star Game". sports.yahoo.com. July 10, 2019.

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