2016 National League Championship Series
| 2016 National League Championship Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 15–22 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Javier Báez and Jon Lester (Chicago) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Ted Barrett, Gary Cederstrom, Eric Cooper, Ángel Hernández, Alfonso Márquez, Paul Nauert and Bill Welke. | ||||||||||||
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| Television |
FS1 (English) Fox Deportes (Spanish) |
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| TV announcers |
Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (English) Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez (Spanish) |
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| Radio |
ESPN (English) ESPN Deportes (Spanish) |
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| Radio announcers |
Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone (English) Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hernández (Spanish) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Chicago Cubs (4) | Joe Maddon | 103–58, .640, 17.5 GA | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (2) | Dave Roberts | 91–71, .562, 4 GA |
The 2016 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians. As winners of one of the Division Series and the team with the best regular season record in the National League, the Cubs earned home-field advantage regardless of opponent. The series was the 47th in league history. FS1 televised all of the games in the United States.
The 2016 NLCS was the Cubs' second consecutive NLCS appearance and fifth overall. Chicago lost its first four NLCS appearances, in 1984, 1989, 2003, and most recently were swept in the 2015 National League Championship Series. This was the first time the Cubs have made back-to-back NLCS appearances. The Cubs had not won a World Series championship since 1908 or played in the World Series since 1945.
This was the Dodgers' 11th overall appearance in the NLCS. Los Angeles was in the NLCS for the first time since losing the 2013 National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers split their previous ten NLCS appearances, with their most recent victory in 1988, the same year they last appeared in and won the World Series.
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