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The pennant has been awarded every year since 1876, except for 1994, when a [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] forced the cancellation of the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]].<ref name="brefpostseason">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|title=Playoff and World Series Stats and Results|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|archive-date=January 9, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="94strike">{{Cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/08/25/1994_strike_victims_ap/|title=Season interrupted |work=Sports Illustrated|date=August 26, 2002|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref> Until 1969, the pennant was presented to the team with the best [[winning percentage|win–loss record]] at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gillette|first=Gary|author2=Gammons, Peter |others=Palmer, Pete|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|publisher=Sterling|year=2007|page=1723|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62ntg9bMH4AC&q=national+league+pennant&pg=PT1723}}</ref> In 1969, the league split into two divisions,<ref>{{cite book|last=Koppett|first=Leonard|author2=Koppett, Dave |title=Koppett's concise history of major league baseball|publisher=Carroll & Graf|year=2004|page=300|isbn=0-7867-1286-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjrbVkGAsHcC&q=major+league+baseball+split+divisions&pg=PA300}}</ref> and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the NLCS to determine the pennant winner. The format of the NLCS was changed from a [[best-of-five playoff|best-of-five]] to a [[best-of-seven playoff|best-of-seven format]] for the 1985 postseason.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=League Championship Series Results|magazine=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside|volume=60|issue=10|page=74|issn=0005-609X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SsDAAAAMBAJ&q=baseball+digest+national+league+championship+series+1969&pg=PA74|date=October 2001}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1995, an additional playoff series was added when MLB restructured the two divisions in each league into three.<ref name="realign">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6-YTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6390,4161911&dq=phillies+mets+rivalry&hl=en|title=Pirates agree to move to new division|date=September 16, 1993|work=Ocala Star-Banner|access-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the winners of the [[National League East|Eastern]], [[National League Central|Central]], and [[National League West|Western Divisions]], as well as one [[wild card (sports)|wild card team]], play in the [[National League Division Series|NL Division Series]], a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play for the pennant.<ref>{{cite book|last=Formosa|first=Dan|author2=Hamburger, Paul |title=Baseball field guide: an in-depth illustrated guide to the complete rules of baseball|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|year=2006|pages=24–25|isbn=1-56025-700-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ca_PpP9fVbsC&q=major+league+baseball+postseason&pg=PA24}}</ref>
By pennants, the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]; 24 pennants, 31 playoff appearances)<ref name="LAD"/> are the winningest team in NL history. The [[San Francisco Giants]] (formerly the [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]; 23 pennants, 27 playoff appearances)<ref name="SFG"/> are in second place, with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (19 pennants and 28 playoff appearances),<ref name="STL"/> in third place, followed by the [[Atlanta Braves]] (
The team with the best record to win the NL pennant was the 1906 Cubs, who won 116 of 152 games during that season<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1906.shtml|title=1906 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref> and finished 20 games ahead of the New York Giants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1906.shtml|title=1906 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref> The best record by a pennant winner in the Championship Series era is 108–54, which was achieved by the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1975.shtml|title=1975 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref> and the [[New York Mets]] in 1986;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1986.shtml|title=1986 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref> both of these teams went on to win the World Series.<ref name="brefpostseason"/>
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