Who has home field advantage in the 2024 World Series?

As the 2024 World Series draws near, the question of home field advantage becomes an important topic of discussion. With two strong teams ready to compete for the championship, it's worth exploring how playing at home can influence the series. Keep reading to find out who has home field advantage, why, and more:

The Los Angeles Dodgers will have home field advantage with a record of 98-64 (.605). The New York Yankees have a record of 94-68 (.580).

After the Yankees clinched the ALCS, the World Series home-field advantage hinged on the outcome of the NLCS. While the Yankees would have had home field against the Mets, the Dodgers ended up earning the top overall seed among the 12 playoff teams.  

As a result, Games 1-2 of the World Series will be held at Dodger Stadium before the series moves to New York.

The team with the better regular-season win percentage will secure home field advantage, regardless of whether they won their division or earned a Wild Card spot. This means they will host Games 1-2 and, if necessary, Games 6-7. 

In the event that two teams have identical win percentages, the tiebreaker is their head-to-head record, which can be determined since every team now faces each other at least once during the season.

Here’s the schedule for the 120th Fall Classic, with start times yet to be announced. Each game will be broadcast on FOX.

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Home field is not as much of an advantage as it has been made out to be. 

Teams holding home-field advantage in the World Series during the Wild Card Era (since 1995) have won the championship 19 out of 28 times (67.9% success rate), not counting the 2020 World Series (played at a neutral site). However, when it comes to winner-take-all Game 7s, the impact of home