The MLB playoffs are inching closer to the World Series as the National League Champion Series continues with Game 2 on Monday, Oct. 12.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the defending champions and are one of the winningest franchises in all of baseball with nine World Series titles.
The Dodgers are taking on the Milwaukee Brewers, a mid-size market team that doesn't have quite a storied history. The Brewers' biggest claim to fame is baseball trail blazer and former home run king Hank Aaron. Other star players like CC Sabathia, Rollie Fingers, Don Sutton, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor have helped bring the club success and accolades.
After winning the first game of the NLCS, the Brewers are three victories away from reaching the World Series. They got
here as the No. 1 seed in the National League with a 103-59 record. Milwaukee earned a bye in the wild card round and then beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 in the National League Division Series.
Have the Brewers won the World Series?
No, the Brewers have not won the World Series in their 57-year history. The club was established in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, but moved to Milwaukee and rebranded as the Brewers the following year after the Milwaukee Braves relocated to Atlanta.
The Brewers have reached the postseason 12 times, including this year. Their first playoff appearance was in 1981 when they made it to the American League Division Series. They had a postseason drought from 1983 to 2008 when they reached the National League Division Series.
They switched from the American League to National League in 1998.
Baseball icon Hank Aaron played for the club in 1975 and 1976 before they reached the postseason.
How many times have the Brewers reached the World Series?
Milwaukee has played in the World Series one time. The Brewers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1982 World Series, which went to seven games.
That 1982 Brewers team featured x players who would eventually be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Rollie Fingers, Don Sutton, Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and Ted Simmons.
With Simmons batting cleanup and five hits from Molitor, the Brewers started the series strong and won the first game 10-0. The Cardinals responded by winning the next two games to go up in the series. The Brewers took the next two matchups, but the Cardinals won the sixth game 13-1 before winning the championship 6-3 in the final game.
Catcher Darrell Porter was named the World Series MVP in his second season with the Cardinals after he replaced Simmons as the backstop in St. Louis.
The Brewers reached the World Series by beating the then-California Angels in the American League Championship Series 3-2.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Have Brewers ever won the World Series? A look at Milwaukee's playoff history
