List of National League pennant winners

The trophy is named for Warren Giles, the league president from 1951 to 1969, and is presented immediately after each NL Championship Series (NLCS) by Warren's son Bill Giles, the honorary league president and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in and the Tampa Bay Rays in ) and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915.

The trophy is named for Warren Giles, the league president from 1951 to 1969, and is presented immediately after each NL Championship Series (NLCS) by Warren's son Bill Giles, the honorary league president and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Prior to 1969, the National League champion (the "pennant winner") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

In third place is the St. Louis Cardinals (19 pennants and 28 playoff appearances), followed by the Atlanta Braves (17 pennants and 23 postseason appearances between their three home cities of Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Boston) and the Chicago Cubs (17 pennants and 20 playoff appearances as the Cubs and White Stockings).

The team has won 19 National League pennants, third-most of any team.

In third place is the St. Louis Cardinals (19 pennants and 28 playoff appearances), followed by the Atlanta Braves (17 pennants and 23 postseason appearances between their three home cities of Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Boston) and the Chicago Cubs (17 pennants and 20 playoff appearances as the Cubs and White Stockings).

Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought, both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball.

By pennants, the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers; 23 pennants, 31 playoff appearances) and the San Francisco Giants (formerly the New York Giants; 23 pennants, 27 playoff appearances) are tied for the winningest teams in the NL.

The new combined team was dubbed the Brooklyn Superbas by the press and would become the champions of the National League in 1899 and again in 1900.

He oversaw three pennant-winning St. Louis Cardinals teams, winning two World Series, and another pennant with the Boston Braves, the last National League title in Boston baseball history.

The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship — the pennant — of MLB's National League (NL).

This team receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy and the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League (AL).

Overall, Cincinnati finished the season with a 96-44 record, cruising to the National League pennant, as the team finished in first place for the first time since 1882.

Meanwhile, The Cubs won 116 games during the 1906 season, taking the NL pennant.

Gibson had a career-high 52 runs batted in and helped guide the Pirates' pitching staff to finish second in the league in shutouts as well as in earned run average as the team clinched the 1909 National League pennant.

, the winners of the Eastern, Central, and Western Divisions, as well as one wild card team, play in the NL Division Series, a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play for the pennant.

The Cubs won this makeup game, 4–2, and thus the National League pennant.

The Astros overcame a sluggish 15–30 start to claim the wild card playoff spot, and would go on to win the National League pennant to advance to the World Series for the first time in franchise history.

The Cardinals entered 2014 as the defending NL champions.

They won the pennant and advanced to the World Series for the first time in franchise history and also Washington, D.C.'s first appearance in the World Series since the American League's Senators in 1933.

Advancing to their third straight National League Championship Series, they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games for their 19th NL pennant.

The Dodgers have won six World Series championships and twenty three National League pennants.

Founded in 1969, the Padres have won two NL pennants — in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both years.

In 2007, the team earned its first (and only) NL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position.