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American League Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Games Behind Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L GPi
Games Played
162 game season
DV WC 1*
First Round Bye
2*
First Round Bye
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
Tigers CentralCntr 46 25 71 - - 69 79 87 87 87 87 MW
Yankees East 42 26 68 - - 68 77 84 84 84 84 MW
Astros West 39 30 69 - - 65 74 83 83 83 83 MW
Blue Jays East 38 31 69 - 64 72 79 79 79 80 MW
Rays East 37 32 69 - 63 71 78 78 78 78 MW
Twins CentralCntr 36 33 69 9 - 62 71 79 79 79 79 MW
 
Guardians CentralCntr 35 33 68 ½ 62 71 79 79 79 79 MW
Red Sox East 35 36 71 2 59 67 74 74 74 75 MW
Mariners West 34 34 68 60 70 79 79 79 79 MW
Royals CentralCntr 34 36 70 11½ 58 68 76 76 76 76 MW
Rangers West 34 36 70 58 68 77 77 77 77 MW
Angels West 33 35 68 59 69 78 78 78 78 MW
Orioles East 28 40 68 14 55 63 70 70 70 71 MW
Athletics West 27 44 71 13 10 50 60 69 69 69 69 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 23 47 70 22½ 13½ 47 57 65 65 65 65 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs