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MLB - Week 6 of 28

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
Guardians CentralCntr 18 7 25 - - 94 107 122 122 122 122 MW
Yankees East 17 9 26 - - 92 105 115 115 115 115 MW
Mariners West 13 12 25 - - 89 102 116 116 116 116 MW
Orioles East 16 8 24 - - 93 106 116 116 116 116 MW
Royals CentralCntr 16 10 26 - 91 104 119 119 119 119 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 14 11 25 4 - 90 103 118 118 118 118 MW
 
Red Sox East 14 12 26 3 ½ 89 102 112 112 112 112 MW
Rangers West 13 13 26 ½ 88 101 115 115 115 115 MW
Blue Jays East 13 13 26 4 88 101 111 111 111 111 MW
Rays East 13 13 26 4 88 101 111 111 111 111 MW
Twins CentralCntr 11 13 24 88 101 116 116 116 116 MW
Angels West 10 15 25 3 4 86 99 113 113 113 113 MW
Athletics West 10 16 26 85 98 112 112 112 112 MW
Astros West 7 19 26 82 95 109 109 109 109 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 3 22 25 15 11 79 92 107 107 107 107 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