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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
Yankees East 47 31 78 - - 63 71 77 77 77 77 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 41 37 78 - - 57 65 73 73 73 73 MW
Mariners West 41 39 80 - - 55 63 71 71 71 71 MW
Rays East 43 33 76 3 - 61 69 75 75 75 75 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 41 39 80 1 - 55 63 71 71 71 71 MW
Blue Jays East 39 40 79 - 54 62 68 68 68 68 MW
 
Athletics West 38 41 79 1 53 61 69 69 69 69 MW
Rangers West 38 41 79 1 53 61 69 69 69 69 MW
Orioles East 38 43 81 10½ 2 51 59 65 65 65 65 MW
Twins CentralCntr 38 43 81 2 51 59 67 67 67 67 MW
Astros West 38 43 81 2 51 59 67 67 67 67 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 34 45 79 5 49 57 65 65 65 65 MW
Royals CentralCntr 34 46 80 8 48 56 64 64 64 64 MW
Angels West 33 48 81 7 46 54 62 62 62 62 MW
Red Sox East 32 45 77 14½ 6 49 57 63 63 63 63 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