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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
Orioles East 101 61 162 - - MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Astros West 90 72 162 - - X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Twins CentralCntr 87 75 162 - - X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Rays East 99 63 162 2 - X X X MW ^ ^ ^
Rangers West 90 72 162 - - X X X X MW ^ ^
Blue Jays East 89 73 162 12 - X X X X X MW ^
 
Mariners West 88 74 162 2 1 X X X X X X MW
Yankees East 82 80 162 19 7 X X X X X X MW
Red Sox East 78 84 162 23 11 X X X X X X MW
Tigers CentralCntr 78 84 162 9 11 X X X X X X MW
Guardians CentralCntr 76 86 162 11 13 X X X X X X MW
Angels West 73 89 162 17 16 X X X X X X MW
White Sox CentralCntr 61 101 162 26 28 X X X X X X MW
Royals CentralCntr 56 106 162 31 33 X X X X X X MW
Athletics West 50 112 162 40 39 X X X X X X 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