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MLB - Week 27 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
Blue Jays East 89 62 151 - - MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Tigers CentralCntr 85 66 151 - - 8 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Mariners West 83 68 151 - - 5 10 10 10 MW MW MW
Yankees East 84 67 151 5 - 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW
Astros West 83 69 152 ½ - 5 8 9 10 MW MW MW
Red Sox East 82 69 151 7 - 4 4 4 10 11 MW MW
 
Guardians CentralCntr 79 71 150 3 7 7 8 9 10 MW
Rangers West 79 73 152 X 5 5 6 7 8 MW
Royals CentralCntr 75 76 151 10 7 X 1 1 2 4 5 MW
Rays East 73 78 151 16 9 X X X X 2 2 MW
Athletics West 71 80 151 12 11 X X X X X 1 MW
Orioles East 71 80 151 18 11 X X X X X X MW
Angels West 69 82 151 14 13 X X X X X X MW
Twins CentralCntr 66 85 151 19 16 X X X X X X MW
White Sox CentralCntr 57 95 152 28½ 25½ 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