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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
Guardians CentralCntr 61 41 102 - - 48 56 56 56 57 59 MW
Twins CentralCntr 56 45 101 - 44 52 52 52 53 55 MW
Royals CentralCntr 56 47 103 - 42 50 50 50 51 53 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 51 53 104 11 36 44 44 44 45 47 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 27 78 105 35½ 30 11 19 19 19 20 22 MW
 
Orioles East 61 41 102 - - 48 53 56 56 57 59 MW
Yankees East 60 44 104 2 - 45 50 53 53 54 56 MW
Red Sox East 54 47 101 1 42 47 50 50 51 53 MW
Rays East 52 51 103 4 38 43 46 46 47 49 MW
Blue Jays East 46 56 102 15 33 38 41 41 42 44 MW
 
Astros West 53 49 102 - - 40 48 54 54 54 54 MW
Mariners West 53 51 104 1 38 46 52 52 52 52 MW
Rangers West 51 52 103 5 37 45 51 51 51 51 MW
Angels West 45 58 103 11 31 39 45 45 45 45 MW
Athletics West 42 63 105 12½ 15 26 34 40 40 40 40 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