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MLB - Week 26 of 27

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
Twins CentralCntr 82 73 155 - - X 2 MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Guardians CentralCntr 74 82 156 12 X X X X X X MW
Tigers CentralCntr 72 83 155 10 13½ X X X X X X MW
White Sox CentralCntr 59 96 155 23 26½ X X X X X X MW
Royals CentralCntr 52 102 154 29½ 33 X X X X X X MW
 
Orioles East 96 59 155 - - MW X X MW ^ ^ ^
Rays East 95 61 156 - 5 X X MW ^ ^ ^
Blue Jays East 86 69 155 10 - X X X X MW MW MW
Yankees East 78 76 154 17½ 7 X X X X 1 2 MW
Red Sox East 76 79 155 20 X X X X X X MW
 
Rangers West 85 68 153 - - X 7 7 X 9 9 MW
Astros West 85 69 154 ½ - X 6 6 X 8 MW MW
Mariners West 84 69 153 1 ½ X 6 6 X 8 8 MW
Angels West 70 85 155 16 15½ X X X X X X MW
Athletics West 48 107 155 38 37½ 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