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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
Twins CentralCntr 27 25 52 - - 71 84 97 97 97 97 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 24 26 50 2 70 83 96 96 96 96 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 22 29 51 8 67 80 93 93 93 93 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 22 32 54 6 64 77 90 90 90 90 MW
Royals CentralCntr 15 38 53 12½ 16 58 71 84 84 84 84 MW
 
Rays East 38 16 54 - - 80 91 98 98 98 98 MW
Orioles East 33 19 52 4 - 77 88 95 95 95 95 MW
Yankees East 31 23 54 7 - 73 84 91 91 91 91 MW
Red Sox East 28 24 52 9 72 83 90 90 90 90 MW
Blue Jays East 27 26 53 10½ 4 70 81 88 88 88 88 MW
 
Rangers West 33 18 51 - - 78 91 99 99 99 99 MW
Astros West 30 21 51 3 - 75 88 96 96 96 96 MW
Angels West 28 25 53 6 3 71 84 92 92 92 92 MW
Mariners West 27 25 52 71 84 92 92 92 92 MW
Athletics West 10 44 54 24½ 21½ 52 65 73 73 73 73 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