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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 39 33 72 - - 62 72 80 80 80 80 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 37 32 69 ½ - 63 73 81 81 81 81 MW
Twins CentralCntr 32 40 72 7 4 55 65 73 73 73 73 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 29 42 71 53 63 71 71 71 71 MW
Royals CentralCntr 28 43 71 10½ 52 62 70 70 70 70 MW
 
Yankees East 42 27 69 - - 68 78 84 84 84 84 MW
Rays East 40 27 67 1 - 68 78 84 84 84 84 MW
Blue Jays East 34 37 71 9 58 68 74 74 74 74 MW
Orioles East 34 38 72 2 57 67 73 73 73 73 MW
Red Sox East 29 39 68 12½ 5 56 66 72 72 72 72 MW
 
Mariners West 37 35 72 - - 60 70 79 79 79 79 MW
Athletics West 35 35 70 1 - 60 70 79 79 79 79 MW
Rangers West 34 36 70 2 1 59 69 78 78 78 78 MW
Astros West 33 39 72 4 3 56 66 75 75 75 75 MW
Angels West 29 42 71 53 63 72 72 72 72 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