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MLB - Week 7 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
Tigers CentralCntr 19 12 31 - - 88 103 116 116 116 116 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 17 13 30 - 87 102 115 115 115 115 MW
Royals CentralCntr 16 15 31 3 ½ 85 100 113 113 113 113 MW
Twins CentralCntr 13 18 31 6 82 97 110 110 110 110 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 7 23 30 11½ 9 77 92 105 105 105 105 MW
 
Yankees East 18 13 31 - - 87 102 113 113 113 113 MW
Red Sox East 17 15 32 - 85 100 111 111 111 111 MW
Blue Jays East 14 16 30 2 84 99 110 110 110 110 MW
Rays East 14 16 30 2 84 99 110 110 110 110 MW
Orioles East 12 18 30 4 82 97 108 108 108 108 MW
 
Mariners West 18 12 30 - - 88 102 113 113 113 113 MW
Astros West 16 14 30 2 - 86 100 111 111 111 111 MW
Athletics West 16 15 31 ½ 85 99 110 110 110 110 MW
Rangers West 16 15 31 ½ 85 99 110 110 110 110 MW
Angels West 12 17 29 83 97 108 108 108 108 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