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MLB - Week 6 of 28

American League Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Note that this definition is slightly different than the one traditionally used with MLB. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Winning 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 16 6 22 - - 138 135 132 128 123 118 0
Orioles East 15 7 22 - - 137 134 134 129 124 119 0
Rangers West 12 11 23 - - 139 137 134 131 126 121 0
Yankees East 15 8 23 ½ - 139 135 135 128 124 119 0
Blue Jays East 13 10 23 - 138 137 137 130 126 121 0
Royals CentralCntr 13 10 23 - DNCD 136 135 131 126 121 0
 
Tigers CentralCntr 13 10 23 - 138 135 135 130 125 121 0
Red Sox East 13 10 23 - DNCD 137 136 131 126 121 0
Rays East 12 12 24 4 138 136 135 131 126 122 0
Mariners West 11 11 22 ½ DNCD 139 134 132 127 122 0
Athletics West 9 14 23 3 4 DNCD DNCD 136 134 129 124 0
Angels West 9 14 23 3 4 DNCD DNCD 134 134 129 124 0
Twins CentralCntr 8 13 21 4 DNCD 140 140 135 131 126 0
Astros West 7 16 23 5 6 DNCD DNCD 139 136 131 126 0
White Sox CentralCntr 3 19 22 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD 139 135 130 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs