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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rays | East | 83 | 56 | 139 | - | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 73 | 66 | 139 | - | - | DNCD | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 71 | 69 | 140 | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 80 | 60 | 140 | 3½ | - | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 75 | 65 | 140 | 8½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 70 | 69 | 139 | 3 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 69 | 71 | 140 | 2 | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 69 | 71 | 140 | 14½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 69 | 71 | 140 | 14½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 22 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 67 | 73 | 140 | 6½ | 3½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 66 | 74 | 140 | 5 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Tigers | CentralCntr | 64 | 75 | 139 | 9 | 6 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 62 | 78 | 140 | 11½ | 8½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 54 | 86 | 140 | 17 | 16½ | X | DNCD | DNCD | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Angels | West | 53 | 87 | 140 | 18 | 17½ | X | DNCD | DNCD | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |