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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
Orioles East 97 59 156 - - 3 X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Rangers West 87 68 155 - - X 5 5 X 5 3 0
Twins CentralCntr 83 73 156 - - X DNCD 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Rays East 95 62 157 - DNCD X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Blue Jays East 87 69 156 10 - X X X X 5 3 0
Astros West 85 71 156 - X DNCD DNCD X DNCD 5 0
 
Mariners West 84 71 155 3 ½ X 7 7 X 7 6 0
Yankees East 79 77 156 18 6 X X X X X X 0
Red Sox East 76 80 156 21 9 X X X X X X 0
Guardians CentralCntr 74 83 157 11½ X X X X X X 0
Tigers CentralCntr 73 83 156 10 12 X X X X X X 0
Angels West 70 86 156 17½ 15 X X X X X X 0
White Sox CentralCntr 60 96 156 23 25 X X X X X X 0
Royals CentralCntr 54 102 156 29 31 X X X X X X 0
Athletics West 48 108 156 39½ 37 X X X X X X 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