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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
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 - 22 22 22 18 13 11 0
Red Sox East 75 65 140 - 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 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Blue Jays East 69 71 140 14½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 69 71 140 14½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 22 0
Twins CentralCntr 67 73 140 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Mariners West 66 74 140 5 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 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
  • 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