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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
Tigers CentralCntr 46 25 71 - - 89 86 83 80 76 73 0
Yankees East 42 26 68 - - 94 89 88 84 80 77 0
Astros West 39 30 69 - - DNCD 92 88 86 83 80 0
Blue Jays East 38 31 69 - DNCD 92 91 88 84 81 0
Rays East 37 32 69 - DNCD 93 93 89 85 82 0
Twins CentralCntr 36 33 69 9 - DNCD 93 92 88 86 82 0
 
Guardians CentralCntr 35 33 68 ½ DNCD 94 94 91 87 84 0
Red Sox East 35 36 71 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 90 87 84 0
Mariners West 34 34 68 DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Royals CentralCntr 34 36 70 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 0
Rangers West 34 36 70 DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Angels West 33 35 68 DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Orioles East 28 40 68 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 5 0
Athletics West 27 44 71 13 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 0
White Sox CentralCntr 23 47 70 22½ 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 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