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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 101 61 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Astros West 90 72 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Twins CentralCntr 87 75 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Rays East 99 63 162 2 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Rangers West 90 72 162 - - X X X X 0 ^ ^
Blue Jays East 89 73 162 12 - X X X X X 0 ^
 
Mariners West 88 74 162 2 1 X X X X X X 0
Yankees East 82 80 162 19 7 X X X X X X 0
Red Sox East 78 84 162 23 11 X X X X X X 0
Tigers CentralCntr 78 84 162 9 11 X X X X X X 0
Guardians CentralCntr 76 86 162 11 13 X X X X X X 0
Angels West 73 89 162 17 16 X X X X X X 0
White Sox CentralCntr 61 101 162 26 28 X X X X X X 0
Royals CentralCntr 56 106 162 31 33 X X X X X X 0
Athletics West 50 112 162 40 39 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