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 |
| Tigers | CentralCntr | 59 | 38 | 97 | - | - | 63 | 61 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 47 | 49 | 96 | 11½ | 4 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 65 | 63 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 47 | 50 | 97 | 12 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 64 | 62 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 46 | 49 | 95 | 12 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 66 | 64 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 32 | 65 | 97 | 27 | 19½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 55 | 41 | 96 | - | - | 66 | 64 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 53 | 43 | 96 | 2 | - | DNCD | 65 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 53 | 45 | 98 | 3 | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 62 | 59 | 57 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 50 | 47 | 97 | 5½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | 65 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 43 | 52 | 95 | 11½ | 7½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 66 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 56 | 40 | 96 | - | - | 66 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 51 | 45 | 96 | 5 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 66 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 48 | 49 | 97 | 8½ | 3½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 64 | 61 | 0 |
| Angels | West | 47 | 49 | 96 | 9 | 4 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 65 | 63 | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 41 | 57 | 98 | 16 | 11 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |