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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
Guardians CentralCntr 36 28 64 - - DNCD 96 91 90 87 83 0
White Sox CentralCntr 33 29 62 2 - DNCD 99 94 94 90 86 0
Twins CentralCntr 29 35 64 7 2 DNCD DNCD 98 98 94 90 0
Tigers CentralCntr 25 38 63 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 97 94 0
Royals CentralCntr 25 38 63 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 98 94 0
 
Yankees East 37 25 62 - - 98 97 97 91 87 83 0
Rays East 36 23 59 ½ - 99 98 98 92 88 84 0
Orioles East 30 33 63 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 98 94 90 0
Blue Jays East 30 33 63 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 97 93 89 0
Red Sox East 26 35 61 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 99 96 93 0
 
Mariners West 33 30 63 - - DNCD 99 95 94 90 87 0
Athletics West 30 32 62 - DNCD DNCD 98 97 94 90 0
Rangers West 30 32 62 - DNCD 99 98 97 94 90 0
Astros West 28 36 64 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 98 94 91 0
Angels West 24 39 63 9 DNCD DNCD 99 99 98 95 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