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 | 46 | 26 | 72 | - | - | 88 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 36 | 34 | 70 | 9 | - | DNCD | 92 | 91 | 88 | 85 | 82 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 35 | 34 | 69 | 9½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 34 | 37 | 71 | 11½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 23 | 48 | 71 | 22½ | 13½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 42 | 27 | 69 | - | - | 93 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 38 | 32 | 70 | 4½ | - | DNCD | 92 | 92 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 38 | 32 | 70 | 4½ | - | DNCD | 92 | 90 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 36 | 36 | 72 | 7½ | 1 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 89 | 85 | 82 | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 29 | 40 | 69 | 13 | 6½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 40 | 30 | 70 | - | - | DNCD | 90 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 78 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 35 | 34 | 69 | 4½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 35 | 36 | 71 | 5½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Angels | West | 33 | 36 | 69 | 6½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 28 | 44 | 72 | 13 | 9 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 0 |