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MLB - Week 4 of 27

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
Twins CentralCntr 11 9 20 - - 142 138 137 132 127 122 0
Guardians CentralCntr 11 10 21 ½ - 139 137 135 131 126 122 0
Tigers CentralCntr 10 10 20 1 ½ 140 138 138 133 128 123 0
Royals CentralCntr 7 13 20 4 142 140 139 135 131 126 0
White Sox CentralCntr 7 13 20 4 DNCD 141 138 135 130 126 0
 
Rays East 11 8 19 - - 141 138 138 132 127 122 0
Yankees East 11 9 20 ½ - 141 138 138 132 127 122 0
Orioles East 10 10 20 ½ 141 139 137 133 128 123 0
Red Sox East 8 11 19 3 2 143 140 138 134 129 125 0
Blue Jays East 7 12 19 4 3 143 141 139 135 130 126 0
 
Rangers West 11 9 20 - - 141 138 137 132 127 122 0
Angels West 11 10 21 ½ - 140 137 135 131 127 122 0
Athletics West 10 10 20 1 ½ 141 138 138 133 128 123 0
Mariners West 8 13 21 3 DNCD 140 139 134 130 125 0
Astros West 8 13 21 3 141 139 138 134 130 125 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