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 | 19 | 12 | 31 | - | - | 130 | 127 | 125 | 121 | 117 | 113 | 0 |
Guardians | CentralCntr | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1½ | - | 131 | 128 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 115 | 0 |
Royals | CentralCntr | 16 | 15 | 31 | 3 | ½ | 131 | 129 | 129 | 124 | 120 | 116 | 0 |
Twins | CentralCntr | 13 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 3½ | DNCD | 129 | 129 | 126 | 122 | 117 | 0 |
White Sox | CentralCntr | 7 | 23 | 30 | 11½ | 9 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 131 | 127 | 123 | 0 |
Yankees | East | 18 | 13 | 31 | - | - | 131 | 128 | 125 | 122 | 118 | 114 | 0 |
Red Sox | East | 17 | 15 | 32 | 1½ | - | 130 | 128 | 126 | 123 | 118 | 114 | 0 |
Blue Jays | East | 14 | 16 | 30 | 3½ | 2 | DNCD | 130 | 129 | 126 | 121 | 118 | 0 |
Rays | East | 14 | 16 | 30 | 3½ | 2 | 132 | 130 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | 0 |
Orioles | East | 12 | 18 | 30 | 5½ | 4 | DNCD | 132 | 130 | 128 | 124 | 120 | 0 |
Mariners | West | 18 | 12 | 30 | - | - | 131 | 128 | 126 | 122 | 117 | 113 | 0 |
Astros | West | 16 | 14 | 30 | 2 | - | 132 | 129 | 128 | 124 | 119 | 115 | 0 |
Athletics | West | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2½ | ½ | 130 | 128 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 115 | 0 |
Rangers | West | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2½ | ½ | 130 | 128 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 115 | 0 |
Angels | West | 12 | 17 | 29 | 5½ | 3½ | DNCD | 131 | 130 | 126 | 122 | 119 | 0 |