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MLB - Week 9 of 28

American League Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Losing 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
Tigers CentralCntr 28 15 43 - - 84 96 106 106 106 106 MW
Yankees East 24 18 42 - - 81 93 104 104 104 104 MW
Mariners West 23 18 41 - - 81 92 103 103 103 103 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 25 17 42 - 81 94 104 104 104 104 MW
Royals CentralCntr 25 19 44 - 80 92 102 102 102 102 MW
Athletics West 22 20 42 - 79 90 101 101 101 101 MW
 
Rangers West 22 21 43 2 ½ 78 89 100 100 100 100 MW
Red Sox East 22 22 44 3 1 77 89 100 100 100 100 MW
Astros West 21 20 41 2 ½ 79 90 101 101 101 101 MW
Twins CentralCntr 21 20 41 6 ½ 78 91 101 101 101 101 MW
Blue Jays East 20 21 41 78 90 101 101 101 101 MW
Rays East 19 22 41 77 89 100 100 100 100 MW
Angels West 17 24 41 6 74 86 97 97 97 97 MW
Orioles East 15 24 39 75 87 98 98 98 98 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 13 29 42 14½ 9 69 82 92 92 92 92 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs