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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
Blue Jays East 94 68 162 - - MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Mariners West 90 72 162 - - X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guardians CentralCntr 88 74 162 - - X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Yankees East 94 68 162 - - X X X MW ^ ^ ^
Red Sox East 89 73 162 5 - X X X X MW ^ ^
Tigers CentralCntr 87 75 162 1 - X X X X X MW ^
 
Astros West 87 75 162 3 - X X X X X X MW
Royals CentralCntr 82 80 162 6 5 X X X X X X MW
Rangers West 81 81 162 9 6 X X X X X X MW
Rays East 77 85 162 17 10 X X X X X X MW
Athletics West 76 86 162 14 11 X X X X X X MW
Orioles East 75 87 162 19 12 X X X X X X MW
Angels West 72 90 162 18 15 X X X X X X MW
Twins CentralCntr 70 92 162 18 17 X X X X X X MW
White Sox CentralCntr 60 102 162 28 27 X X X X X X 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