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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
Tigers CentralCntr 46 27 73 - - 67 77 85 85 85 85 MW
Twins CentralCntr 36 35 71 9 ½ 59 69 77 77 77 77 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 35 35 70 1 59 69 77 77 77 77 MW
Royals CentralCntr 34 38 72 11½ 3 56 66 74 74 74 74 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 23 49 72 22½ 14 45 55 63 63 63 63 MW
 
Yankees East 42 29 71 - - 65 73 80 80 80 81 MW
Rays East 40 32 72 - 62 70 77 77 77 77 MW
Blue Jays East 38 33 71 4 - 61 69 76 76 76 77 MW
Red Sox East 38 36 74 - 58 66 73 73 73 74 MW
Orioles East 30 41 71 12 53 61 68 68 68 69 MW
 
Astros West 41 31 72 - - 63 73 80 80 80 80 MW
Mariners West 36 35 71 ½ 59 69 76 76 76 76 MW
Rangers West 36 36 72 5 1 58 68 75 75 75 75 MW
Angels West 34 37 71 57 67 74 74 74 74 MW
Athletics West 30 44 74 12 8 50 60 67 67 67 67 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