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MLB - Week 6 of 27

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
Guardians CentralCntr 16 16 32 - - 84 97 109 109 109 109 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 15 16 31 ½ - 84 97 109 109 109 109 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 14 17 31 1 83 96 108 108 108 108 MW
Twins CentralCntr 13 18 31 2 82 95 107 107 107 107 MW
Royals CentralCntr 12 18 30 3 82 95 107 107 107 107 MW
 
Yankees East 20 11 31 - - 89 102 112 112 112 112 MW
Rays East 18 12 30 - 88 101 111 111 111 111 MW
Orioles East 14 15 29 5 - 85 98 108 108 108 108 MW
Blue Jays East 14 16 30 ½ 84 97 107 107 107 107 MW
Red Sox East 12 19 31 8 3 81 94 104 104 104 104 MW
 
Athletics West 16 14 30 - - 86 99 114 114 114 114 MW
Mariners West 16 16 32 1 - 84 97 112 112 112 112 MW
Rangers West 15 16 31 - 84 97 112 112 112 112 MW
Angels West 12 20 32 5 80 93 108 108 108 108 MW
Astros West 11 19 30 5 81 94 109 109 109 109 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