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American League Winning Magic Numbers

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.

American League Winning 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
Rays East 56 42 98 - - 61 61 61 58 54 51 0
White Sox CentralCntr 52 46 98 - - DNCD 61 60 60 58 55 0
Rangers West 50 49 99 - - DNCD DNCD 59 59 58 57 0
Yankees East 55 44 99 - 62 62 62 59 55 52 0
Guardians CentralCntr 52 48 100 1 - DNCD 62 60 60 58 55 0
Red Sox East 50 48 98 6 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 60 57 0
 
Mariners West 50 50 100 ½ 1 DNCD DNCD 59 59 58 56 0
Orioles East 49 51 100 8 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 62 59 57 0
Twins CentralCntr 49 51 100 4 2 DNCD 62 62 62 61 58 0
Astros West 47 54 101 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 61 60 0
Blue Jays East 46 53 99 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 62 60 0
Tigers CentralCntr 46 53 99 DNCD DNCD 63 63 63 61 0
Athletics West 42 57 99 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 63 0
Royals CentralCntr 40 60 100 13 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Angels West 39 61 100 11½ 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs