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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
Tigers CentralCntr 59 35 94 - - 66 63 57 57 55 52 0
Astros West 55 38 93 - - 69 66 64 61 59 56 0
Blue Jays East 54 39 93 - - 69 68 65 62 60 57 0
Yankees East 51 41 92 - DNCD 69 68 65 63 60 0
Rays East 50 43 93 4 - DNCD DNCD 68 65 64 61 0
Red Sox East 49 45 94 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 64 62 0
 
Mariners West 48 44 92 - DNCD DNCD 70 68 66 63 0
Royals CentralCntr 46 48 94 13 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 65 0
Twins CentralCntr 45 47 92 13 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 69 66 0
Angels West 45 47 92 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 69 66 0
Rangers West 45 48 93 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 68 66 0
Guardians CentralCntr 43 48 91 14½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 68 0
Orioles East 40 50 90 12½ 7 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 72 70 0
Athletics West 38 56 94 17½ 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
White Sox CentralCntr 31 62 93 27½ 17½ 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