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MLB - Week 6 of 28

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 15 10 25 - - 135 133 131 126 122 118 0
Rangers West 15 11 26 - - 134 132 131 126 122 117 0
Yankees East 15 11 26 - - 136 132 130 126 122 118 0
Guardians CentralCntr 14 10 24 ½ - 137 133 133 127 123 119 0
Mariners West 14 12 26 1 - 136 133 132 127 123 118 0
Red Sox East 14 13 27 - 135 133 131 127 123 118 0
 
Astros West 13 12 25 - 135 133 132 128 123 119 0
Blue Jays East 13 13 26 2 ½ 136 133 132 128 124 120 0
Athletics West 13 13 26 2 ½ 135 133 132 127 123 119 0
Royals CentralCntr 13 14 27 3 1 DNCD 134 134 128 124 120 0
Angels West 12 13 25 1 137 134 133 128 124 120 0
Rays East 12 14 26 3 DNCD 134 133 129 125 120 0
Orioles East 10 14 24 4 138 135 135 131 127 123 0
Twins CentralCntr 10 16 26 DNCD 134 134 130 125 121 0
White Sox CentralCntr 6 20 26 DNCD DNCD 136 133 129 125 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