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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 73 | 67 | 140 | - | - | DNCD | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 70 | 70 | 140 | 3 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 67 | 73 | 140 | 6 | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Tigers | CentralCntr | 64 | 75 | 139 | 8½ | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 63 | 78 | 141 | 10½ | 7½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rays | East | 83 | 57 | 140 | - | - | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 80 | 60 | 140 | 3 | - | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 76 | 65 | 141 | 7½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 70 | 71 | 141 | 13½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 69 | 72 | 141 | 14½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Astros | West | 72 | 69 | 141 | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 70 | 71 | 141 | 2 | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 66 | 75 | 141 | 6 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 55 | 86 | 141 | 17 | 15½ | X | DNCD | DNCD | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Angels | West | 53 | 87 | 140 | 18½ | 17 | X | DNCD | DNCD | X | X | DNCD | 0 |