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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
Guardians CentralCntr 51 46 97 - - DNCD 65 63 63 60 57 0
White Sox CentralCntr 50 45 95 - - DNCD 64 64 64 61 58 0
Twins CentralCntr 48 49 97 3 - DNCD 65 64 64 63 60 0
Tigers CentralCntr 44 52 96 DNCD DNCD 66 66 66 64 0
Royals CentralCntr 38 59 97 13 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Rays East 56 39 95 - - 64 64 64 58 55 52 0
Yankees East 54 42 96 - 66 66 66 60 57 54 0
Red Sox East 47 48 95 9 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 64 61 0
Orioles East 46 51 97 11 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 61 0
Blue Jays East 45 51 96 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 65 62 0
 
Rangers West 49 47 96 - - DNCD DNCD 62 62 61 59 0
Mariners West 48 49 97 - DNCD DNCD 63 63 61 60 0
Astros West 47 51 98 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 63 61 0
Athletics West 41 55 96 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 65 0
Angels West 38 59 97 11½ 10 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