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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
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 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Royals CentralCntr 63 78 141 10½ 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 - 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 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 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
  • 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