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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 85 66 151 - - DNCD 10 7 7 7 6 0
Guardians CentralCntr 79 71 150 DNCD DNCD 12 12 12 12 0
Royals CentralCntr 75 76 151 10 7 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Twins CentralCntr 66 85 151 19 16 X X X X X X 0
White Sox CentralCntr 57 95 152 28½ 25½ X X X X X X 0
 
Blue Jays East 89 62 151 - - 7 6 6 4 3 2 0
Yankees East 84 67 151 5 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 10 8 7 0
Red Sox East 82 69 151 7 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 10 9 0
Rays East 73 78 151 16 9 X X X X DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 71 80 151 18 11 X X X X X X 0
 
Mariners West 83 68 151 - - DNCD DNCD 10 10 10 8 0
Astros West 83 69 152 ½ - DNCD DNCD 9 9 9 8 0
Rangers West 79 73 152 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 71 80 151 12 11 X X X X X DNCD 0
Angels West 69 82 151 14 13 X X X X X X 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