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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 80 59 139 - - DNCD 20 15 15 15 15 0
Royals CentralCntr 70 67 137 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 25 0
Guardians CentralCntr 68 68 136 10½ 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Twins CentralCntr 62 75 137 17 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
White Sox CentralCntr 50 88 138 29½ 23 X X X X X X 0
 
Blue Jays East 79 59 138 - - 24 22 22 19 18 16 0
Red Sox East 77 62 139 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 22 20 18 0
Yankees East 76 61 137 - 25 25 25 23 21 19 0
Rays East 68 69 137 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 62 76 138 17 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Astros West 76 62 138 - - DNCD DNCD 22 22 21 19 0
Mariners West 73 65 138 3 - DNCD DNCD 24 24 24 22 0
Rangers West 72 67 139 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 23 0
Angels West 64 73 137 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 64 75 139 12½ 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