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American League Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Losing 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
Yankees East 3 0 3 - - 104 120 134 134 134 134 MW
Angels West 2 1 3 - - 103 119 134 134 134 134 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 2 1 3 - - 103 119 134 134 134 134 MW
Blue Jays East 2 0 2 ½ - 104 120 134 134 134 134 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 2 1 3 - - 103 119 134 134 134 134 MW
Orioles East 1 1 2 - 103 119 133 133 133 133 MW
 
Twins CentralCntr 1 1 2 ½ - 103 119 134 134 134 134 MW
Rangers West 1 1 2 ½ - 103 119 134 134 134 134 MW
Red Sox East 1 1 2 - 103 119 133 133 133 133 MW
Astros West 1 2 3 1 ½ 102 118 133 133 133 133 MW
Mariners West 1 2 3 1 ½ 102 118 133 133 133 133 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 0 2 2 1 102 118 133 133 133 133 MW
Royals CentralCntr 0 2 2 1 102 118 133 133 133 133 MW
Rays East 0 2 2 1 102 118 132 132 132 132 MW
Athletics West 0 2 2 1 102 118 133 133 133 133 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs