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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
Tigers CentralCntr 35 20 55 - - 76 88 97 97 97 97 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 29 24 53 5 - 72 84 93 93 93 93 MW
Twins CentralCntr 29 24 53 5 - 72 84 93 93 93 93 MW
Royals CentralCntr 29 26 55 6 - 70 82 91 91 91 91 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 17 37 54 17½ 11½ 59 71 80 80 80 80 MW
 
Yankees East 33 20 53 - - 76 88 98 98 98 98 MW
Rays East 27 26 53 6 1 70 82 92 92 92 92 MW
Red Sox East 27 29 56 67 79 89 89 89 89 MW
Blue Jays East 26 27 53 7 2 69 81 91 91 91 91 MW
Orioles East 19 34 53 14 9 62 74 84 84 84 84 MW
 
Mariners West 29 23 52 - - 73 84 95 95 95 95 MW
Astros West 28 25 53 - 71 82 93 93 93 93 MW
Rangers West 26 29 55 3 67 78 89 89 89 89 MW
Angels West 25 28 53 3 68 79 90 90 90 90 MW
Athletics West 23 31 54 7 65 76 87 87 87 87 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