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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 33 | 20 | 53 | - | - | 108 | 106 | 103 | 99 | 95 | 91 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 31 | 20 | 51 | - | - | 110 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97 | 93 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 29 | 22 | 51 | - | - | 111 | 110 | 106 | 103 | 99 | 95 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 29 | 22 | 51 | 3 | - | 111 | 108 | 108 | 103 | 99 | 95 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 29 | 22 | 51 | 3 | - | 109 | 108 | 108 | 103 | 99 | 95 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 28 | 25 | 53 | 5 | - | DNCD | 108 | 107 | 104 | 100 | 96 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 27 | 25 | 52 | 2½ | ½ | DNCD | 109 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 27 | 27 | 54 | 5½ | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | 106 | 104 | 101 | 97 | 0 |
| Angels | West | 25 | 26 | 51 | 4 | 2 | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 25 | 26 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 25 | 26 | 51 | 6 | 2 | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 25 | 28 | 53 | 5 | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 22 | 31 | 53 | 8 | 6 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 17 | 34 | 51 | 14 | 10 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 17 | 35 | 52 | 15½ | 10½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 5 | 5 | 0 |