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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
Rays East 89 59 148 - - 11 X X 6 0 ^ ^
White Sox CentralCntr 76 72 148 - - DNCD 13 12 12 12 12 0
Astros West 75 74 149 - - X DNCD 11 11 11 11 0
Yankees East 85 63 148 4 - 14 14 X 10 3 2 0
Red Sox East 81 68 149 - DNCD X X DNCD 7 7 0
Guardians CentralCntr 75 74 149 - X DNCD 13 13 13 13 0
 
Blue Jays East 74 75 149 15½ 1 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers West 73 76 149 2 2 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 72 77 149 17½ 3 X X X X DNCD DNCD 0
Twins CentralCntr 70 78 148 6 X DNCD DNCD X DNCD DNCD 0
Mariners West 70 79 149 5 5 X DNCD DNCD X DNCD DNCD 0
Tigers CentralCntr 69 79 148 7 X DNCD DNCD X DNCD DNCD 0
Royals CentralCntr 66 83 149 10½ 9 X DNCD DNCD X X DNCD 0
Athletics West 60 89 149 15 15 X X X X X X 0
Angels West 56 92 148 18½ 18½ 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