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 |
Rangers | West | 9 | 5 | 14 | - | - | 146 | 143 | 142 | 136 | 132 | 127 | 0 |
Tigers | CentralCntr | 8 | 5 | 13 | - | - | 148 | 144 | 142 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
Blue Jays | East | 8 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 146 | 144 | 143 | 137 | 133 | 128 | 0 |
Angels | West | 8 | 5 | 13 | ½ | - | 148 | 144 | 143 | 137 | 133 | 128 | 0 |
Guardians | CentralCntr | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | - | 148 | 145 | 144 | 138 | 134 | 129 | 0 |
Yankees | East | 7 | 6 | 13 | ½ | - | 148 | 145 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 128 | 0 |
Royals | CentralCntr | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1½ | ½ | 147 | 144 | 144 | 138 | 134 | 129 | 0 |
Red Sox | East | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1½ | 1 | 147 | 144 | 144 | 138 | 134 | 129 | 0 |
Astros | West | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2½ | 1 | 147 | 145 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 130 | 0 |
Rays | East | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1½ | 1 | 149 | 146 | 143 | 139 | 135 | 130 | 0 |
Mariners | West | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1½ | 148 | 146 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 130 | 0 |
Orioles | East | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2½ | 2 | 149 | 146 | 146 | 140 | 136 | 131 | 0 |
Athletics | West | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2½ | 147 | 146 | 144 | 139 | 135 | 131 | 0 |
Twins | CentralCntr | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4½ | 3½ | 148 | 146 | 145 | 140 | 136 | 132 | 0 |
White Sox | CentralCntr | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | DNCD | 148 | 147 | 142 | 137 | 133 | 0 |