MLB - Week 13 of 27

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
Yankees	East	43	27	70	-	-	88	88	88	81	77	73	0
Guardians	CentralCntr	39	33	72	-	-	DNCD	88	84	84	81	77	0
Mariners	West	37	36	73	-	-	DNCD	DNCD	86	86	82	79	0
Rays	East	41	27	68	1	-	90	90	90	83	79	75	0
White Sox	CentralCntr	38	32	70	-	-	DNCD	89	85	85	82	78	0
Athletics	West	35	36	71	1	-	DNCD	DNCD	88	88	84	81	0

Rangers	West	35	36	71	1	-	DNCD	91	88	88	84	81	0
Blue Jays	East	34	38	72	10	1½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	90	86	82	0
Orioles	East	34	39	73	10½	2	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	86	82	0
Twins	CentralCntr	33	40	73	6½	3	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	87	83	0
Astros	West	33	40	73	4	3	DNCD	DNCD	89	89	85	82	0
Red Sox	East	29	40	69	13½	5	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	90	87	0
Tigers	CentralCntr	29	42	71	9½	6	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	90	87	0
Royals	CentralCntr	29	43	72	10	6½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	87	0
Angels	West	29	43	72	7½	6½	DNCD	DNCD	89	89	89	87	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