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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
Guardians CentralCntr 17 7 24 - - 137 132 130 127 122 117 0
Yankees East 17 8 25 - - 136 132 132 126 121 117 0
Rangers West 13 12 25 - - 137 135 132 129 124 120 0
Orioles East 16 8 24 ½ - 136 132 132 128 123 118 0
Royals CentralCntr 15 10 25 - DNCD 134 132 129 124 119 0
Tigers CentralCntr 14 11 25 - 136 134 133 128 124 120 0
 
Red Sox East 14 11 25 3 - DNCD 136 134 130 125 120 0
Blue Jays East 13 12 25 4 1 137 136 136 130 125 121 0
Rays East 13 13 26 136 134 134 129 124 120 0
Mariners West 12 12 24 ½ DNCD 137 133 130 126 121 0
Twins CentralCntr 10 13 23 3 DNCD 137 137 133 129 124 0
Angels West 10 15 25 3 4 DNCD DNCD 132 132 128 123 0
Athletics West 9 16 25 4 5 DNCD DNCD 134 133 129 124 0
Astros West 7 18 25 6 7 DNCD DNCD 137 134 130 126 0
White Sox CentralCntr 3 21 24 14 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 137 134 130 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