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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
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 ½ 147 144 144 138 134 129 0
Red Sox East 7 8 15 1 147 144 144 138 134 129 0
Astros West 6 7 13 1 147 145 144 139 134 130 0
Rays East 6 7 13 1 149 146 143 139 135 130 0
Mariners West 6 8 14 3 148 146 144 139 134 130 0
Orioles East 5 8 13 2 149 146 146 140 136 131 0
Athletics West 5 9 14 4 147 146 144 139 135 131 0
Twins CentralCntr 4 10 14 148 146 145 140 136 132 0
White Sox CentralCntr 3 10 13 5 4 DNCD 148 147 142 137 133 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