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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 37 31 68 - - DNCD 93 88 88 84 81 0
White Sox CentralCntr 34 31 65 - DNCD 96 91 91 87 84 0
Twins CentralCntr 30 37 67 3 DNCD DNCD 95 95 91 88 0
Tigers CentralCntr 27 39 66 9 DNCD DNCD 96 96 93 90 0
Royals CentralCntr 27 39 66 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 94 91 0
 
Yankees East 39 26 65 - - 94 94 94 87 82 79 0
Rays East 38 25 63 - - 95 95 95 88 84 80 0
Blue Jays East 32 35 67 8 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD 93 89 86 0
Orioles East 31 36 67 9 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 95 91 87 0
Red Sox East 27 37 64 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 97 94 90 0
 
Mariners West 35 32 67 - - DNCD 95 91 90 86 83 0
Rangers West 32 33 65 2 - DNCD 97 94 93 90 86 0
Athletics West 31 35 66 DNCD DNCD 94 94 91 87 0
Astros West 31 37 68 DNCD DNCD DNCD 93 90 87 0
Angels West 25 42 67 10 8 DNCD DNCD 95 95 94 92 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