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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
Tigers CentralCntr 64 47 111 - - DNCD 49 45 45 43 41 0
Guardians CentralCntr 55 54 109 8 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 52 50 0
Royals CentralCntr 55 55 110 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 51 49 0
Twins CentralCntr 51 58 109 12 7 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
White Sox CentralCntr 41 69 110 22½ 17½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Blue Jays East 64 47 111 - - 51 49 48 45 43 40 0
Yankees East 60 50 110 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 49 47 45 0
Red Sox East 60 51 111 4 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 49 47 45 0
Rays East 54 57 111 10 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 51 50 0
Orioles East 50 60 110 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Astros West 62 48 110 - - 51 51 49 47 45 42 0
Mariners West 59 52 111 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 48 46 0
Rangers West 57 54 111 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 48 0
Angels West 53 57 110 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 52 0
Athletics West 49 63 112 14 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 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