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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 35 | 20 | 55 | - | - | 106 | 103 | 101 | 96 | 92 | 89 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 29 | 24 | 53 | 5 | - | DNCD | 107 | 107 | 102 | 98 | 95 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 29 | 24 | 53 | 5 | - | 108 | 106 | 106 | 102 | 98 | 95 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 29 | 26 | 55 | 6 | - | DNCD | 107 | 106 | 102 | 98 | 95 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 17 | 37 | 54 | 17½ | 11½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 33 | 20 | 53 | - | - | 108 | 106 | 104 | 98 | 94 | 91 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 27 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 27 | 29 | 56 | 7½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 26 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 2 | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 19 | 34 | 53 | 14 | 9 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 29 | 23 | 52 | - | - | 110 | 109 | 106 | 102 | 98 | 95 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 28 | 25 | 53 | 1½ | - | DNCD | 108 | 107 | 103 | 99 | 96 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 26 | 29 | 55 | 4½ | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Angels | West | 25 | 28 | 53 | 4½ | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 23 | 31 | 54 | 7 | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |