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 | 9 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 146 | 143 | 140 | 135 | 130 | 126 | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | - | 146 | 143 | 143 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1½ | ½ | 145 | 143 | 143 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4½ | 3½ | 146 | 144 | 144 | 139 | 135 | 130 | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | DNCD | 146 | 145 | 140 | 136 | 132 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 9 | 7 | 16 | - | - | 144 | 142 | 142 | 136 | 131 | 127 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 8 | 7 | 15 | ½ | - | 146 | 143 | 141 | 136 | 131 | 127 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1½ | 1 | 145 | 142 | 142 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1½ | 1 | 147 | 144 | 141 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2½ | 2 | 147 | 145 | 145 | 139 | 134 | 130 | 0 |
| Angels | West | 9 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 146 | 142 | 141 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 9 | 7 | 16 | ½ | - | 144 | 142 | 141 | 135 | 131 | 126 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1½ | ½ | 146 | 143 | 142 | 136 | 132 | 127 | 0 |
| Astros | West | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 143 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 128 | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3½ | 2½ | 145 | 144 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 129 | 0 |