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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
Twins CentralCntr 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Tigers CentralCntr 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Guardians CentralCntr 0 0 0 ½ ½ 160 157 156 149 144 139 0
Royals CentralCntr 0 1 1 1 1 159 156 156 149 144 139 0
White Sox CentralCntr 0 1 1 1 1 159 156 156 149 144 139 0
 
Blue Jays East 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Yankees East 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Orioles East 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Red Sox East 0 0 0 ½ ½ 160 156 156 149 144 139 0
Rays East 0 1 1 1 1 159 156 156 149 144 139 0
 
Rangers West 1 0 1 - - 159 156 155 148 143 138 0
Mariners West 0 0 0 ½ ½ 160 157 156 149 144 139 0
Athletics West 0 0 0 ½ ½ 160 157 156 149 144 139 0
Angels West 0 1 1 1 1 160 157 155 149 144 139 0
Astros West 0 1 1 1 1 159 156 155 149 144 139 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