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American League Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Losing 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 46 27 73 - - 67 77 85 85 85 85 MW
Yankees East 42 28 70 - - 66 74 81 81 81 82 MW
Astros West 41 30 71 - - 64 74 81 81 81 81 MW
Rays East 39 32 71 - 62 70 77 77 77 77 MW
Blue Jays East 38 33 71 - 61 69 76 76 76 78 MW
Red Sox East 37 36 73 - 58 66 73 73 73 75 MW
 
Mariners West 36 34 70 ½ 60 70 77 77 77 77 MW
Twins CentralCntr 36 35 71 9 - 59 69 77 77 77 77 MW
Rangers West 36 36 72 ½ 58 68 75 75 75 75 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 35 35 70 ½ 59 69 77 77 77 77 MW
Royals CentralCntr 34 38 72 11½ 56 66 74 74 74 74 MW
Angels West 33 37 70 57 67 74 74 74 74 MW
Orioles East 30 40 70 12 54 62 69 69 69 71 MW
Athletics West 29 44 73 13 8 50 60 67 67 67 67 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 23 49 72 22½ 13½ 45 55 63 63 63 63 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs