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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
Rays East 60 43 103 - - 47 52 55 55 55 57 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 54 48 102 - - 42 49 52 52 52 52 MW
Rangers West 52 51 103 - - 39 46 52 52 52 52 MW
Yankees East 58 45 103 2 - 45 50 53 53 53 55 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 54 51 105 - 39 46 49 49 49 49 MW
Red Sox East 53 49 102 - 41 46 49 49 49 51 MW
 
Mariners West 51 53 104 3 37 44 50 50 50 50 MW
Twins CentralCntr 51 54 105 36 43 46 46 46 46 MW
Astros West 51 54 105 2 36 43 49 49 49 49 MW
Orioles East 50 54 104 10½ 4 36 41 44 44 44 46 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 50 54 104 5 4 36 43 46 46 46 46 MW
Blue Jays East 47 57 104 13½ 7 33 38 41 41 41 43 MW
Athletics West 44 59 103 8 31 38 44 44 44 44 MW
Royals CentralCntr 43 62 105 12½ 11½ 28 35 38 38 38 38 MW
Angels West 41 63 104 11½ 13 27 34 40 40 40 40 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