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MLB - Week 7 of 27

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
Yankees East 24 11 35 - - 89 100 110 110 110 110 MW
Athletics West 18 16 34 - - 84 96 110 110 110 110 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 18 18 36 - - 82 94 105 105 105 105 MW
Rays East 22 12 34 - 88 99 109 109 109 109 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 18 18 36 - - 82 94 105 105 105 105 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 17 18 35 ½ - 82 94 105 105 105 105 MW
 
Mariners West 17 19 36 2 ½ 81 93 107 107 107 107 MW
Rangers West 16 18 34 2 ½ 82 94 108 108 108 108 MW
Royals CentralCntr 16 19 35 1 81 93 104 104 104 104 MW
Blue Jays East 16 19 35 8 1 81 92 102 102 102 102 MW
Orioles East 15 20 35 9 2 80 91 101 101 101 101 MW
Twins CentralCntr 15 20 35 2 80 92 103 103 103 103 MW
Red Sox East 14 21 35 10 3 79 90 100 100 100 100 MW
Astros West 14 22 36 5 78 90 104 104 104 104 MW
Angels West 13 23 36 6 77 89 103 103 103 103 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