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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
Guardians CentralCntr 13 10 23 - - 91 105 119 119 119 119 MW
Tigers CentralCntr 12 10 22 ½ - 91 105 119 119 119 119 MW
Twins CentralCntr 11 11 22 - 90 104 118 118 118 118 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 8 14 22 3 87 101 115 115 115 115 MW
Royals CentralCntr 7 15 22 4 86 100 114 114 114 114 MW
 
Yankees East 13 9 22 - - 92 106 117 117 117 117 MW
Rays East 12 9 21 ½ - 92 106 117 117 117 117 MW
Orioles East 10 12 22 3 1 89 103 114 114 114 114 MW
Blue Jays East 8 13 21 88 102 113 113 113 113 MW
Red Sox East 8 13 21 88 102 113 113 113 113 MW
 
Rangers West 11 11 22 - - 90 104 119 119 119 119 MW
Athletics West 11 11 22 - - 90 104 119 119 119 119 MW
Angels West 11 12 23 ½ ½ 89 103 118 118 118 118 MW
Mariners West 10 13 23 88 102 117 117 117 117 MW
Astros West 8 15 23 86 100 115 115 115 115 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