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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 64 46 110 - - 41 47 51 51 51 51 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 54 54 108 9 33 39 43 43 43 44 MW
Royals CentralCntr 54 55 109 3 32 38 42 42 42 43 MW
Twins CentralCntr 51 57 108 12 30 36 40 40 40 41 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 40 69 109 23½ 17 18 24 28 28 28 29 MW
 
Blue Jays East 64 46 110 - - 41 46 50 50 50 52 MW
Yankees East 59 49 108 4 - 38 43 47 47 47 48 MW
Red Sox East 59 51 110 5 - 36 41 45 45 45 47 MW
Rays East 54 55 109 3 32 37 41 41 41 43 MW
Orioles East 50 59 109 13½ 7 28 33 37 37 37 39 MW
 
Astros West 62 47 109 - - 40 46 51 51 51 51 MW
Mariners West 57 52 109 5 - 35 41 46 46 46 46 MW
Rangers West 57 52 109 5 - 35 41 46 46 46 46 MW
Angels West 53 56 109 9 4 31 37 42 42 42 42 MW
Athletics West 48 63 111 15 10 24 30 35 35 35 35 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