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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 21 13 34 - - 87 101 113 113 113 113 MW
Guardians CentralCntr 19 14 33 - 86 100 112 112 112 112 MW
Royals CentralCntr 18 16 34 3 - 84 98 110 110 110 110 MW
Twins CentralCntr 14 20 34 7 4 80 94 106 106 106 106 MW
White Sox CentralCntr 9 24 33 11½ 76 90 102 102 102 102 MW
 
Yankees East 19 14 33 - - 86 100 112 112 112 112 MW
Red Sox East 18 17 35 2 ½ 83 97 109 109 109 109 MW
Blue Jays East 16 17 33 3 83 97 109 109 109 109 MW
Rays East 15 18 33 4 82 96 108 108 108 108 MW
Orioles East 13 19 32 4 81 95 107 107 107 107 MW
 
Mariners West 20 12 32 - - 88 101 112 112 112 112 MW
Athletics West 18 16 34 3 - 84 97 108 108 108 108 MW
Astros West 17 15 32 3 - 85 98 109 109 109 109 MW
Rangers West 16 18 34 5 2 82 95 106 106 106 106 MW
Angels West 13 19 32 7 4 81 94 105 105 105 105 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