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American League Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Note that this definition is slightly different than the one traditionally used with MLB. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

American League Winning 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 62 43 105 - - 54 54 54 50 45 43 0
White Sox CentralCntr 55 49 104 - - DNCD 56 53 53 52 50 0
Rangers West 53 52 105 - - DNCD DNCD 54 54 54 52 0
Yankees East 59 46 105 3 - 57 57 57 53 48 46 0
Red Sox East 54 50 104 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 58 53 51 0
Guardians CentralCntr 54 53 107 - DNCD DNCD 54 54 53 51 0
 
Twins CentralCntr 53 54 107 1 DNCD 55 55 55 54 52 0
Mariners West 52 54 106 DNCD DNCD 55 55 54 53 0
Astros West 52 55 107 2 2 DNCD DNCD 55 55 55 53 0
Orioles East 51 55 106 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 53 0
Tigers CentralCntr 50 56 106 6 DNCD DNCD 56 56 56 54 0
Blue Jays East 48 58 106 14½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Royals CentralCntr 45 62 107 11½ 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 44 61 105 9 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Angels West 42 64 106 11½ 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs