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MLB - Week 6 of 27

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
Yankees East 20 10 30 - - 129 127 127 120 116 111 0
Athletics West 15 14 29 - - DNCD 130 129 125 121 116 0
Tigers CentralCntr 15 15 30 - - 132 129 127 124 119 115 0
Rays East 18 11 29 - 129 129 129 122 118 113 0
Mariners West 15 16 31 1 - DNCD 130 128 125 121 116 0
Guardians CentralCntr 15 16 31 ½ - DNCD 129 126 124 119 115 0
 
Orioles East 14 15 29 - 132 129 129 125 121 117 0
Rangers West 14 16 30 ½ DNCD 130 130 126 122 117 0
Blue Jays East 13 16 29 1 133 131 130 126 122 118 0
Twins CentralCntr 13 17 30 2 DNCD 131 129 126 121 117 0
White Sox CentralCntr 13 17 30 2 DNCD 131 128 125 121 117 0
Royals CentralCntr 12 17 29 2 DNCD 132 129 127 122 118 0
Red Sox East 12 18 30 8 132 131 131 126 123 118 0
Angels West 12 19 31 4 3 DNCD 131 128 126 122 118 0
Astros West 11 19 30 DNCD 132 130 128 124 119 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