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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
Blue Jays East 87 62 149 - - 10 9 9 7 5 5 0
Tigers CentralCntr 85 65 150 - - DNCD 10 7 7 7 6 0
Mariners West 82 68 150 - - DNCD DNCD 11 11 11 10 0
Yankees East 83 66 149 4 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 12 9 9 0
Red Sox East 82 68 150 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 10 10 0
Astros West 81 69 150 1 - DNCD DNCD 11 11 11 11 0
 
Rangers West 79 71 150 3 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 12 0
Guardians CentralCntr 78 71 149 DNCD DNCD 13 13 13 13 0
Royals CentralCntr 75 75 150 10 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rays East 73 76 149 14 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 70 80 150 12 11 X X X X DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 69 80 149 18 11½ X X X X X DNCD 0
Angels West 69 81 150 13 12 X X X X X X 0
Twins CentralCntr 65 84 149 19½ 15½ X X X X X X 0
White Sox CentralCntr 57 93 150 28 24 X X X X X X 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