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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 98 64 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guardians CentralCntr 85 77 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Astros West 81 81 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Yankees East 94 68 162 4 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Red Sox East 87 75 162 11 - X X X X 0 ^ ^
White Sox CentralCntr 84 78 162 1 - X X X X X 0 ^
 
Rangers West 80 82 162 1 4 X X X X X X 0
Orioles East 79 83 162 19 5 X X X X X X 0
Blue Jays East 79 83 162 19 5 X X X X X X 0
Twins CentralCntr 77 85 162 8 7 X X X X X X 0
Tigers CentralCntr 76 86 162 9 8 X X X X X X 0
Mariners West 76 86 162 5 8 X X X X X X 0
Royals CentralCntr 69 93 162 16 15 X X X X X X 0
Athletics West 64 98 162 17 20 X X X X X X 0
Angels West 62 100 162 19 22 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