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.
Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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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 | 46 | 27 | 73 | - | - | 87 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 0 |
Yankees | East | 42 | 28 | 70 | - | - | 92 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 79 | 76 | 0 |
Astros | West | 41 | 30 | 71 | - | - | 91 | 89 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 0 |
Rays | East | 39 | 32 | 71 | 3½ | - | DNCD | 90 | 90 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 0 |
Blue Jays | East | 38 | 33 | 71 | 4½ | - | DNCD | 91 | 89 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 0 |
Red Sox | East | 37 | 36 | 73 | 6½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 87 | 84 | 81 | 0 |
Mariners | West | 36 | 34 | 70 | 4½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | 91 | 88 | 85 | 82 | 0 |
Twins | CentralCntr | 36 | 35 | 71 | 9 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 90 | 88 | 84 | 82 | 0 |
Rangers | West | 36 | 36 | 72 | 5½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | 89 | 88 | 85 | 82 | 0 |
Guardians | CentralCntr | 35 | 35 | 70 | 9½ | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Royals | CentralCntr | 34 | 38 | 72 | 11½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Angels | West | 33 | 37 | 70 | 7½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Orioles | East | 30 | 40 | 70 | 12 | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Athletics | West | 29 | 44 | 73 | 13 | 8 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White Sox | CentralCntr | 23 | 49 | 72 | 22½ | 13½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |