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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
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 - DNCD 90 90 85 82 79 0
Blue Jays East 38 33 71 - DNCD 91 89 86 83 80 0
Red Sox East 37 36 73 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 87 84 81 0
 
Mariners West 36 34 70 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 ½ DNCD DNCD 89 88 85 82 0
Guardians CentralCntr 35 35 70 ½ DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Royals CentralCntr 34 38 72 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 1 0
Angels West 33 37 70 DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Orioles East 30 40 70 12 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
  • 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