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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
Yankees East 94 68 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guardians CentralCntr 92 70 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Astros West 89 73 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Orioles East 91 71 162 3 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Royals CentralCntr 86 76 162 6 - X X X X 0 ^ ^
Tigers CentralCntr 86 76 162 6 - X X X X X 0 ^
 
Mariners West 85 77 162 4 1 X X X X X X 0
Twins CentralCntr 82 80 162 10 4 X X X X X X 0
Red Sox East 81 81 162 13 5 X X X X X X 0
Rays East 80 82 162 14 6 X X X X X X 0
Rangers West 78 84 162 11 8 X X X X X X 0
Blue Jays East 74 88 162 20 12 X X X X X X 0
Athletics West 69 93 162 20 17 X X X X X X 0
Angels West 63 99 162 26 23 X X X X X X 0
White Sox CentralCntr 41 121 162 51 45 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