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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 43 27 70 - - 88 88 88 81 77 73 0
Guardians CentralCntr 39 33 72 - - DNCD 88 84 84 81 77 0
Mariners West 37 36 73 - - DNCD DNCD 86 85 82 79 0
Rays East 41 28 69 - 90 90 90 83 79 75 0
White Sox CentralCntr 38 32 70 - - DNCD 89 85 85 82 78 0
Athletics West 36 36 72 ½ - DNCD DNCD 87 86 83 80 0
 
Rangers West 35 37 72 1 DNCD DNCD 88 87 84 81 0
Blue Jays East 34 38 72 10 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 90 86 82 0
Orioles East 34 39 73 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 85 82 0
Twins CentralCntr 34 40 74 6 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 86 82 0
Astros West 33 41 74 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD 88 85 82 0
Tigers CentralCntr 30 42 72 9 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 89 86 0
Red Sox East 29 40 69 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 90 87 0
Royals CentralCntr 29 44 73 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 86 0
Angels West 29 44 73 8 DNCD DNCD 89 89 89 87 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