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MLB - Week 7 of 28

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 21 12 33 - - 128 125 123 119 115 111 0
Mariners West 19 12 31 - - 130 127 125 120 116 112 0
Yankees East 19 13 32 - - 130 127 124 121 117 113 0
Guardians CentralCntr 18 14 32 - 129 126 126 121 118 114 0
Athletics West 18 15 33 2 - 128 126 126 121 117 113 0
Red Sox East 18 16 34 2 - DNCD 127 125 121 117 113 0
 
Royals CentralCntr 17 16 33 4 ½ DNCD 127 127 123 119 115 0
Astros West 16 15 31 3 ½ 131 129 128 123 119 114 0
Blue Jays East 16 16 32 3 1 DNCD 128 127 123 119 116 0
Rangers West 16 17 33 4 129 127 127 123 119 115 0
Rays East 14 18 32 5 3 130 129 129 125 121 117 0
Orioles East 13 18 31 DNCD 131 129 127 123 119 0
Twins CentralCntr 13 20 33 8 DNCD 128 128 125 121 117 0
Angels West 12 19 31 7 DNCD 130 129 125 122 118 0
White Sox CentralCntr 9 23 32 11½ 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD 129 125 121 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