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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
Blue Jays East 78 56 134 - - 27 25 24 22 21 19 0
Tigers CentralCntr 78 57 135 - - DNCD 24 19 19 19 19 0
Astros West 74 60 134 - - DNCD DNCD 26 26 25 23 0
Red Sox East 75 60 135 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 26 24 22 0
Yankees East 74 60 134 4 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 27 25 23 0
Mariners West 72 62 134 2 - DNCD DNCD 28 28 27 25 0
 
Royals CentralCntr 69 65 134 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers West 68 67 135 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Guardians CentralCntr 66 66 132 10½ 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 30 0
Rays East 64 69 133 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 63 72 135 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Angels West 62 71 133 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Twins CentralCntr 60 73 133 17 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Orioles East 60 74 134 18 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
White Sox CentralCntr 48 86 134 29½ 24 X X X 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