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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
White Sox CentralCntr 67 62 129 - - DNCD 30 30 30 30 28 0
Guardians CentralCntr 64 66 130 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 31 0
Twins CentralCntr 63 67 130 1 DNCD DNCD 32 32 32 32 0
Tigers CentralCntr 61 68 129 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Royals CentralCntr 57 74 131 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Rays East 76 53 129 - - 30 30 30 27 21 20 0
Yankees East 73 56 129 3 - 33 33 33 30 23 22 0
Red Sox East 70 59 129 6 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 32 27 26 0
Blue Jays East 64 67 131 13 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 31 0
Orioles East 63 67 130 13½ 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Astros West 65 65 130 - - DNCD 32 31 31 31 31 0
Rangers West 64 66 130 1 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 31 0
Mariners West 62 68 130 3 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Angels West 52 78 130 13 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Athletics West 50 80 130 15 14 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