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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 80 | 58 | 138 | - | - | DNCD | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Royals | CentralCntr | 70 | 67 | 137 | 9½ | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Guardians | CentralCntr | 68 | 67 | 135 | 10½ | 4 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Twins | CentralCntr | 62 | 74 | 136 | 17 | 10½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| White Sox | CentralCntr | 49 | 88 | 137 | 30½ | 24 | X | X | X | X | X | DNCD | 0 |
| Blue Jays | East | 79 | 58 | 137 | - | - | 25 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| Yankees | East | 76 | 61 | 137 | 3 | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 23 | 22 | 20 | 0 |
| Red Sox | East | 76 | 62 | 138 | 3½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 23 | 21 | 20 | 0 |
| Rays | East | 67 | 69 | 136 | 11½ | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Orioles | East | 61 | 76 | 137 | 18 | 12 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Astros | West | 75 | 62 | 137 | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 0 |
| Mariners | West | 73 | 64 | 137 | 2 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| Rangers | West | 71 | 67 | 138 | 4½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Angels | West | 64 | 72 | 136 | 10½ | 8½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Athletics | West | 63 | 75 | 138 | 12½ | 10½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |