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MLB - Week 9 of 27

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
Guardians CentralCntr 28 22 50 - - DNCD 110 105 104 101 96 0
White Sox CentralCntr 25 23 48 2 - DNCD 113 108 107 103 99 0
Twins CentralCntr 22 27 49 DNCD 112 111 110 107 102 0
Tigers CentralCntr 20 29 49 DNCD DNCD 111 110 107 104 0
Royals CentralCntr 20 29 49 DNCD DNCD DNCD 112 108 104 0
 
Rays East 32 15 47 - - 109 108 108 101 97 92 0
Yankees East 30 19 49 3 - 110 110 110 103 99 94 0
Blue Jays East 21 27 48 11½ 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 111 108 103 0
Red Sox East 21 27 48 11½ 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 111 107 103 0
Orioles East 21 28 49 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD 111 108 103 0
 
Athletics West 24 24 48 - - DNCD 114 111 109 105 100 0
Rangers West 23 25 48 1 - DNCD 113 112 110 106 101 0
Mariners West 23 27 50 2 1 DNCD DNCD 110 109 105 101 0
Astros West 20 30 50 5 4 DNCD DNCD 111 111 107 104 0
Angels West 17 32 49 DNCD DNCD 112 112 110 106 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