MLB - Week 16 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	56	34	90	-	-	71	68	61	61	59	56	0
Twins	CentralCntr	43	46	89	12½	4	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	72	69	0
Royals	CentralCntr	42	48	90	14	5½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	72	69	0
Guardians	CentralCntr	40	47	87	14½	6	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	74	72	0
White Sox	CentralCntr	30	59	89	25½	17	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	0

Blue Jays	East	51	38	89	-	-	DNCD	72	69	66	64	61	0
Yankees	East	48	41	89	3	-	DNCD	73	72	69	66	64	0
Rays	East	48	41	89	3	-	DNCD	DNCD	71	69	67	64	0
Red Sox	East	45	45	90	6½	2½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	72	69	67	0
Orioles	East	39	49	88	11½	7½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	72	0

Astros	West	54	35	89	-	-	72	69	67	63	61	58	0
Mariners	West	47	42	89	7	-	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	70	68	65	0
Rangers	West	44	45	89	10	3	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	73	70	68	0
Angels	West	43	45	88	10½	3½	DNCD	DNCD	DNCD	74	71	69	0
Athletics	West	37	54	91	18	11	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