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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
Guardians CentralCntr 7 5 12 - - 149 146 144 138 134 129 0
Royals CentralCntr 5 6 11 - 150 147 146 141 136 131 0
Twins CentralCntr 5 6 11 - 150 148 146 141 136 131 0
White Sox CentralCntr 4 7 11 1 150 148 146 141 136 132 0
Tigers CentralCntr 4 7 11 1 151 148 146 141 136 132 0
 
Yankees East 8 2 10 - - 148 146 144 138 133 128 0
Orioles East 5 6 11 - 151 148 147 141 136 131 0
Rays East 5 6 11 - 150 147 147 141 136 131 0
Blue Jays East 4 7 11 1 150 147 147 142 137 132 0
Red Sox East 3 8 11 2 151 148 148 142 138 133 0
 
Rangers West 6 5 11 - - 150 147 144 140 135 130 0
Angels West 6 6 12 ½ - 149 146 146 139 135 130 0
Astros West 6 6 12 ½ - 149 146 146 140 135 130 0
Mariners West 4 8 12 DNCD 149 146 142 137 132 0
Athletics West 3 7 10 152 149 148 143 138 133 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