The Yankees What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Yankees play future games. These games include either the next game, games of the current series, or all remaining games. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Win Next Game | 22 | 16 | 11% | 18% | 22% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Standings | 21 | 16 | 10% | 17% | 23% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Lose Next Game | 21 | 17 | 10% | 17% | 23% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 38% |
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Yankees Sweeps | 24 | 16 | 13% | 18% | 22% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 33% |
| Current Standings | 21 | 16 | 10% | 17% | 23% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Athletics Sweeps | 21 | 19 | 8% | 15% | 23% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 41% |
| Remaining Games Won |
Winning Percentage of Remaining Games |
Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 125 of 125 | 100% | 146 | 16 | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 120 of 125 | 96% | 141 | 21 | >99% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 110 of 125 | 88% | 131 | 31 | >99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| 100 of 125 | 80% | 121 | 41 | 99% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 94 of 125 | 75% | 115 | 47 | 95% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 93 of 125 | 74% | 114 | 48 | 92% | 8% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 92 of 125 | 74% | 113 | 49 | 90% | 10% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 91 of 125 | 73% | 112 | 50 | 87% | 13% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 90 of 125 | 72% | 111 | 51 | 83% | 16% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 89 of 125 | 71% | 110 | 52 | 80% | 20% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 88 of 125 | 70% | 109 | 53 | 76% | 23% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 87 of 125 | 70% | 108 | 54 | 70% | 28% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 86 of 125 | 69% | 107 | 55 | 64% | 33% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 85 of 125 | 68% | 106 | 56 | 58% | 38% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 84 of 125 | 67% | 105 | 57 | 52% | 43% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 83 of 125 | 66% | 104 | 58 | 46% | 46% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 82 of 125 | 66% | 103 | 59 | 39% | 51% | 10% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 81 of 125 | 65% | 102 | 60 | 33% | 53% | 13% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 80 of 125 | 64% | 101 | 61 | 27% | 54% | 17% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 79 of 125 | 63% | 100 | 62 | 22% | 55% | 21% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 78 of 125 | 62% | 99 | 63 | 17% | 53% | 27% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 77 of 125 | 62% | 98 | 64 | 13% | 50% | 32% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 76 of 125 | 61% | 97 | 65 | 9% | 47% | 37% | 5% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| 75 of 125 | 60% | 96 | 66 | 7% | 42% | 41% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| 74 of 125 | 59% | 95 | 67 | 4% | 36% | 46% | 8% | 5% | 1% | <1% |
| 73 of 125 | 58% | 94 | 68 | 2% | 30% | 50% | 9% | 7% | 2% | <1% |
| 72 of 125 | 58% | 93 | 69 | 1% | 24% | 53% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 1% |
| 71 of 125 | 57% | 92 | 70 | 1% | 18% | 54% | 9% | 12% | 5% | 1% |
| 70 of 125 | 56% | 91 | 71 | <1% | 13% | 54% | 9% | 14% | 8% | 2% |
| 69 of 125 | 55% | 90 | 72 | <1% | 9% | 52% | 8% | 15% | 12% | 4% |
| 68 of 125 | 54% | 89 | 73 | <1% | 6% | 48% | 6% | 16% | 15% | 8% |
| 67 of 125 | 54% | 88 | 74 | <1% | 4% | 45% | 4% | 15% | 19% | 12% |
| 66 of 125 | 53% | 87 | 75 | <1% | 2% | 41% | 3% | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| 65 of 125 | 52% | 86 | 76 | <1% | 1% | 35% | 2% | 11% | 21% | 29% |
| 64 of 125 | 51% | 85 | 77 | <1% | 1% | 30% | 1% | 8% | 21% | 39% |
| 63 of 125 | 50% | 84 | 78 | <1% | <1% | 25% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 51% |
| 62 of 125 | 50% | 83 | 79 | <1% | <1% | 21% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 60% |
| 61 of 125 | 49% | 82 | 80 | <1% | <1% | 17% | <1% | 2% | 10% | 71% |
| 60 of 125 | 48% | 81 | 81 | <1% | <1% | 13% | <1% | 1% | 7% | 79% |
| 59 of 125 | 47% | 80 | 82 | <1% | <1% | 10% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 85% |
| 58 of 125 | 46% | 79 | 83 | <1% | <1% | 7% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 90% |
| 57 of 125 | 46% | 78 | 84 | <1% | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 93% |
| 50 of 125 | 40% | 71 | 91 | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 40 of 125 | 32% | 61 | 101 | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 30 of 125 | 24% | 51 | 111 | X | <1% | <1% | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 20 of 125 | 16% | 41 | 121 | X | X | <1% | X | X | X | >99% |
| 10 of 125 | 8% | 31 | 131 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| 0 of 125 | 0% | 21 | 141 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |