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  2. Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In certain sports, a magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to clinching a division title and/or a playoff spot. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses (or any combination thereof) by the rival teams after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival teams to capture the title in the remaining number ...

  3. What's the Brewers magic number and who are the teams ... - AOL

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    The magic number is the total number of outcomes that have to go right for a team to secure a playoff spot. ... easy calculation. Take the overall number of games in a season (162 in this case ...

  4. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for New York Yankees to ...

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    Latest MLB standings American League: AL East: New York Yankees: 87-63. Baltimore Orioles: 84-66. Boston Red Sox: 75-75. Tampa Bay Rays: 73-77. Toronto Blue Jays: 72-78

  5. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for Kansas City ... - AOL

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    What is the Royals' magic number to make the 2024 MLB postseason? Royals to make AL wild card: 4. Latest MLB standings American League: AL East: z-New York Yankees: 92-65. z-Baltimore Orioles: 87-70.

  6. Wins above replacement - Wikipedia

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    Judge outranked Altuve in FanGraphs' calculation of WAR that season, finishing first with a WAR of 8.2, to Altuve's 7.5. Based on Baseball-Reference's calculation, Altuve had the edge, 8.3 to 8.1. However, in James's words, the usage of WAR in this particular MVP argument was "...nonsense. Aaron Judge was nowhere near as valuable as Jose Altuve….

  7. Games behind - Wikipedia

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    In the 2012 MLB season, both leagues added a second wild card team, and a third wild card team was added for each league starting with the 2022 MLB season. Games behind in the wild card race is now calculated with respect to the final wild card position. MLB's website distinguishes this statistic as wild card games behind, abbreviated WCGB. [24]

  8. Detroit Tigers' wild card chances: Magic number, what needs ...

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    How MLB wild card tiebreakers work. The recent introduction of tiebreakers instead of a 163rd game to settle ties in the standings complicates the Tigers' magic number equation. The tiebreakers ...

  9. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for Houston Astros to make ...

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    Here is their magic number to clinch a playoff berth. MLB News: Shohei Ohtani makes history, becoming first MLB player in 50-50 club; social media reacts.