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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. 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 ...

  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. MLB Magic Number watch: Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, Astros - AOL

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    Your daily rundown of magic numbers, key races, elimination scenarios and games to watch as the MLB season gets into crunch time. MLB Magic Number watch: Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, Astros Skip to ...

  6. Win probability added - Wikipedia

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    In Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals' third-baseman David Freese posted the best WPA in Major League Baseball postseason history, with a 0.969, which was 0.099 better than the now-second-best WPA of .870, posted by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

  7. Base runs - Wikipedia

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    For instance, when a solo home run is hit, base runs will correctly predict one run having been scored by the batting team. By contrast, when runs created assesses a solo HR, it predicts four runs to be scored; likewise, most linear weights-based formulas will predict a number close to 1.4 runs having been scored on a solo HR. This is because ...

  8. 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.

  9. List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders ...

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    Name of the player and number of six hit games they had at that point Date: Date of the game Team: The player's team at the time of the game Lge. The league the player's team is a member of NL: National League: AL: American League: AA: American Association: PL: Players' League: Opposing team: The team against whom the player had six hits AB