MLB League Standings

2024 Major League Baseball Magic Numbers

American League

AL GP/R W L W% GB WCGB
DET 87/75 54 33 .620 – –   75 71 71 70 68 65 66 64 64 65 62 60 56 56 51
HOU 86/76 52 34 .604 1.5 – [78]   73 73 72 70 67 68 66 66 67 64 62 58 58 53
TOR 86/76 48 38 .558 5.5 – [82] [81]   77 76 74 71 72 70 70 71 68 66 62 62 57
NYY 86/76 48 38 .558 5.5 – [82] [81] 77   76 74 71 72 70 70 71 68 66 62 62 57
TAM 87/75 48 39 .551 6 – [82] [81] [77] [77]   74 71 72 70 70 71 68 66 62 62 57
SEA 86/76 45 41 .523 8.5 – [85] [84] [80] [80] [79]   74 75 73 73 74 71 69 65 65 60
TEX 87/75 43 44 .494 11 2.5 [87] [86] [82] [82] [81] [79]   [77] 75 75 76 73 71 67 67 62
LAA 85/77 42 43 .494 11 2.5 [88] [87] [83] [83] [82] [80] 77   76 76 77 74 72 68 68 63
BOS 88/74 43 45 .488 11.5 3 [87] [86] [82] [82] [81] [79] [76] [77]   75 [76] 73 71 67 67 62
MIN 86/76 41 45 .476 12.5 4 [89] [88] [84] [84] [83] [81] [78] [79] 77   [78] 75 73 69 69 64
CLE 84/78 40 44 .476 12.5 4 [90] [89] [85] [85] [84] [82] 79 [80] 78 78   76 74 70 70 65
KAN 87/75 40 47 .459 14 5.5 [90] [89] [85] [85] [84] [82] [79] [80] [78] [78] [79]   74 70 70 65
BAL 86/76 37 49 .430 16.5 8 [93] [92] [88] [88] [87] [85] [82] [83] [81] [81] [82] [79]   73 73 68
ATH 89/73 36 53 .404 19 10.5 [94] [93] [89] [89] [88] [86] [83] [84] [82] [82] [83] [80] [78]   74 69
ATH 89/73 36 53 .404 19 10.5 [94] [93] [89] [89] [88] [86] [83] [84] [82] [82] [83] [80] [78] 74   69
CWS 86/76 28 58 .325 25.5 17 [102] [101] [97] [97] [96] [94] [91] [92] [90] [90] [91] [88] [86] [82] [82]  

National League

NL GP/R W L W% GB WCGB
LAD 87/75 55 32 .632 – –   73 72 70 70 68 67 67 66 65 62 62 58 58 41
CHC 86/76 51 35 .593 3.5 – [80]   76 74 74 72 71 71 70 69 66 66 62 62 45
PHI 87/75 51 36 .586 4 – [80] [77]   74 74 72 71 71 70 69 66 66 62 62 45
NYM 87/75 49 38 .563 6 – [82] [79] [78]   76 74 73 73 72 71 68 68 64 64 47
MIL 86/76 48 38 .558 6.5 – [83] [80] [79] 77   75 74 74 73 72 69 69 65 65 48
SDG 86/76 46 40 .534 8.5 – [85] [82] [81] [79] [79]   76 76 75 74 71 71 67 67 50
STL 88/74 47 41 .534 8.5 – [84] [81] [80] [78] [78] [76]   75 74 73 70 70 66 66 49
SFO 87/75 46 41 .528 9 .5 [85] [82] [81] [79] [79] [77] 76   75 74 71 71 67 67 50
CIN 87/75 45 42 .517 10 1.5 [86] [83] [82] [80] [80] [78] [77] [77]   75 72 72 68 68 51
ARI 86/76 43 43 .500 11.5 3 [88] [85] [84] [82] [82] [80] [79] [79] [78]   74 74 70 70 53
ATL 85/77 39 46 .458 15 6.5 [92] [89] [88] [86] [86] [84] [83] [83] [82] [81]   78 74 74 57
MIA 84/78 38 46 .452 15.5 7 [93] [90] [89] [87] [87] [85] [84] [84] [83] [82] 79   75 75 58
PIT 88/74 38 50 .431 17.5 9 [93] [90] [89] [87] [87] [85] [84] [84] [83] [82] [79] [79]   75 58
WAS 86/76 36 50 .418 18.5 10 [95] [92] [91] [89] [89] [87] [86] [86] [85] [84] [81] [81] 77   60
COL 86/76 19 67 .220 35.5 27 [112] [109] [108] [106] [106] [104] [103] [103] [102] [101] [98] [98] [94] [94]  

Six teams from each league qualify for the playoffs:

  • The three division winners, who are ranked 1-3 regardless of their records
  • The next three best teams by record, regardless of division

The top two seeded division winners in each league earn a first-round bye.

Clinched division
Clinched wild-card berth
Eliminated from the playoffs

Any tie for any position

  1. The team with the best record in head to head play.
  2. The team with the best overall record in intra-division games.
  3. The team with the best overall record in inter-division games.
  4. The team with the best record in the final 81 games of the season, ignoring inter-league play.
  5. The team with the best record in the final 82 games of the season, extending backward until the tie is broken.

Tiebreaking procedures from mlb.com

Updated: July 3, 2025 7:00am GMT