MLB League Standings

2025 Major League Baseball Magic Numbers

American League

AL GP/R W L W% GB WCGB
DET 133/29 78 55 .586 – –   30 26 25 25 24 20 18 19 18 16 13 13 14 13 2
TOR 132/30 77 55 .583 .5 – 31   27 26 26 25 21 19 20 19 17 14 14 15 14 3
HOU 131/31 72 59 .549 5 – [36] [36]   31 31 30 26 24 25 24 22 19 19 20 19 8
BOS 132/30 72 60 .545 5.5 – [36] [36] [32]   31 30 26 24 25 24 22 19 19 20 19 8
NYY 131/31 71 60 .542 6 – [37] [37] [33] 32   31 27 25 26 25 23 20 20 21 20 9
SEA 132/30 71 61 .537 6.5 – [37] [37] [33] [32] [32]   27 25 26 25 23 20 20 21 20 9
KAN 132/30 67 65 .507 10.5 4 [41] [41] [37] [36] [36] [35]   29 30 29 27 24 24 25 24 13
TEX 133/29 66 67 .496 12 5.5 [42] [42] [38] [37] [37] [36] [32]   [31] 30 28 25 25 26 25 14
CLE 130/32 64 66 .492 12.5 6 [44] [44] [40] [39] [39] [38] [34] 32   32 30 27 27 28 27 16
TAM 131/31 64 67 .488 13 6.5 [44] [44] [40] [39] [39] [38] [34] 32 [33]   30 27 27 28 27 16
LAA 131/31 62 69 .473 15 8.5 [46] [46] [42] [41] [41] [40] [36] [34] [35] [34]   29 29 30 29 18
ATH 133/29 61 72 .458 17 10.5 [47] [47] [43] [42] [42] [41] [37] [35] [36] [35] [33]   30 [31] 30 19
ATH 133/29 61 72 .458 17 10.5 [47] [47] [43] [42] [42] [41] [37] [35] [36] [35] [33] 30   [31] 30 19
BAL 131/31 60 71 .458 17 10.5 [48] [48] [44] [43] [43] [42] [38] [36] [37] [36] [34] 31 31   31 20
MIN 131/31 59 72 .450 18 11.5 [49] [49] [45] [44] [44] [43] [39] [37] [38] [37] [35] 32 32 [33]   21
CWS 131/31 48 83 .366 29 22.5 [60] [60] [56] [55] [55] [54] [50] [48] [49] [48] [46] [43] [43] [44] [43]  

National League

NL GP/R W L W% GB WCGB
MIL 132/30 82 50 .621 – –   26 24 26 23 20 17 14 13 13 12 9 6 3 ←
PHI 131/31 76 55 .580 5.5 – [37]   30 32 29 26 23 20 19 19 18 15 12 9 ←
LAD 132/30 75 57 .568 7 – [38] [33]   [33] 30 27 24 21 20 20 19 16 13 10 ←
CHC 131/31 76 55 .580 5.5 – [37] 32 30   29 26 23 20 19 19 18 15 12 9 ←
SDG 132/30 74 58 .560 8 – [39] [34] [32] [34]   28 25 22 21 21 20 17 14 11 ←
NYM 131/31 70 61 .534 11.5 – [43] [38] [36] [38] [35]   29 26 25 25 24 21 18 15 ←
CIN 132/30 68 64 .515 14 2.5 [45] [40] [38] [40] [37] [34]   28 27 27 26 23 20 17 —
STL 132/30 65 67 .492 17 5.5 [48] [43] [41] [43] [40] [37] [34]   30 30 29 26 23 20 4
ARI 132/30 64 68 .484 18 6.5 [49] [44] [42] [44] [41] [38] [35] [32]   31 30 27 24 21 5
SFO 131/31 63 68 .480 18.5 7 [50] [45] [43] [45] [42] [39] [36] [33] 32   31 28 25 22 6
MIA 131/31 62 69 .473 19.5 8 [51] [46] [44] [46] [43] [40] [37] [34] [33] [33]   29 26 23 7
ATL 131/31 59 72 .450 22.5 11 [54] [49] [47] [49] [46] [43] [40] [37] [36] [36] [35]   29 26 10
PIT 132/30 57 75 .431 25 13.5 [56] [51] [49] [51] [48] [45] [42] [39] [38] [38] [37] [34]   28 12
WAS 131/31 53 78 .404 28.5 17 [60] [55] [53] [55] [52] [49] [46] [43] [42] [42] [41] [38] [35]   16
COL 131/31 37 94 .282 44.5 33 • • • • • • [62] [59] [58] [58] [57] [54] [51] [48]  

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: August 26, 2025 10:00pm GMT