Here is scenario in which Samsung makes the postseason with 22 additional wins (46 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB NC 126 17 1 0.8811 0.0 KIA 111 29 4 0.7929 13.5 LG 102 40 2 0.7183 23.5 Doosan 91 49 4 0.6500 33.5 SSG 46 94 4 0.3286 78.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Samsung 46 94 4 0.3286 78.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 46 95 3 0.3262 79.0 Kiwoom 45 95 4 0.3214 79.5 KT 45 95 4 0.3214 79.5 Lotte 45 95 4 0.3214 79.5 Explanation of Tie-breakers: Samsung and SSG tie for fifth place and play a post-season game; the winner goes on to the wild-card game. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KIA 26 16 1 101 0.619 0.0 NC 25 17 1 101 0.595 1.0 Samsung 24 18 1 101 0.571 2.0 Doosan 25 20 1 98 0.556 2.5 LG 23 20 2 99 0.535 3.5 SSG 23 20 1 100 0.535 3.5 Kiwoom 18 24 0 102 0.429 8.0 KT 18 25 1 100 0.419 8.5 Hanwha 16 26 1 101 0.381 10.0 Lotte 14 26 1 103 0.350 11.0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many of their remaining games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Additional Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 10 0 10 10 0 13 0 10 13 66 Hanwha 0 - 0 1 10 0 4 0 5 10 30 KIA 7 11 - 12 10 10 14 0 11 10 85 Kiwoom 0 7 0 - 10 0 5 0 4 1 27 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 9 0 8 10 27 LG 11 14 0 11 13 - 10 0 10 10 79 Lotte 0 8 0 4 0 0 - 0 11 8 31 NC 11 11 13 14 11 10 10 - 10 11 101 Samsung 0 8 0 7 6 0 0 0 - 1 22 SSG 0 0 0 12 0 0 4 0 7 - 23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 29 69 13 71 70 20 69 0 76 74 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Hanwha 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 KIA 3 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Kiwoom 0 2 0 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 3 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 Lotte 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 2 3 4 3 0 3 0 3 3 The next two tables show, respectively, how many total games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Total Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 14 2 15 15 4 14 3 11 13 91 Hanwha 2 - 1 3 13 1 5 1 6 14 46 KIA 10 15 - 16 13 14 16 2 13 12 111 Kiwoom 1 11 0 - 11 4 10 0 6 2 45 KT 1 3 3 4 - 1 10 3 8 12 45 LG 12 15 2 12 15 - 15 4 13 14 102 Lotte 2 11 0 5 3 1 - 1 13 9 45 NC 13 14 14 16 13 12 15 - 13 16 126 Samsung 5 10 3 10 8 2 3 3 - 2 46 SSG 3 2 4 14 4 1 7 0 11 - 46 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 49 95 29 95 95 40 95 17 94 94 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Hanwha 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 KIA 3 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Kiwoom 0 2 0 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 3 0 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 2 Lotte 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 # Samsung Lions magic number # Samsung's magic number # Lions magic number # KBO Playoff Race