Chicago White Sox First-Place Clinch Scenario

Chicago does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Chicago wins all 131 of their remaining games (137 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Minnesota        137	25	0.846	0.00
Chicago          137	25	0.846	0.00
Detroit          61	101	0.377	76.00
Cleveland        61	101	0.377	76.00
Kansas City      60	102	0.370	77.00

Tie breakers
Minnesota wins the season series with Chicago 7 games to 6.

Detroit wins the season series with Cleveland 13 games to 0.

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Cleveland        20	10	132	0.667	0.0
Kansas City      19	13	130	0.594	2.0
Detroit          18	13	131	0.581	2.5
Minnesota        17	13	132	0.567	3.0
Chicago          6	25	131	0.194	14.5

Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario:


Chicago currently has 1 wins against Cleveland and 2 losses.
  Chicago wins 10 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 11 games to 2

Chicago currently has 0 wins against Detroit and 3 losses.
  Chicago wins 10 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 10 games to 3

Chicago currently has 1 wins against Kansas City and 6 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Kansas City and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 7 games to 6

Detroit currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 0 losses.
  Detroit wins 13 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 13 games to 0

Kansas City currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 0 losses.
  Kansas City wins 12 additional games against Cleveland and loses 1.
  Kansas City wins the series 12 games to 1

Kansas City currently has 1 wins against Detroit and 2 losses.
  Kansas City wins 6 additional games against Detroit and loses 4.
  Kansas City wins the series 7 games to 6

Minnesota currently has 7 wins against Chicago and 0 losses.
  Minnesota wins 0 additional games against Chicago and loses 6.
  Minnesota wins the series 7 games to 6

Minnesota currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 2 losses.
  Minnesota wins 11 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 11 games to 2

Minnesota currently has 3 wins against Detroit and 4 losses.
  Minnesota wins 6 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 9 games to 4

Minnesota currently has 2 wins against Kansas City and 1 losses.
  Minnesota wins 10 additional games against Kansas City and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 12 games to 1

Chicago wins 99 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Cleveland wins 40 games agains teams outside the division and loses 45.
Detroit wins 26 games agains teams outside the division and loses 66.
Kansas City wins 23 games agains teams outside the division and loses 68.
Minnesota wins 93 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6.

Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above.
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