Cleveland Indians First-Place Clinch Scenario

Cleveland's traditional magic number (relative to second-place Kansas City) is 19 + 130 - 20 + 1 = 130.
Cleveland's first-place clinch number is 126.
Cleveland must win 126 more games (146 total) to clinch first place.

If Cleveland wins 126 more games, their final win total will be at least 146.
The table below shows the best case scenario for each of the other teams if Cleveland wins 126 of their remaining 132 games and loses the other 6.
For each team, the table shows the current record (number of wins (W) and losses (L)) and the number of games that team has
left to play (GL) in the regular season. Taking the schedule of games left to play into account, the 'Losses to Cleveland' column gives the
minimum number of games that each team will lose to Cleveland if Cleveland wins 126 more games. Assuming that a team wins all of its remaining games except for
the games it loses to Cleveland, the resulting maximum number of wins is shown in the 'Maximum W' column.

Team             W	L	GL	Losses to Cleveland	Maximum W
Minnesota        17	13	132	      11 - 6 = 5	144
Detroit          18	13	131	      13 - 6 = 7	142
Kansas City      19	13	130	      13 - 6 = 7	142
Chicago          6	25	131	      10 - 6 = 4	133

The table above shows that if Cleveland wins 126 more games (146 total), then they will finish the season in first place in the division.

To see that Cleveland's first-place clinch number cannot be less than 126, consider the following scenario in which Cleveland wins 125 more games (145 total) but does not finish in first place:

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Minnesota        145	17	0.895	0.00
Cleveland        145	17	0.895	0.00
Chicago          101	61	0.623	44.00
Detroit          100	62	0.617	45.00
Kansas City      80	82	0.494	65.00

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

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

Cleveland currently has 2 wins against Chicago and 1 losses.
  Cleveland wins 10 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Cleveland wins the series 12 games to 1

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

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

Detroit currently has 3 wins against Chicago and 0 losses.
  Detroit wins 10 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 13 games to 0

Detroit currently has 2 wins against Kansas City and 1 losses.
  Detroit wins 8 additional games against Kansas City and loses 2.
  Detroit wins the series 10 games to 3

Minnesota currently has 7 wins against Chicago and 0 losses.
  Minnesota wins 6 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 13 games to 0

Minnesota currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 2 losses.
  Minnesota wins 7 additional games against Cleveland and loses 4.
  Minnesota wins the series 7 games to 6

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 89 games agains teams outside the division and loses 10.
Cleveland wins 85 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Detroit wins 64 games agains teams outside the division and loses 28.
Kansas City wins 59 games agains teams outside the division and loses 32.
Minnesota wins 99 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.

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