Oakland Athletics First-Place Clinch Scenario Oakland does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Oakland wins all 64 of their remaining games (105 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB Houston 106 56 0.654 0.00 Oakland 105 57 0.648 1.00 Seattle 73 89 0.451 33.00 Texas 71 91 0.438 35.00 Los Angeles 70 92 0.432 36.00 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Houston 56 40 66 0.583 0.0 Seattle 51 45 66 0.531 5.0 Texas 48 49 65 0.495 8.5 Los Angeles 47 49 66 0.490 9.0 Oakland 41 57 64 0.418 16.0 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Houston currently has 4 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses. Houston wins 7 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0. Houston wins the series 11 games to 2 Houston currently has 4 wins against Seattle and 3 losses. Houston wins 5 additional games against Seattle and loses 1. Houston wins the series 9 games to 4 Houston currently has 3 wins against Texas and 4 losses. Houston wins 6 additional games against Texas and loses 0. Houston wins the series 9 games to 4 Los Angeles currently has 7 wins against Oakland and 0 losses. Los Angeles wins 0 additional games against Oakland and loses 6. Los Angeles wins the series 7 games to 6 Los Angeles currently has 2 wins against Seattle and 3 losses. Los Angeles wins 8 additional games against Seattle and loses 0. Los Angeles wins the series 10 games to 3 Oakland currently has 2 wins against Houston and 4 losses. Oakland wins 7 additional games against Houston and loses 0. Oakland wins the series 9 games to 4 Oakland currently has 3 wins against Seattle and 4 losses. Oakland wins 6 additional games against Seattle and loses 0. Oakland wins the series 9 games to 4 Oakland currently has 5 wins against Texas and 2 losses. Oakland wins 6 additional games against Texas and loses 0. Oakland wins the series 11 games to 2 Seattle currently has 7 wins against Texas and 2 losses. Seattle wins 0 additional games against Texas and loses 4. Seattle wins the series 7 games to 6 Texas currently has 5 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses. Texas wins 6 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0. Texas wins the series 11 games to 2 Houston wins 32 games agains teams outside the division and loses 8. Los Angeles wins 15 games agains teams outside the division and loses 24. Oakland wins 39 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Seattle wins 21 games agains teams outside the division and loses 21. Texas wins 13 games agains teams outside the division and loses 30. Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above. # Oakland Athletics' magic number # Oakland's magic number # Athletics' magic number # MLB Playoff Race