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.
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