Here is scenario in which Kiwoom makes the postseason with 30 additional wins (48 total).
Here are the final standings in the scenario:
Team W L D PCT GB
LG 112 28 4 0.8000 0.0
Hanwha 107 37 0 0.7431 7.0
SSG 105 37 2 0.7394 8.0
Samsung 93 47 4 0.6643 19.0
Lotte 48 92 4 0.3429 64.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below.
Kiwoom 48 92 4 0.3429 64.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below.
KIA 49 94 1 0.3427 64.5
NC 48 93 3 0.3404 64.5
Doosan 47 92 5 0.3381 64.5
KT 47 92 5 0.3381 64.5
Explanation of Tie-breakers:
Kiwoom and Lotte 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
LG 37 23 1 83 0.617 0.0
Hanwha 36 25 0 83 0.590 1.5
Lotte 32 27 3 82 0.542 4.5
SSG 31 27 2 84 0.534 5.0
Samsung 32 28 1 83 0.533 5.0
KT 31 28 3 82 0.525 5.5
KIA 29 29 1 85 0.500 7.0
NC 25 29 3 87 0.463 9.0
Doosan 24 34 3 83 0.414 12.0
Kiwoom 18 45 1 80 0.286 20.5
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 - 0 3 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 23
Hanwha 10 - 11 10 8 5 9 7 8 3 71
KIA 4 0 - 2 3 0 8 3 0 0 20
Kiwoom 6 0 5 - 4 0 5 10 0 0 30
KT 7 0 4 2 - 0 0 3 0 0 16
LG 10 3 11 10 11 - 11 8 4 7 75
Lotte 0 0 2 2 9 0 - 3 0 0 16
NC 0 0 9 0 7 0 7 - 0 0 23
Samsung 10 2 9 11 11 0 8 10 - 0 61
SSG 11 7 11 10 11 0 7 10 7 - 74
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Losses 58 12 65 47 64 5 65 64 19 10
Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With
Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total
Doosan - 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KIA 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiwoom 2 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 3 0 0 0 2
LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 3 0 3
Lotte 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 1
NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 1 3
SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
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Total 2 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 3 0
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 - 4 5 5 2 3 13 11 3 1 47
Hanwha 12 - 15 15 13 8 12 13 12 7 107
KIA 11 1 - 7 7 2 12 5 2 2 49
Kiwoom 9 1 8 - 6 1 7 12 0 4 48
KT 13 3 9 9 - 3 1 5 3 1 47
LG 13 8 14 15 13 - 14 13 9 13 112
Lotte 3 4 4 9 12 1 - 6 5 4 48
NC 3 3 11 4 11 3 10 - 2 1 48
Samsung 13 4 14 16 13 4 11 14 - 4 93
SSG 15 9 14 12 15 3 12 14 11 - 105
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Losses 92 37 94 92 92 28 92 93 47 37
Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With
Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total
Doosan - 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KIA 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kiwoom 2 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 3 0 0 0 5
LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 3 0 4
Lotte 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 4
NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3
Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 1 4
SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
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Total 5 0 1 4 5 4 4 3 4 2
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