Here is scenario in which Samsung makes the postseason with 23 additional wins (47 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Lotte 111 30 3 0.7872 0.0 Hanwha 109 31 4 0.7786 1.5 KIA 109 31 4 0.7786 1.5 LG 93 50 1 0.6503 19.0 Samsung 47 93 4 0.3357 63.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 47 93 4 0.3357 63.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 48 95 1 0.3357 64.0 Doosan 47 94 3 0.3333 64.0 KT 47 94 3 0.3333 64.0 NC 47 94 3 0.3333 64.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: Kiwoom and Samsung 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 32 17 1 94 0.653 0.0 Hanwha 30 20 0 94 0.600 2.5 Lotte 29 20 3 92 0.592 3.0 KIA 24 24 0 96 0.500 7.5 KT 24 24 3 93 0.500 7.5 NC 22 22 2 98 0.500 7.5 SSG 24 24 1 95 0.500 7.5 Samsung 24 26 1 93 0.480 8.5 Doosan 20 27 3 94 0.426 11.0 Kiwoom 14 39 0 91 0.264 20.0 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 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 10 27 Hanwha 10 - 7 10 11 11 0 10 10 10 79 KIA 10 0 - 10 10 11 10 12 11 11 85 Kiwoom 4 0 0 - 9 0 0 9 1 10 33 KT 10 0 0 0 - 0 0 7 5 1 23 LG 10 0 0 10 11 - 0 11 10 9 61 Lotte 10 11 0 10 10 11 - 10 10 10 82 NC 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 10 0 25 Samsung 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 - 10 23 SSG 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 13 0 - 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 67 11 7 54 70 33 10 72 67 71 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 KIA 0 4 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 Samsung 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 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 1 11 1 3 3 0 13 11 47 Hanwha 12 - 11 15 14 13 2 14 14 14 109 KIA 15 1 - 13 13 13 14 14 13 13 109 Kiwoom 5 1 3 - 11 1 0 11 1 14 47 KT 14 2 3 5 - 3 1 9 8 2 47 LG 13 3 3 15 13 - 3 14 15 14 93 Lotte 13 14 2 16 13 12 - 13 15 13 111 NC 14 2 2 4 7 2 3 - 12 1 47 Samsung 3 2 3 12 8 1 1 4 - 13 47 SSG 5 2 3 2 14 2 3 15 2 - 48 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 94 31 31 93 94 50 30 94 93 95 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 Hanwha 0 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 KIA 0 4 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 1 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 Samsung 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 4 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 1 # Samsung Lions magic number # Samsung's magic number # Lions magic number # KBO Playoff Race