Chicago White Sox First-Place Clinch Scenario

Chicago does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Chicago wins all 91 of their remaining games (114 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Detroit          115	47	0.710	0.00
Chicago          114	48	0.704	1.00
Cleveland        86	76	0.531	29.00
Minnesota        76	86	0.469	39.00
Kansas City      70	92	0.432	45.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Detroit          46	26	90	0.639	0.0
Minnesota        36	34	92	0.514	9.0
Cleveland        35	34	93	0.507	9.5
Kansas City      34	37	91	0.479	11.5
Chicago          23	48	91	0.324	22.5

Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario:


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

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Detroit and 5 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 8 games to 5

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Kansas City and 5 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Kansas City and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 8 games to 5

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Minnesota and 4 losses.
  Chicago wins 7 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 9 games to 4

Cleveland currently has 3 wins against Detroit and 1 losses.
  Cleveland wins 8 additional games against Detroit and loses 1.
  Cleveland wins the series 11 games to 2

Cleveland currently has 4 wins against Kansas City and 2 losses.
  Cleveland wins 4 additional games against Kansas City and loses 3.
  Cleveland wins the series 8 games to 5

Detroit currently has 5 wins against Kansas City and 2 losses.
  Detroit wins 5 additional games against Kansas City and loses 1.
  Detroit wins the series 10 games to 3

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

Kansas City currently has 4 wins against Minnesota and 3 losses.
  Kansas City wins 6 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 10 games to 3

Minnesota currently has 2 wins against Cleveland and 4 losses.
  Minnesota wins 7 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 9 games to 4

Chicago wins 62 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Cleveland wins 39 games agains teams outside the division and loses 21.
Detroit wins 53 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6.
Kansas City wins 26 games agains teams outside the division and loses 40.
Minnesota wins 33 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.

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