Los Angeles Angels First-Place Clinch Scenario

Los Angeles does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Los Angeles wins all 80 of their remaining games (114 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Oakland          115	47	0.710	0.00
Los Angeles      114	48	0.704	1.00
Houston          68	94	0.420	47.00
Seattle          58	104	0.358	57.00
Texas            49	113	0.302	66.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Seattle          41	41	80	0.500	0.0
Houston          40	43	79	0.482	1.5
Oakland          39	42	81	0.481	1.5
Texas            39	42	81	0.481	1.5
Los Angeles      34	48	80	0.415	7.0

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


Oakland currently has 3 wins against Houston and 3 losses.
  Oakland wins 7 additional games against Houston and loses 0.
  Oakland wins the series 10 games to 3

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

Oakland currently has 4 wins against Texas and 3 losses.
  Oakland wins 6 additional games against Texas and loses 0.
  Oakland wins the series 10 games to 3

Houston currently has 5 wins against Texas and 2 losses.
  Houston wins 6 additional games against Texas and loses 0.
  Houston wins the series 11 games to 2

Los Angeles currently has 3 wins against Oakland and 5 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 5 additional games against Oakland and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 8 games to 5

Los Angeles currently has 4 wins against Houston and 3 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 6 additional games against Houston and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 10 games to 3

Los Angeles currently has 2 wins against Seattle and 1 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 10 additional games against Seattle and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 12 games to 1

Los Angeles currently has 3 wins against Texas and 0 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 10 additional games against Texas and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 13 games to 0

Seattle currently has 7 wins against Houston and 1 losses.
  Seattle wins 0 additional games against Houston and loses 5.
  Seattle wins the series 7 games to 6

Texas currently has 4 wins against Seattle and 2 losses.
  Texas wins 3 additional games against Seattle and loses 4.
  Texas wins the series 7 games to 6

Oakland wins 56 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Houston wins 17 games agains teams outside the division and loses 38.
Los Angeles wins 49 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Seattle wins 13 games agains teams outside the division and loses 38.
Texas wins 7 games agains teams outside the division and loses 45.

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