Here is scenario in which Kiwoom makes the postseason with 31 additional wins (44 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB KT 126 17 1 0.8811 0.0 Samsung 121 22 1 0.8462 5.0 Doosan 101 42 1 0.7063 25.0 LG 95 49 0 0.6597 31.5 Kiwoom 44 96 4 0.3143 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KIA 44 96 4 0.3143 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Lotte 44 96 4 0.3143 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. NC 44 96 4 0.3143 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 44 96 4 0.3143 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 44 97 3 0.3121 81.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: The following table shows how many games each of the teams tied for fifth place in the scenario have already won against each other: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 3 4 2 0 9 Kiwoom 0 - 2 2 1 5 Lotte 1 4 - 0 3 8 NC 4 1 3 - 2 10 SSG 2 2 3 2 - 9 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 13 0 0 5 18 Kiwoom 0 - 6 12 13 31 Lotte 10 4 - 6 2 22 NC 10 0 5 - 11 26 SSG 7 0 7 0 - 14 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 16 4 2 5 27 Kiwoom 0 - 8 14 14 36 Lotte 11 8 - 6 5 30 NC 14 1 8 - 13 36 SSG 9 2 10 2 - 23 The first tiebreaker does not resolve the tie. The following table shows how many runs each of the teams tied for fifth place as already scored against each other in the scenario: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 18 27 20 12 77 Kiwoom 8 - 15 7 15 45 Lotte 18 19 - 10 33 80 NC 27 13 22 - 35 97 SSG 18 22 42 32 - 114 The following table shows how many additional runs each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 21 0 0 5 26 Kiwoom 0 - 6 80 13 99 Lotte 10 5 - 6 2 23 NC 10 0 26 - 11 47 SSG 7 0 23 0 - 30 The following table shows how many runs total each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team KIA Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total KIA - 39 27 20 17 103 Kiwoom 8 - 21 87 28 144 Lotte 28 24 - 16 35 103 NC 37 13 48 - 46 144 SSG 25 22 65 32 - 144 Kiwoom finished #0 in the standings last year.NC finished #0 in the standings last year. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KT 23 12 1 108 0.657 0.0 LG 22 14 0 108 0.611 1.5 Samsung 21 14 1 108 0.600 2.0 SSG 19 16 1 108 0.543 4.0 Doosan 17 19 1 107 0.472 6.5 KIA 17 19 1 107 0.472 6.5 Hanwha 16 20 0 108 0.444 7.5 NC 15 20 1 108 0.429 8.0 Lotte 14 20 1 109 0.412 8.5 Kiwoom 13 23 1 107 0.361 10.5 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 - 13 13 11 0 10 13 14 0 10 84 Hanwha 0 - 0 12 0 0 6 10 0 0 28 KIA 0 9 - 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 6 12 0 13 31 KT 13 13 10 10 - 11 12 13 8 13 103 LG 0 10 13 13 0 - 13 11 0 13 73 Lotte 0 8 10 4 0 0 - 6 0 2 30 NC 0 3 10 0 0 0 5 - 0 11 29 Samsung 10 10 14 10 5 14 14 10 - 13 100 SSG 0 11 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 - 25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 23 77 77 73 5 35 76 76 8 80 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 KIA 0 1 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Kiwoom 0 2 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 3 NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 0 1 3 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SSG 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 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 - 14 15 14 1 12 15 15 2 13 101 Hanwha 2 - 2 14 0 3 8 11 1 3 44 KIA 1 13 - 16 1 1 4 2 1 5 44 Kiwoom 2 0 0 - 2 1 8 14 3 14 44 KT 15 16 15 13 - 15 14 15 9 14 126 LG 4 13 15 15 1 - 15 15 1 16 95 Lotte 1 8 11 8 2 1 - 6 2 5 44 NC 1 5 14 1 1 1 8 - 0 13 44 Samsung 13 15 15 13 7 15 14 16 - 13 121 SSG 3 13 9 2 2 0 10 2 3 - 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 42 97 96 96 17 49 96 96 22 96 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Hanwha 0 - 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 KIA 0 1 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 Kiwoom 0 2 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 4 NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 0 1 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 3 4 4 1 0 4 4 1 4 # Kiwoom Heroes magic number # Kiwoom's magic number # Heroes magic number # KBO Playoff Race