Here is scenario in which Lotte wins 88 additional games (100 total) but does not reach the postseason. Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB LG 99 41 4 0.7071 0.0 Doosan 99 42 3 0.7021 0.5 Samsung 98 42 4 0.7000 1.0 KT 100 43 1 0.6993 0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 100 43 1 0.6993 0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Lotte 100 43 1 0.6993 0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. NC 38 106 0 0.2639 63.0 Hanwha 29 115 0 0.2014 72.0 Kiwoom 26 118 0 0.1806 75.0 KIA 24 120 0 0.1667 77.0 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 KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 1 0 1 Lotte 1 - 1 2 SSG 2 2 - 4 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 4 6 10 Lotte 9 - 0 9 SSG 8 13 - 21 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 5 6 11 Lotte 10 - 1 11 SSG 10 15 - 25 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 KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 7 2 9 Lotte 7 - 6 13 SSG 4 10 - 14 The following table shows how many additional runs each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 4 131 135 Lotte 131 - 0 131 SSG 8 122 - 130 The following table shows how many runs total each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team KT Lotte SSG Total KT - 11 133 144 Lotte 138 - 6 144 SSG 12 132 - 144 Lotte finished #7 in the standings last year. KT finished #5 in the standings last year. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB LG 17 4 0 123 0.810 0.0 Lotte 12 10 1 121 0.545 5.5 Hanwha 12 11 0 121 0.522 6.0 KT 10 10 1 123 0.500 6.5 Samsung 11 11 0 122 0.500 6.5 SSG 9 10 0 125 0.474 7.0 Doosan 9 11 0 124 0.450 7.5 KIA 9 12 0 123 0.429 8.0 NC 7 10 0 127 0.412 8.0 Kiwoom 8 15 0 121 0.348 10.0 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 - 13 15 14 8 5 5 16 4 10 90 Hanwha 0 - 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 KIA 0 1 - 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 Kiwoom 0 13 0 - 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 KT 5 14 13 15 - 7 4 13 13 6 90 LG 7 13 14 13 7 - 1 14 4 9 82 Lotte 8 14 13 13 9 13 - 13 5 0 88 NC 0 10 13 8 0 0 0 - 0 0 31 Samsung 7 13 14 14 1 7 10 13 - 8 87 SSG 4 13 14 13 8 5 13 16 5 - 91 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 31 104 108 103 33 37 33 96 31 33 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 LG 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 1 4 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 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 16 16 9 6 7 16 5 10 99 Hanwha 2 - 14 2 1 0 0 6 1 3 29 KIA 0 2 - 14 2 0 2 2 1 1 24 Kiwoom 0 14 2 - 1 1 0 6 0 2 26 KT 7 15 14 15 - 8 5 15 15 6 100 LG 9 16 16 15 8 - 3 16 6 10 99 Lotte 9 16 14 16 10 13 - 15 6 1 100 NC 0 10 14 10 1 0 1 - 2 0 38 Samsung 9 15 15 16 1 8 10 14 - 10 98 SSG 6 13 15 14 10 5 15 16 6 - 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 42 115 120 118 43 41 43 106 42 43 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 1 LG 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 1 4 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 1