Here is scenario in which Lotte makes the postseason with 30 additional wins (42 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Samsung 118 25 1 0.8252 0.0 KT 113 27 4 0.8071 3.5 KIA 111 29 4 0.7929 5.5 LG 110 34 0 0.7639 8.5 Lotte 42 98 4 0.3000 74.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 42 98 4 0.3000 74.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 42 98 4 0.3000 74.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. NC 42 98 4 0.3000 74.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 42 98 4 0.3000 74.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 42 99 3 0.2979 75.0 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 Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 2 0 1 3 6 Kiwoom 1 - 0 1 2 4 Lotte 2 3 - 2 1 8 NC 0 2 1 - 0 3 SSG 0 1 2 0 - 3 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 13 0 5 0 18 Kiwoom 0 - 10 12 12 34 Lotte 14 0 - 3 13 30 NC 7 1 10 - 1 19 SSG 13 0 0 14 - 27 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 15 0 6 3 24 Kiwoom 1 - 10 13 14 38 Lotte 16 3 - 5 14 38 NC 7 3 11 - 1 22 SSG 13 1 2 14 - 30 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 Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 21 4 12 16 53 Kiwoom 9 - 11 12 14 46 Lotte 10 21 - 15 6 52 NC 4 16 14 - 0 34 SSG 6 12 10 0 - 28 The following table shows how many additional runs each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 13 0 5 0 18 Kiwoom 0 - 10 12 12 34 Lotte 14 0 - 3 13 30 NC 7 1 10 - 1 19 SSG 13 0 0 14 - 27 The following table shows how many runs total each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte NC SSG Total Hanwha - 34 4 17 16 71 Kiwoom 9 - 21 24 26 80 Lotte 24 21 - 18 19 82 NC 11 17 24 - 1 53 SSG 19 12 10 14 - 55 Lotte wins the second tie-breaker against Kiwoom 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 - 0 0 14 0 0 13 0 0 6 33 Hanwha 12 - 0 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 30 KIA 15 13 - 13 6 14 13 14 0 14 102 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 10 12 0 12 34 KT 13 14 4 15 - 3 13 13 14 14 103 LG 13 13 0 13 11 - 14 14 0 15 93 Lotte 0 14 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 13 30 NC 16 7 0 1 0 0 10 - 0 1 35 Samsung 13 13 13 14 0 13 15 13 - 13 107 SSG 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 - 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 88 87 17 83 17 30 88 88 14 88 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 KT 0 0 3 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 4 Samsung 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 4 4 4 3 0 3 4 1 4 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 - 1 1 16 1 1 15 0 1 6 42 Hanwha 14 - 2 15 1 0 0 6 1 3 42 KIA 15 14 - 14 8 14 15 15 1 15 111 Kiwoom 0 1 2 - 1 1 10 13 0 14 42 KT 15 15 5 15 - 4 14 15 16 14 113 LG 15 16 2 15 12 - 16 16 2 16 110 Lotte 1 16 1 3 1 0 - 5 1 14 42 NC 16 7 1 3 1 0 11 - 2 1 42 Samsung 15 15 14 16 0 14 15 14 - 15 118 SSG 8 13 1 1 2 0 2 14 1 - 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 99 98 29 98 27 34 98 98 25 98 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 KT 0 0 3 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 4 Samsung 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 4 4 4 4 0 4 4 1 4 # Lotte Giants magic number # Lotte's magic number # Giants magic number # KBO Playoff Race