Here is scenario in which NC wins 72 additional games (94 total) but does not reach the postseason. Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Hanwha 94 47 3 0.6667 0.0 KT 93 47 4 0.6643 0.5 LG 95 49 0 0.6597 0.5 KIA 94 49 1 0.6573 1.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Samsung 94 49 1 0.6573 1.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. NC 94 49 1 0.6573 1.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 56 87 1 0.3916 39.0 SSG 32 111 1 0.2238 63.0 Lotte 31 112 1 0.2168 64.0 Kiwoom 30 113 1 0.2098 65.0 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 2 3 5 NC 4 - 0 4 Samsung 2 6 - 8 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 10 11 21 NC 0 - 7 7 Samsung 0 3 - 3 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 12 14 26 NC 4 - 7 11 Samsung 2 9 - 11 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 20 41 61 NC 27 - 20 47 Samsung 31 42 - 73 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 10 11 21 NC 0 - 35 35 Samsung 0 9 - 9 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 NC Samsung Total KIA - 30 52 82 NC 27 - 55 82 Samsung 31 51 - 82 NC finished #0 in the standings last year. Samsung finished #0 in the standings last year. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB LG 33 20 0 91 0.623 0.0 KT 32 20 1 91 0.615 0.5 Samsung 31 20 1 92 0.608 1.0 KIA 28 25 1 90 0.528 5.0 Hanwha 27 25 0 92 0.519 5.5 Doosan 25 28 1 90 0.472 8.0 NC 22 29 1 92 0.431 10.0 SSG 22 30 1 91 0.423 10.5 Lotte 21 30 1 92 0.412 11.0 Kiwoom 20 34 1 89 0.370 13.5 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 - 0 0 11 0 0 10 0 0 10 31 Hanwha 10 - 10 11 0 10 12 0 6 8 67 KIA 10 0 - 10 0 4 10 10 11 11 66 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 KT 10 7 10 7 - 0 12 0 5 10 61 LG 10 0 4 10 11 - 10 7 0 10 62 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 10 10 NC 12 11 0 10 10 4 7 - 7 11 72 Samsung 7 4 0 10 6 11 11 3 - 11 63 SSG 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 59 22 24 79 27 29 82 20 29 81 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 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 KT 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 14 2 2 14 3 4 13 56 Hanwha 15 - 12 15 2 13 14 2 7 14 94 KIA 13 4 - 16 1 6 14 12 14 14 94 Kiwoom 2 1 0 - 2 2 12 4 3 4 30 KT 14 11 15 13 - 4 14 4 6 12 93 LG 14 3 10 14 12 - 14 11 2 15 95 Lotte 2 2 1 4 2 2 - 2 3 13 31 NC 13 14 4 12 12 5 14 - 7 13 94 Samsung 11 9 2 13 10 14 13 9 - 13 94 SSG 3 2 2 12 4 1 3 2 3 - 32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 87 47 49 113 47 49 112 49 49 111 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 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 KT 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 3 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 1