Here is scenario in which Samsung wins 54 additional games (107 total) but does not necessarily finish in first place. Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Samsung 107 36 1 0.7483 0.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KT 107 36 1 0.7483 0.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. LG 81 61 2 0.5704 25.5 KIA 70 70 4 0.5000 35.5 Doosan 69 71 4 0.4929 36.5 NC 60 80 4 0.4286 45.5 Lotte 59 81 4 0.4214 46.5 Hanwha 59 83 2 0.4155 47.5 Kiwoom 58 85 1 0.4056 49.0 SSG 36 103 5 0.2590 69.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: KT and Samsung tie for first place and play a post-season game; the winner is awarded first place in the final standings and the loser is awarded second place. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB Samsung 53 32 1 58 0.624 0.0 LG 52 36 0 56 0.591 2.5 KT 50 35 1 58 0.588 3.0 KIA 47 40 2 55 0.540 7.0 Doosan 46 42 2 54 0.523 8.5 Hanwha 40 43 1 60 0.482 12.0 NC 40 44 1 59 0.476 12.5 Lotte 38 47 2 57 0.447 15.0 SSG 32 54 3 55 0.372 21.5 Kiwoom 32 57 1 54 0.360 23.0 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 - 4 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 7 23 Hanwha 0 - 0 5 0 0 9 0 0 5 19 KIA 4 7 - 1 0 5 0 6 0 0 23 Kiwoom 0 0 6 - 0 6 7 0 0 7 26 KT 7 8 7 5 - 5 9 8 4 4 57 LG 7 9 0 0 0 - 0 8 0 5 29 Lotte 2 0 4 0 0 4 - 4 0 7 21 NC 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 - 0 9 20 Samsung 7 7 9 8 1 5 9 3 - 5 54 SSG 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 29 40 30 28 1 25 34 36 4 49 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 2 Lotte 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 2 NC 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 Samsung 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SSG 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 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 - 9 7 12 3 2 8 12 4 12 69 Hanwha 6 - 4 9 3 4 14 3 2 14 59 KIA 9 12 - 10 3 9 7 8 5 7 70 Kiwoom 4 7 6 - 2 9 9 6 3 12 58 KT 13 13 13 13 - 13 12 14 7 9 107 LG 14 12 7 6 3 - 7 13 5 13 81 Lotte 6 2 8 7 4 9 - 8 3 12 59 NC 4 12 6 10 2 3 8 - 3 12 60 Samsung 11 13 12 14 9 11 13 12 - 12 107 SSG 4 2 7 4 7 1 3 4 4 - 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 71 83 70 85 36 61 81 80 36 103 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 KT 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 2 Lotte 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 4 NC 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 4 Samsung 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 2 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 5