Here is scenario in which Samsung makes the postseason with 27 additional wins (43 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB KIA 131 13 0 0.9097 0.0 Kiwoom 123 21 0 0.8542 8.0 NC 106 38 0 0.7361 25.0 Doosan 91 53 0 0.6319 40.0 Samsung 43 97 4 0.3071 86.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KT 43 97 4 0.3071 86.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. LG 43 97 4 0.3071 86.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Lotte 43 97 4 0.3071 86.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 43 98 3 0.3050 86.5 SSG 43 98 3 0.3050 86.5 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 1 0 0 1 LG 2 - 2 3 7 Lotte 2 1 - 0 3 Samsung 2 2 3 - 7 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 13 13 2 28 LG 0 - 0 10 10 Lotte 0 13 - 0 13 Samsung 9 0 13 - 22 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 14 13 2 29 LG 2 - 2 13 17 Lotte 2 14 - 0 16 Samsung 11 2 16 - 29 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 19 17 10 46 LG 31 - 15 35 81 Lotte 20 16 - 8 44 Samsung 17 21 22 - 60 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 13 13 2 28 LG 0 - 0 10 10 Lotte 0 13 - 0 13 Samsung 9 0 75 - 84 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 LG Lotte Samsung Total KT - 32 30 12 74 LG 31 - 15 45 91 Lotte 20 29 - 8 57 Samsung 26 21 97 - 144 Samsung wins the second tie-breaker against KT To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KIA 20 8 0 116 0.714 0.0 NC 17 11 0 116 0.607 3.0 Samsung 16 12 1 115 0.571 4.0 SSG 16 12 1 115 0.571 4.0 LG 15 13 2 114 0.536 5.0 Kiwoom 13 14 0 117 0.481 6.5 Doosan 14 16 0 114 0.467 7.0 Hanwha 11 17 0 116 0.393 9.0 KT 10 19 1 114 0.345 10.5 Lotte 8 18 1 117 0.308 11.0 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 - 12 0 0 13 13 13 0 13 13 77 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 10 6 1 0 11 4 32 KIA 13 13 - 7 13 12 14 13 13 13 111 Kiwoom 13 13 5 - 13 13 13 14 13 13 110 KT 0 0 0 0 - 13 13 0 2 5 33 LG 0 8 0 0 0 - 0 0 10 10 28 Lotte 0 10 0 0 0 13 - 0 0 12 35 NC 11 14 0 0 13 13 12 - 13 13 89 Samsung 0 2 0 0 9 0 13 0 - 3 27 SSG 0 9 0 0 7 1 0 0 10 - 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 37 81 5 7 78 84 79 27 85 86 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 0 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 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 3 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 3 2 Lotte 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 3 0 0 3 2 3 0 3 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 - 15 1 2 15 15 14 3 13 13 91 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 13 7 2 1 12 7 43 KIA 15 16 - 11 15 15 16 15 14 14 131 Kiwoom 14 16 5 - 14 15 16 14 15 14 123 KT 1 3 1 2 - 14 13 1 2 6 43 LG 1 9 1 1 2 - 2 2 13 12 43 Lotte 2 11 0 0 2 14 - 1 0 13 43 NC 13 15 1 2 15 14 15 - 15 16 106 Samsung 3 4 2 1 11 2 16 1 - 3 43 SSG 3 9 2 2 10 1 3 0 13 - 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 53 98 13 21 97 97 97 38 97 98 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 0 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 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 3 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 3 4 Lotte 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 3 0 0 4 4 4 0 4 3 # Samsung Lions magic number # Samsung's magic number # Lions magic number # KBO Playoff Race