Here is scenario in which Samsung makes the postseason with 21 additional wins (45 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB KT 127 16 1 0.8881 0.0 LG 106 35 3 0.7518 20.0 SSG 104 36 4 0.7429 21.5 Hanwha 98 46 0 0.6806 29.5 Samsung 45 95 4 0.3214 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KIA 45 95 4 0.3214 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 45 95 4 0.3214 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Lotte 45 95 4 0.3214 80.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 45 96 3 0.3191 81.0 NC 45 96 3 0.3191 81.0 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 3 4 3 10 Kiwoom 0 - 2 3 5 Lotte 1 4 - 2 7 Samsung 2 3 0 - 5 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 0 0 8 8 Kiwoom 13 - 0 3 16 Lotte 9 10 - 0 19 Samsung 3 4 14 - 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 KIA Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 3 4 11 18 Kiwoom 13 - 2 6 21 Lotte 10 14 - 2 26 Samsung 5 7 14 - 26 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 18 27 41 86 Kiwoom 8 - 15 14 37 Lotte 18 19 - 12 49 Samsung 31 25 5 - 61 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 0 0 58 58 Kiwoom 13 - 0 3 16 Lotte 85 10 - 0 95 Samsung 3 4 76 - 83 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total KIA - 18 27 99 144 Kiwoom 21 - 15 17 53 Lotte 103 29 - 12 144 Samsung 34 29 81 - 144 Samsung finished #0 in the standings last year.Lotte finished #0 in the standings last year. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KT 25 16 1 102 0.610 0.0 LG 25 17 0 102 0.595 0.5 Samsung 24 17 1 102 0.585 1.0 SSG 22 19 1 102 0.537 3.0 KIA 21 21 1 101 0.500 4.5 Doosan 20 22 1 101 0.476 5.5 Hanwha 20 22 0 102 0.476 5.5 NC 18 23 1 102 0.439 7.0 Lotte 16 24 1 103 0.400 8.5 Kiwoom 16 26 1 101 0.381 9.5 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 2 8 0 0 5 0 10 0 25 Hanwha 13 - 10 11 0 7 14 13 10 0 78 KIA 8 0 - 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 24 Kiwoom 3 0 13 - 0 0 0 10 3 0 29 KT 13 10 10 10 - 11 12 13 13 10 102 LG 10 3 13 13 0 - 13 11 11 7 81 Lotte 3 0 9 10 0 0 - 7 0 0 29 NC 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 10 0 27 Samsung 0 0 3 4 0 0 14 0 - 0 21 SSG 10 11 14 13 0 0 10 11 13 - 82 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 74 24 74 69 0 18 71 73 78 17 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 3 Lotte 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 Samsung 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2 0 3 3 0 3 3 2 3 3 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 5 11 1 2 9 1 12 3 45 Hanwha 15 - 12 15 2 10 16 14 11 3 98 KIA 11 4 - 3 1 1 4 10 11 0 45 Kiwoom 5 1 13 - 2 1 2 14 6 1 45 KT 15 14 15 13 - 15 14 15 14 12 127 LG 14 6 15 15 1 - 15 15 13 12 106 Lotte 5 0 10 14 2 1 - 8 2 3 45 NC 15 2 4 2 1 1 8 - 10 2 45 Samsung 3 5 5 7 2 3 14 6 - 0 45 SSG 13 13 16 15 4 1 13 13 16 - 104 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 96 46 95 95 16 35 95 96 95 36 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 3 Lotte 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 Samsung 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 0 4 4 1 3 4 3 4 4 # Samsung Lions magic number # Samsung's magic number # Lions magic number # KBO Playoff Race