Chicago White Sox First-Place Clinch Scenario

Chicago does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Chicago wins all 140 of their remaining games (143 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Kansas City      146	16	0.901	0.00
Chicago          143	19	0.883	3.00
Cleveland        93	69	0.574	53.00
Detroit          91	71	0.562	55.00
Minnesota        90	72	0.556	56.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Cleveland        16	6	140	0.727	0.0
Detroit          13	10	139	0.565	3.5
Kansas City      13	10	139	0.565	3.5
Minnesota        8	13	141	0.381	7.5
Chicago          3	19	140	0.136	13.0

Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario:


Chicago currently has 1 wins against Cleveland and 2 losses.
  Chicago wins 10 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 11 games to 2

Chicago currently has 0 wins against Detroit and 3 losses.
  Chicago wins 10 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 10 games to 3

Chicago currently has 1 wins against Kansas City and 6 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Kansas City and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 7 games to 6

Chicago currently has 0 wins against Minnesota and 1 losses.
  Chicago wins 12 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 12 games to 1

Detroit currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 0 losses.
  Detroit wins 12 additional games against Cleveland and loses 1.
  Detroit wins the series 12 games to 1

Detroit currently has 4 wins against Minnesota and 3 losses.
  Detroit wins 6 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 10 games to 3

Kansas City currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 0 losses.
  Kansas City wins 13 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 13 games to 0

Kansas City currently has 0 wins against Detroit and 0 losses.
  Kansas City wins 13 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 13 games to 0

Kansas City currently has 1 wins against Minnesota and 2 losses.
  Kansas City wins 10 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 11 games to 2

Minnesota currently has 0 wins against Cleveland and 2 losses.
  Minnesota wins 11 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Minnesota wins the series 11 games to 2

Chicago wins 102 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Cleveland wins 76 games agains teams outside the division and loses 17.
Detroit wins 60 games agains teams outside the division and loses 37.
Kansas City wins 97 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Minnesota wins 71 games agains teams outside the division and loses 31.

Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above.
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