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 65 of their remaining games (97 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Kansas City      98	64	0.605	0.00
Chicago          97	65	0.599	1.00
Detroit          74	88	0.457	24.00
Minnesota        73	89	0.451	25.00
Cleveland        72	90	0.444	26.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Detroit          59	38	65	0.608	0.0
Minnesota        47	49	66	0.490	11.5
Kansas City      47	50	65	0.485	12.0
Cleveland        46	49	67	0.484	12.0
Chicago          32	65	65	0.330	27.0

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 6 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 7 games to 6

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Detroit and 5 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Detroit and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 8 games to 5

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Kansas City and 5 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Kansas City and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 8 games to 5

Chicago currently has 2 wins against Minnesota and 4 losses.
  Chicago wins 7 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 9 games to 4

Cleveland currently has 3 wins against Detroit and 4 losses.
  Cleveland wins 4 additional games against Detroit and loses 2.
  Cleveland wins the series 7 games to 6

Cleveland currently has 4 wins against Minnesota and 2 losses.
  Cleveland wins 3 additional games against Minnesota and loses 4.
  Cleveland wins the series 7 games to 6

Detroit currently has 4 wins against Minnesota and 2 losses.
  Detroit wins 4 additional games against Minnesota and loses 3.
  Detroit wins the series 8 games to 5

Kansas City currently has 2 wins against Cleveland and 4 losses.
  Kansas City wins 6 additional games against Cleveland and loses 1.
  Kansas City wins the series 8 games to 5

Kansas City currently has 2 wins against Detroit and 5 losses.
  Kansas City wins 5 additional games against Detroit and loses 1.
  Kansas City wins the series 7 games to 6

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

Chicago wins 40 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Cleveland wins 18 games agains teams outside the division and loses 23.
Detroit wins 8 games agains teams outside the division and loses 32.
Kansas City wins 34 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6.
Minnesota wins 19 games agains teams outside the division and loses 20.

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