Kansas City Royals First-Place Clinch Scenario

Kansas City does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Kansas City wins all 73 of their remaining games (115 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Detroit          122	40	0.753	0.00
Kansas City      115	47	0.710	7.00
Cleveland        69	93	0.426	53.00
Chicago          68	94	0.420	54.00
Minnesota        59	103	0.364	63.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Detroit          55	34	73	0.618	0.0
Minnesota        42	46	74	0.477	12.5
Kansas City      42	47	73	0.472	13.0
Cleveland        40	46	76	0.465	13.5
Chicago          29	59	74	0.330	25.5

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


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

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 4 wins against Minnesota and 2 losses.
  Cleveland wins 7 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Cleveland wins the series 11 games to 2

Detroit currently has 5 wins against Chicago and 2 losses.
  Detroit wins 6 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 11 games to 2

Detroit currently has 2 wins against Cleveland and 3 losses.
  Detroit wins 8 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 10 games to 3

Detroit currently has 4 wins against Minnesota and 2 losses.
  Detroit wins 7 additional games against Minnesota and loses 0.
  Detroit wins the series 11 games to 2

Kansas City currently has 5 wins against Chicago and 2 losses.
  Kansas City wins 6 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 11 games to 2

Kansas City currently has 2 wins against Cleveland and 4 losses.
  Kansas City wins 7 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0.
  Kansas City wins the series 9 games to 4

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

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 22 games agains teams outside the division and loses 23.
Cleveland wins 22 games agains teams outside the division and loses 22.
Detroit wins 46 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Kansas City wins 48 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Minnesota wins 17 games agains teams outside the division and loses 30.

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