Texas Rangers First-Place Clinch Scenario

Texas does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Texas wins all 67 of their remaining games (114 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Houston          115	47	0.710	0.00
Texas            114	48	0.704	1.00
Los Angeles      95	67	0.586	20.00
Seattle          78	84	0.481	37.00
Oakland          68	94	0.420	47.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Houston          55	39	68	0.585	0.0
Seattle          49	45	68	0.521	6.0
Texas            47	48	67	0.495	8.5
Los Angeles      46	48	68	0.489	9.0
Oakland          39	57	66	0.406	17.0

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


Houston currently has 4 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses.
  Houston wins 7 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0.
  Houston wins the series 11 games to 2

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

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

Los Angeles currently has 7 wins against Oakland and 0 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 6 additional games against Oakland and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 13 games to 0

Los Angeles currently has 2 wins against Seattle and 3 losses.
  Los Angeles wins 8 additional games against Seattle and loses 0.
  Los Angeles wins the series 10 games to 3

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

Seattle currently has 7 wins against Texas and 2 losses.
  Seattle wins 0 additional games against Texas and loses 4.
  Seattle wins the series 7 games to 6

Texas currently has 3 wins against Houston and 2 losses.
  Texas wins 8 additional games against Houston and loses 0.
  Texas wins the series 11 games to 2

Texas currently has 5 wins against Los Angeles and 2 losses.
  Texas wins 6 additional games against Los Angeles and loses 0.
  Texas wins the series 11 games to 2

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

Houston wins 40 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
Los Angeles wins 35 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6.
Oakland wins 29 games agains teams outside the division and loses 12.
Seattle wins 23 games agains teams outside the division and loses 21.
Texas wins 43 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.

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