Baseball Magic Number Calculator

A magic number is how many more wins a leading team needs, counting each loss by the team chasing it as one of its own. Enter both records and the length of the season to get that figure, the same number read as the trailing team's elimination or tragic number, the games behind, and the best finish each side can still reach. A second mode takes a whole division at once and names the rival that sets the number. It clinches outright, so finishing level on wins is one game short of it.

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Two records and the length of the season. The magic number for the team in front is the elimination number for the team behind.

One hundred and sixty two for a full major league season.
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Put every rival in and the division magic number is the largest of the head to head figures, which is always the rival with the fewest losses.

Commas or plain spaces both work. Names may contain spaces.
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