Updating Chone & Magic Number

Updating a couple of numbers that have been discussed lately. All statistics include Monday's games.

1. How many more plate appearances does Chone Figgins need to qualify for the batting leaders?
2. Angels current magic number after Monday night's 10-7 win.

1. Chone is now hitting .347 (142-for-409) in 462 plate appearances. To qualify for the batting leaders, he needs 502 plate appearances by the end of the season. A plate appearance is any at-bat and includes walks, sacrifices and hit by pitches.

As a leadoff hitter, Figgins usually gets 5 pa per game, so with 12 games remaining, he needs 8 or 9 more games.

Current AL Batting Leaders
1) .357 Magglio Ordonez (Det)
2) .353 Ichiro Suzuki (Sea)
3) .342 Placido Polanco (Det)
4) .338 Jorge Posada (NYY)
5) .329 Mike Lowell (Bos)
6) .325 Vladimir Guerrero (LAA)

Can Chone catch Ordonez?

If Figgins gets 40 more at-bats this season, he would need 19 hits (.475) to surpass Ordonez's current .357 batting average.

Angels' Magic Number

With the Angels win today the Magic Number is now 5. (Article with explanation of Magic Number.) Here's the easy formula: Magic Number = 163 - Angels Wins - Mariners Losses. i.e. 163 - 88 - 70 = 5

Situations needed for Mariners to make the playoffs.

If the Angels win 5 or more games, they win the West.
If the Angels go 4-8 (.333), the Mariners need to go 13-0 (1.000) to tie for the West division.
If the Angels go 3-9 (.250), the Mariners need to go 12-1 (.923) to win the West division.
If the Angels go 2-10 (.167), the Mariners need to go 11-2 (.846) to win the West division.
If the Angels go 1-11 (.125), the Mariners need to go 10-3 (.769) to win the West division.
If the Angels go 0-12 (.000), the Mariners need to go 9-4 (.692) to win the West division.