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National League Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Note that this definition is slightly different than the one traditionally used with MLB. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

National League Winning Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Games Behind Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L GPi
Games Played
162 game season
DV WC 1*
First Round Bye
2*
First Round Bye
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
Brewers CentralCntr 83 52 135 - - 22 22 22 21 17 14 0
Phillies East 77 57 134 - - DNCD 27 24 24 24 20 0
Dodgers West 77 57 134 - - DNCD 27 26 26 23 19 0
Cubs CentralCntr 76 58 134 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 28 25 21 0
Padres West 75 59 134 2 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 26 22 0
Mets East 72 62 134 5 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 25 0
 
Reds CentralCntr 68 66 134 14½ 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 66 68 134 11 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 66 69 135 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 66 69 135 17 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Marlins East 63 71 134 14 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Braves East 61 73 134 16 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 59 76 135 24 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 53 80 133 23½ 18½ X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 38 96 134 39 34 X X X X X X 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs