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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
Braves East 104 58 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 100 62 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Brewers CentralCntr 92 70 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Phillies East 90 72 162 14 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Marlins East 84 78 162 19 - X X X X 0 ^ ^
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 84 78 162 16 - X X X X X 0 ^
 
Cubs CentralCntr 83 79 162 9 1 X X X X X X 0
Padres West 82 80 162 18 2 X X X X X X 0
Reds CentralCntr 82 80 162 10 2 X X X X X X 0
Giants West 79 83 162 21 5 X X X X X X 0
Pirates CentralCntr 76 86 162 16 8 X X X X X X 0
Mets East 75 87 162 30 10 X X X X X X 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 71 91 162 21 13 X X X X X X 0
Nationals East 71 91 162 33 13 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 59 103 162 41 25 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