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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
Dodgers West 58 39 97 - - DNCD 63 60 58 55 53 0
Cubs CentralCntr 57 39 96 - - 66 64 62 59 56 54 0
Phillies East 55 41 96 - - DNCD 66 62 61 58 56 0
Brewers CentralCntr 56 40 96 1 - 65 64 63 60 57 55 0
Mets East 55 42 97 ½ - DNCD 65 62 61 58 56 0
Padres West 52 44 96 - DNCD DNCD 66 64 61 59 0
 
Giants West 52 45 97 6 ½ DNCD DNCD 65 63 61 59 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 51 46 97 DNCD DNCD DNCD 65 62 60 0
Reds CentralCntr 49 47 96 8 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 65 63 61 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 47 49 96 10½ 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 0
Marlins East 44 51 95 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 0
Braves East 42 53 95 12½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 39 58 97 18½ 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 38 58 96 17 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 22 74 96 35½ 30 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 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