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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
Marlins East 5 1 6 - - 153 150 149 144 138 134 0
Brewers CentralCntr 5 1 6 - - 153 150 149 143 138 134 0
Dodgers West 4 2 6 - - 154 151 151 144 139 134 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 4 2 6 1 - 154 151 150 145 139 135 0
Braves East 4 2 6 1 - 154 151 150 144 139 135 0
Phillies East 3 3 6 2 - 154 151 151 145 140 136 0
 
Nationals East 3 3 6 2 - 155 152 151 145 140 136 0
Mets East 3 3 6 2 - 156 152 151 146 140 136 0
Pirates CentralCntr 3 3 6 2 - 155 152 151 146 140 136 0
Reds CentralCntr 3 3 6 2 - 154 151 151 145 140 136 0
Cubs CentralCntr 3 3 6 2 - 155 152 151 145 140 135 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 3 3 6 1 - 154 152 152 145 140 135 0
Giants West 2 4 6 2 1 155 152 151 145 140 136 0
Padres West 2 4 6 2 1 155 152 151 145 140 136 0
Rockies West 2 4 6 2 1 156 153 151 146 141 136 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