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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
Phillies East 87 58 145 - - 16 14 10 10 10 8 0
Dodgers West 86 59 145 - - DNCD 16 13 11 11 9 0
Brewers CentralCntr 83 61 144 - - DNCD DNCD 9 9 9 9 0
Padres West 82 64 146 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 15 13 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 81 64 145 5 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 16 16 14 0
Braves East 79 66 145 8 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 17 16 0
 
Mets East 79 66 145 8 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 17 16 0
Cubs CentralCntr 75 70 145 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 72 72 144 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 71 74 145 15 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Reds CentralCntr 71 75 146 13 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 69 76 145 14½ 10 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 64 80 144 22½ 14½ X X X X DNCD DNCD 0
Marlins East 54 91 145 33 25 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 54 91 145 32 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