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MLB - Week 7 of 28

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
Mets East 21 9 30 - - 129 127 125 120 115 111 0
Dodgers West 20 10 30 - - 131 129 125 121 117 112 0
Cubs CentralCntr 18 12 30 - - DNCD 131 125 123 119 114 0
Giants West 19 11 30 1 - 131 129 126 122 118 113 0
Padres West 18 11 29 - 133 130 127 123 119 114 0
Phillies East 16 13 29 - 133 132 130 125 120 116 0
 
Reds CentralCntr 16 13 29 - DNCD 131 128 125 121 116 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 15 14 29 1 DNCD 132 129 125 121 117 0
Brewers CentralCntr 15 15 30 3 DNCD 131 129 125 121 117 0
Braves East 14 15 29 2 DNCD 132 130 126 122 118 0
Nationals East 13 17 30 8 DNCD 132 132 127 123 118 0
Marlins East 12 17 29 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD 128 124 120 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 12 17 29 4 DNCD 133 129 128 124 120 0
Pirates CentralCntr 11 19 30 7 DNCD DNCD 130 129 124 120 0
Rockies West 4 25 29 15½ 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 130 126 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