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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 56 30 86 - - 74 72 66 65 62 59 0
Brewers CentralCntr 52 31 83 - - 78 76 72 69 66 63 0
Braves East 49 34 83 - - DNCD 78 74 72 69 66 0
Cubs CentralCntr 48 38 86 - DNCD DNCD 76 73 70 67 0
Phillies East 48 38 86 - DNCD DNCD 75 73 70 67 0
Marlins East 46 40 86 - DNCD DNCD 76 74 71 68 0
 
Cardinals CentralCntr 44 38 82 - DNCD 80 80 77 73 70 0
Nationals East 44 43 87 7 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 73 71 0
Padres West 43 41 84 12 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 78 75 72 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 43 42 85 12½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 77 74 71 0
Pirates CentralCntr 43 43 86 10½ 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 75 73 71 0
Reds CentralCntr 39 45 84 13½ 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 76 74 0
Mets East 36 50 86 14½ 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 35 50 85 20½ 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 33 53 86 23 13 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