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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 consecutive upcoming 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.

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National League Winning Magic Numbers

  Record  Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs
Team Division W L 1* 2* 3* 4 5 6
Cardinals Central 26 14 116 113 107 106 101 0
Braves East 22 18 120 118 110 110 105 0
Giants West 24 17 DNCD 115 108 107 102 0
Diamondbacks West 23 18 DNCD 117 110 108 105 0
Pirates Central 24 17 117 115 112 109 104 0
 
Reds Central 24 16 119 113 111 109 103 0
Nationals East 22 19 DNCD 119 111 111 107 0
Rockies West 21 20 DNCD 117 113 111 107 0
Phillies East 19 21 DNCD DNCD 113 113 109 0
Brewers Central 16 23 DNCD 122 120 116 111 0
Padres West 18 22 DNCD 119 117 113 108 0
Cubs Central 17 23 DNCD DNCD 117 115 110 0
Dodgers West 17 22 DNCD 122 118 114 110 0
Mets East 15 23 DNCD DNCD 114 114 112 0
Marlins East 11 30 DNCD DNCD 119 119 116 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • numeric indicates the number of consecutive upcoming games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this playoff spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • * denotes first round bye in the playoffs