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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
Braves East 32 15 47 - - 113 111 108 103 99 95 0
Dodgers West 29 18 47 - - 115 113 109 105 101 98 0
Cubs CentralCntr 29 18 47 - - 115 113 109 106 102 98 0
Padres West 28 18 46 ½ - 115 113 110 106 102 98 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 27 19 46 - 115 114 111 107 103 99 0
Brewers CentralCntr 26 18 44 - 117 114 112 109 105 101 0
 
Phillies East 24 23 47 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD 111 107 103 0
Pirates CentralCntr 24 23 47 5 DNCD 114 113 111 106 103 0
Reds CentralCntr 24 23 47 5 DNCD 114 113 110 106 102 0
Nationals East 23 24 47 9 DNCD DNCD 115 112 108 104 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 22 23 45 6 DNCD DNCD 115 112 108 105 0
Marlins East 21 26 47 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD 112 108 104 0
Mets East 20 26 46 11½ 7 DNCD DNCD 115 113 109 106 0
Giants West 20 27 47 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD 114 110 106 0
Rockies West 18 29 47 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 112 108 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