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MLB - Week 26 of 27

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
Brewers CentralCntr 96 58 154 - - 6 3 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 85 69 154 11 - X X X 8 8 3 0
Pirates CentralCntr 77 77 154 19 8 X X X X X X 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 75 79 154 21 10 X X X X X X 0
Reds CentralCntr 72 82 154 24 13 X X X X X X 0
 
Braves East 90 64 154 - - DNCD DNCD 3 3 3 0 ^
Phillies East 85 69 154 5 - X X DNCD DNCD 8 4 0
Marlins East 76 78 154 14 9 X X X X X X 0
Nationals East 72 82 154 18 13 X X X X X X 0
Mets East 70 84 154 20 15 X X X X X X 0
 
Dodgers West 94 60 154 - - DNCD 5 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Padres West 85 69 154 9 - X X X DNCD DNCD 4 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 80 74 154 14 5 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 64 90 154 30 21 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 56 98 154 38 29 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