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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 29 | 16 | 45 | - | - | 117 | 114 | 110 | 107 | 103 | 98 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 26 | 18 | 44 | 2½ | - | 117 | 116 | 113 | 109 | 105 | 101 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 25 | 17 | 42 | 2½ | - | 119 | 116 | 114 | 111 | 107 | 102 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 24 | 21 | 45 | 5 | 2½ | DNCD | 115 | 115 | 111 | 107 | 103 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 24 | 21 | 45 | 5 | 2½ | DNCD | 115 | 115 | 112 | 107 | 103 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 31 | 14 | 45 | - | - | 115 | 113 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 96 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 22 | 23 | 45 | 9 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 114 | 110 | 105 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 22 | 23 | 45 | 9 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | 117 | 114 | 110 | 105 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 20 | 25 | 45 | 11 | 6½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 114 | 110 | 106 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 18 | 26 | 44 | 12½ | 8 | DNCD | DNCD | 118 | 116 | 112 | 108 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 27 | 18 | 45 | - | - | DNCD | 116 | 111 | 108 | 104 | 100 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 26 | 18 | 44 | ½ | - | 118 | 116 | 112 | 109 | 105 | 101 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 21 | 22 | 43 | 5 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | 116 | 114 | 110 | 106 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 18 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 8½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 116 | 112 | 109 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 17 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 9½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 117 | 113 | 110 | 0 |