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 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 74 | 44 | 118 | - | - | 42 | 39 | 38 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 69 | 50 | 119 | 5½ | - | DNCD | 43 | 43 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 59 | 59 | 118 | 15 | 3½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 58 | 62 | 120 | 17 | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 56 | 61 | 117 | 17½ | 6 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Braves | East | 71 | 47 | 118 | - | - | 44 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 63 | 56 | 119 | 8½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 42 | 41 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 60 | 59 | 119 | 11½ | 3 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 43 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 59 | 61 | 120 | 13 | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Mets | East | 52 | 67 | 119 | 19½ | 11 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 70 | 48 | 118 | - | - | 44 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 63 | 56 | 119 | 7½ | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 42 | 41 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 62 | 57 | 119 | 8½ | 1 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 42 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 49 | 69 | 118 | 21 | 13½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 46 | 72 | 118 | 24 | 16½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |