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 | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 153 | 150 | 149 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1½ | - | 154 | 151 | 150 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1½ | - | 153 | 150 | 150 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1½ | - | 153 | 150 | 150 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 0 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2½ | 1 | 154 | 151 | 150 | 145 | 139 | 135 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 152 | 149 | 148 | 142 | 137 | 132 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 5 | 2 | 7 | ½ | - | 153 | 150 | 149 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1½ | - | 153 | 150 | 150 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ½ | 154 | 151 | 149 | 144 | 139 | 134 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2½ | 1 | 154 | 152 | 151 | 145 | 140 | 135 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 5 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 152 | 150 | 149 | 143 | 138 | 133 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2½ | 1½ | 153 | 151 | 149 | 144 | 139 | 135 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2½ | 1½ | 153 | 151 | 151 | 145 | 140 | 135 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 154 | 152 | 150 | 145 | 140 | 135 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 155 | 152 | 150 | 145 | 140 | 136 | 0 |