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MLB - Week 10 of 28

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
Cubs CentralCntr 28 20 48 - - DNCD 113 107 107 104 100 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 27 21 48 1 DNCD 112 108 108 105 101 0
Reds CentralCntr 25 24 49 4 DNCD 1 1 1 1 1 0
Brewers CentralCntr 23 25 48 5 DNCD 1 1 1 1 1 0
Pirates CentralCntr 15 33 48 13 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 0
 
Phillies East 29 18 47 - - 114 112 110 106 103 99 0
Mets East 29 19 48 ½ - 113 112 110 106 103 99 0
Braves East 24 23 47 5 4 DNCD 1 1 1 1 1 0
Nationals East 21 27 48 DNCD DNCD DNCD 2 2 2 0
Marlins East 19 27 46 DNCD DNCD DNCD 2 2 2 0
 
Dodgers West 29 19 48 - - 114 113 109 106 103 99 0
Giants West 28 20 48 1 - 114 112 110 106 103 99 0
Padres West 27 18 45 ½ - 116 114 111 107 103 100 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 26 22 48 3 DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 1 0
Rockies West 8 39 47 20½ 20 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 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