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 | 50 | 35 | 85 | - | - | DNCD | 77 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 47 | 37 | 84 | 2½ | - | 78 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 47 | 40 | 87 | 4 | - | DNCD | DNCD | 74 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 43 | 41 | 84 | 6½ | 2½ | DNCD | 78 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 37 | 50 | 87 | 14 | 10 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 50 | 35 | 85 | - | - | 77 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 48 | 37 | 85 | 2 | - | DNCD | 77 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 38 | 45 | 83 | 11 | 7 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 79 | 78 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 38 | 46 | 84 | 11½ | 7½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 77 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 35 | 49 | 84 | 14½ | 10½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 54 | 32 | 86 | - | - | 74 | 74 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 45 | 39 | 84 | 8 | ½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 75 | 72 | 70 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 45 | 41 | 86 | 9 | 1½ | DNCD | DNCD | 76 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 43 | 41 | 84 | 10 | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 78 | 76 | 73 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 19 | 66 | 85 | 34½ | 27 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |