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MLB - Week 2 of 27

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
Brewers CentralCntr 5 1 6 - - 153 150 149 143 138 133 0
Pirates CentralCntr 4 3 7 - 154 151 150 144 139 134 0
Reds CentralCntr 4 3 7 - 153 150 150 144 139 134 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 4 3 7 - 153 150 150 144 139 134 0
Cubs CentralCntr 3 4 7 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 - 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 1 154 152 151 145 140 135 0
 
Dodgers West 5 2 7 - - 152 150 149 143 138 133 0
Giants West 3 5 8 153 151 149 144 139 135 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 3 5 8 153 151 151 145 140 135 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
  • 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