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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 79 48 127 - - 31 30 30 26 23 21 0
Cubs CentralCntr 73 54 127 6 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 32 29 27 0
Reds CentralCntr 67 61 128 12½ 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 33 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 63 65 128 16½ 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 54 74 128 25½ 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Phillies East 74 53 127 - - DNCD 33 29 29 28 26 0
Mets East 67 59 126 - DNCD DNCD 36 36 35 33 0
Marlins East 60 67 127 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Braves East 58 69 127 16 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 51 75 126 22½ 16 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Dodgers West 72 55 127 - - DNCD 35 33 33 30 28 0
Padres West 71 56 127 1 - DNCD DNCD 35 35 31 29 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 62 66 128 10½ 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 61 66 127 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 37 90 127 35 30½ X X X X 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