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 | 28 | 20 | 48 | - | - | DNCD | 113 | 107 | 107 | 104 | 100 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 27 | 21 | 48 | 1 | 1½ | DNCD | 112 | 108 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 25 | 24 | 49 | 3½ | 4 | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 23 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 5½ | 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 | 8½ | 7½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 19 | 27 | 46 | 9½ | 8½ | 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 | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 8 | 39 | 47 | 20½ | 20 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |