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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 69 42 111 - - 49 47 45 40 39 36 0
Cubs CentralCntr 63 49 112 - DNCD 50 50 46 45 42 0
Pirates CentralCntr 56 57 113 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 49 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 55 57 112 14½ 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 0
Reds CentralCntr 53 58 111 16 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 0
 
Braves East 67 45 112 - - 50 49 43 42 41 38 0
Phillies East 59 53 112 8 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 49 46 0
Marlins East 58 55 113 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 48 46 0
Nationals East 55 58 113 12½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Mets East 47 66 113 20½ 12½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Dodgers West 69 43 112 - - 49 47 41 41 39 36 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 59 53 112 10 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 48 46 0
Padres West 58 54 112 11 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 50 47 0
Giants West 47 65 112 22 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 45 67 112 24 14 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