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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 103 59 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 89 73 162 14 - X X X X 0 ^ ^
Pirates CentralCntr 82 80 162 21 6 X X X X X X 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 77 85 162 26 11 X X X X X X 0
Reds CentralCntr 75 87 162 28 13 X X X X X X 0
 
Braves East 94 68 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Phillies East 88 74 162 6 - X X X X X 0 ^
Marlins East 80 82 162 14 8 X X X X X X 0
Nationals East 77 85 162 17 11 X X X X X X 0
Mets East 74 88 162 20 14 X X X X X X 0
 
Dodgers West 100 62 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Padres West 91 71 162 9 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 86 76 162 14 2 X X X X X X 0
Giants West 65 97 162 35 23 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 58 104 162 42 30 X X X X X X 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