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 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 93 | 59 | 152 | - | - | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 88 | 64 | 152 | 5 | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 5 | 1 | 0 | ^ |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 76 | 76 | 152 | 17 | 2½ | X | X | X | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 74 | 79 | 153 | 19½ | 5 | X | X | X | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 65 | 88 | 153 | 28½ | 14 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 91 | 62 | 153 | - | - | DNCD | 4 | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Mets | East | 79 | 74 | 153 | 12 | - | X | X | X | DNCD | DNCD | 8 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 72 | 80 | 152 | 18½ | 6½ | X | X | X | X | X | DNCD | 0 |
| Braves | East | 70 | 83 | 153 | 21 | 9 | X | X | X | X | X | DNCD | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 62 | 91 | 153 | 29 | 17 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 85 | 67 | 152 | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 83 | 70 | 153 | 2½ | - | X | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 77 | 76 | 153 | 8½ | 2 | X | X | DNCD | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Giants | West | 76 | 76 | 152 | 9 | 2½ | X | X | DNCD | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 41 | 111 | 152 | 44 | 37½ | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |