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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
Cubs CentralCntr 29 16 45 - - 117 114 110 107 103 98 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 26 18 44 - 117 116 113 109 105 101 0
Brewers CentralCntr 25 17 42 - 119 116 114 111 107 102 0
Pirates CentralCntr 24 21 45 5 DNCD 115 115 111 107 103 0
Reds CentralCntr 24 21 45 5 DNCD 115 115 112 107 103 0
 
Braves East 31 14 45 - - 115 113 108 105 101 96 0
Phillies East 22 23 45 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD 114 110 105 0
Nationals East 22 23 45 9 DNCD DNCD 117 114 110 105 0
Marlins East 20 25 45 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD 114 110 106 0
Mets East 18 26 44 12½ 8 DNCD DNCD 118 116 112 108 0
 
Dodgers West 27 18 45 - - DNCD 116 111 108 104 100 0
Padres West 26 18 44 ½ - 118 116 112 109 105 101 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 21 22 43 5 DNCD DNCD 116 114 110 106 0
Giants West 18 27 45 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD 116 112 109 0
Rockies West 17 28 45 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD 117 113 110 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