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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 50 35 85 - - DNCD 77 72 70 69 66 0
Brewers CentralCntr 47 37 84 - 78 76 75 73 70 68 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 47 40 87 4 - DNCD DNCD 74 73 72 69 0
Reds CentralCntr 43 41 84 DNCD 78 78 77 73 71 0
Pirates CentralCntr 37 50 87 14 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Phillies East 50 35 85 - - 77 77 73 71 69 66 0
Mets East 48 37 85 2 - DNCD 77 75 73 71 68 0
Marlins East 38 45 83 11 7 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 79 78 0
Braves East 38 46 84 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 77 0
Nationals East 35 49 84 14½ 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Dodgers West 54 32 86 - - 74 74 70 67 65 61 0
Padres West 45 39 84 8 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 75 72 70 0
Giants West 45 41 86 9 DNCD DNCD 76 73 71 69 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 43 41 84 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD 78 76 73 0
Rockies West 19 66 85 34½ 27 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