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 |
| Mets | East | 45 | 27 | 72 | - | - | 88 | 88 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 0 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 44 | 28 | 72 | - | - | 90 | 89 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 44 | 29 | 73 | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 84 | 83 | 80 | 76 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 43 | 29 | 72 | 2 | - | DNCD | 89 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 41 | 31 | 72 | 2½ | - | 90 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 39 | 32 | 71 | 4 | - | DNCD | 91 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 39 | 34 | 73 | 5½ | 1 | DNCD | 89 | 87 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 37 | 35 | 72 | 7 | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 36 | 34 | 70 | 6½ | 2½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 36 | 35 | 71 | 7½ | 3 | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 31 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 7½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 30 | 42 | 72 | 15 | 9½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 29 | 44 | 73 | 15½ | 11 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 28 | 42 | 70 | 16 | 10½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 15 | 57 | 72 | 28½ | 24½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |