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MLB - Week 1 of 27

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
Dodgers West 3 0 3 - - 156 154 153 146 141 136 0
Marlins East 2 0 2 - - 158 155 154 147 142 138 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 2 0 2 - - 158 155 154 147 142 138 0
Mets East 2 0 2 - - 158 155 154 147 142 138 0
Brewers CentralCntr 2 0 2 - - 158 154 154 147 142 138 0
Braves East 2 0 2 - - 157 155 154 147 142 138 0
 
Cubs CentralCntr 1 1 2 1 1 158 155 154 148 143 139 0
Nationals East 1 1 2 1 1 158 155 154 148 143 139 0
Reds CentralCntr 1 1 2 1 1 158 155 154 148 143 138 0
Phillies East 1 1 2 1 1 158 155 154 148 143 138 0
Padres West 1 2 3 2 157 155 154 148 143 138 0
Rockies West 0 2 2 2 159 156 155 149 144 139 0
Pirates CentralCntr 0 2 2 2 2 159 157 155 149 144 140 0
Giants West 0 3 3 3 158 155 154 149 143 139 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 0 3 3 3 158 156 156 149 144 139 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