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MLB - Week 11 of 28

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
Phillies East 35 19 54 - - 106 105 102 98 95 92 0
Cubs CentralCntr 34 21 55 - - 107 106 99 99 96 93 0
Dodgers West 34 21 55 - - DNCD 106 100 99 96 93 0
Mets East 34 21 55 - 106 105 103 99 96 93 0
Padres West 31 22 53 2 - DNCD 107 103 101 97 94 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 31 24 55 3 - DNCD 106 102 102 99 96 0
 
Giants West 31 24 55 3 - DNCD 107 103 100 97 95 0
Brewers CentralCntr 28 28 56 DNCD 3 3 3 3 3 0
Reds CentralCntr 28 28 56 DNCD DNCD 3 3 3 3 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 27 28 55 7 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 0
Braves East 25 28 53 5 DNCD DNCD 2 2 2 2 0
Nationals East 24 30 54 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 1 1 0
Marlins East 21 32 53 13½ 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 3 3 0
Pirates CentralCntr 20 36 56 14½ 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 1 0
Rockies West 9 46 55 25 22 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