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MLB - Week 5 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
Padres West 13 3 16 - - 143 140 139 133 128 123 0
Cubs CentralCntr 11 7 18 - - DNCD 141 137 135 130 125 0
Mets East 10 5 15 - - 145 143 143 136 130 126 0
Giants West 11 4 15 - 144 142 141 135 130 125 0
Dodgers West 11 6 17 - 144 142 140 135 130 125 0
Phillies East 9 6 15 1 - 146 143 141 137 132 127 0
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 9 7 16 4 ½ 145 142 142 136 132 127 0
Marlins East 8 7 15 2 1 146 145 145 138 132 128 0
Brewers CentralCntr 8 8 16 2 146 143 142 138 133 128 0
Reds CentralCntr 8 8 16 2 DNCD 145 142 138 133 128 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 7 8 15 2 147 145 141 138 133 129 0
Nationals East 6 9 15 4 3 147 145 144 140 135 130 0
Pirates CentralCntr 5 11 16 5 DNCD 145 143 140 135 131 0
Braves East 4 11 15 6 5 DNCD 146 145 142 137 132 0
Rockies West 3 12 15 6 DNCD 147 147 142 137 133 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