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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
Brewers CentralCntr 70 44 114 - - 44 44 44 39 37 34 0
Dodgers West 66 49 115 - - DNCD 46 43 43 41 38 0
Phillies East 65 49 114 - - DNCD 47 43 43 42 39 0
Cubs CentralCntr 66 48 114 4 - 48 48 48 43 41 38 0
Padres West 64 51 115 2 - DNCD DNCD 45 45 43 40 0
Mets East 63 52 115 - DNCD DNCD 45 45 44 41 0
 
Reds CentralCntr 59 56 115 11½ 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 47 45 0
Giants West 58 57 115 8 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 46 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 58 58 116 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Marlins East 56 58 114 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 54 60 114 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 50 66 116 21 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Braves East 48 66 114 17 14½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 45 69 114 20 17½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 30 84 114 35½ 32½ 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