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 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 158 | 155 | 154 | 147 | 142 | 138 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 158 | 154 | 154 | 147 | 142 | 138 | 0 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 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 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 157 | 155 | 149 | 144 | 140 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 158 | 155 | 154 | 147 | 142 | 138 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 158 | 155 | 154 | 147 | 142 | 138 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 157 | 155 | 154 | 147 | 142 | 138 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 155 | 154 | 148 | 143 | 139 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 155 | 154 | 148 | 143 | 138 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 156 | 154 | 153 | 146 | 141 | 136 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1½ | 157 | 155 | 154 | 148 | 143 | 138 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 159 | 156 | 155 | 149 | 144 | 139 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 158 | 155 | 154 | 149 | 143 | 139 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 158 | 156 | 156 | 149 | 144 | 139 | 0 |