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 |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 35 | 21 | 56 | - | - | 106 | 105 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 91 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 32 | 24 | 56 | 3 | - | DNCD | 105 | 101 | 101 | 98 | 94 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 29 | 28 | 57 | 6½ | 3½ | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 28 | 29 | 57 | 7½ | 4½ | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 21 | 36 | 57 | 14½ | 11½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 35 | 19 | 54 | - | - | 106 | 105 | 102 | 98 | 95 | 91 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 34 | 22 | 56 | 2 | - | 105 | 104 | 103 | 99 | 96 | 92 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 25 | 28 | 53 | 9½ | 5½ | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 25 | 30 | 55 | 10½ | 6½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 22 | 32 | 54 | 13 | 9 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 34 | 22 | 56 | - | - | DNCD | 106 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 92 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 31 | 23 | 54 | 2 | - | DNCD | 107 | 102 | 100 | 97 | 94 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 31 | 25 | 56 | 3 | 1 | DNCD | 106 | 102 | 99 | 97 | 94 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 27 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 5 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 9 | 47 | 56 | 25 | 23 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |