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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 100 59 159 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 97 62 159 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Braves East 93 66 159 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Padres West 89 70 159 8 - X X X 2 2 0 ^
Cubs CentralCntr 88 72 160 12½ - X X X DNCD 2 0 ^
Phillies East 87 72 159 6 - X X X DNCD DNCD 2 0
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 85 74 159 12 2 X X X X X DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 81 78 159 19 6 X X X X X X 0
Marlins East 78 81 159 15 9 X X X X X X 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 77 82 159 23 10 X X X X X X 0
Nationals East 75 84 159 18 12 X X X X X X 0
Reds CentralCntr 74 85 159 26 13 X X X X X X 0
Mets East 73 86 159 20 14 X X X X X X 0
Giants West 65 94 159 32 22 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 57 102 159 40 30 X X X X X X 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