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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
Dodgers West 67 39 106 - - 54 52 45 45 43 41 0
Brewers CentralCntr 66 39 105 - - 56 53 51 46 44 42 0
Braves East 62 43 105 - - DNCD 56 51 50 48 46 0
Cubs CentralCntr 59 46 105 7 - DNCD 57 57 53 51 49 0
Phillies East 57 49 106 - DNCD DNCD 56 55 53 51 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 55 51 106 12 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 52 0
 
Pirates CentralCntr 54 52 106 12½ 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 54 0
Nationals East 54 52 106 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 53 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 53 52 105 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 56 55 0
Padres West 53 53 106 14 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 0
Marlins East 52 54 106 10½ 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 55 0
Reds CentralCntr 49 55 104 16½ 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 57 0
Giants West 44 61 105 22½ 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Mets East 44 62 106 18½ 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 42 65 107 25½ 13½ 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