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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 87 54 141 - - 19 18 14 12 9 7 0
Braves East 83 57 140 - - DNCD 22 17 16 13 11 0
Dodgers West 83 57 140 - - DNCD DNCD 13 13 13 11 0
Phillies East 79 61 140 4 - DNCD DNCD 21 20 17 15 0
Cubs CentralCntr 79 62 141 8 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 20 16 14 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 74 67 141 - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 20 0
 
Padres West 73 67 140 10 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 21 0
Marlins East 71 70 141 12½ 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 70 71 141 17 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 69 72 141 18 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Reds CentralCntr 67 73 140 19½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 67 75 142 17 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Mets East 63 77 140 20 10½ X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Giants West 58 83 141 25½ 16 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 54 86 140 29 19½ 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