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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 56 35 91 - - 71 69 66 62 60 57 0
Cubs CentralCntr 54 36 90 - - DNCD 71 66 65 62 59 0
Phillies East 53 37 90 - - DNCD 72 68 66 63 60 0
Mets East 52 39 91 - DNCD 71 69 67 64 61 0
Brewers CentralCntr 50 40 90 4 - 72 71 70 68 66 63 0
Giants West 49 42 91 7 - DNCD DNCD 70 67 66 63 0
 
Padres West 48 41 89 7 - DNCD DNCD 73 70 68 65 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 48 43 91 1 DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 69 65 0
Reds CentralCntr 45 44 89 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 72 69 67 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 44 45 89 11 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 73 69 0
Marlins East 40 48 88 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 73 0
Braves East 39 50 89 13½ 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 38 53 91 16½ 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 37 53 90 16 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 21 69 90 34½ 27½ 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