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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 34 90 - - 71 70 66 62 61 58 0
Cubs CentralCntr 53 36 89 - - DNCD 72 67 66 64 61 0
Phillies East 52 37 89 - - DNCD 73 69 67 65 62 0
Mets East 52 38 90 ½ - DNCD 72 69 67 65 62 0
Brewers CentralCntr 49 40 89 4 - 73 73 71 69 67 65 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 48 42 90 - DNCD DNCD 72 71 69 66 0
 
Giants West 48 42 90 8 - DNCD DNCD 71 69 67 65 0
Padres West 47 41 88 8 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 69 66 0
Reds CentralCntr 45 43 88 2 DNCD DNCD 74 73 70 68 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 44 44 88 11 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 73 70 0
Marlins East 40 47 87 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 74 0
Braves East 39 49 88 12½ 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 38 52 90 15½ 10 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 37 52 89 15 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 20 69 89 35½ 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