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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 36 92 - - DNCD 68 64 62 60 57 0
Cubs CentralCntr 54 36 90 - - 72 70 66 65 62 59 0
Phillies East 53 38 91 - - DNCD 71 67 66 63 60 0
Mets East 52 39 91 1 - DNCD 71 68 67 64 61 0
Brewers CentralCntr 51 40 91 - 71 70 69 67 64 62 0
Giants West 50 42 92 6 - DNCD DNCD 68 66 65 62 0
 
Padres West 48 42 90 7 1 DNCD DNCD 72 70 67 64 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 48 43 91 DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 69 65 0
Reds CentralCntr 45 45 90 9 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 69 67 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 45 45 90 10 4 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 72 68 0
Marlins East 41 48 89 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 72 0
Braves East 39 50 89 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pirates CentralCntr 38 54 92 17 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nationals East 37 53 90 15½ 12 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 21 70 91 34½ 28½ 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