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MLB - Week 4 of 27

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 14 4 18 - - 140 137 137 131 125 121 0
Braves East 12 7 19 - - 142 138 137 133 127 123 0
Pirates CentralCntr 11 8 19 - - 143 140 138 133 128 123 0
Padres West 13 6 19 - 141 138 138 131 126 122 0
Reds CentralCntr 11 8 19 - - 142 139 138 133 128 123 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 11 8 19 - 142 140 140 134 128 124 0
 
Cardinals CentralCntr 10 8 18 ½ ½ 143 141 138 133 129 124 0
Brewers CentralCntr 10 8 18 ½ ½ 143 141 138 133 128 124 0
Cubs CentralCntr 9 9 18 144 142 140 135 130 125 0
Nationals East 9 10 19 3 2 DNCD 142 138 135 130 126 0
Marlins East 9 10 19 3 2 143 141 140 135 130 125 0
Phillies East 8 10 18 144 141 139 136 131 127 0
Mets East 7 12 19 5 4 DNCD 143 139 138 132 127 0
Giants West 7 12 19 4 DNCD 141 141 137 132 127 0
Rockies West 7 12 19 4 143 142 142 136 131 127 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