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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1½ | - | 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 | 3½ | - | 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 | 1½ | 1½ | 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 | 3½ | 2½ | 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 | 7½ | 4 | DNCD | 141 | 141 | 137 | 132 | 127 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7½ | 4 | 143 | 142 | 142 | 136 | 131 | 127 | 0 |