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MLB - Week 8 of 28

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 24 12 36 - - 124 122 120 115 110 106 0
Mets East 23 14 37 - - 123 122 120 115 111 107 0
Cubs CentralCntr 22 15 37 - - DNCD 124 119 117 112 108 0
Padres West 23 12 35 ½ - 125 123 121 116 111 107 0
Giants West 23 14 37 - 124 122 121 116 111 107 0
Phillies East 20 15 35 2 - 127 126 123 119 114 110 0
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 19 17 36 5 DNCD 126 122 119 115 111 0
Brewers CentralCntr 19 18 37 3 2 DNCD 123 122 120 115 111 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 18 19 37 4 3 DNCD 125 121 120 116 112 0
Reds CentralCntr 18 19 37 4 3 DNCD 125 121 120 116 112 0
Braves East 17 18 35 5 3 DNCD 126 124 122 117 113 0
Nationals East 17 20 37 6 4 DNCD 125 124 121 117 113 0
Marlins East 14 21 35 8 6 DNCD 127 127 124 120 116 0
Pirates CentralCntr 12 25 37 10 9 DNCD DNCD 125 125 122 118 0
Rockies West 6 28 34 17 13½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 126 123 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