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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 60 32 92 - - 68 65 58 58 56 53 0
Brewers CentralCntr 56 33 89 - - 72 69 67 62 60 57 0
Braves East 52 37 89 - - DNCD 73 68 66 64 61 0
Cubs CentralCntr 50 40 90 - DNCD 72 72 68 66 63 0
Phillies East 50 41 91 3 - DNCD DNCD 70 68 66 63 0
Marlins East 49 42 91 4 - DNCD DNCD 71 69 66 63 0
 
Cardinals CentralCntr 47 41 88 ½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 71 69 66 0
Nationals East 47 45 92 DNCD DNCD DNCD 70 68 66 0
Pirates CentralCntr 46 45 91 11 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 70 69 66 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 45 45 90 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 70 67 0
Padres West 44 46 90 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 69 0
Reds CentralCntr 41 48 89 15 7 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 72 70 0
Giants West 38 52 90 21 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Mets East 38 53 91 15 11 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Rockies West 37 55 92 23 12½ 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