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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
Brewers CentralCntr 32 20 52 - - 109 107 104 100 96 93 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 29 24 53 - DNCD 108 107 103 99 95 0
Reds CentralCntr 29 25 54 4 ½ DNCD 107 104 102 98 95 0
Pirates CentralCntr 29 26 55 1 DNCD 107 105 102 99 95 0
Cubs CentralCntr 29 26 55 1 DNCD DNCD 105 103 99 96 0
 
Braves East 37 18 55 - - 105 102 98 95 91 88 0
Nationals East 29 27 56 DNCD DNCD DNCD 103 99 96 0
Phillies East 28 27 55 9 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 104 100 97 0
Marlins East 26 30 56 11½ DNCD DNCD DNCD 105 102 98 0
Mets East 22 33 55 15 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 105 102 0
 
Dodgers West 35 20 55 - - 107 104 101 97 93 90 0
Padres West 31 23 54 - 108 106 105 101 97 93 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 30 24 54 - DNCD 108 105 102 98 95 0
Giants West 22 33 55 13 8 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 105 102 0
Rockies West 20 36 56 15½ 10½ DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 103 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