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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 44 26 70 - - 90 88 86 81 77 74 0
Cardinals CentralCntr 40 31 71 - DNCD 90 90 85 81 78 0
Cubs CentralCntr 38 36 74 8 1 DNCD DNCD 88 87 83 80 0
Pirates CentralCntr 37 37 74 9 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 87 84 81 0
Reds CentralCntr 35 37 72 10 3 DNCD DNCD 89 88 85 82 0
 
Braves East 46 25 71 - - 89 86 84 79 75 72 0
Phillies East 40 33 73 7 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 85 81 78 0
Nationals East 39 35 74 - DNCD DNCD DNCD 86 82 79 0
Marlins East 36 38 74 11½ 3 DNCD DNCD DNCD 88 85 82 0
Mets East 32 41 73 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 88 85 0
 
Dodgers West 47 27 74 - - 88 85 79 78 74 71 0
Padres West 37 35 72 9 1 DNCD DNCD 89 88 84 81 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 37 36 73 DNCD DNCD DNCD 88 84 81 0
Giants West 29 43 72 17 9 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 89 0
Rockies West 28 46 74 19 11 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