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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 97 65 162 - - 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 92 70 162 5 - X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Reds CentralCntr 83 79 162 14 - X X X X X 0 ^
Cardinals CentralCntr 78 84 162 19 5 X X X X X X 0
Pirates CentralCntr 71 91 162 26 12 X X X X X X 0
 
Phillies East 96 66 162 - - X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Mets East 83 79 162 13 - X X X X X X 0
Marlins East 79 83 162 17 4 X X X X X X 0
Braves East 76 86 162 20 7 X X X X X X 0
Nationals East 66 96 162 30 17 X X X X X X 0
 
Dodgers West 93 69 162 - - X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Padres West 90 72 162 3 - X X X X 0 ^ ^
Giants West 81 81 162 12 2 X X X X X X 0
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 80 82 162 13 3 X X X X X X 0
Rockies West 43 119 162 50 40 X X X X X X 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