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.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 22 | 16 | 38 | - | - | DNCD | 123 | 118 | 116 | 112 | 108 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 19 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 3 | DNCD | 124 | 120 | 118 | 115 | 111 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 19 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 3 | DNCD | 123 | 121 | 119 | 115 | 111 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 19 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 3 | DNCD | 124 | 120 | 119 | 115 | 111 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 12 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 10 | DNCD | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 24 | 14 | 38 | - | - | 122 | 121 | 119 | 114 | 110 | 106 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 21 | 15 | 36 | 2 | - | 126 | 125 | 122 | 117 | 113 | 109 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 17 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 4 | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 17 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 5 | DNCD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 14 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 7 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 25 | 12 | 37 | - | - | 123 | 121 | 118 | 113 | 109 | 105 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 24 | 14 | 38 | 1½ | - | 123 | 121 | 119 | 114 | 110 | 106 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 23 | 13 | 36 | 1½ | - | 124 | 122 | 120 | 115 | 111 | 107 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 19 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 2½ | DNCD | 125 | 122 | 119 | 115 | 111 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 6 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 14½ | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 6 | 6 | 0 |