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National League Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

National League Losing 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 78 45 123 - - 39 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Phillies East 71 53 124 - - 31 35 37 37 MW MW MW
Dodgers West 71 53 124 - - 31 35 37 37 38 MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 70 53 123 8 - 31 32 32 37 39 MW MW
Padres West 69 55 124 2 - 29 33 35 35 37 MW MW
Mets East 66 58 124 5 - 26 30 32 32 34 36 MW
 
Reds CentralCntr 65 60 125 14 24 25 25 30 32 34 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 61 64 125 18 20 21 21 26 28 30 MW
Giants West 60 64 124 11 6 20 24 26 26 28 30 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 60 65 125 11½ 19 23 25 25 27 29 MW
Marlins East 59 65 124 12 7 19 23 25 25 27 29 MW
Braves East 56 68 124 15 10 16 20 22 22 24 26 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 52 73 125 27 14½ 11 12 12 17 19 21 MW
Nationals East 50 74 124 21 16 10 14 16 16 18 20 MW
Rockies West 35 89 124 36 31 X X 1 1 3 5 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • **  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs