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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
Dodgers West 61 36 97 - - 53 60 MW MW MW MW MW
Brewers CentralCntr 59 37 96 - - 52 58 62 62 62 64 MW
Braves East 55 40 95 - - 49 56 59 59 60 62 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 54 42 96 5 - 47 53 57 57 58 61 MW
Phillies East 54 43 97 2 - 46 53 56 56 57 60 MW
Marlins East 52 45 97 4 - 44 51 54 54 55 57 MW
 
Cardinals CentralCntr 50 45 95 1 44 50 54 54 54 57 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 50 47 97 2 42 48 52 52 53 56 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 49 47 96 11½ 42 49 55 55 55 56 MW
Padres West 48 48 96 12½ 41 48 53 53 53 55 MW
Nationals East 48 49 97 8 4 40 47 50 50 51 54 MW
Reds CentralCntr 43 52 95 15½ 8 37 43 47 47 48 51 MW
Giants West 41 55 96 19½ 10½ 34 41 47 47 47 48 MW
Mets East 40 57 97 16 12 32 39 42 42 43 46 MW
Rockies West 39 59 98 22½ 13½ 30 37 42 42 42 44 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