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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
Braves East 37 18 55 - - 77 89 97 97 97 97 MW
Dodgers West 35 20 55 - - 75 87 97 97 97 97 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 32 20 52 - - 75 84 93 93 93 93 MW
Padres West 31 23 54 - 72 84 94 94 94 94 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 30 24 54 - 71 83 93 93 93 93 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 29 24 53 - 71 80 89 89 89 89 MW
 
Reds CentralCntr 29 25 54 4 ½ 70 79 88 88 88 88 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 29 26 55 1 69 78 87 87 87 87 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 29 26 55 1 69 78 87 87 87 87 MW
Nationals East 29 27 56 68 80 88 88 88 88 MW
Phillies East 28 27 55 9 2 68 80 88 88 88 88 MW
Marlins East 26 30 56 11½ 65 77 85 85 85 85 MW
Mets East 22 33 55 15 8 62 74 82 82 82 82 MW
Giants West 22 33 55 13 8 62 74 84 84 84 84 MW
Rockies West 20 36 56 15½ 10½ 59 71 81 81 81 81 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