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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 54 32 86 - - 60 69 71 71 72 75 MW
Phillies East 50 35 85 - - 57 66 72 72 72 72 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 50 35 85 - - 57 63 69 69 69 72 MW
Mets East 48 37 85 2 - 55 64 70 70 70 70 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 47 37 84 - 55 61 67 67 67 68 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 47 40 87 4 - 52 58 64 64 64 66 MW
 
Padres West 45 39 84 8 ½ 53 62 64 64 65 68 MW
Giants West 45 41 86 9 51 60 62 62 63 65 MW
Reds CentralCntr 43 41 84 51 57 63 63 63 65 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 43 41 84 10 51 60 62 62 63 66 MW
Marlins East 38 45 83 11 7 47 56 62 62 62 62 MW
Braves East 38 46 84 11½ 46 55 61 61 61 61 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 37 50 87 14 10 42 48 54 54 54 57 MW
Nationals East 35 49 84 14½ 10½ 43 52 58 58 58 58 MW
Rockies West 19 66 85 34½ 27 26 35 37 37 38 41 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