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MLB - Week 27 of 28

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 91 59 150 - - MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Phillies East 90 61 151 - - 11 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 84 66 150 - - 5 7 MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 86 64 150 5 - 8 8 8 MW MW MW MW
Padres West 82 68 150 2 - 4 5 11 11 MW MW MW
Mets East 77 73 150 12½ - X X X 4 8 MW MW
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 76 75 151 X X 4 4 6 11 MW
Giants West 75 75 150 9 2 X X 4 4 5 11 MW
Reds CentralCntr 75 75 150 16 2 X X X 2 6 11 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 73 78 151 18½ X X X X 3 7 MW
Marlins East 70 80 150 19½ 7 X X X X 1 6 MW
Braves East 67 83 150 22½ 10 X X X X X 3 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 65 86 151 26½ 12½ X X X X X X MW
Nationals East 62 88 150 27½ 15 X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 41 109 150 43 36 X X X X X X 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