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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 85 51 136 - - 26 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Braves East 81 55 136 - - 23 25 25 MW MW MW MW
Dodgers West 81 55 136 - - 22 25 MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 77 59 136 8 - 19 19 19 26 MW MW MW
Phillies East 76 60 136 5 - 18 21 21 25 26 MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 73 65 138 9 - 12 15 17 20 22 23 MW
 
Padres West 72 64 136 9 - 13 16 18 21 22 24 MW
Marlins East 68 68 136 13 4 9 12 12 17 19 20 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 68 69 137 17½ 8 9 9 16 17 19 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 66 71 137 19½ 6 7 7 14 15 17 MW
Nationals East 65 73 138 17 8 4 7 7 12 13 15 MW
Reds CentralCntr 64 72 136 21 8 5 6 6 13 14 16 MW
Mets East 61 75 136 20 11 2 5 5 10 11 13 MW
Giants West 56 81 137 25½ 16½ X X 1 4 5 7 MW
Rockies West 52 84 136 29 20 X X X 1 2 4 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