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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 91 59 150 - - MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 85 64 149 - 8 8 8 MW MW MW MW
Reds CentralCntr 74 75 149 16½ X X X 3 6 11 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 73 77 150 18 4 X X X 1 4 8 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 65 85 150 26 12 X X X X X 1 MW
 
Phillies East 89 61 150 - - 11 MW MW MW MW MW ^
Mets East 77 73 150 12 - X 1 1 5 8 MW MW
Marlins East 70 80 150 19 7 X X X X 1 6 MW
Braves East 66 83 149 22½ 10½ X X X X X 3 MW
Nationals East 62 87 149 26½ 14½ X X X X X X MW
 
Dodgers West 84 65 149 - - 7 9 MW MW MW MW MW
Padres West 82 68 150 - 4 6 11 11 MW MW MW
Giants West 75 74 149 9 X X 5 5 6 12 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 75 75 150 2 X X 4 4 6 11 MW
Rockies West 41 109 150 43½ 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