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MLB - Week 6 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
Cubs CentralCntr 16 10 26 - - 90 103 116 116 116 116 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 13 13 26 3 87 100 113 113 113 113 MW
Reds CentralCntr 12 13 25 2 87 100 113 113 113 113 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 10 15 25 4 85 98 111 111 111 111 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 10 16 26 6 84 97 110 110 110 110 MW
 
Mets East 18 7 25 - - 93 106 121 121 121 121 MW
Phillies East 13 12 25 5 1 88 101 116 116 116 116 MW
Marlins East 11 13 24 87 100 115 115 115 115 MW
Nationals East 11 14 25 7 3 86 99 114 114 114 114 MW
Braves East 10 14 24 86 99 114 114 114 114 MW
 
Padres West 17 8 25 - - 92 105 115 115 115 115 MW
Giants West 17 9 26 ½ - 91 104 114 114 114 114 MW
Dodgers West 16 9 25 1 - 91 104 114 114 114 114 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 14 11 25 3 - 89 102 112 112 112 112 MW
Rockies West 4 20 24 12½ 80 93 103 103 103 103 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