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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 27 25 52 - - 71 82 93 93 93 93 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 26 25 51 ½ - 71 82 93 93 93 93 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 24 30 54 4 66 77 88 88 88 88 MW
Reds CentralCntr 23 29 52 4 67 78 89 89 89 89 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 22 29 51 4 67 78 89 89 89 89 MW
 
Braves East 31 21 52 - - 75 86 96 96 96 96 MW
Mets East 27 26 53 - 70 81 91 91 91 91 MW
Marlins East 26 26 52 5 ½ 70 81 91 91 91 91 MW
Phillies East 25 27 52 6 69 80 90 90 90 90 MW
Nationals East 23 29 52 8 67 78 88 88 88 88 MW
 
Dodgers West 32 21 53 - - 75 86 95 95 95 95 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 29 23 52 - 73 84 93 93 93 93 MW
Giants West 27 25 52 - 71 82 91 91 91 91 MW
Padres West 24 28 52 68 79 88 88 88 88 MW
Rockies West 23 30 53 9 4 66 77 86 86 86 86 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