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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 52 137 - - MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 78 58 136 - 20 20 20 MW MW MW MW
Reds CentralCntr 68 68 136 16½ 5 10 10 10 17 19 22 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 68 69 137 17 9 9 9 16 17 20 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 61 76 137 24 12½ 1 1 1 9 10 13 MW
 
Phillies East 79 57 136 - - 21 26 MW MW MW MW MW
Mets East 73 63 136 6 - 15 20 21 22 24 26 MW
Marlins East 64 72 136 15 9 6 11 12 13 15 17 MW
Braves East 61 75 136 18 12 3 7 9 10 11 14 MW
Nationals East 53 82 135 25½ 19½ X 1 2 3 4 7 MW
 
Dodgers West 77 59 136 - - 18 24 26 26 MW MW MW
Padres West 76 60 136 1 - 18 23 25 25 MW MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 68 69 137 9 14 16 16 18 21 MW
Giants West 67 69 136 10 6 9 14 16 16 17 20 MW
Rockies West 38 98 136 39 35 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