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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
Cubs CentralCntr 55 39 94 - - 52 57 62 62 63 65 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 54 40 94 1 - 51 56 61 61 61 63 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 50 45 95 2 46 51 56 56 57 59 MW
Reds CentralCntr 47 47 94 8 44 49 54 54 54 57 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 38 57 95 17½ 14 34 39 43 43 45 47 MW
 
Phillies East 54 40 94 - - 51 58 63 63 63 64 MW
Mets East 54 41 95 ½ - 50 57 62 62 62 63 MW
Marlins East 42 51 93 11½ 9 40 47 52 52 52 53 MW
Braves East 41 52 93 12½ 10 39 46 51 51 51 52 MW
Nationals East 38 56 94 16 13½ 35 42 47 47 47 48 MW
 
Dodgers West 56 39 95 - - 52 59 62 62 62 65 MW
Giants West 52 43 95 4 - 48 55 58 58 58 61 MW
Padres West 51 43 94 ½ 48 55 58 58 58 61 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 46 48 94 43 50 53 53 54 56 MW
Rockies West 22 72 94 33½ 29½ 19 26 28 28 30 32 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