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MLB - Week 19 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
Brewers CentralCntr 59 43 102 - - 46 52 57 57 57 57 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 53 49 102 6 1 40 46 51 51 51 51 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 52 50 102 7 2 39 45 50 50 50 50 MW
Reds CentralCntr 49 53 102 10 5 36 42 47 47 47 47 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 49 55 104 11 6 34 40 45 45 45 45 MW
 
Phillies East 64 38 102 - - 51 56 60 60 60 MW MW
Braves East 54 47 101 - 42 47 51 51 51 53 MW
Mets East 54 48 102 10 - 41 46 50 50 50 52 MW
Nationals East 47 56 103 17½ 33 38 42 42 42 44 MW
Marlins East 37 66 103 27½ 17½ 23 28 32 32 32 34 MW
 
Dodgers West 62 42 104 - - 47 53 MW MW MW MW MW
Padres West 55 50 105 - 39 45 51 51 51 51 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 53 50 103 39 45 51 51 51 51 MW
Giants West 49 55 104 13 6 34 40 45 45 45 45 MW
Rockies West 38 65 103 23½ 16½ 24 30 36 36 36 36 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