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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 93 69 162 - - X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Cardinals CentralCntr 83 79 162 10 6 X X X X X X MW
Cubs CentralCntr 83 79 162 10 6 X X X X X X MW
Reds CentralCntr 77 85 162 16 12 X X X X X X MW
Pirates CentralCntr 76 86 162 17 13 X X X X X X MW
 
Phillies East 95 67 162 - - X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Braves East 89 73 162 6 - X X X X MW ^ ^
Mets East 89 73 162 6 - X X X X X MW ^
Nationals East 71 91 162 24 18 X X X X X X MW
Marlins East 62 100 162 33 27 X X X X X X MW
 
Dodgers West 98 64 162 - - MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Padres West 93 69 162 5 - X X X MW ^ ^ ^
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 89 73 162 9 - X X X X X X MW
Giants West 80 82 162 18 9 X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 61 101 162 37 28 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