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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
Mets East 45 27 72 - - 67 77 83 83 83 83 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 44 28 72 - - 66 73 81 81 81 83 MW
Dodgers West 44 29 73 - - 65 75 80 80 80 82 MW
Phillies East 43 29 72 2 - 65 75 81 81 81 82 MW
Giants West 41 31 72 - 63 73 78 78 78 80 MW
Padres West 39 32 71 4 - 62 72 77 77 77 79 MW
 
Brewers CentralCntr 39 34 73 1 60 67 75 75 75 76 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 37 35 72 7 59 66 74 74 74 74 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 36 34 70 60 70 75 75 75 77 MW
Reds CentralCntr 36 35 71 3 59 66 74 74 74 76 MW
Braves East 31 39 70 13 55 65 71 71 71 72 MW
Nationals East 30 42 72 15 52 62 68 68 68 69 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 29 44 73 15½ 11 50 57 65 65 65 67 MW
Marlins East 28 42 70 16 10½ 52 62 68 68 68 69 MW
Rockies West 15 57 72 28½ 24½ 37 46 52 52 52 54 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