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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 57 39 96 - - 51 56 60 60 62 64 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 56 40 96 1 - 50 55 59 59 60 62 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 51 46 97 44 49 53 53 55 57 MW
Reds CentralCntr 49 47 96 8 3 43 48 52 52 54 56 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 39 58 97 18½ 13½ 32 37 41 41 43 45 MW
 
Phillies East 55 41 96 - - 49 57 61 61 61 62 MW
Mets East 55 42 97 ½ - 48 56 60 60 60 61 MW
Marlins East 44 51 95 10½ 39 47 51 51 51 52 MW
Braves East 42 53 95 12½ 37 45 49 49 49 50 MW
Nationals East 38 58 96 17 14 32 40 44 44 44 45 MW
 
Dodgers West 58 39 97 - - 51 59 61 61 62 64 MW
Padres West 52 44 96 - 46 54 56 56 57 59 MW
Giants West 52 45 97 6 ½ 45 53 55 55 56 58 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 47 49 96 10½ 5 41 49 51 51 52 54 MW
Rockies West 22 74 96 35½ 30 16 24 26 26 27 29 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