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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 63 43 106 - - 45 48 51 52 54 56 MW
Mets East 62 45 107 - - 43 49 52 52 52 54 MW
Dodgers West 62 45 107 - - 43 49 51 51 53 54 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 62 44 106 1 - 44 47 50 51 54 55 MW
Phillies East 60 46 106 - 42 48 51 51 52 54 MW
Padres West 58 49 107 4 - 39 45 47 47 49 51 MW
 
Reds CentralCntr 55 51 106 8 37 40 43 44 47 49 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 55 53 108 9 35 38 41 42 45 47 MW
Giants West 54 53 107 8 4 35 41 43 43 45 47 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 51 55 106 10½ 33 39 41 41 43 45 MW
Marlins East 50 55 105 11 7 33 39 42 42 43 45 MW
Braves East 45 60 105 16 12 27 34 37 37 38 40 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 45 62 107 18½ 13 26 29 31 33 36 38 MW
Nationals East 44 62 106 17½ 13½ 26 32 35 35 36 38 MW
Rockies West 28 78 106 33½ 29½ 10 16 18 18 20 22 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