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MLB - Week 5 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
Braves East 12 5 17 - - 97 111 124 124 124 124 MW
Dodgers West 12 9 21 - - 93 107 122 122 122 122 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 11 6 17 - - 96 109 120 120 120 120 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 11 7 18 ½ - 95 108 119 119 119 119 MW
Phillies East 11 8 19 2 - 94 108 121 121 121 121 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 11 8 19 1 - 94 107 118 118 118 118 MW
 
Padres West 11 10 21 1 1 92 106 121 121 121 121 MW
Mets East 10 8 18 ½ 94 108 121 121 121 121 MW
Reds CentralCntr 9 9 18 93 106 117 117 117 117 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 9 10 19 3 2 92 105 116 116 116 116 MW
Giants West 9 11 20 91 105 120 120 120 120 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 9 11 20 91 105 120 120 120 120 MW
Nationals East 8 10 18 92 106 119 119 119 119 MW
Rockies West 4 15 19 7 7 87 101 116 116 116 116 MW
Marlins East 4 15 19 9 7 87 101 114 114 114 114 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