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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
Padres West 13 3 16 - - 99 113 124 124 124 124 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 11 7 18 - - 95 109 123 123 123 123 MW
Mets East 10 5 15 - - 97 111 127 127 127 127 MW
Giants West 11 4 15 - 98 112 123 123 123 123 MW
Dodgers West 11 6 17 - 96 110 121 121 121 121 MW
Phillies East 9 6 15 1 - 96 110 126 126 126 126 MW
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 9 7 16 4 ½ 95 109 120 120 120 120 MW
Marlins East 8 7 15 2 1 95 109 125 125 125 125 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 8 8 16 2 94 108 122 122 122 122 MW
Reds CentralCntr 8 8 16 2 94 108 122 122 122 122 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 7 8 15 2 94 108 122 122 122 122 MW
Nationals East 6 9 15 4 3 93 107 123 123 123 123 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 5 11 16 5 91 105 119 119 119 119 MW
Braves East 4 11 15 6 5 91 105 121 121 121 121 MW
Rockies West 3 12 15 6 90 104 115 115 115 115 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