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MLB - Week 11 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
Phillies East 34 19 53 - - 77 88 97 97 97 97 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 33 21 54 - - 75 85 95 95 95 95 MW
Dodgers West 33 21 54 - - 75 86 94 94 94 94 MW
Mets East 33 21 54 - 75 86 95 95 95 95 MW
Giants West 31 23 54 2 - 73 84 92 92 92 92 MW
Padres West 30 22 52 2 - 74 85 93 93 93 93 MW
 
Cardinals CentralCntr 30 24 54 3 1 72 82 92 92 92 92 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 27 27 54 6 4 69 80 88 88 88 88 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 27 28 55 68 78 88 88 88 88 MW
Reds CentralCntr 27 28 55 68 78 88 88 88 88 MW
Braves East 25 27 52 5 69 80 89 89 89 89 MW
Nationals East 24 29 53 10 67 78 87 87 87 87 MW
Marlins East 21 31 52 12½ 9 65 76 85 85 85 85 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 19 36 55 14½ 12½ 60 70 80 80 80 80 MW
Rockies West 9 45 54 24 22 51 62 70 70 70 70 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