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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 74 45 119 - - 39 42 42 MW MW MW MW
Braves East 71 48 119 - - 36 42 43 43 MW MW MW
Dodgers West 71 48 119 - - 36 42 MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 69 50 119 5 - 34 37 37 41 43 MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 64 56 120 - 28 34 36 36 37 39 MW
Phillies East 64 56 120 - 28 33 36 36 37 39 MW
 
Padres West 63 57 120 1 27 33 34 34 36 38 MW
Marlins East 60 59 119 11 25 31 33 33 34 36 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 59 60 119 15 24 27 27 31 33 35 MW
Nationals East 59 61 120 12½ 5 23 28 30 30 32 34 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 58 62 120 16½ 6 22 25 25 29 31 33 MW
Reds CentralCntr 56 61 117 17 23 26 26 30 32 34 MW
Mets East 53 67 120 18½ 11 17 22 25 25 26 28 MW
Giants West 49 70 119 22 14½ 14 19 22 22 23 25 MW
Rockies West 46 73 119 25 17½ 11 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