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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 64 43 107 - - 45 47 50 51 53 55 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 62 45 107 2 - 43 45 48 50 52 54 MW
Reds CentralCntr 55 52 107 9 36 38 41 43 46 48 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 55 54 109 10 34 36 39 41 44 46 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 46 62 108 18½ 13 26 28 31 33 36 38 MW
 
Mets East 62 46 108 - - 42 48 50 50 51 53 MW
Phillies East 61 46 107 ½ - 42 48 50 50 52 54 MW
Marlins East 51 55 106 10 7 33 39 41 41 43 45 MW
Braves East 45 61 106 16 13 27 33 35 35 37 39 MW
Nationals East 44 63 107 17½ 14½ 25 31 33 33 35 37 MW
 
Dodgers West 63 45 108 - - 43 49 51 51 52 54 MW
Padres West 59 49 108 4 - 39 45 47 47 49 51 MW
Giants West 54 54 108 9 5 34 40 42 42 44 46 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 51 56 107 11½ 32 38 40 40 42 44 MW
Rockies West 28 79 107 34½ 30½ 9 15 16 16 19 21 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