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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
Cubs CentralCntr 69 50 119 5 - 34 37 37 41 43 MW MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 59 60 119 15 24 27 27 31 33 35 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
 
Braves East 71 48 119 - - 36 42 43 43 MW MW MW
Phillies East 64 56 120 - 28 33 36 36 37 39 MW
Marlins East 60 59 119 11 25 31 33 33 34 36 MW
Nationals East 59 61 120 12½ 5 23 28 30 30 32 34 MW
Mets East 53 67 120 18½ 11 17 22 25 25 26 28 MW
 
Dodgers West 71 48 119 - - 36 42 MW MW MW MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 64 56 120 - 28 34 36 36 37 39 MW
Padres West 63 57 120 1 27 33 34 34 36 38 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