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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 72 44 116 - - 41 44 45 MW MW MW MW
Braves East 70 46 116 - - 39 45 MW MW MW MW MW
Dodgers West 69 47 116 - - 38 44 MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 68 49 117 - 36 39 40 43 45 MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 62 55 117 - 30 36 39 39 39 41 MW
Phillies East 62 55 117 - 30 36 38 38 39 41 MW
 
Padres West 60 57 117 2 28 34 36 36 37 39 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 58 58 116 14 27 30 30 34 36 38 MW
Marlins East 58 59 117 12½ 4 26 32 33 33 35 37 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 57 61 118 16 24 27 27 31 33 35 MW
Nationals East 57 61 118 14 24 30 31 31 33 35 MW
Reds CentralCntr 56 59 115 15½ 5 26 29 29 33 35 37 MW
Mets East 51 66 117 19½ 11 19 25 27 27 28 30 MW
Giants West 49 67 116 20 12½ 18 24 27 27 27 29 MW
Rockies West 45 71 116 24 16½ 14 20 22 22 23 25 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