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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 98 58 156 - - MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 96 60 156 - - 4 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Braves East 92 64 156 - - 1 3 MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 87 69 156 11 - X X X MW MW MW MW
Padres West 87 69 156 9 - X X X 6 MW MW MW
Phillies East 86 70 156 6 - X X X 5 6 MW MW
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 82 74 156 14 4 X X X 1 2 3 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 79 77 156 19 7 X X X X X X MW
Marlins East 76 80 156 16 10 X X X X X X MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 76 80 156 22 10 X X X X X X MW
Nationals East 73 84 157 19½ 13½ X X X X X X MW
Reds CentralCntr 72 84 156 26 14 X X X X X X MW
Mets East 71 85 156 21 15 X X X X X X MW
Giants West 65 92 157 31½ 21½ X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 57 99 156 39 29 X X X X X X 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