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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 97 65 162 - - MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Phillies East 96 66 162 - - X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 93 69 162 - - X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Cubs CentralCntr 92 70 162 5 - X X X MW ^ ^ ^
Padres West 90 72 162 3 - X X X X MW ^ ^
Reds CentralCntr 83 79 162 14 - X X X X X MW ^
 
Mets East 83 79 162 13 - X X X X X X MW
Giants West 81 81 162 12 2 X X X X X X MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 80 82 162 13 3 X X X X X X MW
Marlins East 79 83 162 17 4 X X X X X X MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 78 84 162 19 5 X X X X X X MW
Braves East 76 86 162 20 7 X X X X X X MW
Pirates CentralCntr 71 91 162 26 12 X X X X X X MW
Nationals East 66 96 162 30 17 X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 43 119 162 50 40 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