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MLB - Week 8 of 27

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
Braves East 29 13 42 - - 84 98 107 107 107 107 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 27 15 42 - - 82 92 101 101 101 101 MW
Padres West 24 17 41 - - 80 94 104 104 104 104 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 24 17 41 - 80 90 99 99 99 99 MW
Dodgers West 24 18 42 ½ - 79 93 103 103 103 103 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 23 16 39 - 81 91 100 100 100 100 MW
 
Pirates CentralCntr 23 19 42 4 78 88 97 97 97 97 MW
Reds CentralCntr 22 20 42 5 77 87 96 96 96 96 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 20 21 41 4 4 76 90 100 100 100 100 MW
Phillies East 20 22 42 9 75 89 98 98 98 98 MW
Nationals East 20 22 42 9 75 89 98 98 98 98 MW
Marlins East 19 23 42 10 74 88 97 97 97 97 MW
Giants West 18 24 42 73 87 97 97 97 97 MW
Mets East 16 25 41 12½ 8 72 86 95 95 95 95 MW
Rockies West 16 26 42 71 85 95 95 95 95 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