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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
Dodgers West 53 32 85 - - 60 69 72 72 72 76 MW
Phillies East 49 35 84 - - 57 66 72 72 72 72 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 49 35 84 - - 57 63 69 69 69 73 MW
Mets East 48 37 85 - 55 64 70 70 70 71 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 47 37 84 2 - 55 61 67 67 67 69 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 47 38 85 - 54 60 66 66 66 69 MW
 
Padres West 45 38 83 7 1 54 63 66 66 66 70 MW
Giants West 45 39 84 53 62 65 65 65 68 MW
Reds CentralCntr 43 40 83 3 52 58 64 64 64 67 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 41 41 82 10½ 51 60 63 63 63 67 MW
Braves East 38 45 83 10½ 8 47 56 62 62 62 63 MW
Marlins East 37 45 82 11 47 56 62 62 62 63 MW
Nationals East 35 49 84 14 11½ 43 52 58 58 58 59 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 35 50 85 14½ 12 42 48 54 54 54 57 MW
Rockies West 19 65 84 33½ 27½ 27 36 38 38 39 42 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