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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
Braves East 32 15 47 - - 81 93 102 102 102 102 MW
Dodgers West 29 18 47 - - 78 90 101 101 101 101 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 29 18 47 - - 78 87 96 96 96 97 MW
Padres West 28 18 46 ½ - 78 90 101 101 101 101 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 27 19 46 - 77 86 95 95 95 95 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 26 18 44 - 78 87 96 96 96 96 MW
 
Phillies East 24 23 47 8 73 85 94 94 94 94 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 24 23 47 5 73 82 91 91 91 92 MW
Reds CentralCntr 24 23 47 5 73 82 91 91 91 92 MW
Nationals East 23 24 47 9 72 84 93 93 93 93 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 22 23 45 6 73 85 96 96 96 96 MW
Marlins East 21 26 47 11 70 82 91 91 91 91 MW
Mets East 20 26 46 11½ 7 70 82 91 91 91 91 MW
Giants West 20 27 47 9 69 81 92 92 92 92 MW
Rockies West 18 29 47 11 67 79 90 90 90 90 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