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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 24 11 35 - - 89 100 109 109 109 109 MW
Mets East 23 13 36 - - 87 98 111 111 111 111 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 22 14 36 - - 86 97 109 109 109 109 MW
Padres West 23 11 34 ½ - 89 100 109 109 109 109 MW
Giants West 22 14 36 - 86 97 106 106 106 106 MW
Phillies East 19 15 34 3 - 85 96 109 109 109 109 MW
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 18 17 35 6 83 94 103 103 103 103 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 18 18 36 4 2 82 93 105 105 105 105 MW
Reds CentralCntr 18 18 36 4 2 82 93 105 105 105 105 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 17 19 36 5 3 81 92 104 104 104 104 MW
Braves East 16 18 34 6 3 82 93 106 106 106 106 MW
Nationals East 16 19 35 81 92 105 105 105 105 MW
Marlins East 13 21 34 9 6 79 90 103 103 103 103 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 12 24 36 10 8 76 87 99 99 99 99 MW
Rockies West 6 28 34 17½ 13 72 83 92 92 92 92 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