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MLB - Week 14 of 28

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
Mets East 45 27 72 - - 67 77 83 83 83 83 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 44 28 72 - - 66 73 81 81 81 83 MW
Dodgers West 43 29 72 - - 65 75 80 80 80 82 MW
Phillies East 42 29 71 - 65 75 81 81 81 82 MW
Giants West 41 31 72 2 - 63 73 78 78 78 80 MW
Padres West 39 31 70 3 - 63 73 78 78 78 80 MW
 
Brewers CentralCntr 39 34 73 60 67 75 75 75 76 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 37 35 72 7 3 59 66 74 74 74 74 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 36 34 70 6 3 60 70 75 75 75 77 MW
Reds CentralCntr 36 35 71 59 66 74 74 74 76 MW
Braves East 31 39 70 13 8 55 65 71 71 71 72 MW
Nationals East 30 41 71 14½ 53 63 69 69 69 70 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 29 44 73 15½ 11½ 50 57 65 65 65 67 MW
Marlins East 28 41 69 15½ 10½ 53 63 69 69 69 70 MW
Rockies West 14 57 71 28½ 25½ 37 46 52 52 52 54 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