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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 52 29 81 - - 62 71 78 78 78 78 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 49 29 78 - - 62 68 73 73 74 76 MW
Braves East 48 31 79 - - 60 69 75 75 75 75 MW
Phillies East 45 36 81 4 - 55 64 70 70 70 71 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 44 37 81 - 54 60 65 65 67 70 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 42 36 78 7 - 55 61 66 66 67 70 MW
 
Padres West 42 37 79 9 ½ 54 63 70 70 70 70 MW
Marlins East 42 39 81 7 52 61 67 67 67 68 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 41 39 80 10½ 2 52 61 68 68 68 68 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 41 40 81 51 57 62 62 64 67 MW
Nationals East 41 41 82 3 50 59 65 65 65 66 MW
Reds CentralCntr 37 42 79 12½ 49 55 60 60 62 65 MW
Mets East 34 47 81 15 44 53 59 59 59 60 MW
Giants West 33 47 80 18½ 10 43 53 60 60 60 60 MW
Rockies West 32 49 81 20 11½ 42 51 58 58 58 58 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