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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
Brewers CentralCntr 83 52 135 - - MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Dodgers West 77 57 134 - - 22 27 MW MW MW MW MW
Phillies East 76 57 133 - - 23 27 29 MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 76 58 134 - 22 22 22 28 MW MW MW
Padres West 75 59 134 2 - 21 25 27 27 MW MW MW
Mets East 72 61 133 4 - 19 23 26 26 27 29 MW
 
Reds CentralCntr 68 66 134 14½ 14 14 14 20 22 24 MW
Giants West 66 68 134 11 12 16 18 19 19 22 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 66 69 135 11½ 7 11 15 17 18 19 21 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 66 69 135 17 7 11 11 11 18 18 21 MW
Marlins East 62 71 133 14 10 9 13 16 16 17 19 MW
Braves East 61 72 133 15 11 8 12 15 15 15 18 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 59 76 135 24 14 3 3 3 10 11 14 MW
Nationals East 53 80 133 23 19 X 4 7 7 7 10 MW
Rockies West 38 96 134 39 34½ X X X X X X 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