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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 92 59 151 - - MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Phillies East 91 61 152 - - 10 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Dodgers West 84 67 151 - - 3 4 MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 88 64 152 4½ - 7 7 7 MW MW MW ^
Padres West 82 69 151 2 - 2 3 10 10 MW MW MW
Mets East 78 73 151 12½ - X X X 2 8 MW MW
 
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 77 76 153 8 2 X X 3 X 5 9 MW
Giants West 76 76 152 8½ 2½ X X 3 X 4 9 MW
Reds CentralCntr 76 76 152 16½ 2½ X X X X 5 9 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 74 79 153 19 5 X X X X 2 5 MW
Marlins East 71 80 151 19½ 7 X X X X 1 5 MW
Braves East 70 83 153 21½ 9 X X X X X 2 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 65 88 153 28 14 X X X X X X MW
Nationals East 62 91 153 29½ 17 X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 41 110 151 43 37 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