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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 60 37 97 - - 52 57 61 61 62 64 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 54 43 97 6 - 46 51 55 55 57 60 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 51 45 96 - 44 49 53 53 54 56 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 50 47 97 10 42 47 51 51 53 56 MW
Reds CentralCntr 44 52 96 15½ 7 37 42 46 46 48 51 MW
 
Braves East 56 40 96 - - 49 56 59 59 60 62 MW
Phillies East 54 44 98 3 - 45 52 55 55 56 59 MW
Marlins East 52 46 98 5 - 43 50 53 53 53 56 MW
Nationals East 49 49 98 8 3 40 47 50 50 51 54 MW
Mets East 41 57 98 16 11 32 39 42 42 43 46 MW
 
Dodgers West 62 36 98 - - 53 60 MW MW MW MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 49 48 97 12½ 41 48 53 53 53 55 MW
Padres West 48 49 97 13½ 40 47 51 51 51 54 MW
Giants West 42 55 97 19½ 34 40 46 46 46 48 MW
Rockies West 39 60 99 23½ 13½ 29 35 40 40 40 43 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