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MLB - Week 5 of 27

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
Reds CentralCntr 16 9 25 - - 90 104 114 114 114 114 MW
Cubs CentralCntr 15 9 24 ½ - 90 104 114 114 114 114 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 14 10 24 - 89 103 113 113 113 113 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 14 10 24 - 89 103 113 113 113 113 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 13 10 23 2 ½ 89 103 113 113 113 113 MW
 
Braves East 17 8 25 - - 91 106 119 119 119 119 MW
Marlins East 12 13 25 5 86 101 114 114 114 114 MW
Nationals East 11 14 25 6 85 100 113 113 113 113 MW
Phillies East 8 16 24 6 83 98 111 111 111 111 MW
Mets East 8 16 24 6 83 98 111 111 111 111 MW
 
Padres West 16 8 24 - - 91 106 118 118 118 118 MW
Dodgers West 16 8 24 - - 91 106 118 118 118 118 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 14 10 24 2 - 89 104 116 116 116 116 MW
Giants West 11 13 24 5 3 86 101 113 113 113 113 MW
Rockies West 10 15 25 84 99 111 111 111 111 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