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MLB - Week 8 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
Cubs CentralCntr 27 16 43 - - 81 91 100 100 100 100 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 24 18 42 - 79 89 98 98 98 98 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 23 17 40 - 80 90 99 99 99 99 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 23 20 43 4 77 87 96 96 96 96 MW
Reds CentralCntr 22 21 43 5 76 86 95 95 95 95 MW
 
Braves East 30 13 43 - - 84 97 106 106 106 106 MW
Nationals East 21 22 43 9 75 88 97 97 97 97 MW
Phillies East 20 23 43 10 74 87 96 96 96 96 MW
Marlins East 20 23 43 10 74 87 96 96 96 96 MW
Mets East 17 25 42 12½ 7 72 85 94 94 94 94 MW
 
Padres West 25 17 42 - - 80 93 103 103 103 103 MW
Dodgers West 25 18 43 ½ - 79 92 102 102 102 102 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 20 22 42 5 4 75 88 98 98 98 98 MW
Giants West 18 25 43 72 85 95 95 95 95 MW
Rockies West 17 26 43 71 84 94 94 94 94 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