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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 86 53 139 - - 23 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 78 61 139 8 - 16 16 16 23 MW MW MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 69 70 139 17 4 6 7 7 13 15 17 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 68 71 139 18 5 5 6 6 12 14 16 MW
Reds CentralCntr 66 73 139 20 7 3 4 4 11 11 14 MW
 
Braves East 82 57 139 - - 20 22 22 MW MW MW MW
Phillies East 79 60 139 3 - 16 18 18 MW MW MW MW
Marlins East 70 69 139 12 3 7 9 9 15 16 18 MW
Nationals East 67 74 141 16 7 2 4 4 9 11 13 MW
Mets East 62 77 139 20 11 X 1 1 7 7 10 MW
 
Dodgers West 82 56 138 - - 20 22 MW MW MW MW MW
Padres West 73 66 139 - 10 12 15 17 19 21 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 73 67 140 10 ½ 9 11 14 17 18 20 MW
Giants West 57 82 139 25½ 16 X X X 1 3 5 MW
Rockies West 53 86 139 29½ 20 X X X X X 1 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