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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
Cubs CentralCntr 22 16 38 - - 83 95 107 107 107 107 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 19 19 38 3 3 80 92 104 104 104 104 MW
Brewers CentralCntr 19 19 38 3 3 80 92 104 104 104 104 MW
Reds CentralCntr 19 19 38 3 3 80 92 104 104 104 104 MW
Pirates CentralCntr 12 26 38 10 10 73 85 97 97 97 97 MW
 
Mets East 24 14 38 - - 85 97 109 109 109 109 MW
Phillies East 21 15 36 2 - 84 96 108 108 108 108 MW
Braves East 17 19 36 6 4 80 92 104 104 104 104 MW
Nationals East 17 21 38 7 5 78 90 102 102 102 102 MW
Marlins East 14 22 36 9 7 77 89 101 101 101 101 MW
 
Dodgers West 25 12 37 - - 87 99 107 107 107 107 MW
Giants West 24 14 38 - 85 97 105 105 105 105 MW
Padres West 23 13 36 - 86 98 106 106 106 106 MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 19 18 37 6 81 93 101 101 101 101 MW
Rockies West 6 29 35 18 14½ 70 82 90 90 90 90 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