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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 90 56 146 - - MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Cubs CentralCntr 81 65 146 9 - 7 7 7 MW MW MW MW
Pirates CentralCntr 72 73 145 17½ X X X 9 9 10 MW
Cardinals CentralCntr 72 75 147 18½ X X X 7 7 8 MW
Reds CentralCntr 69 76 145 20½ X X X 5 6 7 MW
 
Braves East 85 60 145 - - 13 15 MW MW MW MW MW
Phillies East 81 64 145 4 - 9 11 13 MW MW MW MW
Marlins East 72 74 146 13½ 6 X 1 3 8 8 9 MW
Mets East 67 78 145 18 10½ X X X 3 4 5 MW
Nationals East 67 81 148 19½ 12 X X X 1 1 2 MW
 
Dodgers West 88 57 145 - - 16 MW MW MW MW MW MW
DiamondbacksD. Backs West 78 68 146 10½ - 4 7 7 14 14 15 MW
Padres West 78 68 146 10½ - 5 7 7 13 13 15 MW
Giants West 62 85 147 27 16½ X X X X X X MW
Rockies West 55 89 144 32½ 22 X X X X X X 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