The Los Angeles Dodgers went 88-74 in 2006, a .543 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 820 runs and allowed 751, a run differential of +69. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.35 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Rafael Furcal led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Derek Lowe the rotation at a 3.63 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for first in the NL West. They spent 59 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on August 20 and were as far as 7.5 games back on July 26. Their best month was August at 21-7, their worst July at 9-17. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from July 28 to August 8 and an 8-game losing streak from July 19 to July 26. They were 49-32 at home and 39-42 on the road, 20-20 in one-run games and 19-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-3 against the Angels on May 19; the heaviest defeat, 15-4 against the Marlins on August 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
122
108
+14
May
18
10
.643
169
122
+47
June
11
15
.423
129
138
-9
July
9
17
.346
104
138
-34
August
21
7
.750
141
104
+37
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
155
141
+14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
20-20
.500
Extra innings
3-8
.273
Within the division
43-31
.581
Against .500+ clubs
19-38
.333
Decided by 5+ runs
30-23
.566
Last 10
9-1
.900
2006 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Dodgers lost the NLDS to the Mets 3-0.
NLDS vs Mets0-3 L
Game 1, October 4 L 5-6 at Mets
Game 2, October 5 L 1-4 at Mets
Game 3, October 7 L 5-9 vs Mets
National League West standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
46,402
46,496
33,352
56,000
Night
61
46,015
46,347
33,352
55,992
Day
20
47,581
46,529
37,133
56,000
Weekend
39
49,933
49,601
41,540
55,825
Weekday
42
43,123
44,063
33,352
56,000
On the road
80
32,330
31,021
13,237
52,077
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
44,365
May
14
44,403
Jun
13
46,418
Jul
16
46,451
Aug
13
47,157
Sep
13
49,602
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:48
151 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
4:03
11 of them
Longest
4:54
2006-08-29, 16 inn
Shortest
1:59
2006-04-17
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:53
2:49
1:59
5:06
Regulation
151
2:48
2:48
1:59
3:37
Extra innings
11
4:03
3:59
2:27
5:06
Home
81
2:56
2:53
1:59
4:54
Road
81
2:51
2:41
2:04
5:06
Day
49
2:51
2:50
2:15
3:37
Night
113
2:54
2:48
1:59
5:06
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:53
May
14
2:55
Jun
13
2:49
Jul
16
3:01
Aug
13
2:58
Sep
13
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Los Angeles Dodgers are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +69 run differential implies .540. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
