The Los Angeles Dodgers went 82-80 in 2007, a .506 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 727, a run differential of +8. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.14 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Russell Martin led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Brad Penny the rotation at a 3.03 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 8 games back. They spent 67 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on May 13 and were as far as 9 games back on September 22. Their best month was May at 16-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 12-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 8 to July 16 and a 7-game losing streak from September 16 to September 22. They were 43-38 at home and 39-42 on the road, 28-20 in one-run games and 48-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Phillies on August 22; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 against the Phillies on July 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
11
.577
121
101
+20
May
16
11
.593
116
110
+6
June
14
14
.500
119
118
+1
July
12
13
.480
135
131
+4
August
13
15
.464
114
121
-7
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
130
146
-16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
28-20
.583
Extra innings
9-4
.692
Within the division
34-38
.472
Against .500+ clubs
48-54
.471
Decided by 5+ runs
24-22
.522
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League West standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2007. 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
47,618
48,803
33,446
56,000
Night
61
47,377
48,995
33,446
56,000
Day
20
48,353
48,768
34,825
56,000
Weekend
39
50,280
50,183
41,399
56,000
Weekday
42
45,146
44,578
33,446
56,000
On the road
81
33,255
37,321
11,124
53,250
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
48,416
May
14
41,061
Jun
11
50,641
Jul
16
47,636
Aug
15
49,954
Sep
12
48,687
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:50
149 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:46
13 of them
Longest
5:06
2007-08-18, 14 inn
Shortest
2:15
2007-05-22
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
2:54
2:52
2:04
5:06
Regulation
149
2:50
2:49
2:04
3:40
Extra innings
13
3:46
3:36
2:42
5:06
Home
81
2:59
2:57
2:15
5:06
Road
81
2:50
2:48
2:04
4:55
Day
47
2:59
2:56
2:07
4:55
Night
115
2:52
2:49
2:04
5:06
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:54
May
14
2:56
Jun
11
2:55
Jul
16
3:05
Aug
15
3:03
Sep
12
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +8 run differential implies .505. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
