The Los Angeles Dodgers went 86-76 in 2012, a .531 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 637 runs and allowed 597, a run differential of +40. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.30 staff ERA was the second best. Their 91 team wRC+ was 9% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Matt Kemp led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 2.53 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 8 games back. They spent 97 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 7.5 games on May 26 and were as far as 11 games back on September 22. Their best month was March/April at 16-7, their worst June at 11-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 10 to April 15 and a 7-game losing streak from June 24 to June 30. They were 45-36 at home and 41-40 on the road, 29-27 in one-run games and 41-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Pirates on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 at the Astros on April 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
7
.696
91
79
+12
May
16
12
.571
130
102
+28
June
11
17
.393
83
110
-27
July
13
13
.500
106
108
-2
August
14
14
.500
125
111
+14
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
102
87
+15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
29-27
.518
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
35-37
.486
Against .500+ clubs
41-50
.451
Decided by 5+ runs
24-14
.632
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League West standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2012. 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
41,040
40,284
24,312
56,000
Night
63
40,698
40,284
24,312
56,000
Day
18
42,238
40,931
31,607
56,000
Weekend
39
41,820
40,724
31,601
55,359
Weekday
42
40,316
38,986
24,312
56,000
On the road
80
32,640
30,995
19,021
45,572
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
39,592
May
18
37,346
Jun
9
47,940
Jul
12
43,884
Aug
15
42,752
Sep
12
38,955
Oct
3
36,704
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, 2012.
Regulation
3:01
147 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
3:46
15 of them
Longest
4:25
2012-07-18, 12 inn
Shortest
2:19
2012-04-14
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
3:05
3:03
2:19
4:43
Regulation
147
3:01
3:00
2:19
3:59
Extra innings
15
3:46
3:40
2:54
4:43
Home
81
3:05
3:01
2:19
4:25
Road
81
3:06
3:03
2:21
4:43
Day
49
3:08
3:00
2:26
4:43
Night
113
3:04
3:03
2:19
4:06
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:54
May
18
3:02
Jun
9
3:05
Jul
12
3:05
Aug
15
3:08
Sep
12
3:18
Oct
3
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +40 run differential implies .530. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
