The Los Angeles Dodgers went 92-70 in 2015, a .568 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 667 runs and allowed 595, a run differential of +72. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.21 staff ERA was the second best. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Justin Turner led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 2.13 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 8 games clear. They spent 171 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on September 7 and were as far as 2 games back on April 10. Their best month was March/April at 13-8, their worst June at 15-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 12 to April 19 and a 5-game losing streak from August 18 to August 23. They were 55-26 at home and 37-44 on the road, 23-26 in one-run games and 28-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-4 at the Brewers on May 7; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Mets on July 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
8
.619
100
77
+23
May
16
12
.571
115
86
+29
June
15
15
.500
121
109
+12
July
14
10
.583
92
93
-1
August
15
12
.556
104
103
+1
Sept/Oct
19
13
.594
135
127
+8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
55-26
.679
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
23-26
.469
Extra innings
6-9
.400
Within the division
46-30
.605
Against .500+ clubs
28-37
.431
Decided by 5+ runs
18-15
.545
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League West standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2015. 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
46,479
46,614
37,738
53,518
Night
65
46,405
46,364
37,738
53,509
Day
16
46,781
47,436
38,234
53,518
Weekend
39
48,039
48,136
40,027
53,509
Weekday
42
45,031
45,097
37,738
53,518
On the road
81
34,526
36,093
17,712
45,285
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
47,697
May
16
45,803
Jun
12
46,247
Jul
13
47,225
Aug
13
47,233
Sep
12
44,660
Oct
3
46,926
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 161 completed games, 2015.
Regulation
2:59
146 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:50
15 of them
Longest
5:29
2015-08-31, 14 inn
Shortest
2:08
2015-09-16
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
161
3:04
2:58
2:08
5:29
Regulation
146
2:59
2:56
2:08
4:13
Extra innings
15
3:50
3:42
3:01
5:29
Home
81
3:00
2:55
2:08
5:29
Road
80
3:07
3:06
2:22
4:16
Day
42
3:05
2:59
2:26
4:16
Night
119
3:03
2:58
2:08
5:29
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:07
May
16
3:00
Jun
12
2:58
Jul
13
2:55
Aug
13
3:04
Sep
12
3:03
Oct
3
2:35
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +72 run differential implies .552. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
