The Los Angeles Dodgers went 91-71 in 2016, a .562 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 725 runs and allowed 638, a run differential of +87. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.73 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Corey Seager led the position players at 6.2 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 1.69 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 4 games clear. They spent 78 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on September 25 and were as far as 8 games back on June 26. Their best month was July at 15-9, their worst March/April at 12-13. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 17 to June 22 and a 6-game losing streak from April 25 to April 30. They were 53-28 at home and 38-43 on the road, 22-20 in one-run games and 31-26 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-0 at the Padres on April 4; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Rockies on August 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
105
97
+8
May
16
12
.571
124
96
+28
June
16
12
.571
109
103
+6
July
15
9
.625
126
94
+32
August
15
13
.536
132
149
-17
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
129
99
+30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
22-20
.524
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
31-26
.544
Decided by 5+ runs
25-19
.568
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League West standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2016. 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
45,720
44,954
38,858
53,621
Night
62
45,659
44,905
38,858
53,621
Day
19
45,919
45,931
40,563
53,279
Weekend
39
47,671
47,696
40,563
53,449
Weekday
42
43,908
43,506
38,858
53,621
On the road
81
32,959
32,615
13,226
47,156
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
46,548
May
13
43,948
Jun
13
44,021
Jul
15
45,248
Aug
15
46,793
Sep
13
47,733
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, 2016.
Regulation
3:05
148 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:07
14 of them
Longest
5:26
2016-07-06, 14 inn
Shortest
2:07
2016-05-01
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
3:10
3:07
2:07
5:47
Regulation
148
3:05
3:04
2:07
4:02
Extra innings
14
4:07
3:47
2:58
5:47
Home
81
3:06
3:04
2:07
5:26
Road
81
3:14
3:10
2:15
5:47
Day
44
3:17
3:09
2:07
5:47
Night
118
3:08
3:05
2:11
5:10
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:58
May
13
2:46
Jun
13
3:07
Jul
15
3:18
Aug
15
3:13
Sep
13
3:10
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +87 run differential implies .558. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
