The Los Angeles Dodgers went 104-58 in 2017, a .642 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 770 runs and allowed 580, a run differential of +190. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.36 staff ERA was the second best. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Justin Turner led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 2.31 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 11 games clear. They spent 112 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 21 games on August 22 and were as far as 5 games back on April 24. Their best month was July at 20-3, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-17. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from July 4 to July 19 and an 11-game losing streak from September 2 to September 11. They were 57-24 at home and 47-34 on the road, 25-19 in one-run games and 36-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Mets on June 20; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Diamondbacks on September 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
12
.538
112
92
+20
May
19
9
.679
159
93
+66
June
21
7
.750
157
96
+61
July
20
3
.870
107
69
+38
August
17
10
.630
121
97
+24
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
114
133
-19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
57-24
.704
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
25-19
.568
Extra innings
8-4
.667
Within the division
41-35
.539
Against .500+ clubs
36-33
.522
Decided by 5+ runs
30-13
.698
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League West standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2017. 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
46,492
46,774
35,448
53,701
Night
63
46,746
47,192
35,448
53,632
Day
18
45,603
45,677
36,501
53,701
Weekend
39
48,091
48,017
39,822
53,632
Weekday
42
45,007
45,555
35,448
53,701
On the road
81
33,579
35,613
16,690
49,169
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
44,291
May
16
44,918
Jun
15
44,624
Jul
16
46,916
Aug
8
50,901
Sep
13
49,551
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:09
149 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
3:39
12 of them
Longest
4:19
2017-06-25, 9 inn
Shortest
2:16
2017-07-09
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
3:11
3:07
2:16
4:35
Regulation
149
3:09
3:06
2:16
4:19
Extra innings
12
3:39
3:43
2:34
4:35
Home
81
3:08
3:04
2:16
4:19
Road
80
3:15
3:15
2:19
4:35
Day
44
3:11
3:09
2:16
4:19
Night
117
3:11
3:07
2:19
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:04
May
16
3:10
Jun
15
3:08
Jul
16
3:06
Aug
8
3:06
Sep
13
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 104-58, a .642 win rate, while their +190 run differential implies .627. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
