The Los Angeles Dodgers went 92-71 in 2018, a .564 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 804 runs and allowed 610, a run differential of +194. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.26 staff ERA was the second best. Their 115 team wRC+ was 15% above league average — the third best in MLB. Max Muncy led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 2.73 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 1 game clear. They spent 42 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on September 19 and were as far as 9 games back on May 1. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-9, their worst March/April at 12-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 10 to June 16 and a 6-game losing streak from May 10 to May 16. They were 45-37 at home and 47-34 on the road, 22-22 in one-run games and 51-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 against the Pirates on July 2; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 against the Astros on August 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
16
.429
133
124
+9
May
14
14
.500
107
93
+14
June
17
9
.654
140
114
+26
July
16
10
.615
126
84
+42
August
14
13
.519
132
97
+35
Sept/Oct
19
9
.679
166
98
+68
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-37
.549
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
22-22
.500
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
45-32
.584
Against .500+ clubs
51-38
.573
Decided by 5+ runs
31-10
.756
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League West standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2018. 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
82
47,043
46,693
39,004
53,904
Night
63
47,003
45,970
39,284
53,904
Day
19
47,175
47,711
39,004
53,797
Weekend
39
48,903
48,965
41,866
53,797
Weekday
43
45,356
45,206
39,004
53,904
On the road
81
33,095
36,242
5,721
47,867
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
51,004
Apr
12
45,478
May
16
44,515
Jun
14
47,996
Jul
9
48,631
Aug
16
47,131
Sep
11
48,634
Oct
1
47,816
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 163 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
3:08
148 games
All games
3:13
Extra innings
4:04
15 of them
Longest
4:29
2018-05-08, 12 inn
Shortest
2:17
2018-07-31
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
163
3:13
3:10
2:17
5:55
Regulation
148
3:08
3:08
2:17
4:10
Extra innings
15
4:04
3:49
3:04
5:55
Home
82
3:09
3:08
2:17
4:29
Road
81
3:18
3:14
2:18
5:55
Day
45
3:11
3:07
2:25
5:16
Night
118
3:14
3:12
2:17
5:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
3
2:40
Apr
12
3:11
May
16
3:06
Jun
14
2:59
Jul
9
3:12
Aug
16
3:17
Sep
11
3:13
Oct
1
3:21
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 92-71, a .564 win rate, while their +194 run differential implies .624. That is about 10 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
