National League West · 2018
Los Angeles Dodgers 2018
- Team WAR
- 53.6 31.0 bat / 22.5 pitch
- Win %
- .564 pyth .624
- Run diff
- +194 4.93 / 3.74 per g
- wRC+
- 115
- ERA
- 3.26 FIP 3.57
- Home runs
- 215
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Muncy | 1B | 137 | 481 | 104 | 35 | 79 | 3 | .263 | .391 | .582 | .412 | 171 | 5.0 |
| Justin Turner | 3B | 102 | 426 | 114 | 14 | 52 | 2 | .312 | .406 | .518 | .400 | 163 | 4.4 |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 140 | 518 | 106 | 24 | 68 | 2 | .241 | .349 | .466 | .356 | 131 | 3.9 |
| Cody Bellinger | 1B | 160 | 632 | 145 | 25 | 76 | 14 | .260 | .343 | .470 | .350 | 127 | 3.6 |
| Chris Taylor | SS | 151 | 604 | 136 | 17 | 63 | 9 | .254 | .331 | .444 | .340 | 119 | 3.5 |
| Enrique Hernández | CF | 144 | 462 | 103 | 21 | 52 | 3 | .256 | .336 | .470 | .346 | 124 | 3.0 |
| Joc Pederson | LF | 137 | 443 | 98 | 25 | 56 | 1 | .248 | .321 | .522 | .359 | 133 | 2.3 |
| Matt Kemp | LF | 146 | 506 | 134 | 21 | 85 | 0 | .290 | .338 | .481 | .351 | 127 | 2.2 |
| Yasiel Puig | RF | 125 | 444 | 108 | 23 | 63 | 15 | .267 | .327 | .494 | .352 | 128 | 2.0 |
| Clayton Kershaw | P | 25 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .239 | .340 | .283 | .291 | 84 | 0.8 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 26 | 115 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .267 | .348 | .396 | .328 | 111 | 0.6 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | P | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .269 | .321 | .308 | .284 | 80 | 0.4 |
| Austin Barnes | C | 93 | 238 | 41 | 4 | 14 | 4 | .205 | .329 | .290 | .283 | 79 | 0.2 |
| Walker Buehler | P | 22 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .163 | .200 | .163 | .168 | -4 | 0.2 |
| Tim Locastro | CF | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .357 | .273 | .306 | 95 | 0.1 |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 33 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .260 | .329 | .377 | .315 | 102 | 0.1 |
| Dennis Santana | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .638 | 334 | 0.1 |
| Wilmer Font | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 115 | 416 | 86 | 2 | 27 | 3 | .232 | .313 | .291 | .276 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Chase Utley | 2B | 83 | 187 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 3 | .213 | .305 | .305 | .275 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3B | 38 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .235 | .312 | .324 | .282 | 78 | -0.0 |
| Julio Urías | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Adam Liberatore | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| JT Chargois | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Corcino | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Caleb Ferguson | P | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Hudson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Brock Stewart | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Báez | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Rocky Gale | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Scott Alexander | P | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Ross Stripling | P | 20 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .080 | -68 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Toles | CF | 15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .233 | .281 | .300 | .247 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Breyvic Valera | 2B | 32 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .234 | .301 | .266 | .260 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Rich Hill | P | 21 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .093 | .082 | -66 | -0.1 |
| Kenta Maeda | P | 20 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .082 | -66 | -0.2 |
| Alex Wood | P | 25 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .040 | -96 | -0.4 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Clayton Kershaw | 26 | 26 | 161.1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 155 | 2.73 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| Walker Buehler | 24 | 23 | 137.1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 2.62 | 3.04 | 0.96 | 9.9 | 3.3 |
| Alex Wood | 33 | 27 | 151.2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 3.68 | 3.53 | 1.21 | 8.0 | 2.6 |
| Kenta Maeda | 39 | 20 | 125.1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 153 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 1.26 | 11.0 | 2.4 |
| Ross Stripling | 33 | 21 | 122.0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 3.02 | 3.41 | 1.19 | 10.0 | 2.1 |
| Hyun Jin Ryu | 15 | 15 | 82.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 1.97 | 3.00 | 1.01 | 9.7 | 2.0 |
| Rich Hill | 25 | 24 | 132.2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 3.66 | 3.97 | 1.12 | 10.2 | 1.7 |
| Dylan Floro | 54 | 0 | 64.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 2.25 | 3.08 | 1.25 | 8.2 | 1.1 |
| Pedro Báez | 55 | 0 | 56.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 2.88 | 3.16 | 1.22 | 9.9 | 0.9 |
| Scott Alexander | 73 | 1 | 66.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 3.68 | 3.57 | 1.27 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Tony Cingrani | 30 | 0 | 22.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4.76 | 2.32 | 1.10 | 14.3 | 0.6 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 29 | 3 | 49.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 3.49 | 3.79 | 1.12 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Kenley Jansen | 69 | 0 | 71.2 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 82 | 3.01 | 4.03 | 0.99 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
| Josh Fields | 45 | 0 | 41.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2.20 | 3.62 | 0.95 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Erik Goeddel | 31 | 0 | 36.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.95 | 3.90 | 1.25 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| JT Chargois | 39 | 0 | 32.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3.34 | 3.87 | 1.27 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Julio Urías | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | -0.34 | 0.25 | 15.8 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Hudson | 40 | 1 | 46.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4.11 | 4.38 | 1.22 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Pat Venditte | 15 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.57 | 3.87 | 1.00 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Dennis Santana | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.27 | 2.61 | 1.91 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Zac Rosscup | 17 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4.76 | 4.13 | 1.15 | 15.9 | 0.1 |
| Adam Liberatore | 17 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.77 | 4.39 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Corcino | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.25 | 5.66 | 1.25 | 2.3 | -0.0 |
| Edward Paredes | 15 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.87 | 5.64 | 1.17 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Zach Neal | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Enrique Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 60.16 | 9.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Brock Stewart | 9 | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.11 | 6.39 | 1.81 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Yimi García | 25 | 0 | 22.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5.64 | 6.34 | 1.48 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 82 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 47,043 82 home dates
- Median
- 46,693
- Total
- 3,857,500
- Best
- 53,904 2018-06-26
- Quietest
- 39,004 2018-04-25
- On the road
- 33,095 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.