National League West · 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers 2020

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Team WAR: 22.9
Win %: .717
Run diff: +136
wRC+: 121
ERA: 3.12
Home runs: 118

The Los Angeles Dodgers went 43-17 in 2020, a .717 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 349 runs and allowed 213, a run differential of +136. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.12 staff ERA was the best. Their 121 team wRC+ was 21% above league average — the second best in MLB. Corey Seager led the position players at 2.4 WAR, and Tony Gonsolin the rotation at a 2.31 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the NL West, 6 games clear. They spent 47 of 67 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on September 3 and were as far as 1.5 games back on August 8. Their best month was August at 21-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 17-7. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from August 12 to August 18. They were 21-9 at home and 22-8 on the road, 7-5 in one-run games and 8-5 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-2 at the Diamondbacks on August 1; the heaviest defeat, 7-2 at the Padres on September 14.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	5	3	.625	40	22	+18
August	21	7	.750	164	92	+72
Sept/Oct	17	7	.708	145	99	+46

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	21-9	.700
Road	22-8	.733
One-run games	7-5	.583
Extra innings	5-1	.833
Within the division	27-13	.675
Against .500+ clubs	8-5	.615
Decided by 5+ runs	17-1	.944
Last 10	8-2	.800

National League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	.717	—	349	213	+136	22.9
San Diego Padres	37	23	.617	6	325	241	+84	19.3
San Francisco Giants	29	31	.483	14	299	297	+2	15.7
Colorado Rockies	26	34	.433	17	275	353	-78	6.4
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	.417	18	269	295	-26	8.0

2020 Los Angeles Dodgers roster

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.

Catchers 3

Will SmithC · 36 G · 1.7 WAR
Austin BarnesC · 29 G · 0.5 WAR
Keibert RuizC · 2 G · 0.1 WAR

Infielders 8

Corey SeagerSS · 52 G · 2.4 WAR
Chris TaylorSS · 56 G · 1.6 WAR
Justin Turner3B · 42 G · 1.5 WAR
Edwin Rios3B · 30 G · 0.7 WAR
Max Muncy1B · 58 G · 0.6 WAR
Gavin Lux2B · 19 G · 0.0 WAR
Enrique Hernández2B · 47 G · -0.1 WAR
Matt Beaty1B · 19 G · -0.2 WAR

Outfielders 5

Mookie BettsRF · 53 G · 2.1 WAR
Cody BellingerCF · 56 G · 1.4 WAR
AJ PollockLF · 55 G · 1.2 WAR
Zach McKinstryRF · 4 G · -0.0 WAR
Joc PedersonLF · 43 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Tony Gonsolin8 GS · 1.7 WAR
Clayton Kershaw10 GS · 1.5 WAR
Julio Urías10 GS · 1.1 WAR
Dustin May10 GS · 0.5 WAR
Walker Buehler8 GS · 0.5 WAR
Ross Stripling9 GS · -0.4 WAR

Relief pitchers 15

Victor González15 G · 0.8 WAR
Jake McGee24 G · 0.8 WAR
Dylan Floro25 G · 0.6 WAR
Kenley Jansen27 G · 0.5 WAR
Blake Treinen27 G · 0.5 WAR
Brusdar Graterol23 G · 0.4 WAR
Adam Kolarek20 G · 0.4 WAR
Caleb Ferguson21 G · 0.3 WAR
Joe Kelly12 G · 0.2 WAR
Pedro Báez18 G · 0.1 WAR
Mitch White2 G · 0.1 WAR
Alex Wood9 G · 0.0 WAR
Josh Sborz4 G · -0.0 WAR
Dennis Santana12 G · -0.1 WAR
Scott Alexander13 G · -0.1 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

523 team hits

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.

Batting

16 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Corey Seager	SS	52	232	65	15	41	1	.307	.358	.585	.395	151	2.4
Mookie Betts	RF	53	246	64	16	39	10	.292	.366	.562	.391	148	2.1
Will Smith	C	36	137	33	8	25	0	.289	.401	.579	.413	163	1.7
Chris Taylor	SS	56	214	50	8	32	3	.270	.366	.476	.366	131	1.6
Justin Turner	3B	42	175	46	4	23	1	.307	.400	.460	.379	140	1.5
Cody Bellinger	CF	56	243	51	12	30	6	.239	.333	.455	.339	113	1.4
AJ Pollock	LF	55	210	54	16	34	2	.276	.314	.566	.364	130	1.2
Edwin Rios	3B	30	83	19	8	17	0	.250	.301	.645	.385	144	0.7
Max Muncy	1B	58	248	39	12	27	1	.192	.331	.389	.319	99	0.6
Austin Barnes	C	29	104	21	1	9	3	.244	.353	.314	.310	92	0.5
Keibert Ruiz	C	2	8	2	1	1	0	.250	.250	.625	.355	124	0.1
Gavin Lux	2B	19	69	11	3	8	1	.175	.246	.349	.261	59	0.0
Zach McKinstry	RF	4	7	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.304	88	-0.0
Enrique Hernández	2B	47	148	32	5	20	0	.230	.270	.410	.291	80	-0.1
Joc Pederson	LF	43	138	23	7	16	1	.190	.285	.397	.299	85	-0.1
Matt Beaty	1B	19	54	11	2	5	0	.220	.278	.360	.281	73	-0.2

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Tony Gonsolin	9	8	46.2	2	2	0	46	2.31	2.29	0.84	8.9	1.7
Clayton Kershaw	10	10	58.1	6	2	0	62	2.16	3.31	0.84	9.6	1.5
Julio Urías	11	10	55.0	3	0	0	45	3.27	3.72	1.15	7.4	1.1
Victor González	15	1	20.1	3	0	0	23	1.33	1.67	0.74	10.2	0.8
Jake McGee	24	0	20.1	3	1	0	33	2.66	1.67	0.84	14.6	0.8
Dylan Floro	25	0	24.1	3	0	0	19	2.59	2.66	1.11	7.0	0.6
Kenley Jansen	27	0	24.1	3	1	11	33	3.33	3.03	1.15	12.2	0.5
Dustin May	12	10	56.0	3	1	0	44	2.57	4.62	1.09	7.1	0.5
Blake Treinen	27	0	25.2	3	3	1	22	3.86	3.15	1.21	7.7	0.5
Walker Buehler	8	8	36.2	1	0	0	42	3.44	4.36	0.95	10.3	0.5
Brusdar Graterol	23	2	23.1	1	2	0	13	3.09	3.41	0.90	5.0	0.4
Adam Kolarek	20	0	19.0	3	0	1	13	0.95	3.14	0.79	6.2	0.4
Caleb Ferguson	21	1	18.2	2	1	0	27	2.89	3.57	1.02	13.0	0.3
Joe Kelly	12	1	10.0	0	0	0	9	1.80	3.49	1.50	8.1	0.2
Pedro Báez	18	0	17.0	0	0	2	13	3.18	4.43	1.00	6.9	0.1
Mitch White	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0.00	2.86	0.67	6.0	0.1
Alex Wood	9	2	12.2	0	1	0	15	6.39	5.01	1.82	10.7	0.0
Josh Sborz	4	0	4.1	0	0	0	2	2.08	5.96	0.69	4.2	-0.0
Dennis Santana	12	0	17.0	1	2	0	18	5.29	5.72	1.29	9.5	-0.1
Scott Alexander	13	0	12.1	2	0	0	9	2.92	6.03	1.46	6.6	-0.1
Ross Stripling	12	9	49.1	3	3	1	40	5.84	6.15	1.50	7.3	-0.4

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	25	0	0	0	0
Day	5	0	0	0	0
Weekend	17	0	0	0	0
Weekday	13	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:04
All games: 3:09
Extra innings: 3:53
Longest: 3:43
Shortest: 2:35

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	60	3:09	3:06	2:17	4:44
Regulation	54	3:04	3:01	2:17	3:43
Extra innings	6	3:53	3:51	3:11	4:44
Home	30	3:03	2:57	2:35	3:43
Road	30	3:15	3:13	2:17	4:44
Day	13	2:57	2:56	2:17	3:40
Night	47	3:12	3:10	2:32	4:44

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	4	3:09
Aug	12	2:56
Sep	14	3:08

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 43-17, a .717 win rate, while their +136 run differential implies .712. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.