The Los Angeles Dodgers went 106-56 in 2021, a .654 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 830 runs and allowed 561, a run differential of +269. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.03 staff ERA was the best. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Max Muncy led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Walker Buehler the rotation at a 2.47 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 1 game back. They spent 28 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on April 17 and were as far as 5 games back on August 12. Their best month was August at 21-6, their worst July at 14-12. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 25 to July 4 and a 4-game losing streak from May 4 to May 7. They were 58-23 at home and 48-33 on the road, 24-24 in one-run games and 35-27 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 22-1 against the Diamondbacks on July 10; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Rangers on June 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
11
.593
127
93
+34
May
16
11
.593
155
116
+39
June
17
9
.654
120
87
+33
July
14
12
.538
145
99
+46
August
21
6
.778
129
69
+60
Sept/Oct
22
7
.759
154
97
+57
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
58-23
.716
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
24-24
.500
Extra innings
6-13
.316
Within the division
50-26
.658
Against .500+ clubs
35-27
.565
Decided by 5+ runs
35-11
.761
Last 10
9-1
.900
National League West standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2021. 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
34,626
42,621
14,088
53,114
Night
63
35,441
43,730
14,088
53,114
Day
18
31,772
39,017
15,036
52,749
Weekend
39
34,573
42,479
15,021
52,749
Weekday
42
34,675
43,952
14,088
53,114
On the road
81
25,163
25,356
6,653
48,245
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
15,170
May
14
16,414
Jun
14
35,591
Jul
10
45,563
Aug
17
47,622
Sep
10
46,995
Oct
3
48,088
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 160 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:11
141 games
All games
3:19
Extra innings
4:14
19 of them
Longest
4:59
2021-04-25, 11 inn
Shortest
2:26
2021-05-27
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
160
3:19
3:14
2:17
5:49
Regulation
141
3:11
3:11
2:17
4:03
Extra innings
19
4:14
4:06
3:21
5:49
Home
81
3:13
3:11
2:26
4:59
Road
79
3:24
3:19
2:17
5:49
Day
43
3:13
3:13
2:17
4:59
Night
117
3:21
3:14
2:26
5:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:18
May
14
3:07
Jun
14
3:15
Jul
10
3:23
Aug
17
3:09
Sep
10
3:07
Oct
3
3:17
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 191 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 106-56, a .654 win rate, while their +269 run differential implies .672. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
