EVEN WITH BAT SLUMPING, THE DODGERS KEEP WINNING

August 14, 2017 Bill Chuck Off 9 To Know, The Bill Chuck Files,

Over the last 15 games, since July 28, the Dodgers are 12-3, the best record in the majors. The Dodgders have been winning so frequently you don’t even really check on how they’re winning you just are amazed that they keep doing it.

But here’s the deal: they are in a batting slump and nobody seems to notice.

Through July 27 they were hitting .260, fifth in the National League.

Since July 28 they are hitting .237, 10th in the National League. Ah, I have your attention now.

This season they have 41 games in which they have had 10+ hits; including a stretch from July 22-26 when they had 11+ hits in four-of-five games. But since July 28, they have had just two games of 10+ hits.

But they keep winning, which is remarkable despite not getting double digit hits. In 76 games in which they have had no more than nine hits, they have a record of 45-31, making them the only team in major league baseball with a winning record in games in which they have not gotten 10 hits.

The Dodgers have a 57-game streak

We all know about Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak, but the Dodgers have now done it one better: the Dodgers have had at least two extra-base hits in 57 straight games and the streak is still active. It is the longest streak in the majors at least since back to 1913.

Streaks with at least two XBH per game
	Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Opp
LAD	2017-06-07	2017-08-13	57	48	9	312	505	111	9	107	.265	.352	.501	.854	WSN,CIN,CLE,NYM,COL,LAA,SDP,ARI,KCR,MIA,CHW,ATL,MIN,SFG

NYY	1937-06-04	1937-07-27	49	33	14	349	519	103	27	78	.296	.376	.518	.894	CLE,DET,CHW,SLB,PHA,WSH,BOS

BAL	2008-05-23	2008-07-12	46	21	25	246	439	110	12	58	.269	.335	.458	.793	TBR,NYY,BOS,MIN,TOR,PIT,HOU,MIL,CHC,WSN,KCR,TEX

CIN	2000-06-18	2000-08-01	40	22	18	221	414	84	15	50	.290	.346	.474	.820	SDP,COL,STL,ARI,CLE,DET,HOU,MON,NYM
BOS	1998-04-18	1998-06-02	40	23	17	205	396	94	9	53	.283	.345	.476	.821	CLE,DET,ANA,TEX,MIN,KCR,CHW,NYY,TOR

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Generated 8/14/2017.

When the Dodgers homer, they rarely lose

Take a look at the numbers of losses each team has incurred when they homer and you get blown away by the success of the Dodgers. The Red Sox are playing great baseball. They have homered in 16 fewer games than the Dodgers and lost 11 more times than LA. Houston has homered in six more games than LA but has lost 19 more games.

When homering
Rk	Tm	#Games with at least one homer	W	L	HR
1	LAD	89	74	15	172
2	COL	75	56	19	136
3	BOS	73	47	26	121
4	ARI	79	53	26	149
5	WSN	84	56	28	173
6	KCR	78	49	29	147
7	PIT	75	45	30	111
8	SEA	78	48	30	137
9	CHC	82	52	30	165
10	ATL	72	41	31	120
11	LAA	80	49	31	127
12	CLE	81	49	32	134
13	DET	81	49	32	136
14	SFG	62	29	33	94
15	NYY	91	58	33	166
16	MIN	79	45	34	132
17	HOU	95	61	34	188
18	MIA	85	50	35	140
19	PHI	69	33	36	114
20	TBR	82	46	36	164
21	STL	85	49	36	139
22	BAL	83	46	37	169
23	TOR	87	49	38	159
24	CHW	74	35	39	128
25	OAK	89	48	41	163
26	MIL	92	51	41	171
27	TEX	95	49	46	178
28	NYM	90	43	47	174
29	SDP	91	44	47	147
30	CIN	90	38	52	167

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Yet, for the most part, the Dodgers bats are slumping

And as proof, I close with the LA numbers over the last 15 games.

Nine to Know: Dodger batting since July 18

Only two Dodgers are hitting over .265
Rk	Name	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Corey Seager	Los Angeles	15	69	60	10	24	5	0	3	7	9	11	.400	.478	.633	1.112
2	Cody Bellinger	Los Angeles	15	65	60	12	19	3	0	6	12	5	10	.317	.369	.667	1.036
3	Justin Turner	Los Angeles	15	63	53	12	14	3	0	6	14	6	3	.264	.333	.660	.994
4	Chris Taylor	Los Angeles	15	68	61	16	15	4	1	5	9	5	16	.246	.324	.590	.914
5	Yasiel Puig	Los Angeles	15	53	43	8	10	2	0	2	5	10	8	.233	.377	.419	.796
6	Logan Forsythe	Los Angeles	11	47	37	4	7	0	0	0	4	10	14	.189	.362	.189	.551
7	Yasmani Grandal	Los Angeles	10	35	32	3	6	2	0	1	2	3	12	.188	.257	.344	.601
8	Enrique Hernandez	Los Angeles	13	31	29	0	5	2	0	0	4	2	11	.172	.226	.241	.467
9	Joc Pederson	Los Angeles	14	43	37	2	3	2	0	0	2	5	8	.081	.209	.135	.344

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Generated 8/14/2017.

Good luck to the rest of the league when this team gets hot again.

Rk	Tm	#Games with at least one homer	W	L	HR
1	LAD	89	74	15	172
2	COL	75	56	19	136
3	BOS	73	47	26	121
4	ARI	79	53	26	149
5	WSN	84	56	28	173
6	KCR	78	49	29	147
7	PIT	75	45	30	111
8	SEA	78	48	30	137
9	CHC	82	52	30	165
10	ATL	72	41	31	120
11	LAA	80	49	31	127
12	CLE	81	49	32	134
13	DET	81	49	32	136
14	SFG	62	29	33	94
15	NYY	91	58	33	166
16	MIN	79	45	34	132
17	HOU	95	61	34	188
18	MIA	85	50	35	140
19	PHI	69	33	36	114
20	TBR	82	46	36	164
21	STL	85	49	36	139
22	BAL	83	46	37	169
23	TOR	87	49	38	159
24	CHW	74	35	39	128
25	OAK	89	48	41	163
26	MIL	92	51	41	171
27	TEX	95	49	46	178
28	NYM	90	43	47	174
29	SDP	91	44	47	147
30	CIN	90	38	52	167

Rk	Tm	#Games with at least one homer	W	L	HR
1	LAD	89	74	15	172
2	COL	75	56	19	136
3	BOS	73	47	26	121
4	ARI	79	53	26	149
5	WSN	84	56	28	173
6	KCR	78	49	29	147
7	PIT	75	45	30	111
8	SEA	78	48	30	137
9	CHC	82	52	30	165
10	ATL	72	41	31	120
11	LAA	80	49	31	127
12	CLE	81	49	32	134
13	DET	81	49	32	136
14	SFG	62	29	33	94
15	NYY	91	58	33	166
16	MIN	79	45	34	132
17	HOU	95	61	34	188
18	MIA	85	50	35	140
19	PHI	69	33	36	114
20	TBR	82	46	36	164
21	STL	85	49	36	139
22	BAL	83	46	37	169
23	TOR	87	49	38	159
24	CHW	74	35	39	128
25	OAK	89	48	41	163
26	MIL	92	51	41	171
27	TEX	95	49	46	178
28	NYM	90	43	47	174
29	SDP	91	44	47	147
30	CIN	90	38	52	167

Rk	Tm	#Games with at least one homer	W	L	HR
1	LAD	89	74	15	172
2	COL	75	56	19	136
3	BOS	73	47	26	121
4	ARI	79	53	26	149
5	WSN	84	56	28	173
6	KCR	78	49	29	147
7	PIT	75	45	30	111
8	SEA	78	48	30	137
9	CHC	82	52	30	165
10	ATL	72	41	31	120
11	LAA	80	49	31	127
12	CLE	81	49	32	134
13	DET	81	49	32	136
14	SFG	62	29	33	94
15	NYY	91	58	33	166
16	MIN	79	45	34	132
17	HOU	95	61	34	188
18	MIA	85	50	35	140
19	PHI	69	33	36	114
20	TBR	82	46	36	164
21	STL	85	49	36	139
22	BAL	83	46	37	169
23	TOR	87	49	38	159
24	CHW	74	35	39	128
25	OAK	89	48	41	163
26	MIL	92	51	41	171
27	TEX	95	49	46	178
28	NYM	90	43	47	174
29	SDP	91	44	47	147
30	CIN	90	38	52	167