Dodgers batter Padres for 100th win
Even though it took much longer than expected the Dodgers finally won their 100th game. The pace to win 115, 110, or even 105 was derailed but there were enough Padre tracks left in the season to get to the century mark.
This is only the 3rd time since moving to Los Angeles that the Dodgers have hit the century mark and the first time since 1974. The 1962 team didn’t even make the World Series, losing to the Giants in a best of three game series which is why they played 165 regular season games.
By the end of the season, hopefully, the 2017 version of the LAD will have the most wins in the Los Angeles Dodger franchise history.
Of the LAD eleven teams to win at least 95 games, only two champions emerged, the 1963 and 1965 teams which were, of course, how the legend of Sandy Koufax became bigger than life.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, these Los Angeles Dodgers will not win a World Series unless their own version of Sandy Koufax pitches like a legend in October.
The tables below were manipulated using the data from the Dodgers Franchise Baseball Reference page:
| Year | G | W | L | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1974 | 162 | 102 | 60 | 1st of 6 | Lost WS (4-1) |
| 1962 | 165 | 102 | 63 | 2nd of 10 | |
| 2017 | 157 | 100 | 57 | 1st of 5 | |
| 1963 | 163 | 99 | 63 | 1st of 10 | Won WS (4-0) |
| 1977 | 162 | 98 | 64 | 1st of 6 | Lost WS (4-2) |
| 1965 | 162 | 97 | 65 | 1st of 10 | Won WS (4-3) |
| 2009 | 162 | 95 | 67 | 1st of 5 | Lost NLCS (4-1) |
| 1985 | 162 | 95 | 67 | 1st of 6 | Lost NLCS (4-2) |
| 1978 | 162 | 95 | 67 | 1st of 6 | Lost WS (4-2) |
| 1973 | 162 | 95 | 66 | 2nd of 6 | |
| 1966 | 162 | 95 | 67 | 1st of 10 | Lost WS (4-0) |
I’ve always said that Jimmy Wynn was the MVP of the 1974 Dodgers not Steve Garvey. I lived it and the stats prove me true.
Pedro Guerrero was really something
Dave Roberts and Joe Torre are the only other LAD managers here with 95 wins or more besides the HOF duo of Alston and Lasorda.
Curiously none of the teams that had the run of rookie of the years from 1992 – 1996 ever won at least 95 games. The best they could do was 90 wins. Have to look into that.
| Year | R | RA | Top Player | Managers |
| 1974 | 798 | 561 | J.Wynn (7.7) | W.Alston (102-60) |
| 1962 | 842 | 697 | M.Wills (6.0) | W.Alston (102-63) |
| 2017 | 739 | 563 | J.Turner (5.5) | D.Roberts (100-57) |
| 1963 | 640 | 550 | S.Koufax (9.9) | W.Alston (99-63) |
| 1977 | 769 | 582 | R.Smith (6.1) | T.Lasorda (98-64) |
| 1965 | 608 | 521 | S.Koufax (8.6) | W.Alston (97-65) |
| 2009 | 780 | 611 | M.Kemp (4.9) | J.Torre (95-67) |
| 1985 | 682 | 579 | P.Guerrero (7.9) | T.Lasorda (95-67) |
| 1978 | 727 | 573 | R.Cey (5.3) | T.Lasorda (95-67) |
| 1973 | 675 | 565 | D.Sutton (5.3) | W.Alston (95-66) |
| 1966 | 606 | 490 | S.Koufax (9.8) | W.Alston (95-67) |
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- Tagged: Dave Roberts, Jimmy Wynn, Joe Torre, Pedro Guerrero, Tommy Lasorda, Walter Alston
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 
Darvish looked every good last night.
He is gonna be a key.
Kershaw is gonna Kersh.
I would keep a close eye on him after 75 pitches.
When he is tiring, rather than sending him out to “gut out” or wring out one more inning, instead sit him down.
Give the relief pitcher a clean inning to start with when possible.
Kershaw is only human.
He is not Sandy Koufax, who threw the baseball in his last season so heavily dosed on pain killers that he claimed there were times on the mound when he was not fully aware, throwing with a cold hand.
This does not fly in today’s game.
Save the heroics for the World Series games.
If Darvish and Kershaw can give six solid innings each start,
take the money and run.
Let Cingrani, Watson, Fields, Maeda, Morrow and Jansen do their thing to finish the games.
The pitchers make the difference in the post season.
The memory of the Cubs batters hitting the ball all over the yard is still strong.
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I will take six innings of 2 runs or less in every start by Kershaw. Anything less than that will be problematic.
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