The Dodgers set a World Series record by scoring just two runs throughout the course of the series, the fewest ever scored by any club in World Series history. The previous record was three runs, which eight different teams have done at least once since the National League began playing games in 1876. The most recent team to do so was the Colorado Rockies in 2007.
The two runs the Dodgers scored were both unearned. In the first game of the series, they took advantage of a Boston Red Sox error that led to them scoring one run and then taking advantage of another error that allowed them to score another. In the second game of the series, they scored one unearned run on an Alfredo Griffin double before being shut out itself.
Both of these runs were scored in Game 1 of the series. The only other time this has happened was also in Game 1 of the World Series. In 1978, the Los Angeles Dodgers scored two unearned runs on two errors by the Boston Bees. This is how you can end up with three runs on the board after one inning of play!
In addition to these two unearned runs, the Dodgers also had two hits go for extra bases.
The Los Angeles Dodgers finished 43-17 during the COVID-19 abbreviated regular season and went on to win their first World Series title since 1988 and eighth overall, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4 games to 2....
The coronavirus pandemic caused Major League Baseball (MLB) to cancel its season after the original plan to continue playing amid the outbreak fell apart. An agreement was reached on June 1, 2020, to begin a made-up season one week later than originally scheduled. The Dodgers opened the season on April 3 at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
They ended it on October 1 with a game remaining vs the San Francisco Giants. The championship series was also played over four games and the Dodgers won in five sets to claim their first world series title in 81 years.
Los Angeles became the second team this year to win the World Series after losing more than two games during the season behind only the Tokyo Yakult Swallows who set a Japanese professional baseball record by winning 16 in a row before being defeated by the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers are also the first team ever to win back-to-back titles after losing their first two games of the series.
A league-high 24 players from the Dodgers were selected during the 2020 MLB Draft, which took place on Thursday, June 11th via live stream.
In reality, the Dodgers had already surmounted a similar situation. There have been ten teams in World Series history that have come back from 2-0 deficits to win the championship, and the Dodgers have achieved three of those comebacks, in 1981, 1965, and 1955.
Isn't it looking bleak for the home team? According to MLB.com, a club has only won the World Series three times in the 25 years since baseball adopted the 2-3-2 system.
The Dodgers ended with a major league-best 43-17 record, defeating Milwaukee in the wild-card series, San Diego in the Division Series, Atlanta in the Championship Series, and Tampa Bay in the World Series. Los Angeles is only the second team in MLB history to finish with a better than 50 percent winning percentage (the other being the 1906 Chicago Cubs). The Dodgers are also the first team since the 2002 Oakland Athletics to win their division title by more than 10 games.
They were ranked #1 for much of the season before losing out to the Angels when they both finished with 88 wins. The Dodgers won four consecutive NL West titles from 1988 to 1991, and have been back to the playoffs every year since then except for 2001 when an injury to Kevin Millwood forced them to use an injured Pedro Martinez instead. They've also made five World Series appearances during that time period, winning two titles - in 1981 vs. Japan and 2013 vs. Boston - and appearing in another in 2009 vs. Philadelphia.
Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley built one of the most successful franchises in baseball history, bringing in legendary players such as Sandy Koufax, Roy Campanella, Don Drysdale, and Jim Brewer. The club moved to Los Angeles after the 1978 season when it was decided that there weren't enough fans to support a team in New York City anymore.
Eleven of the Giants' 26 runs were scored with two outs, with Weintraub driving in seven of them. This is a rare occurrence in which both teams scored more than 20 runs. Chicago scored 10 runs in the second inning and 14 runs in the fourth inning to establish a 25-6 lead entering the fifth inning.
Not surprise, scoring precisely 13 runs is extremely rare, but scoring 0 runs is also exceptional. From 2019 through 2021, the figure below depicts the distribution of runs among all teams.
In 1930, the National League's Chicago Cubs set a major league record by scoring more runs (218) against one team (Philadelphia) than any other team. The 1894 Boston Beaneaters set the major league mark for the most 100-run batters with seven.
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