Tuesday Dodger Trivia
Today's question is a little late, so I'll wait to give the answer until Wednesday afternoon.
What Dodger team had the best start after 100 games since the move to Los Angeles?
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1974
If for no other reason than I think that team had the best record of any LA team. Probably too obvious, but I’m sticking to it.
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The 1974 team has the LA record for best record after 50 games (36-14) and 81 games (55-26). They did finish with the best record in LA history as well (102-60).
But they didn’t have the best record after 100 games.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 31, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
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Are these guesses or the work of Baseball Reference?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Mar 31, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
1962 is correct
That club was 66-34 after 100 games, best in LA history.
The 1962 club is the only other 100-win LA Dodger team (besides 1974). They finished 102-63 (but were 101-61 before the 3-game playoff loss to the Giants).
I’m going with 1973. I remember Jon (Dodger Thoughts) mentioning that team having a huge lead and collapsing in September, and baseball-reference seems to agree with him, with the Dodgers having a .630 winning percentage on July 21st with a 6.5 game lead, only to lose 9 straight in September and finish 4 games out.
Educated Guess
Last month at the beach, I read “Hunt for Blue October” or something like that. The author, however, managed to turn something exciting into a fairly drab book. I did learn that, according to him, Maury Wills had an affair with Doris Day (I did not know that).

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