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August 26, 2017

Dodgers Collected 90th Win In 126th Game

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their 90th game of the season on Thursday, reaching 90 wins before any other major league team had reached 80 wins.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is a man of few words: "I like wins."

Los Angeles leads the NL West by 21 games and their magic number to clinch the division is only 14. (The Red Sox, who have a 4.5-game lead in the AL East, would be 18.5 GB the Dodgers if the two teams were in the same division.)

The Dodgers are the 12th team since 1900 to have 90+ wins in their first 126 games, and only the sixth team in the last 108 years (since 1910).

No Dodgers team has reached 90 wins quicker. The 1942 and 1953 teams took 131 games, the 1899 club took 133 games and the 1955 team (which won the World Series) took 136 games.

The Dodgers (91-36) are on pace to win 116 games, tying the major league record.

Over the last four seasons, the Dodgers finished with 92, 94, 92, and 91 wins. The 2017 team has 91 wins ... with 35 games remaining.
MLB Teams With 90 Wins In First 126 games
Team      Year   Wins    Final
Cubs        1906    94    116-36
Yankees     1998    94    114-48
Pirates     1902    93    103-36
Giants      1904    93    106-47
Cardinals   1944    92    105-49
Cubs        1907    91    107-45
Giants      1905    90    105-48
Pirates     1909    90    110-42
Athletics   1931    90    107-45
Indians     1954    90    111-43
Mariners    2001    90    116-46
Dodgers     2017    90    TBD
Since 1900 Source: STATS LLC

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