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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: FEW TEAMS CAN MATCH THE DODGERS’ DOMINANCE

The 2020 Dodgers led the National League in runs scored and fewest runs allowed.

So did the 2019 Dodgers

And so, too, did the 2018 Dodgers.

Leading one’s league in runs scored and fewest runs allowed in consecutive seasons is rare. Thanks to a data query run by , we know that the 1970 and ’71 Orioles did it. The 1942, ’44 and ’46 Cardinals did it three times in five wartime seasons. But no team

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