The Dodgers have made July their month by going 18-3, a fantastic .857 winning percentage, and hold the best record in baseball at 72-31. This month has been historic for the already historic franchise so let's go over some stats: On Wednesday they reached the earliest time in franchise history where they were 40 games over .500. Even when they are not dominating in a game, they are an MLB-best 29-31 when trailing. Their win on Monday rank them fourth in most wins in 100 games in the Expansion Era that dates back to 1961 (all from ESPN Stats and Info). So, it's time for us to put their month to the test and see if they were streaky in July or not. Let's go over the rules again... What qualifies as streaky? Well, since there are less than 50 games, we will see how many times a streak of 3 or more occurred. We will do this with a simulation that counts how many times a streak of 3+ happens and if a majority of the dots are 3+, then they are not streaky. SO, the magic number to be streaky is to have 5% or less of dots to be 3+ because that means that what they are doing is truly special. If it is above, then they are not streaky and their game results are independent from each other. So that means that every game is new chance to win and to not build off from the day before. Results from all of July up until last night's win are used for the simulation below that consisted of 200 trials. Longest Streak= 11 wins Streaks of 3+= 2 P-Value= 46.5% They may not be classified as 'streaky' here but they still have all those wins in July and you cannot take those away from them. Let's see if they can continue their winning ways as the month fades out into August.
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