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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

95-67, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Lasorda (95-67)
Scored 727 runs, Allowed 573 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64

Ballparks: Dodger Stadium · Attendance: 3,347,845 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97


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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Dusty Baker 29 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 11 149 142 149 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 5 0 2.2 $200,000
Glenn Burke 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 16, 1952 3 16 1 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 15 0 2 -0.2 $
Bobby Castillo 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 18, 1955 2 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ron Cey 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 8 159 158 159 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.1 $135,000 All-Star
Vic Davalillo 41 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 14 75 4 75 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 2 7 25 52 6 0.5 $27,000
Joe Ferguson 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 19, 1946 9 67 59 67 64 0 62 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 0 0.7 $
Terry Forster 26 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 8 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $170,000
Mike Garman 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 16, 1949 9 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Steve Garvey 29 R R 5' 10" 192 Dec 22, 1948 10 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $300,000 All-Star
Jerry Grote 35 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 15 41 15 41 39 0 32 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.0 $135,000
Pedro Guerrero 22 R R 5' 11" 176 Jun 29, 1956 1st 5 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Brad Gulden 22 L R 5' 10" 175 Jun 10, 1956 1st 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gerry Hannahs 25 L L 6' 3" 210 Mar 6, 1953 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Enzo Hernandez 29 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 12, 1949 8 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1 $
Burt Hooton 28 R R 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1950 8 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $135,000
Charlie Hough 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 9 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $105,000
Tommy John 35 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 15 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $190,000 All-Star
Lee Lacy 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 10, 1948 7 103 56 103 73 0 0 0 24 9 1 18 0 27 45 36 2 1.7 $70,000
Rudy Law 21 L L 6' 1" 165 Oct 7, 1956 1st 11 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 1 5 -0.1 $
Dennis Lewallyn 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 11, 1953 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Davey Lopes 33 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 7 151 145 151 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 4.8 $135,000 All-Star
Ted Martinez 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 10, 1947 8 54 10 54 43 0 0 0 10 16 17 0 0 0 0 4 16 0.1 $30,000
Rick Monday 32 L L 6' 3" 193 Nov 20, 1945 13 119 96 119 104 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 80 31 122 17 1 1.5 $220,000 All-Star
Manny Mota 40 R R 5' 10" 160 Feb 18, 1938 17 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0.2 $
Bill North 30 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 8 110 82 110 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 102 0 103 7 6 1.7 $65,000
Johnny Oates 32 L R 5' 11" 188 Jan 21, 1946 8 40 18 40 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0.2 $80,000
Doug Rau 29 L L 6' 2" 175 Dec 15, 1948 7 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $175,000
Lance Rautzhan 25 R L 6' 1" 195 Aug 20, 1952 2 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $23,500
Rick Rhoden 25 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1953 5 30 23 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $90,000
Bill Russell 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1948 10 155 151 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.7 $145,000
Joe Simpson 26 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 31, 1951 4 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 11 0 0 0.2 $
Reggie Smith 33 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 2, 1945 13 128 123 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 126 128 2 0 4.4 $225,000 All-Star
Dave Stewart 21 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rick Sutcliffe 22 L R 6' 7" 215 Jun 21, 1956 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Sutton HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 13 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $250,000
Bob Welch 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1956 1st 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $21,000
Myron White 20 L L 5' 11" 180 Aug 1, 1957 1st 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 5 0.0 $
Steve Yeager 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1948 7 94 72 94 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.6 $145,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers