1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics and Roster

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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
95-67, Finished 1st in NL Western Division
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 727 runs, Allowed 573 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Managed by Tommy Lasorda

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

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (3-1) over Philadelphia Phillies

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Steve Yeager        29   94  228   19   44   7  0   4   23  36   41  .193  .301  .276   0   0   3   0   0   2  11   63
1B  Steve Garvey        29  162  639   89  202  36  9  21  113  40   70  .316  .353  .499  10   5  17   1   1   8   9  137
2B  Davey Lopes         33  151  587   93  163  25  4  17   58  71   70  .278  .355  .421  45   4   9   0   6   1   3  117
3B  Ron Cey             30  159  555   84  150  32  0  23   84  96   96  .270  .380  .452   2   5  13   7   2   7   9  133
SS  Bill Russell        29  155  625   72  179  32  4   3   46  30   34  .286  .320  .365  10   6  17   2  12   3   8   92
LF  Dusty Baker         29  149  522   62  137  24  1  11   66  47   66  .262  .325  .375  12   3  10   3   4   3   2   96
CF #Billy North         30  110  304   54   71  10  0   0   10  65   48  .234  .371  .266  27   8   4   2   5   1   2   82
RF #Reggie Smith        33  128  447   82  132  27  2  29   93  70   90  .295  .382  .559  12   5   5   1   0  13   8  161
   *Rick Monday         32  119  342   54   87  14  1  19   57  49  100  .254  .348  .468   2   4   4   1   3   2  11  127
    Lee Lacy            30  103  245   29   64  16  4  13   40  27   30  .261  .335  .518   7   4   4   1   1   2   4  136
    Joe Ferguson        31   67  198   20   47  11  0   7   28  34   41  .237  .350  .399   1   2   9   1   1   1   5  110
   *Vic Davalillo       41   75   77   15   24   1  1   1   11   3    7  .312  .333  .390   2   1   1   0   0   1   0  102
   *Johnny Oates        32   40   75    5   23   1  0   0    6   5    3  .307  .350  .320   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   89
    Jerry Grote         35   41   70    5   19   5  0   0    9  10    5  .271  .354  .343   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   96
    Ted Martinez        30   54   55   13   14   1  0   1    5   4   14  .255  .317  .327   3   2   0   1   1   0   1   81
    Manny Mota          40   37   33    2   10   1  0   0    6   3    4  .303  .361  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   96
    Glenn Burke         25   16   19    2    4   0  0   0    2   0    4  .211  .211  .211   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
   *Rudy Law            21   11   12    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .308  .250   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   58
    Pedro Guerrero      22    5    8    3    5   0  1   0    1   0    0  .625  .625  .875   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  317
   *Joe Simpson         26   10    5    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    2  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  125
   *Brad Gulden         22    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Myron White         20    7    4    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  181
    Enzo Hernandez      29    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Don Sutton          33   34   72    1    6   0  0   0    3   4   22  .083  .132  .083   0   0   0   0  14   0   0  -38
    Burt Hooton         28   32   67    4   10   1  0   0    2   7   15  .149  .230  .164   0   0   2   0  18   0   0   12
    Tommy John          35   33   66    2    8   2  0   0    6   3   13  .121  .159  .152   0   0   1   0  12   0   0  -12
   *Doug Rau            29   30   63    3    9   1  0   0    5   2   13  .143  .169  .159   0   0   1   0  13   0   0   -8
    Rick Rhoden         25   30   52    5    7   1  0   0    4   3   14  .135  .179  .154   0   0   1   0   6   1   0   -6
    Bob Welch           21   23   29    3    5   1  0   0    1   0    7  .172  .172  .207   0   0   0   0   6   0   0    6
    Charlie Hough       30   55   12    1    4   1  0   0    2   0    2  .333  .333  .417   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  109
   *Terry Forster       26   47    8    1    4   1  0   0    2   0    0  .500  .500  .625   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  214
    Bobby Castillo      23   18    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Lance Rautzhan      25   43    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.5  162 5437  727 1435 251 27 149  686 610  818  .264  .338  .402 137  52 101  20 111  47  76  115
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    1    2   4 12   1        2    8     1     1     1   5  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Sutton          33  34   3.55  15  11  0  34   0  12   2  238.3  228  109   94  29   54  154  990   6   5  0   7  99
SP  Burt Hooton         28  32   2.71  19  10  0  32   0  10   3  236.0  196   74   71  17   61  104  942   3   0  0   4 130
SP *Tommy John          35  33   3.30  17  10  1  30   3   7   0  213.0  230   95   78  11   53  124  912   6   5  1   7 106
SP *Doug Rau            29  30   3.26  15   9  0  30   0   7   2  199.0  219   82   72  17   68   95  859   0   2  1   5 108
SP  Rick Rhoden         25  30   3.66  10   8  0  23   4   6   3  164.7  160   77   67  13   51   79  697   7   3  0   0  96
SP  Bob Welch           21  23   2.02   7   4  3  13   6   4   3  111.3   92   28   25   6   26   66  439   2   1  2   2 174

CL *Terry Forster       26  47   1.93   5   4 22   0  40   0   0   65.3   56   19   14   2   23   46  266   2   0  1   4 182
RP  Charlie Hough       30  55   3.28   5   5  7   0  31   0   0   93.3   69   38   34   6   48   66  390   6   5  0   4 107
RP *Lance Rautzhan      25  43   2.93   2   1  4   0  18   0   0   61.3   61   22   20   1   19   25  258   1   1  0   3 120
RP  Bobby Castillo      23  18   3.97   0   4  1   0   7   0   0   34.0   28   19   15   2   33   30  160   0   0  1   7  88
RP  Mike Garman         28  10   4.41   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   16.3   15    8    8   3    3    5   63   0   0  2   0  80

   *Gerry Hannahs       25   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    2    2   0    0    5    9   2   0  0   0  39
    Dennis Lewallyn     24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    0    0   0    0    0    8   0   0  0   0    
    Dave Stewart        21   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    0    1    6   0   0  0   0    
    Rick Sutcliffe      22   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    0    0   0    1    0    9   0   1  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 162   3.12  95  67 38 162 116  46  16 1440.0 1362  573  499 107  440  800 6008  35  23  8  43 112
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   1  12  4           2   3      7    5    1        6    2    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SYeager 627 72 91 373 55 5 3 .988 2 13 40 35 JFerguson 482 57 62 284 23 5 2 .984 4 13 33 13 JGrote 172 15 32 123 12 2 0 .985 4 4 19 2 JOates 147 18 24 77 10 4 1 .956 0 5 13 6 BGulden 10 0 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 865 101 16 7 .984 10 35 105 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGarvey 1412 162 161 1546 74 9 121 .994 10.32 PGuerrero 18 0 4 25 1 0 0 1.000 12.51 RMonday 5 0 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.63 VDavalillo 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 13.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 1583 76 9 123 .995 10.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLopes 1241 143 147 337 424 20 88 .974 5.52 LLacy 169 19 24 46 45 6 5 .938 4.85 TMartinez 29 0 10 12 10 0 3 1.000 6.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 395 479 26 96 .971 5.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCey 1341 158 158 116 336 16 26 .966 3.03 LLacy 41 4 9 2 17 1 1 .950 4.14 TMartinez 33 0 16 6 10 0 0 1.000 4.36 JGrote 25 0 7 2 9 1 0 .917 3.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 126 372 18 27 .965 3.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRussell 1334 151 155 245 533 31 91 .962 5.25 TMartinez 98 10 17 21 31 5 4 .912 4.76 EHernandez 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LLacy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 266 564 36 95 .958 5.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBaker 1191 142 145 253 13 4 1 .985 2.01 LLacy 93 10 18 24 0 1 0 .960 2.31 RMonday 64 6 11 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 VDavalillo 44 1 16 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 JFerguson 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 RLaw 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 JSimpson 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 GBurke 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 BNorth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MWhite 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 297 14 5 1 .984 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BNorth 762 82 102 227 2 6 1 .974 2.70 RMonday 585 74 80 154 2 1 0 .994 2.40 GBurke 42 1 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 RSmith 14 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 DLopes 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 RLaw 11 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 VDavalillo 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JSimpson 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 403 4 7 1 .983 2.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmith 1020 121 126 218 8 12 4 .950 1.99 LLacy 205 23 27 46 2 1 1 .980 2.10 RMonday 162 16 31 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 VDavalillo 26 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JSimpson 13 0 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85 MWhite 11 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 JFerguson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 321 10 13 5 .962 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DBaker 1191 142 145 250 13 4 1 .985 1.99 RSmith 1034 123 126 220 8 12 4 .950 1.98 RMonday 812 96 103 209 3 1 0 .995 2.35 BNorth 763 82 103 232 2 6 1 .975 2.76 LLacy 299 33 44 66 2 2 1 .971 2.04 VDavalillo 80 4 25 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 GBurke 50 1 15 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JSimpson 26 0 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 RLaw 24 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JFerguson 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 DLopes 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 MWhite 12 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 1021 28 25 7 .977 2.19 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSutton 238 34 34 13 23 0 2 1.000 1.36 BHooton 236 32 32 12 33 1 4 .978 1.72 TJohn 213 30 33 8 45 3 1 .946 2.24 DRau 199 30 30 3 24 1 2 .964 1.22 RRhoden 164 23 30 5 23 0 0 1.000 1.53 BWelch 111 13 23 6 12 1 0 .947 1.46 CHough 93 0 55 5 11 0 2 1.000 1.54 TForster 65 0 47 2 10 2 0 .857 1.65 LRautzhan 61 0 43 9 15 1 1 .960 3.52 BCastillo 34 0 18 1 6 1 0 .875 1.85 MGarman 16 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.10 GHannahs 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLewallyn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DStewart 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RSutcliffe 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 65 204 10 13 .964 1.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Garvey .316

On-base % Smith .382

Slugging % Smith .559

OPS Smith .941

Games Garvey 162

At Bats Garvey 639

Plate Appearances (approx.) Garvey 689

Runs Lopes 93

Hits Garvey 202

Total Bases Garvey 319

Doubles Garvey 36

Triples Garvey 9

Home Runs Smith 29

RBI Garvey 113

Bases on Balls Cey 96

Strikeouts Monday 100

Stolen Bases Lopes 45

Singles Russell 140

Adjusted OPS+ Smith 161

Runs Created Garvey 108

Adjusted Batting Runs Smith 39

Batting Wins Smith 3.9

Extra-Base Hits Garvey 66

Times on Base Cey 253

Offensive Win% Smith .770

Hit By Pitch Cey 7

Sac. Hits Hooton 18

Sac. Flies Smith 13

Intentional Walks Monday and Yeager 11

Grounded into Double Plays Garvey and Russell 17

Caught Stealing North 8

Power/Speed Number Lopes 24.7

At Bats per Strikeout Russell 18.4

At Bats per Home Run Smith 15.4

Outs Russell 484

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ERA Hooton 2.71

Wins Hooton 19

Won-Loss % Hooton .655

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hooton 1.089

Hits Allowed/9IP Hooton 7.47

Bases on Balls/9IP Sutton 2.04

Strikeouts/9IP Sutton 5.82

Games Hough 55

Saves Forster 22

Innings Sutton 238.3

Strikeouts Sutton 154

Games Started Sutton 34

Comp. Games Sutton 12

Shutouts Hooton, Rhoden, and Welch 3

Home Runs Allow. Sutton 29

Bases On Balls Allow. Rau 68

Hits Allowed John 230

SO to Walk Sutton 2.85

Losses Sutton 11

Earned Runs Allow. Sutton 94

Wild Pitches Rhoden 7

Hit Batsmen Hough, John, and Sutton 5

Batters Faced Sutton 990

Games Finished Forster 40

Adjusted ERA+ Hooton 130

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Ron Cey
Steve Garvey (Starting 1B)
Tommy John
Davey Lopes
Rick Monday (Starting RF)
Reggie Smith

1977/1979

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