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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

79-83, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Lasorda (79-83)
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Dodger Stadium · Attendance: 2,860,954 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1978 / 1980 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 30 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 12 151 147 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 4 0 2.1 $
Joe Beckwith 24 L R 6' 3" 200 Jan 28, 1955 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Brett 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1948 12 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bobby Castillo 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 18, 1955 3 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Ron Cey 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 9 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Vic Davalillo 42 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 15 29 0 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 26 1 0.1 $
Joe Ferguson 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 19, 1946 10 122 107 122 115 0 67 0 0 0 0 5 0 49 54 10 0 2.6 $
Terry Forster 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 9 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $170,000
Steve Garvey 30 R R 5' 10" 192 Dec 22, 1948 11 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $ All-Star
Pedro Guerrero 23 R R 5' 11" 176 Jun 29, 1956 2 25 12 25 19 0 0 8 0 3 0 4 1 9 14 7 2 -0.2 $
Gerry Hannahs 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Mar 6, 1953 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mickey Hatcher 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 15, 1955 1st 33 20 33 32 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 1 18 20 6 2 0.3 $
Burt Hooton 29 R R 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1950 9 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.6 $
Charlie Hough 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 10 42 14 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Von Joshua 31 L L 5' 10" 170 May 1, 1948 9 94 22 94 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 28 49 52 6 -0.1 $
Lerrin LaGrow 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 9 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Dennis Lewallyn 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 11, 1953 5 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Davey Lopes 34 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 8 153 152 153 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Ted Martinez 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 10, 1947 9 81 23 81 60 0 0 0 18 23 21 0 0 0 0 4 27 -0.8 $
Andy Messersmith 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 6, 1945 12 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rick Monday 33 L L 6' 3" 193 Nov 20, 1945 14 12 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 11 2 0 0.1 $
Manny Mota 41 R R 5' 10" 160 Feb 18, 1938 18 47 0 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 47 0 0.1 $
Johnny Oates 33 L R 5' 11" 188 Jan 21, 1946 9 26 12 26 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.4 $
Dave Patterson 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 25, 1956 1st 37 0 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.0 $
Doug Rau 30 L L 6' 2" 175 Dec 15, 1948 8 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Lance Rautzhan 26 R L 6' 1" 195 Aug 20, 1952 3 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jerry Reuss 30 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 11 39 21 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $180,000
Bill Russell 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1948 11 153 148 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.8 $
Reggie Smith 34 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 2, 1945 14 68 62 68 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 59 64 6 0 1.9 $
Rick Sutcliffe 23 L R 6' 7" 215 Jun 21, 1956 3 40 30 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.3 $
Don Sutton HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 14 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $250,000
Derrel Thomas 28 B R 6' 0" 160 Jan 14, 1951 9 141 106 141 134 0 0 1 5 18 3 0 119 0 119 12 5 1.1 $130,000
Gary Thomasson 27 L L 6' 1" 180 Jul 29, 1951 8 115 77 115 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 61 43 114 19 1 0.6 $
Bob Welch 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1956 2 25 12 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Steve Yeager 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1948 8 105 88 105 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.8 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Derrel Thomas
Johnny Oates
Steve Garvey
Steve Yeager
Reggie Smith
Gary Thomasson
Ron Cey
Manny Mota

Dusty Baker
Joe Ferguson
Von Joshua
Davey Lopes
Rick Monday
Bill Russell
Don Sutton
Dennis Lewallyn

Ted Martinez
Jerry Reuss
Joe Beckwith
Gerry Hannahs
Doug Rau
Vic Davalillo
Ken Brett
Derrel Thomas
Bob Welch

Lerrin LaGrow
Bobby Castillo
Lerrin LaGrow
Lance Rautzhan
Bobby Castillo
Jerry Reuss
Rick Sutcliffe
Mickey Hatcher
Burt Hooton
Andy Messersmith

Charlie Hough
Lerrin LaGrow
Terry Forster
Dave Patterson
Pedro Guerrero

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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