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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
79-83, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 739 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Tommy Lasorda (79-83)
Ballpark: Dodger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Steve Yeager 30 105 346 310 33 67 9 2 13 41 1 0 29 68 .216 .282 .384 .665 81 119 12 0 5 2 8
2 1B Steve Garvey 30 162 697 648 92 204 32 1 28 110 3 6 37 59 .315 .351 .497 .848 130 322 25 2 4 6 16
3 2B Davey Lopes 34 153 692 582 109 154 20 6 28 73 44 4 97 88 .265 .372 .464 .836 128 270 8 4 6 3 4
4 SS Bill Russell 30 153 670 627 72 170 26 4 7 56 6 9 24 43 .271 .297 .359 .656 80 225 20 1 14 4 2
5 3B Ron Cey 31 150 579 487 77 137 20 1 28 81 3 3 86 85 .281 .389 .499 .888 142 243 11 2 0 4 8
6 LF Dusty Baker 30 151 616 554 86 152 29 1 23 88 11 4 56 70 .274 .340 .455 .795 117 252 16 1 2 3 0
7 CF Derrel Thomas# 28 141 460 406 47 104 15 4 5 44 18 5 41 49 .256 .330 .350 .679 87 142 9 5 5 3 7
8 RF Reggie Smith# 34 68 270 234 41 64 13 1 10 32 6 5 31 50 .274 .359 .466 .825 125 109 5 2 0 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Joe Ferguson 32 122 442 363 54 95 14 0 20 69 1 0 70 68 .262 .380 .466 .845 131 169 10 2 2 5 6
10 OF Gary Thomasson* 27 115 362 315 39 78 11 1 14 45 4 2 43 70 .248 .339 .422 .761 108 133 5 1 2 1 4
11 OF Von Joshua* 31 94 149 142 22 40 7 1 3 14 1 1 7 23 .282 .315 .408 .724 98 58 5 0 0 0 1
12 IF Ted Martinez 31 81 117 112 19 30 5 1 0 2 3 2 4 16 .268 .293 .330 .623 71 37 3 0 1 0 1
13 UT Mickey Hatcher 24 33 102 93 9 25 4 1 1 5 1 3 7 12 .269 .327 .366 .692 90 34 5 1 1 0 0
14 UT Pedro Guerrero 23 25 64 62 7 15 2 0 2 9 2 0 1 14 .242 .250 .371 .621 68 23 1 0 0 1 1
15 C Johnny Oates* 33 26 51 46 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 .130 .200 .174 .374 4 8 0 0 1 0 1
16 LF Manny Mota 41 47 47 42 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .357 .400 .357 .757 110 15 2 0 2 0 0
17 OF Rick Monday* 33 12 38 33 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .303 .395 .303 .698 95 10 1 0 0 0 0
18 LF Vic Davalillo* 42 29 29 27 2 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 .259 .310 .296 .607 68 8 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Rick Sutcliffe* 23 40 93 85 6 21 3 0 1 17 0 0 1 20 .247 .253 .318 .571 56 27 4 0 6 1 0
20 P Don Sutton 34 33 86 77 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .143 .154 .143 .297 -18 11 1 0 8 0 0
21 P Burt Hooton 29 30 84 75 5 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 18 .147 .158 .187 .345 -6 14 0 0 8 0 0
22 P Jerry Reuss* 30 39 49 42 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .167 .239 .190 .430 20 8 1 1 3 0 0
23 P Charlie Hough 31 42 43 38 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .158 .158 .184 .342 -6 7 0 0 5 0 0
24 P Bob Welch 22 25 23 19 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 -0 3 0 1 3 0 0
25 P Andy Messersmith 33 11 23 22 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .136 .227 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0
26 P Doug Rau* 30 11 17 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .250 .214 .464 29 3 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Ken Brett* 30 30 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 51 3 1 0 0 0 0
28 P Dave Patterson 22 37 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Joe Beckwith* 24 17 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Gerry Hannahs* 26 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Bobby Castillo 24 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Lerrin LaGrow 30 31 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Dennis Lewallyn 25 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Terry Forster* 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Lance Rautzhan 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.5 162 6188 5490 739 1443 220 24 183 713 106 46 556 834 .263 .331 .412 .743 103 2260 145 23 83 36 62
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 2 7 9 12 1 8 12 4 6 7 4 2 2 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Rick Sutcliffe 23 17 10 .630 3.46 39 30 2 5 1 0 242.0 217 104 93 16 97 6 117 2 6 8 1016 106 1.298 8.1 0.6 3.6 4.4 1.21
2 SP Don Sutton 34 12 15 .444 3.82 33 32 1 6 1 1 226.0 201 109 96 21 61 6 146 1 1 4 927 96 1.159 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.39
3 SP Burt Hooton 29 11 10 .524 2.97 29 29 0 12 1 0 212.0 191 85 70 11 63 4 129 2 0 6 874 123 1.198 8.1 0.5 2.7 5.5 2.05
4 SP Jerry Reuss* 30 7 14 .333 3.54 39 21 11 4 1 3 160.0 178 88 63 4 60 7 83 3 0 7 712 103 1.488 10.0 0.2 3.4 4.7 1.38
5 SP Andy Messersmith 33 2 4 .333 4.91 11 11 0 1 0 0 62.1 55 34 34 9 34 2 26 0 0 3 266 75 1.428 7.9 1.3 4.9 3.8 0.76
6 SP Doug Rau* 30 1 5 .167 5.30 11 11 0 1 1 0 56.0 73 37 33 3 22 0 28 4 0 1 260 69 1.696 11.7 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.27
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Bobby Castillo 24 2 0 1.000 1.11 19 0 15 0 0 7 24.1 26 5 3 0 13 1 25 1 0 0 110 330 1.603 9.6 0.0 4.8 9.2 1.92
8 RP Charlie Hough 31 7 5 .583 4.76 42 14 10 0 0 0 151.1 152 88 80 16 66 2 76 8 1 9 662 77 1.441 9.0 1.0 3.9 4.5 1.15
9 RP Dave Patterson 22 4 1 .800 5.26 36 0 19 0 0 6 53.0 62 35 31 5 22 6 34 0 0 0 238 70 1.585 10.5 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.55
10 RP Ken Brett* 30 4 3 .571 3.45 30 0 14 0 0 2 47.0 52 20 18 1 12 2 13 1 1 0 202 106 1.362 10.0 0.2 2.3 2.5 1.08
11 RP Lerrin LaGrow 30 5 1 .833 3.41 31 0 18 0 0 4 37.0 38 16 14 2 18 2 22 0 1 2 161 108 1.514 9.2 0.5 4.4 5.4 1.22
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Bob Welch 22 5 6 .455 3.98 25 12 10 1 0 5 81.1 82 42 36 7 32 4 64 3 0 0 349 92 1.402 9.1 0.8 3.5 7.1 2.00
13 Joe Beckwith 24 1 2 .333 4.34 17 0 8 0 0 2 37.1 42 18 18 4 15 1 28 0 1 0 168 84 1.527 10.1 1.0 3.6 6.8 1.87
14 Terry Forster* 27 1 2 .333 5.51 17 0 8 0 0 2 16.1 18 11 10 0 11 4 8 0 0 1 73 67 1.776 9.9 0.0 6.1 4.4 0.73
15 Gerry Hannahs* 26 0 2 .000 3.38 4 2 2 0 0 1 16.0 10 8 6 2 13 1 6 0 0 1 71 109 1.438 5.6 1.1 7.3 3.4 0.46
16 Dennis Lewallyn 25 0 1 .000 5.11 7 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 19 8 7 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 61 72 1.946 13.9 0.0 3.6 0.7 0.20
17 Lance Rautzhan* 26 0 2 .000 7.45 12 0 10 0 0 1 9.2 9 9 8 0 11 2 5 1 0 2 47 49 2.069 8.4 0.0 10.2 4.7 0.45
Team Totals 28.4 79 83 .488 3.86 162 162 132 30 5 34 1444.0 1425 717 620 101 555 53 811 27 11 44 6197 95 1.371 8.9 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.46
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 5 7 6 10 6 8 5 9 7 2 10 9921
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Dusty Baker 30 150 147 1290.2 304 286 15 3 4 .990 -1.4 -1.3 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 0 2.10 2.01 LF
Joe Beckwith 24 17 0 37.1 12 5 5 2 0 .833 2.41 0.59 P
Ken Brett 30 30 0 47.0 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 4.02 0.70 P
Bobby Castillo 24 19 0 24.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.21 P
Ron Cey 31 150 148 1182.1 397 123 265 9 25 .977 -0.3 -0.3 -1.3 -5.4 4.2 1 2.95 2.59 3B
Vic Davalillo 42 3 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 1.64 0.67 LF
Joe Ferguson 32 121 107 928.2 462 416 37 9 8 .981 -5.0 -6.5 0.0 -2.6 2.6 0 -5 4.39 3.74 8 16 51 18 26% C-RF-LF
Terry Forster 27 17 0 16.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31 0.35 P
Steve Garvey 30 162 162 1408.2 1502 1402 93 7 101 .995 -3.1 -2.6 -3.1 1.4 -4.6 0 9.55 9.23 1B
Pedro Guerrero 23 25 12 130.1 58 53 4 1 1 .983 -0.7 -6.4 0.3 -1.0 1.4 -1 0 3.94 2.28 RF-1B-LF-3B-CF
Gerry Hannahs 26 4 2 16.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.75 P
Mickey Hatcher 24 37 20 230.0 78 49 24 5 0 .936 3.6 18.8 3.6 1.5 2.1 0 0 2.86 1.97 RF-3B-LF-CF
Burt Hooton 29 29 29 212.0 38 12 26 0 3 1.000 1.61 1.31 P
Charlie Hough 31 42 14 151.1 32 5 26 1 0 .969 1.84 0.74 P
Von Joshua 31 49 22 228.2 61 59 1 1 0 .984 -2.4 -12.6 0.6 2.3 -1.9 -3 2.36 1.22 RF-LF-CF
Lerrin LaGrow 30 31 0 37.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.16 P
Dennis Lewallyn 25 7 0 12.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.65 0.71 P
Davey Lopes 34 152 152 1321.0 739 341 384 14 82 .981 -17.4 -15.8 -15.4 -8.7 -6.7 -2 4.94 4.77 2B
Ted Martinez 31 62 23 291.1 119 45 69 5 7 .958 -5.8 -23.9 -4.8 -1.9 -2.8 -1 3.52 1.84 SS-2B-3B
Andy Messersmith 33 11 11 62.1 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 1.27 P
Rick Monday 33 11 10 77.2 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -0.5 -7.7 1.5 0.6 0.9 -2 3.01 2.36 CF-RF
Manny Mota 41 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 LF
Johnny Oates 33 20 12 108.2 79 64 13 2 2 .975 0.0 0.0 0 6.38 3.85 4 1 12 7 37% C
Dave Patterson 22 36 0 53.0 11 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.87 0.31 P
Doug Rau 30 11 11 56.0 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.09 P
Lance Rautzhan 26 12 0 9.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.66 0.42 P
Jerry Reuss 30 39 21 160.0 40 2 35 3 1 .925 2.08 0.95 P
Bill Russell 30 150 148 1296.0 700 218 452 30 70 .957 -12.2 -11.3 -9.2 -0.2 -8.9 -3 4.65 4.47 SS
Reggie Smith 34 64 62 505.1 159 152 5 2 0 .987 7.6 18.0 8.6 0.6 8.0 -1 2.80 2.45 RF-CF
Rick Sutcliffe 23 39 30 242.0 42 18 24 0 1 1.000 1.56 1.08 P
Don Sutton 34 33 32 226.0 41 16 24 1 2 .976 1.59 1.21 P
Derrel Thomas 28 146 106 1005.2 344 301 38 5 8 .985 4.9 5.8 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 5 0 3.03 2.32 CF-3B-2B-SS-1B
Gary Thomasson 27 115 77 732.0 213 204 4 5 1 .977 -6.4 -10.5 -4.4 -1.0 -3.4 -2 2.56 1.81 CF-RF-LF-1B
Bob Welch 22 25 12 81.1 13 2 8 3 3 .769 1.11 0.40 P
Steve Yeager 30 103 88 803.0 578 513 56 9 7 .984 4.0 6.0 4 6.38 5.52 9 27 55 38 41% C
Team Totals 29.8 162 1458 12996.0 6119 4332 1669 118 329 .981 -35.0 -3.2 -25.0 -13.5 -11.4 -4 -5 -1 4.16 3.16 21 44 118 63 35%
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 11 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics