1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

* - 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

* - 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

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