1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics and Roster

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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
79-83, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 739 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Managed by Tommy Lasorda

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

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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        30  105  310   33   67   9  2  13   41  29   68  .216  .282  .384   1   0  12   0   5   2   8   81
1B  Steve Garvey        30  162  648   92  204  32  1  28  110  37   59  .315  .351  .497   3   6  25   2   4   6  16  130
2B  Davey Lopes         34  153  582  109  154  20  6  28   73  97   88  .265  .372  .464  44   4   8   4   6   3   4  128
3B  Ron Cey             31  150  487   77  137  20  1  28   81  86   85  .281  .389  .499   3   3  11   2   0   4   8  142
SS  Bill Russell        30  153  627   72  170  26  4   7   56  24   43  .271  .297  .359   6   9  20   1  14   4   2   80
LF  Dusty Baker         30  151  554   86  152  29  1  23   88  56   70  .274  .340  .455  11   4  16   1   2   3   0  117
CF #Derrel Thomas       28  141  406   47  104  15  4   5   44  41   49  .256  .330  .350  18   5   9   5   5   3   7   87
RF #Reggie Smith        34   68  234   41   64  13  1  10   32  31   50  .274  .359  .466   6   5   5   2   0   3   3  125
    Joe Ferguson        32  122  363   54   95  14  0  20   69  70   68  .262  .380  .466   1   0  10   2   2   5   6  131
   *Gary Thomasson      27  115  315   39   78  11  1  14   45  43   70  .248  .339  .422   4   2   5   1   2   1   4  108
   *Von Joshua          31   94  142   22   40   7  1   3   14   7   23  .282  .315  .408   1   1   5   0   0   0   1   98
    Ted Martinez        31   81  112   19   30   5  1   0    2   4   16  .268  .293  .330   3   2   3   0   1   0   1   71
    Mickey Hatcher      24   33   93    9   25   4  1   1    5   7   12  .269  .327  .366   1   3   5   1   1   0   0   90
    Pedro Guerrero      23   25   62    7   15   2  0   2    9   1   14  .242  .250  .371   2   0   1   0   0   1   1   68
   *Johnny Oates        33   26   46    4    6   2  0   0    2   4    1  .130  .200  .174   0   1   0   0   1   0   1    4
    Manny Mota          41   47   42    1   15   0  0   0    3   3    4  .357  .400  .357   0   0   2   0   2   0   0  110
   *Rick Monday         33   12   33    2   10   0  0   0    2   5    6  .303  .395  .303   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   95
   *Vic Davalillo       42   29   27    2    7   1  0   0    2   2    0  .259  .310  .296   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   68

   *Rick Sutcliffe      23   40   85    6   21   3  0   1   17   1   20  .247  .253  .318   0   0   4   0   6   1   0   56
    Don Sutton          34   33   77    2   11   0  0   0    3   1   17  .143  .154  .143   0   0   1   0   8   0   0  -18
    Burt Hooton         29   30   75    5   11   3  0   0    5   1   18  .147  .158  .187   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   -6
   *Jerry Reuss         30   39   42    4    7   1  0   0    1   3   19  .167  .239  .190   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   20
    Charlie Hough       31   42   38    1    6   1  0   0    2   0    9  .158  .158  .184   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   -6
    Andy Messersmith    33   11   22    1    2   1  0   0    2   0    6  .091  .091  .136   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
    Bob Welch           22   25   19    1    3   0  0   0    3   0    6  .158  .200  .158   0   0   0   1   3   0   0    0
   *Doug Rau            30   11   14    1    2   1  0   0    0   2    2  .143  .250  .214   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   29
   *Ken Brett           30   30   11    0    3   0  0   0    2   0    2  .273  .273  .273   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   51
    Dave Patterson      22   37    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   1   0   0   2   0   0  -21
   *Joe Beckwith        24   17    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Gerry Hannahs       26    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   38
    Bobby Castillo      24   19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Lerrin LaGrow       30   31    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   84
    Dennis Lewallyn     25    7    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  176
   *Terry Forster       27   17    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  162 5490  739 1443 220 24 183  713 556  834  .263  .331  .412 106  46 145  23  83  36  62  110
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    2    7   9 12   1        4    6     7     4     2   8  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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          34  33   3.82  12  15  1  32   1   6   1  226.0  201  109   96  21   61  146  927   4   1  1   6  96
SP  Rick Sutcliffe      23  39   3.46  17  10  0  30   2   5   1  242.0  217  104   93  16   97  117 1016   8   2  6   6 106
SP  Burt Hooton         29  29   2.97  11  10  0  29   0  12   1  212.0  191   85   70  11   63  129  874   6   2  0   4 123
SP *Jerry Reuss         30  39   3.54   7  14  3  21  11   4   1  160.0  178   88   63   4   60   83  712   7   3  0   7 103
SP  Andy Messersmith    33  11   4.91   2   4  0  11   0   1   0   62.3   55   34   34   9   34   26  266   3   0  0   2  75
SP *Doug Rau            30  11   5.30   1   5  0  11   0   1   1   56.0   73   37   33   3   22   28  260   1   4  0   0  69

CL  Bobby Castillo      24  19   1.11   2   0  7   0  15   0   0   24.3   26    5    3   0   13   25  110   0   1  0   1 330
RP  Dave Patterson      22  36   5.26   4   1  6   0  19   0   0   53.0   62   35   31   5   22   34  238   0   0  0   6  70
RP  Lerrin LaGrow       30  31   3.41   5   1  4   0  18   0   0   37.0   38   16   14   2   18   22  161   2   0  1   2 108
RP *Ken Brett           30  30   3.45   4   3  2   0  14   0   0   47.0   52   20   18   1   12   13  202   0   1  1   2 106
RP  Charlie Hough       31  42   4.76   7   5  0  14  10   0   0  151.3  152   88   80  16   66   76  662   9   8  1   2  77

    Bob Welch           22  25   3.98   5   6  5  12  10   1   0   81.3   82   42   36   7   32   64  349   0   3  0   4  92
    Joe Beckwith        24  17   4.34   1   2  2   0   8   0   0   37.3   42   18   18   4   15   28  168   0   0  1   1  84
   *Terry Forster       27  17   5.51   1   2  2   0   8   0   0   16.3   18   11   10   0   11    8   73   1   0  0   4  67
   *Gerry Hannahs       26   4   3.38   0   2  1   2   2   0   0   16.0   10    8    6   2   13    6   71   1   0  0   1 109
    Dennis Lewallyn     25   7   5.11   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   12.3   19    8    7   0    5    1   61   0   1  0   3  72
   *Lance Rautzhan      26  12   7.45   0   2  1   0  10   0   0    9.7    9    9    8   0   11    5   47   2   1  0   2  49
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 162   3.83  79  83 34 162 132  30   6 1444.0 1425  717  615 101  555  811 6197  44  27 11  53  95
    Rank among 12 NL teams          7   8   5  6           6  10      8    5    9        2   10    7

    * - 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 803 88 103 513 56 9 7 .984 9 27 55 38 JFerguson 532 62 67 326 35 7 6 .981 8 16 51 18 JOates 108 12 20 64 13 2 2 .975 4 1 12 7 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 903 104 18 15 .982 21 44 118 63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGarvey 1408 162 162 1402 93 7 101 .995 9.55 PGuerrero 33 0 8 33 2 1 0 .972 9.46 DThomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GThomasson 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 1437 95 8 101 .995 9.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLopes 1321 152 152 341 384 14 82 .981 4.94 TMartinez 99 8 18 25 29 0 2 1.000 4.91 DThomas 24 2 5 5 9 0 1 1.000 5.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 371 422 14 85 .983 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCey 1182 148 150 123 265 9 25 .977 2.95 DThomas 104 9 18 20 15 3 3 .921 3.03 MHatcher 85 2 17 11 23 4 0 .895 3.59 TMartinez 65 3 23 4 6 3 1 .769 1.38 PGuerrero 7 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 159 311 19 30 .961 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRussell 1296 148 150 218 452 30 70 .957 4.65 TMartinez 127 12 21 16 34 2 4 .962 3.54 DThomas 21 2 3 4 4 1 0 .889 3.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 238 490 33 74 .957 4.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBaker 1290 147 150 286 15 3 4 .990 2.10 VJoshua 54 5 11 18 0 1 0 .947 3.00 GThomasson 39 3 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 PGuerrero 24 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JFerguson 16 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 VDavalillo 11 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 MHatcher 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 MMota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 322 15 4 4 .988 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DThomas 855 93 119 272 10 1 4 .996 2.97 GThomasson 450 50 61 142 1 3 0 .979 2.86 RMonday 63 8 8 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.43 VJoshua 37 4 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 RSmith 30 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 MHatcher 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 PGuerrero 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 461 12 4 4 .992 2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmith 475 57 59 141 5 2 0 .986 2.77 JFerguson 379 43 49 86 2 2 2 .978 2.09 GThomasson 241 24 43 52 3 2 1 .965 2.05 VJoshua 137 13 28 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 MHatcher 133 16 18 36 1 1 0 .974 2.49 PGuerrero 63 7 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 RMonday 14 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 363 11 8 3 .979 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DBaker 1290 147 150 289 14 3 4 .990 2.11 DThomas 855 93 119 269 10 1 4 .996 2.93 GThomasson 731 77 100 194 4 4 1 .980 2.44 RSmith 505 62 62 159 5 2 0 .988 2.92 JFerguson 396 45 52 88 2 2 2 .978 2.04 VJoshua 228 22 46 56 2 2 0 .967 2.28 MHatcher 144 18 19 36 1 1 0 .974 2.30 PGuerrero 90 12 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 RMonday 77 10 10 27 0 1 0 .964 3.13 VDavalillo 11 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 MMota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 1139 38 16 11 .987 2.45 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSutcliffe 242 30 39 18 24 0 1 1.000 1.56 DSutton 226 32 33 16 24 1 2 .976 1.59 BHooton 212 29 29 12 26 0 3 1.000 1.61 JReuss 160 21 39 2 35 3 1 .925 2.08 CHough 151 14 42 5 26 1 0 .969 1.84 BWelch 81 12 25 2 8 3 3 .769 1.11 AMessersmit 62 11 11 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 DRau 56 11 11 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.93 DPatterson 53 0 36 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.87 KBrett 47 0 30 7 14 0 1 1.000 4.02 JBeckwith 37 0 17 5 5 2 0 .833 2.41 LLaGrow 37 0 31 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.22 BCastillo 24 0 19 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.48 TForster 16 0 17 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31 GHannahs 16 2 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 DLewallyn 12 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.66 LRautzhan 9 0 12 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 85 209 10 13 .967 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Garvey .315

On-base % Cey .389

Slugging % Cey .499

OPS Cey .888

Games Garvey 162

At Bats Garvey 648

Plate Appearances (approx.) Garvey 697

Runs Lopes 109

Hits Garvey 204

Total Bases Garvey 322

Doubles Garvey 32

Triples Lopes 6

Home Runs Cey, Garvey, and Lopes 28

RBI Garvey 110

Bases on Balls Lopes 97

Strikeouts Lopes 88

Stolen Bases Lopes 44

Singles Garvey 143

Adjusted OPS+ Cey 142

Runs Created Lopes 113

Adjusted Batting Runs Cey 31

Batting Wins Cey 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Garvey 61

Times on Base Lopes 255

Offensive Win% Cey .705

Hit By Pitch Thomas 5

Sac. Hits Russell 14

Sac. Flies Garvey 6

Intentional Walks Garvey 16

Grounded into Double Plays Garvey 25

Caught Stealing Russell 9

Power/Speed Number Lopes 34.2

At Bats per Strikeout Russell 14.6

At Bats per Home Run Cey 17.4

Outs Russell 504

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hooton 2.97

Wins Sutcliffe 17

Won-Loss % Sutcliffe .630

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sutton 1.159

Hits Allowed/9IP Sutton 8.00

Bases on Balls/9IP Sutton 2.43

Strikeouts/9IP Sutton 5.81

Games Hough 42

Saves Castillo 7

Innings Sutcliffe 242.0

Strikeouts Sutton 146

Games Started Sutton 32

Comp. Games Hooton 12

Shutouts Hooton, Rau, Reuss, Sutcliffe, and Sutton 1

Home Runs Allow. Sutton 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Sutcliffe 97

Hits Allowed Sutcliffe 217

SO to Walk Sutton 2.39

Losses Sutton 15

Earned Runs Allow. Sutton 96

Wild Pitches Hough 9

Hit Batsmen Hough 8

Batters Faced Sutcliffe 1016

Games Finished Patterson 19

Adjusted ERA+ Hooton 123

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Ron Cey
Steve Garvey (Starting 1B)
Davey Lopes (Starting 2B)

1978/1980

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