1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics and Roster

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1981 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 36-21, Finished 1st
Second Half: 27-26, Finished 4th
Overall: 63-47, Finished 2nd in NL Western Division
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World Series Champs
Scored 450 runs, Allowed 356 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-43
Managed by Tommy Lasorda

Ballpark: Dodger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,381,292 (1st of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-2) over New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (3-2) over Montreal Expos
Won NL Division Series (3-2) over Houston Astros

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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  *Mike Scioscia       22   93  290   27   80  10  0   2   29  36   18  .276  .353  .331   0   2   8   1   4   4   8   98
1B  Steve Garvey        32  110  431   63  122  23  1  10   64  25   49  .283  .322  .411   3   5   8   1   1   3   6  110
2B  Davey Lopes         36   58  214   35   44   2  0   5   17  22   35  .206  .289  .285  20   2   7   3   4   0   1   66
3B  Ron Cey             33   85  312   42   90  15  2  13   50  40   55  .288  .372  .474   0   2   7   3   1   3   3  143
SS  Bill Russell        32   82  262   20   61   9  2   0   22  19   20  .233  .284  .282   2   1  13   1   5   3   3   64
LF  Dusty Baker         32  103  400   48  128  17  3   9   49  29   43  .320  .363  .445  10   7   9   1   3   5   1  132
CF *Ken Landreaux       26   99  390   48   98  16  4   7   41  25   42  .251  .297  .367  18   4   6   1   3   1   3   91
RF  Pedro Guerrero      25   98  347   46  104  17  2  12   48  34   57  .300  .365  .464   5   9  12   2   3   1   3  138
   #Derrel Thomas       30   80  218   25   54   4  0   4   24  25   23  .248  .322  .321   7   2   2   0   7   2   2   86
   *Rick Monday         35   66  130   24   41   1  2  11   25  24   42  .315  .423  .608   1   2   0   1   0   1   3  194
    Steve Sax           21   31  119   15   33   2  0   2    9   7   14  .277  .317  .345   5   7   0   0   1   0   1   91
    Steve Yeager        32   42   86    5   18   2  0   3    7   6   14  .209  .261  .337   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   71
   *Jay Johnstone       35   61   83    8   17   3  0   3    6   7   13  .205  .267  .349   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   77
   #Ron Roenicke        24   22   47    6   11   0  0   0    0   6    8  .234  .321  .234   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   62
    Pepe Frias          32   25   36    6    9   1  0   0    3   1    3  .250  .282  .278   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   62
   #Reggie Smith        36   41   35    5    7   1  0   1    8   7    8  .200  .318  .314   0   0   4   0   0   2   3   83
    Mike Marshall       21   14   25    2    5   3  0   0    1   1    4  .200  .259  .320   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   66
   #Gary Weiss          25   14   19    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .105  .143  .105   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -28
    Joe Ferguson        34   17   14    2    2   1  0   0    1   2    5  .143  .250  .214   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   35
    Candy Maldonado     20   11   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -52
   *Jack Perconte       26    8    9    2    2   0  1   0    1   2    2  .222  .364  .444   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  132
   *Bobby Mitchell      26   10    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
    Mark Bradley        24    9    6    2    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41
    Jerry Grote         38    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Fernando Valenzuela 20   25   64    3   16   0  1   0    7   1    9  .250  .262  .281   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   57
   *Jerry Reuss         32   22   51    3   10   0  0   0    3   0   18  .196  .196  .196   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   13
    Bob Welch           24   23   45    3   10   0  1   0    2   1   16  .222  .239  .267   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   46
    Burt Hooton         31   23   42    3    8   3  0   0    3   4   13  .190  .261  .262   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   51
    Dave Goltz          32   26   17    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    9  .059  .158  .059   0   0   0   1   2   0   0  -35
   *Rick Sutcliffe      25   14   11    2    2   0  0   0    2   2    3  .182  .308  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44
    Bobby Castillo      26   34    9    1    4   2  0   0    1   0    2  .444  .444  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  217
    Alejandro Pena      22   14    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dave Stewart        24   32    5    2    2   0  1   0    1   1    0  .400  .500  .800   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  270
    Ted Power           26    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Terry Forster       29   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Steve Howe          23   41    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   54
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  110 3751  450  984 133 20  82  427 331  550  .262  .322  .374  73  46  83  17  62  27  38  105
    Rank among 12 NL teams         3    4    2  12 12   1        8    4     4     4     4  10   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Fernando Valenzuela 20  25   2.48  13   7  0  25   0  11   8  192.3  140   55   53  11   61  180  758   4   1  0   4 135
SP  Burt Hooton         31  23   2.28  11   6  0  23   0   5   4  142.3  124   42   36   3   33   74  571   3   2  0   2 147
SP  Bob Welch           24  23   3.44   9   5  0  23   0   2   1  141.3  141   56   54  11   41   88  601   2   3  0   0  97
SP *Jerry Reuss         32  22   2.30  10   4  0  22   0   8   2  152.7  138   44   39   6   27   51  608   1   4  0   3 146

CL *Steve Howe          23  41   2.50   5   3  8   0  25   0   0   54.0   51   17   15   2   18   32  227   0   0  0   7 134
RP  Bobby Castillo      26  34   5.33   2   4  5   1  15   0   0   50.7   50   31   30   5   24   35  220   0   0  0   4  63
RP  Dave Stewart        24  32   2.49   4   3  6   0  14   0   0   43.3   40   13   12   3   14   29  184   4   0  0   5 134
RP *Terry Forster       29  21   4.11   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   30.7   37   14   14   1   15   17  137   3   0  0   3  82
RP  Dave Goltz          32  26   4.09   2   7  1   8   3   0   0   77.0   83   35   35   4   25   48  319   2   0  1   3  82

    Rick Sutcliffe      25  14   4.02   2   2  0   6   5   0   0   47.0   41   24   21   5   20   16  197   0   2  0   2  83
    Tom Niedenfuer      21  17   3.81   3   1  2   0   8   0   0   26.0   25   11   11   1    6   12  107   0   1  0   2  88
    Alejandro Pena      22  14   2.84   1   1  2   0   7   0   0   25.3   18    8    8   2   11   14  104   0   0  0   1 118
    Ted Power           26   5   3.14   1   3  0   2   1   0   0   14.3   16    6    5   0    7    7   66   0   1  0   2 107
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2 110   3.01  63  47 24 110  84  26  19  997.0  904  356  333  54  302  603 4099  19  14  1  38 112
    Rank among 12 NL teams          2   2  10  5           1   1      3    5    2        3    4    2

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MScioscia 764 87 91 493 48 7 4 .987 11 14 65 36 SYeager 230 23 40 142 13 1 1 .994 2 5 15 9 JGrote 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 997 110 110 637 61 8 5 .989 13 19 80 45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGarvey 954 110 110 1019 55 1 84 .999 10.13 JJohnstone 13 0 2 14 1 0 2 1.000 10.38 RSmith 13 0 2 15 1 0 1 1.000 11.08 MMarshall 12 0 3 9 0 0 2 1.000 6.75 PGuerrero 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 1063 57 1 89 .999 10.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLopes 473 54 55 129 161 2 30 .993 5.51 SSax 251 28 29 64 93 4 22 .975 5.63 DThomas 240 26 30 73 71 2 16 .986 5.39 PFrias 19 1 6 4 3 1 1 .875 3.32 JPerconte 13 1 2 4 13 0 3 1.000 11.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 274 341 9 72 .986 5.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCey 754 84 84 71 184 16 15 .941 3.04 PGuerrero 167 19 21 14 51 7 5 .903 3.49 DThomas 55 5 10 3 9 1 0 .923 1.95 MMarshall 18 2 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 PFrias 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 90 246 24 20 .933 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRussell 669 78 80 128 261 14 49 .965 5.23 DThomas 190 21 26 42 63 9 13 .921 4.97 PFrias 77 7 15 11 18 3 2 .906 3.39 GWeiss 60 4 13 12 11 2 8 .920 3.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 193 353 28 72 .951 4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBaker 881 101 101 175 8 2 1 .989 1.87 JJohnstone 45 4 8 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.40 RRoenicke 26 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 RMonday 20 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 MMarshall 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 CMaldonado 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 DThomas 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00 MBradley 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 BMitchell 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 201 10 3 1 .986 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KLandreaux 831 94 95 214 5 0 0 1.000 2.37 PGuerrero 62 6 8 11 1 1 0 .923 1.73 DThomas 49 5 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.84 RRoenicke 44 5 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 BMitchell 10 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 256 7 1 1 .996 2.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PGuerrero 595 68 70 136 3 3 0 .979 2.10 RMonday 246 29 37 47 1 2 0 .960 1.76 JJohnstone 48 5 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.69 RRoenicke 44 4 10 15 1 0 1 1.000 3.22 CMaldonado 20 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 DThomas 20 1 6 4 0 1 0 .800 1.80 MBradley 12 0 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 BMitchell 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 MMarshall 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JFerguson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 223 6 7 1 .970 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DBaker 881 101 101 181 8 2 1 .990 1.93 KLandreaux 831 94 95 210 4 0 0 1.000 2.32 PGuerrero 657 74 75 145 4 4 0 .974 2.04 RMonday 266 31 41 50 1 2 0 .962 1.73 RRoenicke 114 11 20 38 1 0 1 1.000 3.06 JJohnstone 93 9 16 19 3 1 0 .957 2.13 DThomas 72 6 18 15 1 2 1 .889 2.00 CMaldonado 26 2 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 BMitchell 19 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 MBradley 15 0 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 MMarshall 14 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JFerguson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 997 110 110 678 23 11 3 .985 2.11 110 110 110 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FValenzuela 192 25 25 12 33 3 2 .937 2.11 JReuss 152 22 22 10 38 1 4 .980 2.83 BHooton 142 23 23 4 18 0 2 1.000 1.39 BWelch 141 23 23 4 18 0 1 1.000 1.40 DGoltz 77 8 26 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.34 SHowe 54 0 41 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 BCastillo 50 1 34 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.24 RSutcliffe 47 6 14 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.68 DStewart 43 0 32 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.29 TForster 30 0 21 0 11 0 0 1.000 3.22 TNiedenfuer 26 0 17 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 APena 25 0 14 1 5 1 0 .857 2.13 TPower 14 2 5 1 0 1 0 .500 0.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 997 110 110 56 163 6 11 .973 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Baker .320

On-base % Cey .372

Slugging % Cey .474

OPS Cey .846

Games Garvey 110

At Bats Garvey 431

Plate Appearances (approx.) Garvey 461

Runs Garvey 63

Hits Baker 128

Total Bases Baker 178

Doubles Garvey 23

Triples Landreaux 4

Home Runs Cey 13

RBI Garvey 64

Bases on Balls Cey 40

Strikeouts Guerrero 57

Stolen Bases Lopes 20

Singles Baker 99

Adjusted OPS+ Cey 143

Runs Created Baker 63

Adjusted Batting Runs Cey 18

Batting Wins Cey 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Garvey 34

Times on Base Baker 158

Offensive Win% Cey .688

Hit By Pitch Cey and Lopes 3

Sac. Hits Hooton, Reuss, Thomas, and Welch 7

Sac. Flies Baker 5

Intentional Walks Scioscia 8

Grounded into Double Plays Russell 13

Caught Stealing Guerrero 9

Power/Speed Number Landreaux 10.1

At Bats per Strikeout Scioscia 16.1

At Bats per Home Run Cey 24.0

Outs Garvey 326

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hooton 2.28

Wins Valenzuela 13

Won-Loss % Reuss .714

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Valenzuela 1.045

Hits Allowed/9IP Valenzuela 6.55

Bases on Balls/9IP Reuss 1.59

Strikeouts/9IP Valenzuela 8.42

Games Howe 41

Saves Howe 8

Innings Valenzuela 192.3

Strikeouts Valenzuela 180

Games Started Valenzuela 25

Comp. Games Valenzuela 11

Shutouts Valenzuela 8

Home Runs Allow. Valenzuela and Welch 11

Bases On Balls Allow. Valenzuela 61

Hits Allowed Welch 141

SO to Walk Valenzuela 2.95

Losses Goltz and Valenzuela 7

Earned Runs Allow. Welch 54

Wild Pitches Stewart and Valenzuela 4

Hit Batsmen Reuss 4

Batters Faced Valenzuela 758

Games Finished Howe 25

Adjusted ERA+ Hooton 147

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Dusty Baker
Steve Garvey
Pedro Guerrero
Burt Hooton
Davey Lopes (Starting 2B)
Fernando Valenzuela (Starting P)

1980/1982

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