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Major League Baseball

Record: 76-86   .469.... 8th in National League
Stadium: Dodger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,581,093

Top Draft Pick: Bobby Valentine (#5)   MLB

General Manager - Buzzie Bavasi
Manager - Walter Alston

Pitching Coach - Lefty Phillips  First Base Coach - Jim Gilliam  Third Base Coach - Danny Ozark  Bullpen Coach - Carroll Beringer  Assistant Coach - Preston Gomez

Team Leaders

HR: Gabrielson [10]
RBI: Haller [53]
2B: Haller [27]
SB: Davis [36]
W: Drysdale [14]
SV: Brewer [14]
SO: Singer [227]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jim Fairey (Apr 14) Cleo James (Apr 15) Bill Sudakis (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Jack Billingham (Apr 11) Vicente Romo (Apr 11)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	5	June-Reg	Bobby Valentine	OF	18	5-10	189	R	R	MLB	1969-1979	Rippowam (Stamford,CT)
2	25	June-Reg	Bill Buckner	1B	18	6-0	185	L	L	MLB	1969-1990	Napa (Napa,CA)
3	45	June-Reg	Paul Johnson	OF						-		South Carolina State University
4	65**	June-Reg	Mike Pazik	P	18	6-2	195	L	L	MLB	1975-1977	Lynn English (Lynn,MA)
5	89**	June-Reg	Tom Paciorek	OF-1B	21	6-4	215	R	R	MLB	1970-1987	University of Houston
6	113**	June-Reg	Robert Auger	1B	18	6-4	225	R	R	-		Puttnam (Puttnam,CT)
7	137**	June-Reg	Joe Barkauskas	C						-		Piscataway (Piscataway,NJ)
8	161	June-Reg	Joe Ferguson	OF	21	6-2	200	R	R	MLB	1970-1983	University of the Pacific
9	185	June-Reg	Doyle Alexander	P	17	6-3	200	R	R	MLB	1971-1989	Woodlawn (Birmingham,AL)
10	209	June-Reg	Richard Anderson	P						-		Trumbull (Trumbull,CT)
11	233	June-Reg	Robert Baxter	C						-		Lower Dauphin (Hummelstown,PA)
12	257	June-Reg	Charles Land	OF						-		Midwest City (Midwest City,OK)
13	281**	June-Reg	Tom Pratt	p	17					-		Righetti (Santa Maria,CA)
14	305	June-Reg	Frederick Willard	3B-1b						-
15	329	June-Reg	Jeff Port	3B						-		Birmingham (Van Nuys,CA)
16	353**	June-Reg	Arthur Brown	p						-		New York University
17	377**	June-Reg	Bob Gallagher	OF	19	6-3	185	L	L	MLB	1972-1975	Stanford University
18	401	June-Reg	Fred Nelson	2B						-		Arizona State University
19	425**	June-Reg	Jeff Stout	SS						-		La Puente (La Puente,CA)
20	448	June-Reg	Ted Gilje	p						-		College Park (Pleasant Hill,CA)
21	470	June-Reg	James Rich	OF						-
22	492	June-Reg	Brooks Anderson	OF-1B						-		Cardinal McCloskey (Albany,NY)
23	514	June-Reg	Danny Copeland	OF-C						-		West Newton (West Newton,PA)
24	536	June-Reg	Milton Guggia	2B						-		Santa Maria (Santa Maria,CA)
25	558	June-Reg	Thomas Sowinski	p						-		St. John's University
26	580	June-Reg	Robert Baxter	C						-		Southampton (Southampton,NY)
27	602**	June-Reg	Albert Strane	SS						-		Santa Clara University
28	624	June-Reg	Alvin Strane	2B						-		Santa Clara University
29	646**	June-Reg	Bob Wissler	OF-2B						-		Cal Poly Pomona
30	668	June-Reg	Roy Nelson	p						-		Vigor (Prichard,AL)
31	690**	June-Reg	Richard Breese	p						-		Port Chester (Port Chester,NY)
32	710	June-Reg	Dennis Major	1B						-		Laney College
33	728	June-Reg	Michael St. John	p						-		West Valley College
34	744	June-Reg	Alan Blair	SS-Of						-		Leeds (Odenville,AL)
35	760	June-Reg	William Estey	SS						-		University of New Hampshire
36	775	June-Reg	Roger Wallace	p-Of						-		Englewood (Jacksonville,FL)
37	789	June-Reg	Danny Nichols	3B						-		Kansas State University
38	802**	June-Reg	James Curnow	C						-		Morristown (Morristown,NJ)
39	813**	June-Reg	Thomas Joyce	SS	-14		170			-		Solano Community College
40	823	June-Reg	James Mueller	Of						-		Arkansas State University
41	832	June-Reg	Samuel Pasquatonio	C						-		Franklin (Franklin,MA)
42	841	June-Reg	Richard Dorsch	p						-		Valparaiso University
43	850**	June-Reg	Peter Brown	p						-		Hayward (Hayward,CA)
44	858**	June-Reg	Johnny Rushing	p						-		Tuscaloosa County (Northport,AL)
45	865	June-Reg	Kenneth Van Bell	p						-		Richmond Hill (Jamaica,NY)
46	871	June-Reg	Gary Whittemore	p						-		University of New Mexico
47	876	June-Reg	Gary Weese	p						-		Midwest City (Midwest City,OK)
48	880	June-Reg	John Fargnoci	1B						-		Bryant (Long Island City,NY)
49	884**	June-Reg	Ed Ott	p	16	5-10	198	L	R	MLB	1974-1981	Rutgers University
50	887	June-Reg	Kenneth Plau	p						-		El Camino College
51	890	June-Reg	Robert Woodruff	of						-		Port Chester (Port Chester,NY)
52	892**	June-Reg	Bob Sheldon	SS	17	6-0	170	L	R	MLB	1974-1977	Montebello (Montebello,CA)
53	894**	June-Reg	Charles Elwis	p	18	5-11	200	L	L	-		John Marshall (Los Angeles,CA)
54	896**	June-Reg	Beau Robinson	1B						-		Springfield Central (Springfield,MO)
55	897	June-Reg	Tod Rush	p						-		Montebello (Montebello,CA)
56	898	June-Reg	Anthony Embessi	p						-		Bristol (Bristol,PA)
57	899	June-Reg	Steven Angelo	if-of						-		Montebello (Montebello,CA)
58	900	June-Reg	Douglas Blake	of						-		Hackettstown (Hackettstown,NJ)
59	901	June-Reg	Jeff Paquette	C-of						-		Lincoln (San Francisco,CA)
60	902	June-Reg	Gary Welch	of-C						-		San Rafael (San Rafael,CA)
61	903	June-Reg	Merritt Barnes	SS						-		University of San Francisco
62	904	June-Reg	Chester Teklinski	p						-		Tarnetum (Tarnetum,PA)
63	905	June-Reg	Malcolm Driggers	of						-		Colonial (Orlando,FL)
64	906	June-Reg	Jeffrey Burns	C						-		Rollins College
65	907	June-Reg	Charles Cochrane	SS						-		Lincoln (San Francisco,CA)
66	908	June-Reg	William Homik	C						-		USC
67	909	June-Reg	Charles Calver	p						-		Cal Poly Pomona
68	910	June-Reg	Peter Scarpati	p						-		St. Francis College
69	911	June-Reg	Stephen Krines	3B						-		Villanova University
70	912	June-Reg	John DeBrino	p						-		Bishop Gibbons (Schenectady,NY)
71	913	June-Reg	Carl Amendola	C						-		Plainedge (North Massapequa,NY)
1	13	June-Sec	Steve Garvey	1B	19	5-10	189	R	R	MLB	1969-1987	Michigan State University
2	33	June-Sec	Sandy Vance	P	21	6-2	180	R	R	MLB	1970-1971	Stanford University
3	53	June-Sec	Ron Cey	3B	20	5-9	185	R	R	MLB	1971-1987	Washington State University
4	73**	June-Sec	Bruce Kinder	SS						-		Florida Southern College
5	95**	June-Sec	Bill Seinsoth	1B						-		USC
6	113**	June-Sec	Ellsworth Jones	P						-		New York University
7	127**	June-Sec	Bob Randall	SS	20	6-3	180	R	R	MLB	1976-1980	Kansas State University
1	6	Jan-Reg	Larry Hall	1B-OF						-		Broward College
2	26**	Jan-Reg	Bonnie Smith	C-3B						-
3	44	Jan-Reg	Craig Brown	1B		6-3	212	L	R	-		Chipola College
4	61	Jan-Reg	Ted Rohde	OF						-		Fresno City College
5	78	Jan-Reg	Ronnie Hilton	2B						-		Gulf Coast Community College
6	92	Jan-Reg	Tommy Graham	OF						-
7	106	Jan-Reg	Lynn Morrison	OF						-		Long Beach City College
8	117	Jan-Reg	Gordon Crook	OF						-		Arizona State University
9	124	Jan-Reg	Vernon Price	P						-		Chaffey College
10	128	Jan-Reg	Donald Pierce	1B						-
1	6	Jan-Sec	Marvin Galliher	iF-Of						-		San Diego Mesa College
2	26	Jan-Sec	Dave Lopes	OF	23	5-9	170	R	R	MLB	1972-1987	Washburn University
3	46**	Jan-Sec	Steve Moore	OF						-		Santa Barbara City College
4	66	Jan-Sec	Randy Smith	OF						-		Lincoln Land Community College
5	86	Jan-Sec	Geoff Zahn	P	22	6-1	180	L	L	MLB	1973-1985	University of Michigan
6	105**	Jan-Sec	David Grangaard	3B						-		Arizona State University
7	123	Jan-Sec	Gregory Wellman	P						-		Palm Beach Community College
8	136	Jan-Sec	James Loll	iF-Of						-		Los Angeles Pierce College
9	147	Jan-Sec	Thomas Jackson	SS						-		Citrus College
10	153**	Jan-Sec	Ed Crosby	2B	19	6-2	180	L	R	MLB	1970-1976	Long Beach City College
11	158	Jan-Sec	John Marino	C						-		Los Angeles Valley College
12	161	Jan-Sec	Gregory Smith	P						-		Rio Hondo Community College
13	162	Jan-Sec	William Templeton	p						-