1979 LOS ANGELES DODGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Los Angeles,CA
Team Record: 79-83 .488
Result: 3rd in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Tom Lasorda
General Manager: Al Campanis
Stadium: Dodger Stadium
Attendance: 2,860,954
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Vic Davalillo (42)
Youngest Player: Bob Welch (22)
Longest Tenure: Don Sutton (14)
Top Hitter: Steve Garvey (6)
Top Pitcher: Don Sutton (8)
Top Draft Pick: Steve Howe (#16)

Roster Continuity: 79.43%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	--
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5
LA Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5
SF Giants	71	91	.438	19.5
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0
Atlanta	66	94	.412	23.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
6	Steve Garvey	1b	6	30	1968-1-13	MLB	162	648	92	204	32	1	28	110	3	6	37	59	2	16	4	6	25	.315	.351	.497	848	322	697	485	115	6.4	.310
18	Bill Russell	ss	46	30	1966-9-179	MLB	153	627	72	170	26	4	7	56	6	9	24	43	1	2	14	4	20	.271	.297	.359	656	225	670	504	69	3.7	.281
15	Dave Lopes	2b	13	34	1968-2-26	MLB	153	582	109	154	20	6	28	73	44	4	97	88	4	4	6	3	8	.265	.372	.464	836	270	692	449	118	7.1	.269
12	Dusty Baker	of	55	30	1967-26-503	MLB	151	554	86	152	29	1	23	88	11	4	56	70	1	0	2	3	16	.274	.340	.455	795	252	616	427	93	5.9	.278
10	Ron Cey	3b	24	31	1968-3-53	MLB	150	487	77	137	20	1	28	81	3	3	86	85	2	8	0	4	11	.281	.389	.499	888	243	579	368	101	7.4	.288
1,3	Derrel Thomas	2b-of	64	28	1969-1-1	MLB	141	406	47	104	15	4	5	44	18	5	41	49	5	7	5	3	9	.256	.330	.350	679	142	460	324	53	4.4	.279
13	Joe Ferguson	c-of	74	32	1968-8-161	MLB	122	363	54	95	14	0	20	69	1	0	70	68	2	6	2	5	10	.262	.380	.466	845	169	442	285	70	6.6	.268
9	Gary Thomasson	of-1b	-	27	1969-7-160	MLB	115	315	39	78	11	1	14	45	4	2	43	70	1	4	2	1	5	.248	.339	.422	761	133	362	247	47	5.1	.276
7	Steve Yeager	c	-	30	1967-4-80	MLB	105	310	33	67	9	2	13	41	1	0	29	68	0	8	5	2	12	.216	.282	.384	665	119	346	262	31	3.2	.234
8	Reggie Smith	of-cf	-	34	UDFA: 1963	MLB	68	234	41	64	13	1	10	32	6	5	31	50	2	3	0	3	5	.274	.359	.466	825	109	270	183	41	6.0	.305
14	Von Joshua	of	-	31	1967-1-17	MLB	94	142	22	40	7	1	3	14	1	1	7	23	0	1	0	0	5	.282	.315	.408	724	58	149	108	18	4.5	.319
23	Ted Martinez	ss-2b	-	31	UDFA: 1967	MLB	81	112	19	30	5	1	0	2	3	2	4	16	0	1	1	0	3	.268	.293	.330	623	37	117	88	10	3.1	.312
44	Mickey Hatcher	of-1b	-	24	1977-5-124	MLB	33	93	9	25	4	1	1	5	1	3	7	12	1	0	1	0	5	.269	.327	.366	692	34	102	77	10	3.5	.300
43	Rick Sutcliffe	p	-	23	1974-1-21	MLB	40	85	6	21	3	0	1	17	0	0	1	20	0	0	6	1	4	.247	.253	.318	571	27	93	75	5	1.7	.308
20	Don Sutton	p	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	33	77	2	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	0	0	8	0	1	.143	.154	.143	297	11	86	75	-2	-0.8	.183
46	Burt Hooton	p	-	29	1971-1-2	MLB	30	75	5	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	18	0	0	8	0	0	.147	.158	.187	345	14	84	72	0	-0.1	.193
57	Pedro Guerrero	of-3b	-	23	UDFA: 1973	MLB	25	62	7	15	2	0	2	9	2	0	1	14	0	1	0	1	1	.242	.250	.371	621	23	64	49	6	3.0	.277
5	Johnny Oates	c	-	33	1967-1-10	MLB	26	46	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	.130	.200	.174	374	8	51	42	1	0.7	.133
41	Jerry Reuss	p	-	30	1967-2-30	MLB	39	42	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	1	0	3	0	1	.167	.239	.190	430	8	49	39	0	-0.2	.304
11	Manny Mota	of	-	41	-	MLB	47	42	1	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	2	.357	.400	.357	757	15	47	31	6	5.1	.395
49	Charlie Hough	p	-	31	1966-8-159	MLB	42	38	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	5	0	0	.158	.158	.184	342	7	43	37	0	-0.2	.207
16	Rick Monday	of	-	33	1965-1-1	MLB	12	33	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	.303	.395	.303	698	10	38	24	4	4.5	.370
33	Vic Davalillo	of	-	42	UDFA: 1958	MLB	29	27	2	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	607	8	29	20	3	4.7	.259
47	Andy Messersmith	p	-	33	1966-1-12	MLB	11	22	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.136	227	3	23	21	-1	-1.4	.125
35	Bob Welch	p	-	22	1977-1-20	MLB	25	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	3	0	0	.158	.200	.158	358	3	23	19	0	-0.3	.231
31	Doug Rau	p	-	30	1970-1-7	MLB	11	14	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.214	464	3	17	13	1	1.8	.167
34	Ken Brett	p	-	30	1966-1-4	MLB	30	11	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	545	3	11	9	0	0.9	.333
56	Dave Patterson	p	-	22	1976-2-44	MLB	37	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	9	9	-	-	.200
27	Joe Beckwith	p	-	24	1977-2-46	MLB	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
29	Gerry Hannahs	p	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	0.3	.500
37	Bobby Castillo	p	-	24	1974-6-113	MLB	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
36	Lerrin LaGrow	p	-	30	1969-6-137	MLB	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
27,21	Dennis Lewallyn	p	-	25	1972-1-8	MLB	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
51	Terry Forster	p	-	27	1970-2-30	MLB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (34 players)							162	5490	739	1443	220	24	183	713	106	46	556	834	23	62	83	36	145	.263	.331	.412	743	2260	6188	4357	793	4.9	.279

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
43	Rick Sutcliffe	25	23	1974-1-21	MLB	17	10	3.46	39	30	5	1	2	0	242.0	217	104	93	16	97	117	8	6	1.30	8.07	0.60	3.61	4.35	0.83	.265	0.65
20	Don Sutton	8	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	12	15	3.82	33	32	6	1	1	1	226.0	201	109	96	21	61	146	4	1	1.16	8.00	0.84	2.43	5.81	0.42	.267	0.76
46	Burt Hooton	13	29	1971-1-2	MLB	11	10	2.97	29	29	12	1	0	0	212.0	191	85	70	11	63	129	6	0	1.20	8.11	0.47	2.67	5.48	0.49	.280	0.80
41	Jerry Reuss	54	30	1967-2-30	MLB	7	14	3.54	39	21	4	1	11	3	160.0	178	88	63	4	60	83	7	0	1.49	10.01	0.23	3.37	4.67	0.72	.319	2.03
49	Charlie Hough	-	31	1966-8-159	MLB	7	5	4.76	42	14	0	0	10	0	151.1	152	88	80	16	66	76	9	1	1.44	9.04	0.95	3.93	4.52	0.87	.282	0.88
35	Bob Welch	-	22	1977-1-20	MLB	5	6	3.98	25	12	1	0	10	5	81.1	82	42	36	7	32	64	0	0	1.40	9.07	0.77	3.54	7.08	0.50	.315	0.77
47	Andy Messersmith	-	33	1966-1-12	MLB	2	4	4.91	11	11	1	0	0	0	62.1	55	34	34	9	34	26	3	0	1.43	7.94	1.30	4.91	3.75	1.31	.242	1.45
31	Doug Rau	-	30	1970-1-7	MLB	1	5	5.30	11	11	1	1	0	0	56.0	73	37	33	3	22	28	1	0	1.70	11.73	0.48	3.54	4.50	0.79	.355	0.76
56	Dave Patterson	74	22	1976-2-44	MLB	4	1	5.26	36	0	0	0	19	6	53.0	62	35	31	5	22	34	0	0	1.58	10.53	0.85	3.74	5.77	0.65	.329	1.03
34	Ken Brett	-	30	1966-1-4	MLB	4	3	3.45	30	0	0	0	14	2	47.0	52	20	18	1	12	13	0	1	1.36	9.96	0.19	2.30	2.49	0.92	.293	1.31
27	Joe Beckwith	-	24	1977-2-46	MLB	1	2	4.34	17	0	0	0	8	2	37.1	42	18	18	4	15	28	0	1	1.53	10.13	0.96	3.62	6.75	0.54	.328	1.05
36	Lerrin LaGrow	-	30	1969-6-137	MLB	5	1	3.41	31	0	0	0	18	4	37.0	38	16	14	2	18	22	2	1	1.51	9.24	0.49	4.38	5.35	0.82	.308	1.05
37	Bobby Castillo	70	24	1974-6-113	MLB	2	0	1.11	19	0	0	0	15	7	24.1	26	5	3	0	13	25	0	0	1.60	9.62	0.00	4.81	9.25	0.52	.377	0.81
51	Terry Forster	-	27	1970-2-30	MLB	1	2	5.51	17	0	0	0	8	2	16.1	18	11	10	0	11	8	1	0	1.78	9.92	0.00	6.06	4.41	1.38	.340	1.64
29	Gerry Hannahs	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	2	3.38	4	2	0	0	2	1	16.0	10	8	6	2	13	6	1	0	1.44	5.63	1.13	7.31	3.38	2.17	.163	1.50
27,21	Dennis Lewallyn	-	25	1972-1-8	MLB	0	1	5.11	7	0	0	0	4	0	12.1	19	8	7	0	5	1	0	0	1.95	13.86	0.00	3.65	0.73	5.00	.365	1.33
38	Lance Rautzhan	-	26	1970-3-57	MLB	0	2	7.45	12	0	0	0	10	1	9.2	9	9	8	0	11	5	2	0	2.07	8.38	0.00	10.24	4.66	2.20	.321	2.00
Totals: (34 players)						79	83	3.86	162	162	30	5	132	34	1,444	1425	717	620	183	555	811	44	11	1.38	8.88	0.63	3.46	5.05	0.68	.277

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Yeager	C	103		513	56	9	7	.984	0.00
Joe Ferguson	C	67		326	35	7	6	.981	0.00
Johnny Oates	C	20		64	13	2	2	.975	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Garvey	1B	162		1402	93	7	101	.995	0.00
Pedro Guerrero	1B	8		33	2	1	0	.972	0.00
Derrel Thomas	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gary Thomasson	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Lopes	2B	152		341	384	14	82	.981	0.00
Ted Martinez	2B	18		25	29	0	2	1.000	0.00
Derrel Thomas	2B	5		5	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Cey	3B	150		123	265	9	25	.977	0.00
Ted Martinez	3B	23		4	6	3	1	.769	0.00
Derrel Thomas	3B	18		20	15	3	3	.921	0.00
Mickey Hatcher	3B	17		11	23	4	0	.895	0.00
Pedro Guerrero	3B	3		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Russell	SS	150		218	452	30	70	.957	0.00
Ted Martinez	SS	21		16	34	2	4	.962	0.00
Derrel Thomas	SS	3		4	4	1	0	.889	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dusty Baker	OF	150		289	14	3	4	.990	0.00
Derrel Thomas	OF	119		269	10	1	4	.996	0.00
Gary Thomasson	OF	100		194	4	4	1	.980	0.00
Reggie Smith	OF	62		159	5	2	0	.988	0.00
Joe Ferguson	OF	52		88	2	2	2	.978	0.00
Von Joshua	OF	46		56	2	2	0	.967	0.00
Mickey Hatcher	OF	19		36	1	1	0	.974	0.00
Pedro Guerrero	OF	12		19	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rick Monday	OF	10		27	0	1	0	.964	0.00
Vic Davalillo	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Manny Mota	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Charlie Hough	P	42	151	5	26	1	0	.969	1.85
Jerry Reuss	P	39	160	2	35	3	1	.925	2.08
Rick Sutcliffe	P	39	242	18	24	0	1	1.000	1.56
Dave Patterson	P	36	53	6	5	0	1	1.000	1.87
Don Sutton	P	33	226	16	24	1	2	.976	1.59
Lerrin LaGrow	P	31	37	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.22
Ken Brett	P	30	47	7	14	0	1	1.000	4.02
Burt Hooton	P	29	212	12	26	0	3	1.000	1.61
Bob Welch	P	25	81	2	8	3	3	.769	1.11
Bobby Castillo	P	19	24	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.49
Joe Beckwith	P	17	37	5	5	2	0	.833	2.43
Terry Forster	P	17	16	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.35
Lance Rautzhan	P	12	9	2	3	0	0	1.000	4.89
Andy Messersmith	P	11	62	5	9	0	1	1.000	2.03
Doug Rau	P	11	56	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.93
Dennis Lewallyn	P	7	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.72
Gerry Hannahs	P	4	16	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.69

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