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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1978)  (1980) 82-80, 2nd in NL Western Division Scored 705 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .715 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-73   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-83 Manager(s): Billy Vanson

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Chet Lemon           24  162  568   86  186  43   2  25   78   3   8   59   78  .327  .401  .542  122   7.8  1(0)e11    56  
 2B  Davey Lopes          34  162  619  108  151  23   4  31   82  52  10   98   83  .244  .350  .444  109   5.9  3e15      -41  
 3B  Ron Cey              31  158  525   82  160  18   1  29   94   0   0   80   77  .305  .394  .509  108   7.7  2e11       15  
 OF *Terry Puhl           22  162  641   97  196  21   8   9   62  42  19   45   44  .306  .350  .406   93   5.2  1(+1)e0    27  
 1B  Steve Garvey         30  162  673   82  194  35   0  17   95   6  10   32   75  .288  .320  .416   85   4.6  1e7      -111  
 OF  Dusty Baker          30  150  515   64  133  17   4  14   71  12   4   55   61  .258  .326  .388   64   4.2  3(-1)e3   -81  
 C  *Bill Fahey           29   89  226   21   64   8   1   7   29   0   0   19    9  .283  .337  .420   32   5.0  4(0)e2     32  
 SS #Rafael Landestoy     26  108  294   37   73   6   7   0   12  24   5   19   29  .248  .295  .316   29   3.4  4e14      -70  
 C   Buck Martinez        30  103  201   21   59   9   0   5   30   0   0    8   18  .294  .321  .413   26   4.6  2(-1)e6    65  
 SS  Mario Mendoza        28  133  365   32   76  15   2   0   20   1   1    6   60  .208  .219  .260   21   1.7  2e25       14  
 OF *Ken Landreaux        24   58  155   17   39   9   1   3   20   3   0    6   17  .252  .279  .381   17   3.9  2(-2)e7  -138  
 PH  Mickey Hatcher       24   34   34    7   12   2   1   0    5   0   0    9    4  .353  .488  .471    9  10.6            267  
 C   Tom Donohue          26   37   83    7   19   2   2   2    9   0   0    2   21  .229  .264  .373    8   3.4  4(+2)e10   24  
 PH  Bobby Clark          24   36   38    9   11   2   4   1    8   0   0    0    7  .289  .289  .632    5   4.4            102  
 C   Bruce Bochy          24   32   83    4   14   2   0   0    2   0   0    8   20  .169  .258  .193    4   1.6  4(+1)e4  -114  
 3B  Rick Auerbach        29   26   33    7    8   3   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .242  .306  .333    3   3.6  4e27       -5  
 3B  Pedro Guerrero       23   35   54    4    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2   16  .148  .179  .222    2   1.3  4e37     -220  
 PH  Ramon Aviles         27   13   16    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .188  .235  .250    0    .9           -198  
 PH  Jesus Alou           37    5    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4           -296  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           743                  -21

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Burt Hooton          29  12   9  .571  28  28  10   0   0   0   2  219.1  169   86   82  20   81  128  3.36   78   3.2  -36  
  P  Rick Sutcliffe       23  12  10  .545  33  33   1   0   0   0   1  231.1  196  101   98  18  111  118  3.81   90   3.5  -27  
  P  Don Sutton           34  12  13  .480  32  32   5   0   0   0   1  220.2  191   96   88  18   49  159  3.59   81   3.3  -50  
  P *Jerry Reuss          30   9   8  .529  29  29   0   0   0   0   0  178.0  171   66   60   8   45  106  3.03   68   3.5  -89  
  P *Randy Niemann        23   7   0 1.000  50   0   0  20   2   5   0   61.1   59   14   14   0   25   20  2.05   23   3.5  -40  
  P  Chris Knapp          25   7   5  .583  25  15   0   5   2   0   0  102.2  112   66   60   9   41   39  5.26   57   5.1  -65  
  P  Tom Griffin          31   6   9  .400  57   3   0  35   6   2   0   96.2   88   47   43   8   37   78  4.00   42   4.0  -42  
  P  Bob Welch            22   5   8  .385  60   0   0  40  22   5   0   76.1   72   35   32   6   32   72  3.77   36   4.2  -41  
  P  Ed Figueroa          30   4   9  .308  16  16   1   0   0   0   0   95.1   98   56   50   5   37   55  4.72   44   4.1  -58  
  P  Dave Patterson       22   3   1  .750  33   0   0  12   0   0   0   44.2   42   19   19   1   18   29  3.83   18   3.8 -169  
  P  Bobby Castillo       24   3   1  .750  17   0   0   9   2   0   0   22.2   23    6    5   1   12   22  1.99    9   3.8   -9  
  P  Joe Beckwith         24   1   1  .500   9   0   0   5   0   3   0   19.1   24   16   14   1   11   22  6.52   15   7.5   61  
  P *David Clyde          24   1   5  .167  11   6   1   2   0   0   1   42.1   34   15   14   0   12   16  2.98   10   2.2 -308  
  P  Dale Murray          29   0   1  .000  25   0   0  16   1   0   0   43.1   50   35   26   4   32   20  5.40   31   6.4   84  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      610        -53

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Fahey 539 65 76 381 27 3 2 .993 36 19 Buck Martinez 514 48 102 340 19 3 3 .992 23 12 Bruce Bochy 216 27 30 132 16 5 1 .967 20 11 Tom Donohue 185 22 30 126 10 2 0 .986 22 10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Garvey 1454 162 162 1374 136 11 136 .993 9.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Lopes 1433 160 161 426 412 13 113 .985 5.26 Ramon Aviles 11 1 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 6.55 Rick Auerbach 5 1 1 4 1 1 1 .833 9.00 Rafael Landestoy 5 0 3 3 0 1 0 .750 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Cey 1339 148 158 164 292 4 32 .991 3.07 Pedro Guerrero 55 7 11 5 13 1 1 .947 2.93 Rick Auerbach 41 5 6 3 12 1 3 .938 3.29 Mickey Hatcher 19 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.42 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mario Mendoza 891 97 132 158 322 14 63 .972 4.85 Rafael Landestoy 557 65 82 107 205 1 37 .997 5.04 Rick Auerbach 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dusty Baker 1152 129 135 233 14 3 1 .988 1.93 Ken Landreaux 298 33 40 49 1 1 0 .980 1.51 Mickey Hatcher 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bobby Clark 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chet Lemon 1424 159 162 426 10 13 2 .971 2.76 Ken Landreaux 21 2 5 5 0 1 0 .833 2.14 Pedro Guerrero 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Terry Puhl 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Terry Puhl 1418 158 160 283 10 0 4 1.000 1.86 Bobby Clark 19 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 Pedro Guerrero 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Mickey Hatcher 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jesus Alou 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Jerry Reuss
Round 2 (#26):	Tom Griffin
Round 3 (#43):	Bill Fahey
Round 4 (#63):	Mario Mendoza
Round 5 (#79):	Randy Niemann
Round 6 (#94):	Ed Figueroa
Round 7 (#109):	Chris Knapp
Round 8 (#123):	Bruce Bochy
Round 9 (#134):	Dale Murray
Round 10 (#144):	Rick Auerbach
Round 11 (#149):	Ramon Aviles
Round 12 (#153):	Bobby Clark
Round 13 (#155):	David Clyde
Round 14 (#157):	Jesus Alou

Transactions

• 1979-14: released Bruce Bochy
• 1979-14: acquired Tom Donohue as a free agent
• 1979-14: traded Mickey Hatcher to MNA for Ken Landreaux
• 1979 postseason: released Rick Auerbach, Bobby Clark, Tom Donohue, Bill Fahey, Terry Forster, Chris Knapp, Rafael Landestoy, Randy Niemann

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