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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1977)  (1979) 73-89, 5th in NL Western Division Scored 675 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-67 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Steve Garvey         29  162  659   93  219  41   8  29  105  12   5   37   78  .332  .363  .551  128   7.4  1e9        62  
 2B  Davey Lopes          33  160  625  103  181  32   5  17   66  35  16   61   68  .290  .351  .438   97   5.4  1e23       14  
 3B  Ron Cey              30  162  581   90  144  34   1  22   86   0   7  108  102  .248  .373  .423   93   5.4  3e17      -36  
 OF *Terry Puhl           21  150  546   77  161  23   7   4   41  39  11   40   49  .295  .345  .385   76   4.9  2(+1)e3    19  
 OF  Chet Lemon           23  141  370   50   99  18   3  15   57   3   2   44   56  .268  .369  .454   65   6.1  1(0)e9    -65  
 OF  Dusty Baker          29  157  566   55  148  22   0   9   80  10   2   42   75  .261  .314  .348   63   3.9  3(-1)e5   -38  
 OF  Lee Lacy             30  102  257   31   62   7   5  11   39  11   4   18   34  .241  .290  .436   32   4.3  4(-2)e10 -127  
 SS #Roger Metzger        30  136  381   31   84  10   4   0   18   3   3   20   26  .220  .258  .268   26   2.0  3e22      -51  
 SS #Rafael Landestoy     25   88  235   30   63   5   3   0   23  10   2    8   26  .268  .292  .315   23   3.1  4e14       17  
 C   Larry Cox            30   53  115   13   37   5   0   5   23   0   0   13   14  .322  .385  .496   22   7.0  4(0)e13   163  
 C   Reggie Baldwin       23   25   73    7   25   3   0   2   11   0   0    2    2  .342  .355  .466   11   6.5  4(+3)e16  162  
 C   Buck Martinez        29  114  253   19   44   5   2   3   23   0   1    8   53  .174  .198  .245   11   1.4  2(-1)e10  -89  
 PH  Kurt Bevacqua        31   44   59   11   16   2   0   6   12   0   1    5   16  .271  .328  .610   11   7.0            324  
 OF #Ken Henderson        32   46  121   20   22   8   0   6   16   0   2   13   24  .182  .259  .397   11   3.0  3(-2)e5    62  
 C   Vic Correll          32   47  108    8   29   4   0   1   11   0   0    2   17  .269  .277  .333   10   3.4  4(+1)e16  -15  
 PH  Steve Staggs         27   84   70    9   14   3   0   0   10   0   0   23   15  .200  .398  .243    9   4.4            -72  
 PH  Gil Flores           25   31   22    6    7   0   0   0    2   2   1    2    3  .318  .375  .318    2   4.5              5  
 PH  Roger Freed          32   13   17    1    4   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .235  .278  .412    2   4.2             23  
 OF  Bob Bailey           35   23   29    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    9    9  .069  .289  .069    1   1.1  4(+2)e16 -320  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           702                   -7

     * - 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          28  12  12  .500  30  30  12   0   0   0   2  239.2  188   84   75  23   82   97  2.82   85   3.2  -12  
  P  Don Sutton           33  12  13  .480  33  33   9   0   0   0   3  256.1  216  113  110  27   64  183  3.86   97   3.4  -87  
  P *Tommy John           35  10  12  .455  33  33   4   0   0   0   0  231.2  257  117  103  21   67  132  4.00  122   4.7   23  
  P  Joe Coleman          31   7   2  .778  38   0   0  21   4   1   0   69.2   68   34   28   1   33   36  3.62   31   4.1  -82  
  P  Bob Welch            21   7   5  .583  24  12   1   6   0   1   0   99.0   87   39   33  11   28   77  3.00   38   3.5   38  
  P *Terry Forster        26   6   7  .462  52   0   0  44  18   5   0   56.2   47   18   17   5   23   35  2.70   19   3.0   15  
  P  Rick Rhoden          25   6  12  .333  32  31   1   1   0   0   0  178.0  184  102   88  18   62   84  4.45   92   4.6    9  
  P  Jim Colborn          32   5   4  .556  19   9   0   5   1   0   0   72.2   68   34   32  10   31   25  3.96   39   4.7  -95  
  P *Lance Rautzhan       25   4   1  .800  39   0   0  21   2   0   0   50.1   57   20   20   1   20   26  3.58   23   4.2   17  
  P  Jim Lonborg          36   2   8  .200  13  13   0   0   0   0   0   71.1   98   60   53  10   30   30  6.69   58   7.4    3  
  P  Joe Kerrigan         23   1   4  .200  26   1   0  12   1   3   0   39.1   44   31   30  10   23   26  6.86   33   7.8   75  
  P  Bobby Castillo       23   1   7  .125  24   0   0   8   0   3   0   34.2   44   31   24   4   25   25  6.23   30   8.1  143  
  P  Steve Foucault       28   0   1  .000  36   0   0  12   0   2   0   38.2   64   25   21   0   13   23  4.89   34   7.9   61  
  P  Don Kirkwood         28   0   1  .000  12   0   0   5   0   1   0   16.1   23   17   15   4    9    9  8.27   15   8.0  129  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      721         -7

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Buck Martinez 713 77 114 432 43 4 3 .992 70 28 Larry Cox 300 34 51 198 14 11 1 .951 35 7 Vic Correll 263 30 46 183 24 3 2 .986 37 14 Reggie Baldwin 179 21 24 90 14 0 0 1.000 12 10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Garvey 1454 162 162 1437 120 11 109 .993 9.64 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Lopes 1367 152 160 454 418 20 94 .978 5.74 Kurt Bevacqua 53 7 8 18 16 2 3 .944 5.77 Steve Staggs 24 2 9 5 6 0 0 1.000 4.12 Roger Metzger 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 Rafael Landestoy 3 1 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 15.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Cey 1443 162 162 139 333 25 24 .950 2.94 Kurt Bevacqua 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Lee Lacy 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Bob Bailey 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Metzger 944 104 134 253 300 9 56 .984 5.27 Rafael Landestoy 487 58 73 116 138 3 24 .988 4.69 Lee Lacy 16 0 10 7 3 0 1 1.000 5.51 Steve Staggs 7 0 5 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dusty Baker 1308 147 157 275 11 8 0 .973 1.97 Terry Puhl 52 4 15 12 0 1 0 .923 2.06 Bob Bailey 44 6 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 Lee Lacy 40 4 8 9 1 1 0 .909 2.25 Roger Freed 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Gil Flores 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rafael Landestoy 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chet Lemon 1011 107 137 271 11 6 0 .979 2.51 Ken Henderson 223 28 30 46 4 1 0 .980 2.01 Terry Puhl 188 23 30 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 Davey Lopes 25 3 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gil Flores 7 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Terry Puhl 926 100 127 175 5 1 2 .994 1.75 Lee Lacy 472 57 62 80 4 2 0 .977 1.60 Ken Henderson 24 2 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 Gil Flores 19 1 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 Roger Freed 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Rafael Landestoy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chet Lemon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 2 (#29):	Larry Cox
Round 3 (#50):	Buck Martinez
Round 4 (#70):	Rafael Landestoy
Round 5 (#92):	Roger Metzger
Round 6 (#111):	Joe Coleman
Round 7 (#130):	Vic Correll
Round 8 (#143):	Jim Colborn
Round 9 (#152):	Kurt Bevacqua
Round 10 (#157):	Steve Staggs
Round 11 (#162):	Don Kirkwood
Round 12 (#165):	Steve Foucault
Round 13 (#167):	Gil Flores
Round 14 (#169):	Reggie Baldwin
Round 15 (#171):	Joe Kerrigan
Round 16 (#173):	Bob Bailey
Round 17 (#175):	Roger Freed
Round 18 (#176):	Jim Breazeale

Transactions

• 1978-03: released Jim Breazeale
• 1978-03: acquired Jim Lonborg as a free agent
• 1978-11: released Don Kirkwood
• 1978-11: acquired Ken Henderson as a free agent
• 1978 postseason: released Vic Correll, Gil Flores, Roger Freed, Roger Metzger

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