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1989 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1988)  (1990) 65-97, 5th in NL Western Division Scored 527 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-83 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
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 OF #Ruben Sierra         23  161  638   79  167  35  13  18   76   5   2   52   96  .262  .318  .442   90   5.0  3(-3)e9  -130  
 1B #Eddie Murray         33  162  609   60  141  26   1  24   67   5   2   65   89  .232  .311  .396   72   4.0  4e6       -36  
 3B  Brook Jacoby         29   94  343   27   85  22   2   6   46   0   0   46   59  .248  .334  .376   44   4.5  3e19      -54  
 2B #Harold Reynolds      28   97  377   45  108  13   7   0   18   7  10   24   30  .286  .330  .358   43   4.0  1e19      -40  
 SS #Jose Oquendo         26   98  374   39  100  14   1   1   23   4   4   46   44  .267  .348  .318   42   3.8  2e24      -81  
 OF *Kirk Gibson          32   83  217   41   54   3   3  15   33  11   4   29   36  .249  .340  .498   36   5.5  4(+2)e8   159  
 OF  Tom Brunansky        28   97  361   26   77  11   3   6   36   0   6   35   87  .213  .282  .310   29   2.7  2(-2)e8  -130  
 OF  Vance Law            32   87  227   24   56  17   0   5   25   1   0   19   35  .247  .304  .388   26   4.0  4(+2)e16   40  
 C  *Mike Scioscia        30   82  246   24   56   6   0   6   28   0   0   24   22  .228  .295  .325   25   3.3  1(-2)e8   -81  
 OF *Kal Daniels          25  109  147   22   26   9   0   5   19   4   3   49   33  .177  .386  .340   24   5.1  4(+2)e5   -65  
 C   Bob Melvin           27   79  214   16   64   9   0   1   17   0   1    6   32  .299  .317  .355   22   3.8  2(0)e2     98  
 UT  Jeff Kunkel          27   53  203   17   44  12   0   3    6   3   1   13   61  .217  .274  .320   19   3.1           -165  
 3B  Darnell Coles        27   48  157   16   36   3   1   5   15   2   1   12   16  .229  .292  .357   15   3.3  4e37       -4  
 OF  Billy Hatcher        28   56  198   15   38   4   0   1   14   4   2   10   25  .192  .229  .227   10   1.7  3(+1)e3  -128  
 2B #Ron Oester           33   47  161   13   31   5   0   0    7   0   2   16   24  .193  .264  .224   10   2.1  3e13     -135  
 C  *Rich Gedman          29   35   99    4   22   2   0   3   11   0   0   12   19  .222  .301  .333    9   3.2  3(+2)e2    69  
 3B #Dave Cochrane        26   52   66    7   16   3   1   1    9   0   0   10   22  .242  .342  .364    8   4.6  4e23      -10  
 OF *Max Venable          32   14   29    5   11   6   0   0    5   0   0    1    7  .379  .400  .586    6   9.6  4(+1)e8   182  
 SS #Omar Vizquel         22   41  131   10   20   2   0   0    4   1   1   10   10  .153  .213  .168    5   1.1  3e23     -153  
 C   Rick Dempsey         39   11   31    2    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    5    6  .161  .278  .355    3   3.5  3(0)e3      9  
 SS  Rey Quinones         25   13   41    3    7   4   0   1    3   0   0    2   12  .171  .209  .341    3   2.4  4e48       23  
 OF #John Shelby          31   73  140    4   18   2   0   0    8   3   0    6   48  .129  .164  .143    2    .6  2(0)e4   -159  
 UT *Lenny Harris         24   54   39    9    8   2   0   0    1   3   0    3    5  .205  .262  .256    2   2.2            -63  
 OF *Benny Distefano      27   17   51    4    7   2   0   0    6   0   0    3   14  .137  .179  .176    1   1.1  4(+2)e4  -316  
 OF  Bob Dernier          32    5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .200  .000    0    .4  2(+2)e13 -239  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           560                  -60

     * - 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  Mike Morgan          29  12   6  .667  26  26   1   0   0   0   0  154.2  135   47   42   5   30   79  2.44   48   2.8  -22  
  P *Jesse Orosco         32   8   7  .533  54   0   0  28   2   2   0   65.1   52   22   21   9   18   62  2.89   23   3.3   14  
  P  Danny Darwin         33   8   9  .471  75   0   0  32   2   9   0  123.2  113   45   39  13   25  106  2.84   46   3.4   40  
  P  Andy Hawkins         29   7  13  .350  28  28   2   0   0   0   1  177.2  205  114   96  16   61   87  4.86  104   5.2  -58  
  P  Bob Walk             32   5   9  .357  14  13   2   1   0   0   1   85.0   90   50   49  13   26   34  5.19   48   5.2   15  
  P  Orel Hershiser       30   5  10  .333  21  21   4   0   0   0   0  157.0  165   70   64  11   48  117  3.67   76   4.4   64  
  P *Jim Deshaies         29   5  15  .250  34  34   1   0   0   0   0  214.0  183   90   71  22   86  151  2.99   93   3.9   27  
  P *Kevin Hickey         33   4   5  .444  36   0   0  12   0   2   0   56.0   50   20   18   4   22   34  2.89   21   3.5   24  
  P  John Wetteland       22   3   4  .429  35   2   0  16   2   2   0   75.1   52   25   23   9   23   82  2.75   23   2.8  -48  
  P  Roy Smith            27   3   4  .429  15  10   0   4   0   1   0   74.0   81   31   30   5   20   49  3.65   36   4.4  -64  
  P  Tim Crews            28   2   3  .400  28   0   0  15   2   0   0   46.1   41   19   15   5   15   37  2.91   20   4.0 -149  
  P  Steve Ontiveros      28   1   1  .500   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   11.2   16    5    5   0    4    9  3.86    6   5.2  -36  
  P  Gene Harris          24   1   2  .333   7   4   0   2   0   0   0   23.0   25   10   10   1    8   15  3.91   11   4.5 -223  
  P  Ramon Martinez       21   1   4  .200  17  17   1   0   0   0   0  107.2   94   43   40  12   44  100  3.34   47   4.0   -9  
  P  Jay Howell           33   0   1  .000  40   0   0  34  25   5   0   40.0   33   11   10   2   14   21  2.25   13   3.0   12  
  P *Pat Clements         27   0   1  .000  19   0   0   6   0   1   0   37.2   41   22   19   7   14   25  4.54   24   5.9   56  
  P *Al Leiter            23   0   3  .000   5   5   1   0   0   0   0   30.0   28   15   12   1   15   17  3.60   15   4.7  -36  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      665         -6

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Scioscia 610 65 78 446 30 4 1 .992 31 13 Bob Melvin 532 58 74 411 30 2 2 .995 30 15 Rich Gedman 242 30 32 220 19 3 0 .988 35 12 Rick Dempsey 80 9 9 65 3 0 0 1.000 5 2 Dave Cochrane 15 0 8 16 1 1 0 .944 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Murray 1472 162 162 1319 139 4 115 .997 8.91 Jose Oquendo 4 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 14.73 Tom Brunansky 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Darnell Coles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Benny Distefano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harold Reynolds 881 97 97 303 233 10 62 .982 5.47 Ron Oester 363 41 47 113 86 5 22 .975 4.94 Jeff Kunkel 193 22 22 60 35 2 13 .979 4.43 Lenny Harris 31 1 11 9 6 0 0 1.000 4.35 Jose Oquendo 9 1 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 Dave Cochrane 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brook Jacoby 826 90 93 67 138 6 18 .972 2.23 Darnell Coles 278 32 35 37 41 5 3 .940 2.53 Vance Law 144 16 18 8 26 3 3 .919 2.13 Jeff Kunkel 136 15 15 19 21 7 3 .851 2.65 Dave Cochrane 78 7 16 6 11 3 2 .850 1.97 Lenny Harris 17 2 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.65 Omar Vizquel 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Oquendo 876 97 97 190 294 15 51 .970 4.97 Omar Vizquel 333 36 40 77 120 2 17 .990 5.32 Jeff Kunkel 141 16 18 39 44 5 13 .943 5.30 Rey Quinones 98 12 12 24 34 6 2 .906 5.31 Lenny Harris 17 0 11 1 9 2 0 .833 5.29 Dave Cochrane 12 1 2 1 5 1 1 .857 4.50 Ron Oester 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kirk Gibson 445 49 55 64 0 2 0 .970 1.29 Vance Law 292 35 38 46 1 4 0 .922 1.45 Tom Brunansky 278 28 36 37 1 1 0 .974 1.23 Kal Daniels 262 29 36 38 2 0 0 1.000 1.37 Billy Hatcher 136 15 22 26 3 1 0 .967 1.92 Ruben Sierra 27 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 Darnell Coles 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 Lenny Harris 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Max Venable 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 John Shelby 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ruben Sierra 1083 126 128 305 12 6 2 .981 2.63 John Shelby 374 34 68 98 8 3 0 .972 2.55 Kirk Gibson 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Tom Brunansky 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 Bob Dernier 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Billy Hatcher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Brunansky 596 67 69 130 4 2 0 .985 2.02 Ruben Sierra 335 32 56 62 5 3 0 .957 1.80 Billy Hatcher 305 35 38 61 5 0 2 1.000 1.95 Benny Distefano 111 13 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 Darnell Coles 84 10 11 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 Max Venable 41 4 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 Kirk Gibson 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1989 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Albert Belle
Round 2 (#27):	Jesse Orosco
Round 4 (#67):	Andy Hawkins
Round 5 (#85):	Kevin Hickey
Round 6 (#102):	Dave Cochrane
Round 7 (#116):	Max Venable
Round 8 (#127):	Al Leiter
Round 9 (#134):	Vance Law
Round 10 (#138):	Benny Distefano
Round 11 (#142):	Mike Kingery
Round 12 (#144):	Randy Kutcher
Round 13 (#146):	Jeff Stone
Round 14 (#147):	Bob Dernier

Transactions

• 1989-01: traded Kurt Stillwell, LAN#1 to CHA for Jose Oquendo, Bob Melvin
• 1989-01: traded Albert Belle to TEA for Ruben Sierra, Harold Reynolds, TEA#1
• 1989-03: released Mike Kingery
• 1989-03: acquired Pat Clements as a free agent
• 1989-15: traded Tom Brunansky, Mike Scioscia, Randy Kutcher to BOA for Rich Gedman, Rick Dempsey, Billy Hatcher
• 1989-15: traded Orel Hershiser, Jose Oquendo to CHA for Roy Smith, Jeff Kunkel, LAN#1
• 1989-15: traded Brook Jacoby, Harold Reynolds, Bob Walk to SEA for Darnell Coles, Gene Harris, Omar Vizquel
• 1989-17: traded John Wetteland to MON for MON#2, CHA#3
• 1989-20: released Jeff Stone
• 1989-20: acquired Rey Quinones as a free agent
• 1989-22: acquired Steve Ontiveros as a free agent
• 1989-22: released Benny Distefano
• 1989 postseason: released Dave Cochrane, Andy Hawkins, Kevin Hickey, Jeff Kunkel, Al Leiter, Roy Smith, Max Venable

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