1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 2,860,954, Avg. 35,320
Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
Manager: Tom Lasorda (79-83)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Results

The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.

The Dodgers tallied 739 runs and conceded 717 runs. Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Steve Garvey paced Los Angeles with 28 home runs apiece., while Joe Ferguson and Dusty Baker walloped 20 or more as well. Steve Garvey drove in 110 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. Rick Sutcliffe led the team with 17 wins, and Burt Hooton recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Tom Lasorda coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Rick Sutcliffe1710.6303.4639302510242.021710493169761172681016
Don Sutton1215.4443.8233321611226.02011099621616146114927
Burt Hooton1110.5242.97292901210212.0191857011634129206874
Charlie Hough75.5834.76421410000151.315288801666276819662
Jerry Reuss714.3333.54392111413160.01788863460783307712
Lerrin LaGrow51.8333.413101800437.0381614218222012161
Bob Welch56.4553.9825121010581.3824236732464300349
Dave Patterson41.8005.263601900653.0623531522634000238
Ken Brett43.5713.453001400247.0522018112213110202
Bobby Castillo201.0001.111901500724.32653013125100110
Andy Messersmith24.3334.911111010062.3553434934226003266
Joe Beckwith12.3334.34170800237.3421818415128010168
Terry Forster12.3335.51170800216.31811100114800173
Doug Rau15.1675.301111011056.0733733322028401260
Dennis Lewallyn01.0005.1170400012.31987053110061
Gerry Hannahs02.0003.3842200116.010862131600171
Lance Rautzhan02.0007.45120100019.79980112510247
Totals7983.4883.86402162132305341444.01425717620101555538112711446197

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Steve Garvey1626976489220432128110363759.315.351.497.8483222524616
Bill Russell15367062772170264756692443.271.297.359.6562252011442
Davey Lopes15369258210915420628734449788.265.372.464.83627084634
Dusty Baker1516165548615229123881145670.274.340.455.795252161230
Ron Cey150579487771372012881338685.281.389.499.888243112048
Derrel Thomas141460406471041545441854149.256.330.350.67914295537
Joe Ferguson12244236354951402069107068.262.380.466.845169102256
Gary Thomasson11536231539781111445424370.248.339.422.76113351214
Steve Yeager1053463103367921341102968.216.282.384.665119120528
Reggie Smith6827023441641311032653150.274.359.466.82510952033
Von Joshua9414914222407131411723.282.315.408.7245850001
Ted Martinez811171121930510232416.268.293.330.6233730101
Mickey Hatcher3310293925411513712.269.327.366.6923451100
Rick Sutcliffe4093856213011700120.247.253.318.5712740610
Manny Mota47474211500030034.357.400.357.7571520200
Pedro Guerrero256462715202920114.242.250.371.6212310011
Burt Hooton308475511300500118.147.158.187.3451400800
Don Sutton338677211000300117.143.154.143.2971110800
Rick Monday12383321000020056.303.395.303.6981010000
Vic Davalillo2929272710022020.259.310.296.607800000
Jerry Reuss39494247100100319.167.239.190.430811300
Charlie Hough4243381610020009.158.158.184.342700500
Johnny Oates2651464620020141.130.200.174.374800101
Ken Brett3011110300020002.273.273.273.545310000
Bob Welch2523191300030006.158.200.158.358301300
Doug Rau1117141210000022.143.250.214.464300100
Andy Messersmith1123221210020006.091.091.136.227300100
Dennis Lewallyn7220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Lerrin LaGrow31330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Gerry Hannahs4441100000002.250.250.250.500100000
Dave Patterson37970100000102.143.143.143.286100200
Joe Beckwith17651000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Bobby Castillo19330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Terry Forster171000000000101.000000000
Lance Rautzhan12000000000000000000
Totals20726188549073914432202418371310646556834.263.331.412.743226014523833662


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Steve Garvey1B1621621408.71402937101.9959.5529.2280000
Pedro Guerrero1B8033.333210.9729.4504.3750000
Gary Thomasson1B101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Derrel Thomas1B101.00000.000.0000000
Davey Lopes2B1521521321.03413841482.9814.9394.7700000
Ted Martinez2B18899.02529021.0004.9093.0000000
Derrel Thomas2B5224.059011.0005.2502.8000000
Ron Cey3B1501481182.3123265925.9772.9532.5870000
Derrel Thomas3B189104.0201533.9213.0291.9440000
Mickey Hatcher3B17285.3112340.8953.5862.0000000
Ted Martinez3B23365.34631.7691.378.4350000
Pedro Guerrero3B307.012011.0003.8571.0000000
Steve YeagerC10388803.05135697.9846.3775.52490553840.9
Joe FergusonC6762532.33263576.9816.1035.38880511826.1
Johnny OatesC2012108.7641322.9756.3773.8504012736.8
Dusty BakerOF1501471290.72891434.9902.1132.0200000
Derrel ThomasOF11993855.72691014.9962.9352.3450000
Gary ThomassonOF10077731.0194441.9802.4381.9800000
Reggie SmithOF6262505.3159520.9882.9212.6450000
Joe FergusonOF5245396.388222.9782.0441.7310000
Von JoshuaOF4622228.756220.9672.2831.2610000
Mickey HatcherOF1918144.736110.9742.3021.9470000
Pedro GuerreroOF121290.0190001.0001.9001.5830000
Rick MondayOF101077.727010.9643.1292.7000000
Vic DavalilloOF3011.020001.0001.636.6670000
Manny MotaOF101.00000.000.0000000
Rick SutcliffeP3930242.01824011.0001.5621.0770000
Don SuttonP3332226.0162412.9761.5931.2120000
Burt HootonP2929212.01226031.0001.6131.3100000
Jerry ReussP3921160.023531.9252.081.9490000
Charlie HoughP4214151.352610.9691.844.7380000
Bob WelchP251281.32833.7691.107.4000000
Andy MessersmithP111162.359011.0002.0211.2730000
Doug RauP111156.0210001.0001.9291.0910000
Dave PattersonP36053.065011.0001.868.3060000
Ken BrettP30047.0714011.0004.021.7000000
Joe BeckwithP17037.35520.8332.411.5880000
Lerrin LaGrowP31037.005001.0001.216.1610000
Bobby CastilloP19024.313001.0001.479.2110000
Terry ForsterP17016.315001.0003.306.3530000
Gerry HannahsP4216.003001.0001.688.7500000
Dennis LewallynP7012.314001.0003.649.7140000
Lance RautzhanP1209.723001.0004.655.4170000
Bill RussellSS1501481296.02184523070.9574.6534.4670000
Ted MartinezSS2112127.0163424.9623.5432.3810000
Derrel ThomasSS3221.04410.8893.4292.6670000
Totals1898145812996.043321669118329.9814.1563.1622101186334.8




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