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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
Record: 99-61
Finish: 1st in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 795
Runs Allowed: 640
Exp W-L: 96-64
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 2,303,882
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 10th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 5th in the National League
A: 58-79, 12th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 0-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over New York (N) Giants
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Tony Solaita 32 153 553 87 127 14 1 27 84 1 0 89 134 .230 .337 .405 .742 80.0 17.9 2.1
3B  Bill Madlock 28 153 576 100 188 25 4 24 95 3 0 44 19 .326 .376 .509 .885 100.3 29.6 4.2
RF  Dusty Baker 30 155 587 90 177 37 3 23 103 0 0 43 44 .302 .349 .492 .841 90.8 25.5 2.0
CF *Al Bumbry 32 137 494 78 140 19 7 2 54 18 8 42 57 .283 .339 .362 .701 59.6 13.6 1.4
LF *Carlos May 31 131 446 72 122 24 5 12 68 1 0 60 64 .274 .363 .430 .794 66.7 17.1 1.2
2B  Rob Ellis 28 141 431 52 112 10 0 0 37 1 0 67 75 .260 .359 .283 .642 49.2 10.0 4.9
3B  Tom Heintzelman 32 126 419 57 103 11 0 3 45 0 0 41 56 .246 .315 .294 .608 36.7 4.8 4.9
SS  Chris Speier 29 120 392 37 92 8 0 6 45 1 2 49 39 .235 .318 .301 .619 39.5 5.4 3.7
C *Bill Fahey 29 116 417 53 119 13 2 12 61 0 0 30 34 .285 .334 .412 .747 53.9 13.1 7.0
1B *Jerry Turner 25 117 391 46 106 17 2 7 51 0 0 33 35 .271 .325 .379 .703 48.1 10.1 0.0
LF  Dave Kingman 30 98 249 41 75 15 1 10 35 1 2 24 55 .301 .367 .490 .857 40.1 11.7 0.6
3B  Rene Lachemann 34 80 251 24 47 9 2 2 27 0 0 19 54 .187 .243 .263 .506 13.6 0.0 3.6
LF #Willie Wilson 23 106 237 39 67 6 3 0 32 31 11 12 21 .283 .319 .333 .652 25.3 4.7 0.9
1B  Tom Paciorek 32 45 97 9 28 7 2 0 15 0 0 6 12 .289 .340 .402 .742 10.5 2.1 0.1
2B  Mario Guerrero 29 29 56 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .214 .241 .232 .474 2.2 0.0 0.6
C  Marc Hill 27 19 52 4 13 5 0 0 7 0 0 6 5 .250 .328 .346 .674 5.4 1.0 0.1
P  Larry Bradford 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1727 5650 794 1528 221 32 128 761 57 23 567 706 .270 .338 .389 .726 721.8 166.7 37.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 4 4 10 11 6 4 7 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rick Reuschel 30 17 5 .773 32 32 0 258.3 260 78 11 44 121 2.72 20.9
 George Lauzerique 31 14 8 .636 32 32 0 237.7 248 93 24 27 140 3.52 14.5
 Dennis Lamp 26 15 7 .682 32 32 0 217.7 224 80 5 73 67 3.31 15.2
*Tippy Martinez 29 11 15 .423 32 32 0 210.3 181 99 16 112 165 4.24 7.8
 Mike Garman 29 13 7 .650 28 28 0 183.0 175 60 3 46 91 2.95 13.7
 Dave Pagan 29 17 9 .654 73 2 30 124.0 123 55 2 55 64 3.99 13.6
*Rick Waits 27 4 5 .444 46 1 1 80.7 75 33 1 49 28 3.68 5.0
*Larry Bradford 29 3 0 1.000 38 0 2 61.3 65 37 5 27 23 5.43 1.0
 Pete Broberg 29 3 2 .600 35 0 4 53.7 63 31 2 30 26 5.20 0.2
*Mike Jackson 33 1 0 1.000 12 0 1 16.3 17 6 1 10 5 3.31 0.9
 Jim Hughes 27 1 3 .250 9 1 1 14.0 18 15 2 14 2 9.64 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 99 61 .619 369 160 39 1457.0 1449 587 72 487 732 3.63 92.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 8 3 3 9 1 2 3 6 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 33.5
B.Fahey 914.7 102 106 480 58 4 1 .993 39.0
R.Lachemann 534.0 58 66 287 22 4 0 .987 37.8
M.Hill 8.3 0 4 5 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1457.0 160 176 772 82 8 1 .991 39.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
T.Solaita 1285.0 146 153 1560 94 12 157 .993 11.58
D.Kingman 70.0 8 14 83 7 0 5 1.000 11.57
T.Paciorek 56.0 6 10 65 2 0 6 1.000 10.77
R.Lachemann 19.3 0 4 29 1 0 2 1.000 13.97
C.May 12.7 0 5 13 2 0 1 1.000 10.66
J.Turner 9.0 0 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00
D.Baker 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
B.Fahey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 192 1766 107 12 172 .994 11.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
T.Heintzelman 1009.0 116 121 236 419 7 82 .989 5.84
R.Ellis 333.0 35 45 75 151 6 39 .974 6.11
C.Speier 59.0 5 12 19 30 2 6 .961 7.47
M.Guerrero 47.0 4 10 13 20 1 7 .971 6.32
B.Madlock 8.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
W.Wilson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 192 345 622 16 135 .984 5.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
B.Madlock 1040.3 115 123 77 270 20 20 .946 3.00
R.Ellis 316.0 37 40 28 75 0 11 1.000 2.93
M.Guerrero 30.0 4 4 2 5 1 0 .875 2.10
R.Lachemann 23.7 2 4 2 4 0 2 1.000 2.28
B.Fahey 18.0 0 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50
T.Heintzelman 16.0 1 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
C.Speier 13.0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1457.0 160 185 113 363 21 35 .958 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
C.Speier 906.7 102 107 145 375 19 66 .965 5.16
R.Ellis 432.7 53 55 73 186 3 41 .989 5.39
M.Guerrero 63.0 5 14 13 25 0 7 1.000 5.43
A.Bumbry 40.0 0 16 7 18 1 1 .962 5.63
D.Kingman 5.7 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.77
W.Wilson 5.0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00
B.Madlock 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
T.Heintzelman 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.0 160 198 240 609 25 117 .971 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
A.Bumbry 925.7 106 108 200 6 3 3 .986 2.00
W.Wilson 444.7 54 57 108 3 0 3 1.000 2.25
D.Kingman 39.3 0 19 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
D.Baker 14.0 0 7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64
J.Turner 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.May 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Ellis 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Paciorek 5.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Bradford 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Martinez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 209 320 9 4 6 .988 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
D.Baker 1248.7 142 142 356 5 10 0 .973 2.60
W.Wilson 121.3 11 22 38 0 1 0 .974 2.82
A.Bumbry 67.0 7 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.69
T.Paciorek 14.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
B.Fahey 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Martinez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 182 415 6 11 0 .975 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
C.May 967.3 106 119 216 5 2 1 .991 2.06
D.Kingman 458.0 54 62 95 2 5 0 .951 1.91
T.Paciorek 12.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Ellis 10.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Turner 6.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
D.Baker 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 194 316 7 7 1 .979 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
R.Reuschel 258.3 32 32 11 40 1 2 .981 1.78
G.Lauzerique 237.7 32 32 13 45 2 1 .967 2.20
D.Lamp 217.7 32 32 15 47 0 5 1.000 2.56
T.Martinez 210.3 32 32 6 43 1 4 .980 2.10
M.Garman 183.0 28 28 10 26 2 1 .947 1.77
D.Pagan 124.0 2 73 10 32 0 5 1.000 3.05
R.Waits 80.7 1 46 3 18 0 3 1.000 2.34
L.Bradford 61.3 0 38 3 20 0 3 1.000 3.38
P.Broberg 53.7 0 35 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.68
M.Jackson 16.3 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Hughes 14.0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
Team Total 1457.0 160 369 78 278 6 24 .983 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Madlock .326
On-Base Pct Madlock .376
Slugging Pct Madlock .509
OPS Madlock .885
XR Madlock 100.3
Games Baker 155
At-Bats Baker 587
Runs Madlock 100
Hits Madlock 188
Total Bases Madlock 293
Singles Madlock 135
Doubles Baker 37
Triples Bumbry 7
Homeruns Solaita 27
RBIs Baker 103
Stolen Bases Wilson 31
Caught Stealing Wilson 11
Walks Solaita 89
Strikeouts Solaita 134
ERA Reuschel 2.72
Wins Pagan, Reuschel 17
Losses Martinez 15
Winning Pct Reuschel .773
Saves Pagan 30
Games Pitched Pagan 73
Games Started Lamp, Lauzerique, Martinez, Reuschel 32
Complete Games Lauzerique 7
Shutouts Lauzerique 3
Innings Pitched Reuschel 258.3
Hits Allowed Reuschel 260
Homeruns Allowed Lauzerique 24
Strikeouts Martinez 165
Walks Allowed Martinez 112
Walks per 9IP Lauzerique 1.0
Hits per 9IP Martinez 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 7.1
WHiP Lauzerique 1.16
OAVG Martinez .235
OOBP Reuschel .290
OSLG Garman .328
OOPS Garman .621
Team All-Stars
Dusty Baker
Dennis Lamp
Bill Madlock
Rick Reuschel
Player Salaries
Carlos May $ 8,100,000
Mike Garman $ 6,500,000
Rick Reuschel $ 6,040,000
George Lauzerique $ 5,500,000
Tony Solaita $ 4,000,000
Tippy Martinez $ 3,957,143
Dusty Baker $ 3,900,000
Rene Lachemann $ 3,600,000
Bill Madlock $ 3,500,000
Chris Speier $ 3,500,000
Al Bumbry $ 3,000,000
Tom Heintzelman $ 2,257,143
Dave Pagan $ 2,100,000
Dave Kingman $ 1,892,857
Bill Fahey $ 1,342,857
Jerry Turner $ 1,207,143
Elliott Maddox $ 1,110,000
Dave Roberts $ 770,000
Rob Ellis $ 697,143
Pete Broberg $ 350,000
Mike Jackson $ 300,000
Larry Bradford $ 300,000
Rick Waits $ 300,000
Mario Guerrero $ 300,000
Dennis Lamp $ 300,000
Jim Hughes $ 300,000
Tom Paciorek $ 300,000
Willie Wilson $ 300,000
Marc Hill $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Rene Lachemann
2/10 Signed     Carlos May
2/22 Traded Ruppert Jones Cleveland (N) Dave Pagan
Tony Solaita
7/1 Released Butch Hobson    
7/1 Released Brent Strom    
7/1 Released Mario Mendoza    
 
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