1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 95-67-0, Finished 1st in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (3-1) over Philadelphia Phillies

Manager: Tommy Lasorda (95-67)

General Manager: Al Campanis

Scouting Director: Ben Wade

Ballpark: Dodger Stadium

Attendance: 3,347,845 (1st of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 98-64, 727 Runs, 573 Runs Allowed

National League Pennant

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Recent Game Results

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162. Oct 1, LAD (95-67) lost to SDP, 3-4

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Steve Yeager	29	94	266	228	19	44	7	0	4	23	0	0	36	41	.193	.301	.276	.577	64	63	3	0	0	2	11
2	1B	Steve Garvey	29	162	689	639	89	202	36	9	21	113	10	5	40	70	.316	.353	.499	.852	138	319	17	1	1	8	9
3	2B	Davey Lopes	33	151	665	587	93	163	25	4	17	58	45	4	71	70	.278	.355	.421	.776	118	247	9	0	6	1	3
4	SS	Bill Russell	29	155	672	625	72	179	32	4	3	46	10	6	30	34	.286	.320	.365	.684	92	228	17	2	12	3	8
5	3B	Ron Cey	30	159	667	555	84	150	32	0	23	84	2	5	96	96	.270	.380	.452	.833	134	251	13	7	2	7	9
6	LF	Dusty Baker	29	149	579	522	62	137	24	1	11	66	12	3	47	66	.262	.325	.375	.701	97	196	10	3	4	3	2
7	CF	Bill North#	30	110	377	304	54	71	10	0	0	10	27	8	65	48	.234	.371	.266	.637	82	81	4	2	5	1	2
8	RF	Reggie Smith#	33	128	531	447	82	132	27	2	29	93	12	5	70	90	.295	.382	.559	.942	162	250	5	1	0	13	8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Rick Monday*	32	119	397	342	54	87	14	1	19	57	2	4	49	100	.254	.348	.468	.816	128	160	4	1	3	2	11
10	UT	Lee Lacy	30	103	276	245	29	64	16	4	13	40	7	4	27	30	.261	.335	.518	.853	137	127	4	1	1	2	4
11	C	Joe Ferguson	31	67	235	198	20	47	11	0	7	28	1	2	34	41	.237	.350	.399	.749	111	79	9	1	1	1	5
12	C	Jerry Grote	35	41	83	70	5	19	5	0	0	9	0	0	10	5	.271	.354	.343	.697	97	24	0	0	1	2	1
13	UT	Vic Davalillo*	38	75	81	77	15	24	1	1	1	11	2	1	3	7	.312	.333	.390	.723	103	30	1	0	0	1	0
14	C	Johnny Oates*	32	40	80	75	5	23	1	0	0	6	0	1	5	3	.307	.350	.320	.670	90	24	0	0	0	0	1
15	IF	Ted Martínez	30	54	61	55	13	14	1	0	1	5	3	2	4	14	.255	.317	.327	.644	82	18	0	1	1	0	1
16		Manny Mota	40	37	37	33	2	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	4	.303	.361	.333	.694	97	11	0	0	1	0	1
17	OF	Glenn Burke	25	16	19	19	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	.211	.211	.211	.421	19	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Rudy Law*	21	11	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	59	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Pedro Guerrero	22	5	8	8	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.625	.625	.875	1.500	318	7	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Joe Simpson*	26	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	126	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Myron White*	20	7	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	183	2	0	0	1	0	0
22	C	Brad Gulden*	22	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Enzo Hernández	29	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Burt Hooton	28	32	92	67	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	15	.149	.230	.164	.394	13	11	2	0	18	0	0
25	P	Don Sutton	33	34	90	72	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	.083	.132	.083	.215	-38	6	0	0	14	0	0
26	P	Tommy John	35	33	81	66	2	8	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	13	.121	.159	.152	.311	-12	10	1	0	12	0	0
27	P	Doug Rau*	29	30	78	63	3	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	13	.143	.169	.159	.328	-7	10	1	0	13	0	0
28	P	Rick Rhoden	25	30	62	52	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	14	.135	.179	.154	.332	-6	8	1	0	6	1	0
29	P	Bob Welch	21	23	35	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.172	.172	.207	.379	6	6	0	0	6	0	0
30	P	Charlie Hough	30	55	12	12	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.417	.750	110	5	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Terry Forster*	26	47	9	8	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	215	5	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Bobby Castillo	23	18	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Lance Rautzhan	25	43	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
34	P	Dave Stewart	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Dennis Lewallyn	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Gerry Hannahs*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Mike Garman	28	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Rick Sutcliffe*	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.6	162	6225	5437	727	1435	251	27	149	686	137	52	610	818	.264	.338	.402	.740	108	2187	101	20	111	47	76
		Rank in 12 NL teams				5	1	2	4	12	1		5	3	2	5	1	1	1	1		1		11		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.7	162	5753	5057	707	1382	243	27	149	661	137	52	591	731	.273	.349	.420	.769	116	2126	96	20	39	46	76
		Pitcher Totals	29.3	162	472	380	20	53	8	0	0	25	0	0	19	87	.139	.180	.161	.341	-3	61	5	0	72	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Don Sutton	33	15	11	.577	3.55	34	34	0	12	2	0	238.1	228	109	94	29	54	7	154	5	0	6	990	99	3.62	1.183	8.6	1.1	2.0	5.8	2.85
2	SP	Burt Hooton	28	19	10	.655	2.71	32	32	0	10	3	0	236.0	196	74	71	17	61	4	104	0	0	3	942	130	3.42	1.089	7.5	0.6	2.3	4.0	1.70
3	SP	Tommy John*	35	17	10	.630	3.30	33	30	3	7	0	1	213.0	230	95	78	11	53	7	124	5	1	6	912	107	2.91	1.329	9.7	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.34
4	SP	Doug Rau*	29	15	9	.625	3.26	30	30	0	7	2	0	199.0	219	82	72	17	68	5	95	2	1	0	859	108	3.80	1.442	9.9	0.8	3.1	4.3	1.40
5	SP	Rick Rhoden	25	10	8	.556	3.66	30	23	4	6	3	0	164.2	160	77	67	13	51	0	79	3	0	7	697	96	3.64	1.281	8.7	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.55
6	SP	Bob Welch	21	7	4	.636	2.02	23	13	6	4	3	3	111.1	92	28	25	6	26	2	66	1	2	2	439	174	2.83	1.060	7.4	0.5	2.1	5.3	2.54
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Terry Forster*	26	5	4	.556	1.93	47	0	40	0	0	22	65.1	56	19	14	2	23	4	46	0	1	2	266	183	2.63	1.209	7.7	0.3	3.2	6.3	2.00
8	RP	Charlie Hough	30	5	5	.500	3.28	55	0	31	0	0	7	93.1	69	38	34	6	48	4	66	5	0	6	390	108	3.71	1.254	6.7	0.6	4.6	6.4	1.38
9	RP	Lance Rautzhan*	25	2	1	.667	2.93	43	0	18	0	0	4	61.1	61	22	20	1	19	3	25	1	0	1	258	120	2.96	1.304	9.0	0.1	2.8	3.7	1.32
10	RP	Bobby Castillo	23	0	4	.000	3.97	18	0	7	0	0	1	34.0	28	19	15	2	33	7	30	0	1	0	160	90	4.50	1.794	7.4	0.5	8.7	7.9	0.91
11	RP	Mike Garman	28	0	1	.000	4.41	10	0	6	0	0	0	16.1	15	8	8	3	3	0	5	0	2	0	63	82	4.91	1.102	8.3	1.7	1.7	2.8	1.67
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Dave Stewart	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6		1.59	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
13		Dennis Lewallyn	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8		2.59	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
14		Gerry Hannahs*	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	9	48	-2.42	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
15		Rick Sutcliffe	22	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9		6.19	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.9	95	67	.586	3.12	162	162	116	46	13	38	1440.1	1362	573	499	107	440	43	800	23	8	35	6008	113	3.40	1.251	8.5	0.7	2.7	5.0	1.82
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		1				2	3	4	7	5	1	1	6	2		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W