1979 Los Angeles Dodgers

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
3rd Rank
739 R 717 RA
Diff +22

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⚡ Quick Stats

739 Runs Scored
717 Runs Allowed
+22 Run Diff
2,860K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .330 2% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .362 11% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.83 3% worse than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 739 8% above the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumDodger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,860,954
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Avg per Game 35,320

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Steve Garvey 0.315 2 Von Joshua 0.282 3 Ron Cey 0.281 4 Dusty Baker 0.274 5 Reggie Smith 0.274

Home Runs

1 Ron Cey 28 2 Steve Garvey 28 3 Davey Lopes 28 4 Dusty Baker 23 5 Joe Ferguson 20

RBI

1 Steve Garvey 110 2 Dusty Baker 88 3 Ron Cey 81 4 Davey Lopes 73 5 Joe Ferguson 69
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Steve Garvey 162 648 92 204 0 0 28 110 37 59 3 0.315
Bill Russell 153 627 72 170 0 0 7 56 24 43 6 0.271
Davey Lopes 153 582 109 154 0 0 28 73 97 88 44 0.265
Dusty Baker 151 554 86 152 0 0 23 88 56 70 11 0.274
Ron Cey 150 487 77 137 0 0 28 81 86 85 3 0.281
Derrel Thomas 141 406 47 104 0 0 5 44 41 49 18 0.256
Joe Ferguson 122 363 54 95 0 0 20 69 70 68 1 0.262
Gary Thomasson 115 315 39 78 0 0 14 45 43 70 4 0.248
Steve Yeager 105 310 33 67 0 0 13 41 29 68 1 0.216
Reggie Smith 68 234 41 64 0 0 10 32 31 50 6 0.274
Von Joshua 94 142 22 40 0 0 3 14 7 23 1 0.282
Ted Martinez 81 112 19 30 0 0 0 2 4 16 3 0.268
Mickey Hatcher 33 93 9 25 0 0 1 5 7 12 1 0.269
Rick Sutcliffe 40 85 6 21 0 0 1 17 1 20 0 0.247
Don Sutton 33 77 2 11 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 0.143
Burt Hooton 30 75 5 11 0 0 0 5 1 18 0 0.147
Pedro Guerrero 25 62 7 15 0 0 2 9 1 14 2 0.242
Johnny Oates 26 46 4 6 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0.130
Manny Mota 47 42 1 15 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0.357
Jerry Reuss 39 42 4 7 0 0 0 1 3 19 0 0.167
Charlie Hough 42 38 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0.158
Rick Monday 12 33 2 10 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0.303
Vic Davalillo 29 27 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0.259
Andy Messersmith 11 22 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.091
Bob Welch 25 19 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.158
Doug Rau 11 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.143
Ken Brett 30 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.273
Dave Patterson 37 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Joe Beckwith 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gerry Hannahs 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Bobby Castillo 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 31 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Dennis Lewallyn 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Terry Forster 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Lance Rautzhan 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Burt Hooton 2.97 2 Lerrin LaGrow 3.41 3 Ken Brett 3.45 4 Rick Sutcliffe 3.46 5 Jerry Reuss 3.54

Wins

1 Rick Sutcliffe 17 2 Don Sutton 12 3 Burt Hooton 11 4 Charlie Hough 7 5 Jerry Reuss 7

Strikeouts

1 Don Sutton 146 2 Burt Hooton 129 3 Rick Sutcliffe 117 4 Jerry Reuss 83 5 Charlie Hough 76
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Sutcliffe 17 10 3.46 39 30 0 242.0 97 117
Don Sutton 12 15 3.82 33 32 1 226.0 61 146
Burt Hooton 11 10 2.97 29 29 0 212.0 63 129
Jerry Reuss 7 14 3.54 39 21 3 160.0 60 83
Charlie Hough 7 5 4.76 42 14 0 151.1 66 76
Bob Welch 5 6 3.98 25 12 5 81.1 32 64
Andy Messersmith 2 4 4.91 11 11 0 62.1 34 26
Doug Rau 1 5 5.30 11 11 0 56.0 22 28
Dave Patterson 4 1 5.26 36 0 6 53.0 22 34
Ken Brett 4 3 3.45 30 0 2 47.0 12 13
Joe Beckwith 1 2 4.34 17 0 2 37.1 15 28
Lerrin LaGrow 5 1 3.41 31 0 4 37.0 18 22
Bobby Castillo 2 0 1.11 19 0 7 24.1 13 25
Terry Forster 1 2 5.51 17 0 2 16.1 11 8
Gerry Hannahs 0 2 3.38 4 2 1 16.0 13 6
Dennis Lewallyn 0 1 5.11 7 0 0 12.1 5 1
Lance Rautzhan 0 2 7.45 12 0 1 9.2 11 5

👥 Roster (35)

Dusty Baker Joe Beckwith Ken Brett Bobby Castillo Ron Cey Vic Davalillo Joe Ferguson Terry Forster Steve Garvey Pedro Guerrero Gerry Hannahs Mickey Hatcher +23 more

35 players

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