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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in third place in the National League West. Near the end of the season, owner Walter O'Malley died, and the ownership of the team went to his son, Peter.

1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersWalter O'Malley
PresidentPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 90 71 .559 — 48‍–‍32 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros 89 73 .549 1½ 52‍–‍29 37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 83 .488 11½ 46‍–‍35 33‍–‍48
San Francisco Giants 71 91 .438 19½ 38‍–‍43 33‍–‍48
San Diego Padres 68 93 .422 22 39‍–‍42 29‍–‍51
Atlanta Braves 66 94 .412 23½ 34‍–‍45 32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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1979 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 4–8 6–12 7–11 12–6 1–9 4–8 7–5 4–8 6–12 11–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 — 7–5 6–6 5–7 6–12 8–10 9–9 6–12 9–3 8–4 8–10
Cincinnati 12–6 5–7 — 8–10 11–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 8–4 10–7 6–12 8–4
Houston 11–7 6–6 10–8 — 10–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 4–8 14–4 7–11 6–6
Los Angeles 6–12 7–5 7–11 8–10 — 6–6 9–3 3–9 4–8 9–9 14–4 6–6
Montreal 9–1 12–6 6–6 5–7 6–6 — 15–3 11–7 7–11 7–5 7–5 10–8
New York 8–4 10–8 4–8 3–9 3–9 3–15 — 5–13 8–10 4–8 8–4 7–11
Philadelphia 5–7 9–9 4–8 7–5 9–3 7–11 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 6–6 7–11
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 4–8 8–4 8–4 11–7 10–8 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 11–7
San Diego 12–6 3–9 7–10 4–14 9–9 5–7 8–4 3–9 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 7–11 4–8 12–6 11–7 4–14 5–7 4–8 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 8–10 11–7 11–7 7–11 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Davey Lopes Second baseman
Bill Russell Shortstop
Reggie Smith Right fielder
Steve Garvey First baseman
Ron Cey Third baseman
Dusty Baker Left fielder
Rick Monday Center fielder
Steve Yeager Catcher
Burt Hooton Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Steve Yeager 105 310 67 .216 13 41
1B Steve Garvey 162 648 204 .315 28 110
2B Davey Lopes 153 582 154 .265 28 73
SS Bill Russell 153 627 170 .271 7 56
3B Ron Cey 150 487 137 .281 28 81
LF Dusty Baker 151 554 152 .274 23 88
CF Derrel Thomas 141 406 104 .256 5 44
RF Reggie Smith 68 234 64 .274 10 32

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Ferguson 122 363 95 .262 20 69
Gary Thomasson 115 315 78 .248 14 45
Von Joshua 94 142 40 .282 3 14
Ted Martínez 81 112 30 .268 0 2
Mickey Hatcher 33 93 25 .269 1 5
Pedro Guerrero 25 62 15 .242 2 9
Johnny Oates 26 46 6 .130 0 2
Manny Mota 47 42 15 .357 0 3
Rick Monday 12 33 10 .303 0 2
Vic Davalillo 29 27 7 .259 0 2

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Sutcliffe 39 242.0 17 10 3.46 117
Don Sutton 33 226.0 12 15 3.82 146
Burt Hooton 29 212.0 11 10 2.97 129
Andy Messersmith 11 62.1 2 4 4.91 26
Doug Rau 11 56.0 1 5 5.30 28

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jerry Reuss 39 160.0 7 14 3.54 83
Charlie Hough 42 151.1 7 5 4.76 76
Bob Welch 25 81.1 5 6 3.98 64
Gerry Hannahs 4 16.0 0 2 3.38 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Patterson 36 4 1 6 5.26 34
Lerrin LaGrow 31 5 1 4 3.41 22
Ken Brett 30 4 3 2 3.45 13
Bobby Castillo 19 2 0 7 1.11 25
Joe Beckwith 17 1 2 2 4.34 28
Terry Forster 17 1 2 2 5.51 8
Lance Rautzhan 12 0 2 1 7.45 5
Dennis Lewallyn 7 0 1 0 5.11 1

Awards and honors

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All-Stars

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Don LeJohn
A Lodi Dodgers California League Stan Wasiak
A Clinton Dodgers Midwest League Dick McLaughlin
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

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Main article: 1979 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 36 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft. Of those, five players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The Dodgers lost their first round pick in the June draft to the San Diego Padres because they signed free agent Derrel Thomas but they gained the first round picks of the Pittsburgh Pirates (compensation for Lee Lacy) and New York Yankees (for Tommy John). With those picks they drafted two players from the University of Michigan, left-handed pitcher Steve Howe and right-handed pitcher Steve Perry. Howe was the 1980 NL Rookie of the Year, a 1981 World Series Champion and a 1982 All-Star. He played in 12 seasons and saved 328 games before a drug addiction forced him out of the game. Perry pitched six seasons in the minors, the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes, and finished 28-40 with a 5.34 ERA before the Dodgers released him.

This year's draft class also included pitcher Orel Hershiser from Bowling Green University, who was picked in the 17th round. He pitched 18 seasons (13 with the Dodgers), winning 204 games. He set a Major League record with a 59 consecutive scoreless inning streak in 1988 en route to winning the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP. He was also a three-time All-Star.

Notes

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  1. ^ Brad Gulden page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Rick Rhoden page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Lance Rautzhan page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Lerrin LaGrow page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  6. ^ 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  7. ^ 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. ^ 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

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