1979 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster of 35 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

79–83

Runs

739

Home runs

183

Team AVG

.263

Team ERA

3.86

Pitching K

811

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Steve Garvey1B	162	648	92	204	28	110	3	.315	.848	14.6
Bill RussellSS	153	627	72	170	7	56	6	.271	.656	8.1
Davey Lopes2B	153	582	109	154	28	73	44	.265	.836	15.2
Dusty Baker Jr.LF	151	554	86	152	23	88	11	.274	.795	13.1
Ron Cey3B	150	487	77	137	28	81	3	.281	.888	14.4
Derrel Thomas2B	141	406	47	104	5	44	18	.256	.680	7.3
Joe FergusonC	122	363	54	95	20	69	1	.262	.846	10.6
Gary ThomassonCF	115	315	39	78	14	45	4	.248	.761	7.6
Steve YeagerC	105	310	33	67	13	41	1	.216	.666	5.5
Reggie SmithRF	68	234	41	64	10	32	6	.274	.825	6.0
Von JoshuaCF	94	142	22	40	3	14	1	.282	.723	3.7
Ted MartinezSS	81	112	19	30	0	2	3	.268	.623	1.9
Mickey HatcherLF	33	93	9	25	1	5	1	.269	.693	1.4
Rick SutcliffeP	40	85	6	21	1	17	0	.247	.571	11.1
Don SuttonP	33	77	2	11	0	3	0	.143	.297	10.4
Burt HootonP	30	75	5	11	0	5	0	.147	.345	9.6
Pedro Guerrero1B	25	62	7	15	2	9	2	.242	.621	—
Johnny OatesC	26	46	4	6	0	2	0	.130	.374	—
Jerry ReussP	39	42	4	7	0	1	0	.167	.429	9.1
Manny MotaLF	47	42	1	15	0	3	0	.357	.757	1.7
Charlie HoughP	42	38	1	6	0	2	0	.158	.342	6.9
Rick MondayCF	12	33	2	10	0	2	0	.303	.698	—
Vic DavalilloCF	29	27	2	7	0	2	2	.259	.606	—
Andy MessersmithP	11	22	1	2	0	2	0	.091	.227	2.0
Bob WelchP	25	19	1	3	0	3	0	.158	.358	6.8
Doug RauP	11	14	1	2	0	0	0	.143	.464	1.3
Ken BrettP	30	11	0	3	0	2	0	.273	.546	—
Dave PattersonP	37	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286	5.7
Joe BeckwithP	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	3.2
Gerry HannahsP	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Bobby CastilloP	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	5.9
Lerrin LaGrowP	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Dennis LewallynP	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Rick SutcliffeP	39	30	17	10	0	242.0	117	3.46	11.1
Don SuttonP	33	32	12	15	1	226.0	146	3.82	10.4
Burt HootonP	29	29	11	10	0	212.0	129	2.97	9.6
Jerry ReussP	39	21	7	14	3	160.0	83	3.54	9.1
Charlie HoughP	42	14	7	5	0	151.1	76	4.76	6.9
Bob WelchP	25	12	5	6	5	81.1	64	3.98	6.8
Andy MessersmithP	11	11	2	4	0	62.1	26	4.91	2.0
Doug RauP	11	11	1	5	0	56.0	28	5.30	1.3
Dave PattersonP	36	0	4	1	6	53.0	34	5.26	5.7
Ken BrettP	30	0	4	3	2	47.0	13	3.45	—
Joe BeckwithP	17	0	1	2	2	37.1	28	4.34	3.2
Lerrin LaGrowP	31	0	5	1	4	37.0	22	3.41	—
Bobby CastilloP	19	0	2	0	7	24.1	25	1.11	5.9
Terry ForsterP	17	0	1	2	2	16.1	8	5.51	1.6
Gerry HannahsP	4	2	0	2	1	16.0	6	3.38	—
Dennis LewallynP	7	0	0	1	0	12.1	1	5.11	—
Lance RautzhanP	12	0	0	2	1	9.2	5	7.45	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Steve Garvey1B	162	648	92	204	28	110	3	.315	.848	14.6
Bill RussellSS	153	627	72	170	7	56	6	.271	.656	8.1
Davey Lopes2B	153	582	109	154	28	73	44	.265	.836	15.2
Dusty Baker Jr.LF	151	554	86	152	23	88	11	.274	.795	13.1
Ron Cey3B	150	487	77	137	28	81	3	.281	.888	14.4
Derrel Thomas2B	141	406	47	104	5	44	18	.256	.680	7.3
Joe FergusonC	122	363	54	95	20	69	1	.262	.846	10.6
Gary ThomassonCF	115	315	39	78	14	45	4	.248	.761	7.6
Steve YeagerC	105	310	33	67	13	41	1	.216	.666	5.5
Reggie SmithRF	68	234	41	64	10	32	6	.274	.825	6.0
Von JoshuaCF	94	142	22	40	3	14	1	.282	.723	3.7
Ted MartinezSS	81	112	19	30	0	2	3	.268	.623	1.9
Mickey HatcherLF	33	93	9	25	1	5	1	.269	.693	1.4
Rick SutcliffeP	40	85	6	21	1	17	0	.247	.571	11.1
Don SuttonP	33	77	2	11	0	3	0	.143	.297	10.4
Burt HootonP	30	75	5	11	0	5	0	.147	.345	9.6
Pedro Guerrero1B	25	62	7	15	2	9	2	.242	.621	—
Johnny OatesC	26	46	4	6	0	2	0	.130	.374	—
Jerry ReussP	39	42	4	7	0	1	0	.167	.429	9.1
Manny MotaLF	47	42	1	15	0	3	0	.357	.757	1.7
Charlie HoughP	42	38	1	6	0	2	0	.158	.342	6.9
Rick MondayCF	12	33	2	10	0	2	0	.303	.698	—
Vic DavalilloCF	29	27	2	7	0	2	2	.259	.606	—
Andy MessersmithP	11	22	1	2	0	2	0	.091	.227	2.0
Bob WelchP	25	19	1	3	0	3	0	.158	.358	6.8
Doug RauP	11	14	1	2	0	0	0	.143	.464	1.3
Ken BrettP	30	11	0	3	0	2	0	.273	.546	—
Dave PattersonP	37	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286	5.7
Joe BeckwithP	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	3.2
Gerry HannahsP	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Bobby CastilloP	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	5.9
Lerrin LaGrowP	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Dennis LewallynP	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Rick SutcliffeP	39	30	17	10	0	242.0	117	3.46	11.1
Don SuttonP	33	32	12	15	1	226.0	146	3.82	10.4
Burt HootonP	29	29	11	10	0	212.0	129	2.97	9.6
Jerry ReussP	39	21	7	14	3	160.0	83	3.54	9.1
Charlie HoughP	42	14	7	5	0	151.1	76	4.76	6.9
Bob WelchP	25	12	5	6	5	81.1	64	3.98	6.8
Andy MessersmithP	11	11	2	4	0	62.1	26	4.91	2.0
Doug RauP	11	11	1	5	0	56.0	28	5.30	1.3
Dave PattersonP	36	0	4	1	6	53.0	34	5.26	5.7
Ken BrettP	30	0	4	3	2	47.0	13	3.45	—
Joe BeckwithP	17	0	1	2	2	37.1	28	4.34	3.2
Lerrin LaGrowP	31	0	5	1	4	37.0	22	3.41	—
Bobby CastilloP	19	0	2	0	7	24.1	25	1.11	5.9
Terry ForsterP	17	0	1	2	2	16.1	8	5.51	1.6
Gerry HannahsP	4	2	0	2	1	16.0	6	3.38	—
Dennis LewallynP	7	0	0	1	0	12.1	1	5.11	—
Lance RautzhanP	12	0	0	2	1	9.2	5	7.45	—