1979 Los Angeles Dodgers roster

32 players appeared for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Dodgers roster: batting

1979 Los Angeles Dodgers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Steve Garvey1B16264892204281103.315.351.848
Bill RussellSS153627721707566.271.297.656
Davey LopesLF153582109154287344.265.372.836
Dusty BakerDH15155486152238811.274.340.795
Ron CeyDH1504877713728813.281.389.888
Derrel ThomasSS1414064710454418.256.330.679
Joe FergusonC122363549520691.262.380.845
Gary Thomasson1B115315397814454.248.339.761
Steve YeagerC105310336713411.216.282.665
Reggie Smith1B68234416410326.274.359.825
Von Joshua1B9414222403141.282.315.724
Ted Martinez—811121930023.268.293.623
Mickey Hatcher1B3393925151.269.327.692
Pedro Guerrero1B2562715292.242.250.621
Johnny OatesC264646020.130.200.374
Manny MotaLF4742115030.357.400.757
Charlie Hough—423816020.158.158.342
Rick Monday1B1233210020.303.395.698
Vic Davalillo1B292727022.259.310.607

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1979 Dodgers roster: pitching

1979 Los Angeles Dodgers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Rick SutcliffeSP393017103.46242.01171.300
Don SuttonSP333212153.82226.01461.161
Burt HootonSP292911102.97212.01291.200
Jerry ReussRP39217143.54160.0831.493
Bob WelchRP2512564.0081.0641.415
Andy MessersmithP1111244.9162.1261.430
Doug RauSP1111155.3056.0281.700
Dave PattersonP360415.2653.0341.586
Joe BeckwithRP170124.3437.1281.532
Bobby CastilloRP190201.1124.1251.607
Terry ForsterRP170125.5116.181.782
Gerry HannahsP42023.3816.061.441
Dennis LewallynRP70015.1112.111.950

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.