1979 Lodi Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 67-72
Finished 3rd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Stan Wasiak (67-72)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Lodi, California
Ballpark: Lawrence Park
Attendance: 44,102, Avg. 635
Playoffs - Stockton Ports 2 games, Lodi Dodgers 0
The Lodi Dodgers of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 67 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Dodgers scored 792 runs and conceded 778 runs. Mike Marshall led Lodi with 24 home runs, while Bill Swoope walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Marshall drove in 116 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .354 average. Christopher Malden paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 5.17 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1979 Lodi Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Bradley, Leo Hernández, Fernando Valenzuela, Mike Marshall, Germán Rivera and Brian Holton.
Stan Wasiak served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Malden | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.17 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 148.0 | 164 | 104 | 85 | 10 | 104 | 3 | 130 | 3 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Brian Holton | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Brian Baldwin | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.60 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 74 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rocky Cordova | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.62 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97.0 | 84 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 74 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Brian Hayes | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.57 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 51 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Larry Powers | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.45 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 80 | 58 | 48 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| James Nobles | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.41 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80.0 | 97 | 64 | 57 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Paul Bain | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.81 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 104 | 71 | 60 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Robert Foster | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6.45 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 74.0 | 70 | 58 | 53 | 10 | 67 | 7 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Rod Scheller | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.67 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 95 | 61 | 51 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Perry | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 88 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Bass | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.58 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 48 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Terry Sutcliffe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 68 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Fernando Valenzuela | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tim O'Neill | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 48 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reno Aragon | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Eric Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Augie Ruiz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.45 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 72 | .482 | 4.86 | 327 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 1187.0 | 1217 | 777 | 641 | 102 | 798 | 27 | 879 | 32 | 19 | 131 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Marshall | 137 | 607 | 525 | 101 | 186 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 116 | 22 | 7 | 71 | 86 | .354 | .431 | .573 | 1.005 | 301 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Marvin Garrison | 130 | 611 | 502 | 103 | 164 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 28 | 19 | 95 | 94 | .327 | .433 | .460 | .893 | 231 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Johnnie Walker | 121 | 552 | 449 | 82 | 135 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 76 | 51 | .301 | .410 | .356 | .767 | 160 | 11 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Miguel Franjul | 126 | 526 | 480 | 60 | 130 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 83 | .271 | .313 | .335 | .649 | 161 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Bill Swoope | 122 | 486 | 420 | 72 | 116 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 72 | .276 | .352 | .469 | .821 | 197 | 10 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Leo Hernández | 61 | 275 | 257 | 48 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .319 | .356 | .475 | .831 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Kemp | 91 | 355 | 309 | 47 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 45 | .256 | .340 | .320 | .660 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dale Holman | 73 | 298 | 254 | 41 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 51 | .287 | .372 | .457 | .828 | 116 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Evon Martinson | 84 | 300 | 259 | 37 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 69 | .251 | .338 | .340 | .678 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Brown | 49 | 197 | 158 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 39 | .285 | .418 | .506 | .925 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Ruzek | 49 | 203 | 152 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 38 | .270 | .446 | .322 | .768 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Lanning | 36 | 150 | 129 | 11 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 22 | .287 | .373 | .357 | .730 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Schultz | 32 | 119 | 97 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | .289 | .400 | .402 | .802 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mark Bradley | 31 | 141 | 101 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 25 | .277 | .461 | .376 | .837 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jessie Baez | 32 | 118 | 102 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | .275 | .373 | .402 | .775 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germán Rivera | 36 | 152 | 139 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .187 | .250 | .266 | .516 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leo Mann | 27 | 88 | 76 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .289 | .365 | .316 | .680 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Mejia | 30 | 107 | 91 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .220 | .321 | .308 | .628 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Juan Villaescusa | 13 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .367 | .406 | .367 | .773 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Malkin | 21 | 82 | 68 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .147 | .293 | .162 | .454 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Richards | 7 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .348 | .423 | .391 | .814 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shoemaker | 6 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Cordova | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Guzman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Valenzuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1362 | 5448 | 4641 | 793 | 1336 | 228 | 25 | 92 | 686 | 152 | 72 | 658 | 802 | .288 | .378 | .407 | .786 | 1890 | 0 | 48 | 53 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Marshall | 1B | 137 | 1173 | 71 | 20 | 101 | .984 | 9.080 | ||||
| Evon Martinson | 1B | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| David Richards | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dale Holman | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Miguel Franjul | 2B | 117 | 263 | 311 | 19 | 63 | .968 | 4.906 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | 2B | 13 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.231 | ||||
| Greg Schultz | 2B | 8 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 2B | 5 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.400 | ||||
| Leo Hernández | 3B | 61 | 52 | 143 | 29 | 8 | .871 | 3.197 | ||||
| Germán Rivera | 3B | 36 | 24 | 84 | 19 | 9 | .850 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Lanning | 3B | 35 | 26 | 66 | 10 | 6 | .902 | 2.629 | ||||
| Greg Schultz | 3B | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Don Ruzek | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Evon Martinson | C | 74 | 432 | 68 | 6 | 4 | .988 | 6.757 | 4 | |||
| Alfredo Mejia | C | 26 | 135 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .982 | 6.385 | 5 | |||
| Jessie Baez | C | 26 | 174 | 32 | 8 | 3 | .963 | 7.923 | 4 | |||
| John Malkin | C | 20 | 131 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 7.000 | 4 | |||
| David Richards | C | 6 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Garrison | OF | 119 | 248 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 2.118 | ||||
| Bill Swoope | OF | 117 | 188 | 18 | 6 | 5 | .972 | 1.761 | ||||
| Rodney Kemp | OF | 91 | 110 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dale Holman | OF | 53 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.453 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 35 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .885 | 1.314 | ||||
| Mark Bradley | OF | 31 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.355 | ||||
| Greg Schultz | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Foster | P | 47 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .362 | ||||
| Rocky Cordova | P | 42 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .619 | ||||
| James Nobles | P | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .259 | ||||
| Christopher Malden | P | 26 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .808 | ||||
| Brian Hayes | P | 23 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .696 | ||||
| Paul Bain | P | 20 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim O'Neill | P | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Jerry Bass | P | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Steve Perry | P | 15 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rod Scheller | P | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Larry Powers | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Terry Sutcliffe | P | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Brian Baldwin | P | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eric Schmidt | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Brian Holton | P | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
| Augie Ruiz | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Reno Aragon | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Fernando Valenzuela | P | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | SS | 87 | 144 | 255 | 26 | 44 | .939 | 4.586 | ||||
| Leo Mann | SS | 27 | 40 | 65 | 4 | 14 | .963 | 3.889 | ||||
| Don Ruzek | SS | 25 | 34 | 78 | 4 | 11 | .966 | 4.480 | ||||
| Greg Schultz | SS | 7 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .921 | 5.000 | ||||
| Hector Guzman | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Miguel Franjul | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1500 | 3555 | 1537 | 210 | 321 | .960 | 3.395 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
