Dodgers On The Road

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 2:00 PM PDT in Research Comment 63 comments

This was a familiar site on the road this season for the Dodgers

Yesterday's loss to the Padres was the 81st and final regular season road game for the Dodgers. I looked through the road numbers for the season, and found a few things that stood out:

The Dodgers on the road led the National League in runs scored, hits, triples, stolen bases (tied with Phillies), walks, batting average, on base percentage, and OPS
The Dodgers had 12 different road trips this season, and finished at .500 or above on nine of the 12 trips.
Matt Kemp started 79 of 81 games on the road this season. Only Ryan Howard (80) has more road starts, although Prince Fielder is likely to pass both, having started all 77 Brewers' road games with four remaining
Kemp led the club with 99 hits on the road. Might their be visions of a 200-hit season or five in his future?
Russell Martin did not enter a single game on the road that he did not start. He did so seven times at home
The Dodgers walk far more often on the road than at Dodger Stadium. Wearing the road grays, the Dodgers walked in 10.4% of their plate appearances, compared to 8.5% at home
Jonathan Broxton struggled on the road, with a 5.81 ERA and 4.12 FIP. He allowed just two earned runs at home all season, but had seven different road games allowing that many earned runs.
Road Loney hit .309/.387/.475 away from home, with 14 doubles, 12 home runs, and 54 runs batted in
Road Ethier was mortal, hitting just .238/.341/.389, although his low .268 BABIP suggests at least some bad luck. Ethier doesn't like not having last ups
Mark Loretta was actually pretty good on the road, hitting .283/.351/.354, or at least a huge improvement over his abysmal numbers at Dodger Stadium (.160/.250/.160). That 12.16 FIP, on the other hand...
Juan Pierre had a career-high .453 slugging percentage on the road. The only other times in his career he had a .400 slugging percentage on the road were 2001 (.421) and 2006 (.411).
The bench as a whole performed very well, as the non-regulars put up a .302/.350/.420 line
Two different Dodger relievers posted an ERA under 1.00 on the road: George Sherrill (0.69) and Ramon Troncoso (0.84). Among pitchers with 20 or more innings on the road, Troncoso's road ERA led MLB.
Going into the season, Phil and I were going back and forth, trying to decide whether or not to predict a 90-72 or 92-70 season for the Dodgers. I'd say 45-36 on the road got it done, even with the poor finish.

Here is a look at all the Dodgers and the statistics away from Dodger Stadium this season

2009 Dodger Road Stats

Player	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	BABIP
Manny	56	53	190	37	60	13	1	9	33	46	0/1	.316/.454/.537	.991	.367
Kemp	80	79	315	46	99	12	5	13	59	35	15/7	.314/.380/.508	.888	.366
Loney	79	75	301	43	93	14	0	12	54	39	4/1	.309/.387/.475	.862	.314
Blake	65	63	240	38	66	11	3	11	45	37	2/1	.275/.368/.483	.852	.327
Hudson	77	73	290	38	77	17	3	5	33	37	6/0	.266/.348/.397	.745	.317
Furcal	74	71	311	47	88	17	2	4	26	36	7/3	.283/.355/.389	.744	.308
Ethier	79	74	303	39	72	17	1	9	39	41	6/1	.238/.341/.389	.730	.268
Martin	70	70	272	33	68	8	0	4	31	32	5/2	.250/.337/.324	.660	.286
Starters	580	558	2222	321	623	109	15	67	320	303	45/16	.280/.368/.443	.802	.316
Paul	5	1	7	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	0/0	.286/.444/.857	1.302	.333
Belliard	11	10	41	9	14	5	0	2	5	3	0/0	.341/.386/.610	.996	.375
Pierre	69	33	181	36	61	9	6	0	20	10	14/4	.337/.381/.453	.834	.359
Ausmus	19	14	54	6	18	2	0	1	7	2	0/0	.333/.379/.426	.805	.386
Jones	3	3	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.250/.400/.375	.775	.500
Castro	29	14	60	12	19	2	0	1	6	3	0/0	.317/.349/.400	.749	.391
Loretta	52	18	99	14	28	7	0	0	17	11	0/1	.283/.351/.354	.705	.308
DeWitt	15	4	26	3	6	2	0	1	3	2	0/0	.231/.276/.423	.699	.250
Thome	7	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0/0	.286/.286/.286	.571	.400
Hoffmann	4	2	9	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0/0	.111/.091/.222	.313	.125
Mientkiewicz	11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.100/.000	.100	.000
Ellis	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000	.000
Hu	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000	.000
Repko	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000	.000
Bench	236	99	507	86	153	30	6	6	67	33	14/5	.302/.350/.420	.770	.339
Pitchers	301	72	151	8	15	2	0	2	8	10	0/0	.099/.166/.152	.318	.163
Totals	1117	729	2880	415	791	141	21	75	395	346	59/21	.275/.355/.416	.772	.315

Pitcher	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	FIP
Padilla	4	3-0	--	22.0	20	9	8	8	18	3.27	1.273	3.20
Wolf	16	7-4	--	100.1	83	35	31	23	83	2.78	1.056	3.44
Kershaw	14	5-4	--	80.2	58	35	35	43	84	3.90	1.252	3.64
Kuroda	11	6-3	--	64.2	56	31	23	10	42	3.20	1.021	3.93
Milton	3	2-0	--	14.1	15	5	5	5	10	3.14	1.395	4.13
Schmidt	1	1-0	--	6.0	1	0	0	5	3	0.00	1.000	4.16
Billingsley	17	4-5	--	104.1	80	50	47	52	90	4.05	1.265	4.32
Garland	3	0-2	--	15.1	19	11	7	5	14	4.11	1.565	4.46
Stults	6	1-2	--	25.1	32	20	20	20	19	7.11	2.053	4.54
Weaver	3	1-1	--	11.1	14	6	4	5	10	3.18	1.676	5.27
McDonald	2	1-1	--	7.1	6	10	10	7	4	12.27	1.773	8.88
Haeger	1	0-0	--	2.1	4	4	4	2	3	15.43	2.571	14.30
Starters	81	31-22	--	454.0	388	216	194	185	380	3.85	1.262	4.05
Kershaw	1	0-0	--	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0.00	0.500	0.66
Haeger	2	0-0	--	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.600	2.56
Padilla	1	0-0	--	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00	0.500	2.66
Vargas	3	0-0	--	4.0	3	1	1	2	4	2.25	1.250	2.66
Sherrill	14	1-0	--	13.0	12	1	1	5	8	0.69	1.308	2.85
Troncoso	34	2-2	4	42.2	36	9	4	21	28	0.84	1.336	2.97
Kuo	20	1-0	--	18.0	13	6	6	10	20	3.00	1.278	3.16
Belisario	33	0-3	--	36.2	30	14	10	17	34	2.45	1.282	3.48
Elbert	9	0-0	--	11.2	9	4	4	5	11	3.09	1.200	3.67
Weaver	11	3-3	--	21.2	31	13	13	14	19	5.40	2.077	3.99
Broxton	26	2-1	18	31.0	30	21	20	20	41	5.81	1.613	4.12
McDonald	21	3-2	--	23.1	20	10	8	13	27	3.09	1.414	4.18
Mota	30	0-2	--	28.2	28	16	16	12	13	5.02	1.395	5.11
Kuroda	1	0-0	--	1.1	2	3	3	1	0	20.25	2.250	5.41
Wade	12	1-1	--	11.1	12	7	7	2	6	5.56	1.235	6.07
Leach	18	0-0	--	8.2	6	8	8	8	9	8.31	1.615	6.16
Ohman	11	1-0	1	6.1	5	4	4	4	4	5.68	1.421	7.42
Schlichting	1	0-0	--	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	0.00	2.000	9.16
Loretta	1	0-0	--	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000	12.16
Relievers	249	14-14	23	265.1	238	118	105	138	232	3.56	1.417	4.00
Totals	81	45-36	23	719.1	626	334	299	323	612	3.74	1.319	4.03

*Some pitchers' stats were split into their starting and relieving duties.

Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com for help with the data.

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Thanks

for putting this together man!

by LA Taco on Oct 1, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome

That’s really impressive and a fun read…but right now I’m more worried about what we can do at home. Looks like the Rockies are going to get another W tonight.

by bearface on Oct 1, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ethier is tied with 2 others

One being HOF Jimmie Foxx with 4 walk-off HRs in a season.

Will he make it 5 this weekend?

by bhsportsguy on Oct 1, 2009 3:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

but amazingly, none of the walk-offs came on the road (well, maybe except for the Pete Orr flyball) :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Walk off on the road

The only walk-off on the road I want to see is Martin shaking Broxton’s hand. :)

by bhsportsguy on Oct 1, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he also had the walk-off error in the Pittsburgh debacle.

by David Young on Oct 1, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I posted this way down yonder but wanted to ask if there were still 2 tickets available for the True Blue group game! Email me ajhenning AT gmail DOT com! I hope I won’t miss Eric Stephen dancing like the Westside Rentals guy during Don’t Stop Believing.

by mintxcore on Oct 1, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A Martinez is a DOUCHE

Declares himself a Dodger fan yet calls them “Gutless with no heart”. If that’s so, then why do they have the best record?

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 1, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

As much as it goes against my will and moral fiber, I have to say that Martinez has a point. LATELY they have been playing with no heart. I HOPE that once the playoffs start either here in LA or on the road, they can return to their once promising team that started with a bang!

How do you NOT win one game against the Padres, or Pirates knowing that seals the deal.

"Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest."
-Tommy L.

by Pablojr818 on Oct 1, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Winning doesn’t always mean more heart.

Not winning does not equal no heart.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I assume that for you to say the Dodgers don’t have heart recently means they are exhibiting sub-standard effort. Can you name a player who you’ve felt played without a heart or didn’t give maximum effort?

by Michael White on Oct 1, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Martin, Loney, Hudson, Furcal, Blake(big pussy), Belliard(bigger pussy), Manny, Kemp, and the tin man himself Andre Ethier.

Plus Kuo and Sherrill. They allowed baserunners, I hate that.

And Billingsley who needs a heart as big as his butt.

by meercatjohn on Oct 1, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

the overall consensus isn’t so much that the players aren’t trying, but more that they are just flat. It would be nice to see some kind of catalyst for intensity. I would venture to say that maybe intensity and focus aren’t where they should be. Like any average human being goes through, I am sure the Dodgers have emotional times where there heads are elsewhere. Maybe sometimes it all happens at once? It would be interesting to psychoanalyze an MLB team. I played in a touring rock band for years (obscure and unknown) and maybe it is similar being road weary sometimes.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. -Mozart

by Ian Capilouto on Oct 1, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

To bad you aren't going to the TB gig

by Nieces husband just called it quits after trying to make it in a band for years. He’s a pretty bad ass guitarist.

by meercatjohn on Oct 1, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I probably have run into him and played with him

in LA somewhere at some club over the years. Yeah, I wish I was going to that game. Next time, for sure. I am off of work. Talk to you dudes later.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. -Mozart

by Ian Capilouto on Oct 1, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't use that language

to describe players sitting due to injury. It’s more important that they’re healthy than batting against the Pirates.

"Who would win: Coach Ditka versus a hurricane? The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Ditka"

by Mr. LA Sports Fan on Oct 1, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check your sarcasm detector.

by Michael White on Oct 1, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's in the shop

I’ve been using so much :)

"Who would win: Coach Ditka versus a hurricane? The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Ditka"

by Mr. LA Sports Fan on Oct 1, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In case anyone needs to feel any better, just think of the hurt going on in SF now:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091001&content_id=7272882&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

First officially eliminated from the playoffs after we unofficially destroyed their hopes TWICE, and then some salt sprinkled in the wounds just to make them howel!

If that doesn’t work for you (then you are probably dead), but there’s always that we have the best record in the National League thing too.

by Dodger Dude on Oct 1, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HFA

A Lance Berkman 2-run double greets Cliff Lee in the 1st.

No Utley, no Victorino in the post-NLE clinch for Phillies.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Here’s hoping for an Astro’s victory.

by Pablojr818 on Oct 1, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cmon astros

only a half game lead for HFA…

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 1, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Important to remember

Dodgers have the tiebreak with Phillies (unless its a 3-way tie with StL)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yessir

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 1, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They've done damage against Lidge already this season

I’m hoping tonight it’s not even close, unless Lidge comes in the 6th inning a la Danys Baez.

by StolenMonkey86 on Oct 1, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Top Chef's Padma is preggers.

El Lay Dave is crushed.

by Tripon on Oct 1, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

She has one in the oven?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope that doesn't affect her availability for the TBLA game Saturday

by Michael White on Oct 1, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It means my legs will be more sore when she’s sitting on my lap :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you just going to talk about the first thing that pops up?

by KellyStephen on Oct 1, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

She’ll never notice.

by David Young on Oct 1, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I primarily post Padma for Eric’s benefit. Now, Zooey, that will crush me.

by David Young on Oct 1, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alderson for Sanchez

who missed most of the year. Then we sign him. Forget the salt in the wounds, that is rubbing alcohol.

by meercatjohn on Oct 1, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why do you want to sign another injury prone player.

by Tripon on Oct 1, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could see Sanchez fitting in here if we let Hudson walk. He’s nothing special but he does hit when healthy and he grew up with my niece in Burbank, was a huge Dodger fan growing up, and is a great guy so I wouldn’t mind seeing him play 2nd compared to some other options. Looks like a Ned guy to me.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchfr01.shtml

by meercatjohn on Oct 1, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem is that he'll want some close to his declined option.

by Tripon on Oct 1, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What all these umemployed 2nd baseman want

and what they will get will make for an interesting winter. Heck Grund or Durham couldn’t even get a job this year.

by meercatjohn on Oct 1, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

2-1 Houston

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 1, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

bcvx \

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 1, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This Would Be an Incredibly Exciting Finish

If the top team in the NL won the pennant.

But, they don’t, so it is pretty much meaningless now that Colorado has clinched.

by Dodger Dude on Oct 1, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

4-1 Houston

Top of the 6th inning

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 1, 2009 6:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

bottom*

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 1, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of being on the road...

…wouldn’t you guys rather face Philly? Wainwright and Carpenter were a combined 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA against the Dodgers this year, while your bats match up splendidly against the Phillie Lefties. Just a thought. I guarantee Torre could care less about the division crown, he wants another ring. It’s the fans hung up on these last three.

For disclosure’s sake, I am a Rockies fan :P But seriously, the numbers are astounding. You all got after Hamels twice.

by ELGee on Oct 1, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

3-0

Three games is not a meaningful sample of games.

by Michael White on Oct 1, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's pretty damn meaningful

Considering you played the Phillies 7 times, and the bullpen blew one of Wainwright’s gems. Should have been 4-0. You’re going to be in a 2-0 hole. Brace yourselves.

by ELGee on Oct 1, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cardinals rather.

You also played the Phillies 7 times, and were 4-3. 2-5 against the Phillies.

by ELGee on Oct 1, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol, Cards again.

I can formulate my thoughts into type, I swear.

by ELGee on Oct 1, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No it's not

4 games are not an indicator of how 2 other games will play out.

by Michael White on Oct 1, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They are both good teams

It really doesn’t matter. Dodgers have done better against “balanced” teams than against going against strong starting pitching, so theoretically, we match up against the Phils better, but they are both good teams. Whoever comes out of the NL is going to have gone through trial by fire.

by Dodger Dude on Oct 1, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’ll be fun to have zero Rockies fans on here after the Dodgers wrap up the Division on Friday.

by KSeal on Oct 1, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I like LA for this series

Jorge De La Rosa vs. Dodgers this season: 0-2 with a 5.74 ERA
Ubaldo Jimenez vs. Dodgers this season: 0-3 with a 7.77 ERA

"Who would win: Coach Ditka versus a hurricane? The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Ditka"

by Mr. LA Sports Fan on Oct 1, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

espn classic showing the Home Run Derby

Mickey Mantle vs Willie Mays…

its realll cooool

by matthewmafa on Oct 1, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Poseidon’s Fist > ELGee

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 7:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Not enough ">"

by David Young on Oct 1, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, PF > MundaneGarage

by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 8:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Dodgers game is “offline” right now in Vegas. Vegas probably thinks that Colorado may sit one or more of their key players due to clinching a playoff birth already. ??
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 1, 2009 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting

btw, noticed that the main variation for individual props at bodog is run+hit+rbi, with most lines being 2 or 2.5… though they may really go nuts with lots of strange variations for the postseason. this is one of those weeks i wish i was in vegas, it would be fun to play those and cash in on the SC/Cal moneyline

by stillnotah8er on Oct 1, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs