Dodgers On The Road
by Eric Stephen on Oct 1, 2009 2:00 PM PDT
in Dodgers History & Records
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PrintYesterday'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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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.
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?
but amazingly, none of the walk-offs came on the road (well, maybe except for the Pete Orr flyball) :)
Walk off on the road
The only walk-off on the road I want to see is Martin shaking Broxton’s hand. :)
10/3 True Blue/Star Wars game
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
HFA
A Lance Berkman 2-run double greets Cliff Lee in the 1st.
No Utley, no Victorino in the post-NLE clinch for Phillies.
Here’s hoping for an Astro’s victory.
"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.
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....
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
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
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
Alderson for Sanchez
who missed most of the year. Then we sign him. Forget the salt in the wounds, that is rubbing alcohol.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
espn classic showing the Home Run Derby
Mickey Mantle vs Willie Mays…
its realll cooool
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
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
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