Dodgers Have Been Double Trouble
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2009 8:55 AM PDT
in Dodgers History & Records
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PrintI lost track of this the other night, but on Tuesday, James Loney hit his 25th double of the season, giving the Dodgers six players with 25 doubles this season. Three other Dodger teams in history have had six players with 25 or more doubles, and none since moving to Los Angeles:
| 1932 | 1951 | 1953 | 2009 | ||||
| Player | 2B | Player | 2B | Player | 2B | Player | 2B |
| Wilson | 37 | Robinson | 33 | Furillo | 38 | Ethier | 41 |
| Stripp | 36 | Campanella | 33 | Snider | 38 | Hudson | 33 |
| O'Doul | 36 | Furillo | 32 | Robinson | 34 | Furcal | 26 |
| Cuccinello | 32 | Snider | 26 | Gilliam | 31 | Kemp | 25 |
| Wright | 31 | Cox | 25 | Campanella | 26 | Blake | 25 |
| Frederick | 28 | Hodges | 25 | Reese | 25 | Loney | 25 |
Manny Ramirez has 23 doubles, and with 10 games remaining he might become the seventh member of the 25-double club. No Dodger team has ever had seven players with 25 doubles. The Red Sox, Phillies, and Blue Jays this season all have already accomplished the feat. The major league record is eight players, held by 16 different teams, most recently the 2007 Red Sox.
The Dodgers have hit 266 doubles as a team in their first 150 games, putting them on pace for 287 doubles on the season, which would be the fourth-most two-baggers ever hit by a Dodger team. The 2006 team holds the club record with 307 doubles.
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Amazing
but even more so that Russell Martin is not on that list after hitting 26,32,and 25 in first three seasons.
Only thing that could stop it is rest after a clinch, but trying to get best NL record could curtail that anyway
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Off the Wall
I’m curious to know how many of these are “off the wall” doubles that might have been homeruns in other parks.
this is an awesome stat though, i think a lot of this can be attributed to donny baseball teaching these guys to not swing for the fences every time.
I wish Donny Baseball
would stop teaching Russell Martin to hit singles.
by meercatjohn on Sep 24, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pirates to start Karstens tomorrow vs. Dodgers
From Dejan Kevacovic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Russell is hoping to get 4-5 innings out of Karstens. After that, he will choose from Donnie Veal, Denny Bautista, Steven Jackson, Chris Bootcheck or Eric Hacker. … What a completely dreary atmosphere around this team right now. Seriously. Just awful. The worst I’ve seen it in doing this
Nice stat…and if Kemp gets 3 more RBI it will be the first time since 2001 that the Dodgers have two guys w/more than 100 RBI. What a putrid decade for offense it has been.
I think it was Eric Enders way back when who said it best, that we looked like one of the best teams of all-time when we were on defense, and one of the worst teams of all-time on offense. That was a crazy year.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
At the time, I thought that team was going to go down as the best pitcing team of the decade. The roation started with Brown, O Perez, Dreifort, Nomo and Ishii. Dreifort looked good out of the gate, Perez was coming off an excellent year and Brown was solid. As of July 1st, the Team ERA was 2.83. Dreifort got hurt (naturally) and Ishii was never any good to begin with but the pitching was quite good for a while (of course thanks to an excellent defense.)
But boy did that lineup suck. Other than Shawn Green, the next best starter on the club was the timeless Fred McGriff with an OPS+ of 99. That middle infield which was so much fun to watch on the field had an OPS+ of 67 (Cora) and 60 (Izturis.) Brian Jordan could hit (when healthy enough to play which was rare) and posted a 112 OPS+ off the bench. David Ross also had a nice year when filling in for Lo Duca (134.)
Other stars from that team. Jeremy Burnitz, Robin Ventura (that was our big deadline deal to make a pennant push) and Rickey Henderson (man this team was really old.)
And my personal favorite. The original pinch hitting star. Daryle Ward with an OPS+ of 9
by Michael White on Sep 24, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Note from Jayson Stark, who noted Brad Lidge is only six for 15 in converting saves when entering with a one run lead:
In case you’re curious, here’s how three other prominent closers have fared when they’ve entered games with a one-run lead:
• Mariano Rivera — 11 for 12
• Jonathan Papelbon — 14 for 16
• Jonathan Broxton — 12 for 14
From Jayson Stark:
Mariners catcher Rob Johnson has been out since Friday with a sprained ankle — from landing funny while jumping up and down at home plate, waiting for Ichiro to finish orbiting the bases after a walk-off homer off Mariano Rivera.
Also from Stark
We’ve always thought it was sad that too many Americans think reading is painful. But maybe they have a case, after closer David Aardsma’s mishap this week. Aardsma was unavailable to pitch Tuesday with a sore back. And how did his back get so sore? From curling up, reading a book on the coast-to-coast flight from Seattle to Tampa on Monday. Ouch. Here’s our recommended reading for his next flight: “Excuses Begone!”
These walk off home run celebrations
seem excessive lately. They were pummelling Orr last night after a wonker fly ball. I know their season has sucked but come on, it was a stupid fly ball. Do some high fives and then get ready for tomorrow. They do more celebrating now during a meaningless game then when Fisk or Carter hit walk off world series home runs.
by meercatjohn on Sep 24, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
From Keith Law who was at last night’s Dodgers/Nats game, on how Billingsley looked:
Awful. 35 command, then he hung a breaking ball to Zimmerman. It might as well have been on a tee.
The 35 is on a 20-80 scout’s scale.
The Nats have a lot of crummy hitters in that lineup though.
I wonder if one watched taped and counted the times Martin had to move the glove a significant amount vs. the number of pitches thrown, what the results would be. I leave it as an exercise to the observer to determine what “a significant amount” is.
For the people who watched on TV, not Gameday, did it seem like he was hitting the target.
by David Young on Sep 24, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If he hadn't used the word "awful" before the 35
I would have sworn he had mistyped the 35. Interesting, I didn’t see the game so I can’t comment on the command.
by meercatjohn on Sep 24, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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