Six Dodgers with 70 runs scored

by David Young on Sep 24, 2009 1:10 PM PDT

This year's Dodger team has six players with at least 70 runs scored: James Loney, Matt Kemp, Casey Blake, Rafael Furcal, Orlando Hudson, and Andre Ethier. It seems unlikely that anyone will join them in the final ten games, with Russell Martin at 60 and Manny Ramirez at 58.

This is only the the fifth team in Los Angeles Dodgers history to do so. The last Dodger team to have six 70-run players was 1999. The 1974 and 1977 NL champion teams also accomplished this feat. The 102-win, but second-place 1962 Dodgers, actually had all six players with at least 80 runs, although they did have three extra regular-season games due to the three-game playoff.

Loney and Hudson have exactly 70 runs scored, so it seems highly unlikely either will reach 80, let alone both.

Los Angeles Dodger teams with at least six players with 70 or more runs scored:

2009	James Loney, Matt Kemp, Casey Blake, Rafael Furcal, Orlando Hudson, Andre Ethier
1999	Adrian Beltre, Mark Grudzielanek, Eric Young, Eric Karros, Gary Sheffield, Raul Mondesi
1977	Reggie Smith, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell, Dusty Baker
1974	Bill Buckner, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, Willie Crawford, Steve Garvey, Jimmy Wynn
1962	Frank Howard, Maury Wills, Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Jim Gilliam, Ron Fairley

I didn't research the Brooklyn Dodgers thoroughly, but the 1953 Dodgers had seven players over 80 runs scored, with six of them over 100. Carl Furillo had 82; the 100+ guys were Pee Wee Reese, Rookie of the Year Jim Gilliam, Gil Hodges, Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, and Roy Campenella.

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Nice work, Dave. That 1953 team was ridiculous. Not a champ, but probably the best team in Dodger history.

by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions

NL champs!

The offense was killer, but the pitching overall, eh – they needed that offense. The starters with the second, third and fourth most stars, 81 combined, were 40-16, despite ERA+ from 94 to 98. Their raw combined ERA was in the 4.4s. Oisk was pretty good though, 121 ERA+.

by David Young on Sep 24, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

70 runs

Its a great feat having this many dodgers score 70 + runs……….lets make sure our pitching can get us through october…..after all, how many of those dodger teams with all those 70 + guys have won a championship???

by alwaysdodgin on Sep 24, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

2nd best starters ERA

best bullpen ERA. I don’t know how we rank in FIP and x-FIP or ERA+ but i’ll bet the house that we are at least in the top 5. I think our pitching will be fine.

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Sep 25, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

The 1955 Dodgers did. I didn’t list them, but they also had six with 70+ runs.
The ’74 and ’77 won NL championships. They just had the misfortune of facing two different Reggie Jackson-led dynasties.

by David Young on Sep 25, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
56	Matt Chico lhp	29
33	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
37	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 20 For more info, click here.

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