Six Dodgers with 70 runs scored

by David Young on Sep 24, 2009 1:10 PM PDT Comment 5 comments

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs