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Earlier this season, I broke down the Dodgers' season through 54 games, exactly one third of the season, and compared it to years past. This is a day late, as game number 108 was Monday night, but here's how the second third of the season compares to the first third:
| Year | W-L | Runs For | Runs Allowed | BA/OBP/SLG | ERA |
| 1st 54 Games |
24-30 | 187 (3.46/gm) | 226 (4.19/gm) | .248/.312/.360 | 3.99 |
| 2nd 54 Games |
25-29 | 212 (3.93/gm) | 211 (3.91/gm) | .255/.319/.368 | 3.71 |
The Dodgers actually outscored their opponents in the second 54-game stretch, which is nice. But they still managed a losing record.
Here are the numbers for each individual player, with their first 54 games compared to the next 54 games:
| Catchers | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Navarro - 1st 54 | 16 | 9 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | 2 | .227/.277/.341 | .618 |
| Navarro - 2nd 54 | 35 | 27 | 114 | 97 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0/0 | 13 | .186/.279/.320 | .599 |
| Barajas - 1st 54 |
42 | 40 | 154 | 143 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0/0 | 5 | .224/.261/.399 | .660 |
| Barajas - 2nd 54 | 22 | 17 | 70 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0/0 | 6 | .194/.275/.323 | .598 |
| Ellis - 1st 54 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 4 | .267/.421/.267 | .688 |
| Ellis - 2nd 54 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | 5 | .200/.333/.200 | .533 |
| 1st 54 Games Totals | 227 | 209 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0/1 | 11 | .225/.274/.368 | .643 | ||
| 2nd 54 Games Totals | 221 | 189 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0/0 | 24 | .190/.287/.302 | .589 | ||
Here are the infielders. In the post about the first 54 games, I said of the infield, "You may notice a lack of power." In the second 54 games, the number of home runs went down, from nine to six.
| Infielders | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Loney - 1st 54 | 54 | 48 | 204 | 189 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2/0 | 12 | .238/.284/.302 | .586 |
| Loney - 2nd 54 | 53 | 44 | 190 | 174 | 16 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1/0 | 12 | .270/.312/.345 | .657 |
| Miles - 1st 54 | 44 | 33 | 147 | 142 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1/0 | 2 | .275/.290/.310 | .600 |
| Miles - 2nd 54 | 45 | 34 | 156 | 144 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2/0 | 7 | .326/.353/.417 | .769 |
| Carroll - 1st 54 |
52 | 46 | 208 | 188 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5/0 | 17 | .293/.354/.351 | .705 |
| Carroll - 2nd 54 | 47 | 32 | 150 | 128 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4/0 | 19 | .305/.392/.383 | .775 |
| Uribe - 1st 54 | 41 | 38 | 157 | 141 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0/0 | 11 | .220/.293/.333 | .626 |
| Uribe - 2nd 54 | 36 | 35 | 138 | 129 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2/0 | 6 | .186/.232/.248 | .480 |
| Blake - 1st 54 | 17 | 17 | 79 | 66 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1/0 | 9 | .303/.410/.455 | .865 |
| Blake - 2nd 54 | 29 | 20 | 95 | 81 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0/1 | 10 | .198/.280/.321 | .601 |
| Furcal - 1st 54 | 14 | 14 | 59 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2/1 | 2 | .193/.220/.263 | .483 |
| Furcal - 2nd 54 | 23 | 22 | 93 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3/2 | 9 | .200/.304/.238 | .542 |
| DeJesus - 1st 54 | 16 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 2 | .194/.242/.194 | .436 |
| DeJesus - 2nd 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Castro - 1st 54 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 | .231/.286/.231 | .516 |
| Castro - 2nd 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1.000/1.000/1.000 | 2.000 |
| Gordon - 2nd 54 |
24 | 21 | 94 | 91 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9/3 | 2 | .231/.247/.275 | .522 |
| Velez - 2nd 54 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 1 | .000/.063/.000 | .063 |
| 1st 54 Games Totals | 933 | 853 | 86 | 213 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 64 | 11/1 | 61 | .250/.306/.322 | .629 | ||
| 2nd 54 Games Totals | 934 | 844 | 87 | 211 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 22/6 | 66 | .250/.305/.322 | .628 | ||
That is a remarkably similar lack of production in both 54-game periods.
On to the outfield, by far the offensive bright spot of the team. Juan Rivera started seven games in the outfield and six games at first base, but I lumped him in with the outfielders:
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Kemp - 1st 54 | 54 | 54 | 226 | 198 | 32 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 13/3 | 25 | .313/.394/.551 | .944 |
| Kemp - 2nd 54 |
54 | 53 | 225 | 194 | 34 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 15/0 | 25 | .325/.396/.634 | 1.030 |
| Ethier - 1st 54 | 53 | 50 | 215 | 190 | 22 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0/1 | 25 | .326/.405/.468 | .873 |
| Ethier - 2nd 54 | 53 | 51 | 222 | 198 | 32 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0/0 | 18 | .278/.342/.419 | .762 |
| Gwynn - 1st 54 | 48 | 14 | 86 | 82 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5/1 | 4 | .195/.233/.280 | .513 |
| Gwynn - 2nd 54 | 46 | 29 | 148 | 132 | 18 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10/2 | 15 | .303/.374/.386 | .761 |
| Thames - 1st 54 |
22 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0/0 | 2 | .176/.222/.412 | .634 |
| Thames - 2nd 54 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | 2 | .219/.265/.250 | .515 |
| Sands - 1st 54 | 33 | 28 | 121 | 103 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3/2 | 16 | .214/.317/.369 | .686 |
| Sands - 2nd 54 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 | .136/.174/.136 | .310 |
| Gibbons - 1st 54 | 20 | 12 | 52 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0/0 | 5 | .239/.308/.348 | .656 |
| Gibbons - 2nd 54 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | .333/.400/.333 | .733 |
| Rivera - 2nd 54 |
14 | 13 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0/0 | 2 | .306/.321/.469 | .790 |
| Oeltjen - 2nd 54 | 26 | 9 | 52 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2/0 | 7 | .231/.347/.385 | .732 |
| 1st 54 Games Totals | 751 | 668 | 79 | 182 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 87 | 21/7 | 77 | .272/.348/.437 | .785 | ||
| 2nd 54 Games Totals | 767 | 675 | 100 | 195 | 37 | 7 | 21 | 97 | 27/2 | 70 | .289/.355/.458 | .813 | ||
Matt Kemp was even better in the second 54 games than the first 54 games, and he's on pace for 39 home runs and 42 stolen bases.
Now, onto the pitching. The starters were collectively fairly similar in each period.
| Starters | ||||||||||||
| Pitcher | GS | QS | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
| Kershaw - 1st 54 | 12 | 9 | 6-3 | 79.0 | 63 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 87 | 2.62 | 1.101 | 2.62 |
| Kershaw - 2nd 54 | 11 | 8 | 7-1 | 82.1 | 61 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 90 | 2.73 | 0.960 | 2.35 |
| Billingsley - 1st 54 | 11 | 7 | 3-4 | 68.1 | 56 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 63 | 3.69 | 1.229 | 3.05 |
| Billingsley - 2nd 54 | 11 | 5 | 6-5 | 66.0 | 76 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 55 | 4.64 | 1.576 | 3.64 |
| Kuroda - 1st 54 | 11 | 7 | 5-5 | 72.0 | 76 | 32 | 28 | 18 | 53 | 3.50 | 1.306 | 3.86 |
| Kuroda - 2nd 54 | 10 | 7 | 1-8 | 61.0 | 52 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 50 | 2.66 | 1.148 | 3.31 |
| Lilly - 1st 54 | 11 | 5 | 3-4 | 63.1 | 70 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 41 | 4.41 | 1.295 | 4.43 |
| Lilly - 2nd 54 | 11 | 3 | 4-6 | 60.1 | 61 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 53 | 5.67 | 1.276 | 4.74 |
| Garland - 1st 54 | 8 | 6 | 1-4 | 48.0 | 50 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 4.31 | 1.438 | 4.54 |
| Garland - 2nd 54 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.000 | 5.05 |
| Rubby - 2nd 54 | 10 | 4 | 3-5 | 55.2 | 51 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 55 | 3.88 | 1.455 | 3.93 |
| 1st 54 Games Totals | 54 | 34 | 18-21 | 336.1 | 321 | 143 | 137 | 104 | 275 | 3.67 | 1.264 | 3.67 |
| 2nd 54 Games Totals | 54 | 28 | 21-26 | 331.1 | 306 | 152 | 142 | 111 | 305 | 3.86 | 1.259 | 3.53 |
Clayton Kershaw continued his dominance, but didn't lead the club in ERA during the second 54 games. Kershaw had a 2.73 ERA and a 7-1 record, while Hiroki Kuroda posted a 2.66 ERA and went 1-8. Won-lost records can drive you mad sometimes.
The Dodger bullpen was fairly stable over the last 54 games, and showed marked improvement.
| Relievers | ||||||||||||
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
| Guerrier - 1st 54 | 25 | 2-3 | 1 | 25.1 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 3.55 | 1.461 | 2.33 |
| Guerrier - 2nd 54 | 24 | 1-0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 4.50 | 1.091 | 5.05 |
| MacDougal - 1st 54 | 23 | 0-1 | 1 | 18.2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1.45 | 1.339 | 3.76 |
| MacDougal - 2nd 54 | 24 | 0-0 | 0 | 19.1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2.79 | 1.500 | 3.52 |
| Hawksworth - 1st 54 | 14 | 1-1 | 0 | 17.1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3.12 | 1.212 | 4.23 |
| Hawksworth - 2nd 54 | 20 | 1-1 | 0 | 19.1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 2.79 | 0.879 | 3.05 |
| Guerra - 1st 54 | 6 | 0-0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 3.13 |
| Guerra - 2nd 54 | 19 |
2-0 |
7 |
18.1 |
19 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
1.47 |
1.309 |
2.67 |
| Jansen - 1st 54 | 20 | 1-1 | 1 | 21.0 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 6.43 | 1.619 | 3.63 |
| Jansen - 2nd 54 | 14 | 0-0 | 1 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0.00 | 0.625 | 1.11 |
| Elbert - 1st 54 | 6 | 0-0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 1.21 |
| Elbert - 2nd 54 | 19 |
0-1 |
1 |
14.0 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
4.50 |
1.214 |
2.12 |
| Troncoso - 1st 54 | 6 | 0-0 | 0 | 8.2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6.23 | 2.077 | 4.69 |
| Troncoso - 2nd 54 | 6 | 0-0 | 0 | 8.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6.23 | 1.500 | 4.90 |
| Kuo - 1st 54 | 9 | 0-0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11.57 | 2.357 | 4.03 |
| Kuo - 2nd 54 | 13 |
0-1 |
0 |
8.1 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
12.96 |
2.520 |
6.65 |
| Rubby - 1st 54 |
2 | 1-0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 1.96 |
| Rubby - 2nd 54 | 1 |
0-0 |
0 |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
0.500 |
1.05 |
| Lindblom - 2nd 54 |
10 |
0-0 |
0 |
12.2 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
2.13 |
1.184 |
3.29 |
| Ely - 2nd 54 | 1 |
0-0 |
0 |
3.0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6.00 |
1.667 |
2.38 |
| 1st 54 Games Totals | 54 | 6-9 | 14 | 143.2 | 147 | 83 | 76 | 73 | 128 | 4.76 | 1.531 | 3.82 |
| 2nd 54 Games Totals | 54 | 4-3 | 9 | 143.2 | 119 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 125 | 3.51 | 1.225 | 3.36 |