With the departures of Hong-Chih Kuo (the left-hander hasn't signed anywhere else yet, but as of now he is no longer a member of the Dodgers) and Jonathan Broxton, the Dodgers have lost the players who have been with the organization the longest and were with the team the longest, respectively.
Kuo signed with the Dodgers way back on June 19, 1999 as an amateur free agent out of Taiwan, while Broxton made his major league debut on July 29, 2005. The new dean of the Dodgers is James Loney, who was drafted in the first round in 2002, and signed on June 11, nine days before international signee Ramon Troncoso. Loney also has the earliest Dodgers debut among players currently on the 40-man roster, making his major league debut on April 4, 2006. Andre Ethier has been with the major league club the longest continuously, staying put since his major league debut on May 2, 2006.
Here is the list of longest-tenured Dodgers, sorted by the date each player signed with the organization:
Longest Tenured Dodgers | |||||
No. | Pos | Player | How Acquired | Dodger Since... | Dodger Debut |
7 | 1B | James Loney | Draft | 6/11/2002 | 4/4/2006 |
38 | RHP | Ramon Troncoso | International FA | 6/20/2002 | 4/1/2008 |
27 | OF | Matt Kemp | Draft | 6/5/2003 | 5/28/2006 |
17 | C | A.J. Ellis | Draft | 6/8/2003 | 9/15/2008 |
58 | RHP | Chad Billingsley | Draft | 6/9/2003 | 6/15/2006 |
46 | 3B/1B | Russ Mitchell | Draft | 6/10/2003 | 9/8/2010 |
OF | Alfredo Silverio | International FA | 11/13/2003 | TBD | |
57 | LHP | Scott Elbert | Draft | 6/16/2004 | 8/29/2008 |
54 | RHP | Javy Guerra | Draft | 6/16/2004 | 5/15/2011 |
74 | RHP | Kenley Jansen | International FA | 11/17/2004 | 7/24/2010 |
13 | IF | Ivan DeJesus | Draft | 6/19/2005 | 4/1/2011 |
RHP | Josh Wall | Draft | 7/13/2005 | TBD | |
OF | Scott Van Slyke | Draft | 7/14/2005 | TBD | |
16 | OF | Andre Ethier | Trade | 12/13/2005 | 5/2/2006 |
22 | LHP | Clayton Kershaw | Draft | 6/20/2006 | 5/25/2008 |
RHP | Chris Withrow | Draft | 6/15/2007 | TBD | |
41 | RHP | Rubby De La Rosa | International FA | 7/2/2007 | 5/24/2011 |
9 | SS | Dee Gordon | Draft | 6/9/2008 | 6/6/2011 |
23 | OF | Jerry Sands | Draft | 6/10/2008 | 4/18/2011 |
52 | RHP | Josh Lindblom | Draft | 6/20/2008 | 6/1/2011 |
50 | RHP | Nathan Eovaldi | Draft | 7/11/2008 | 8/6/2011 |
12 | IF | Justin Sellers | Trade | 4/2/2009 | 8/12/2011 |
49 | OF | Trent Oeltjen | Minor League FA | 7/6/2010 | 9/8/2010 |
29 | LHP | Ted Lilly | Trade | 7/31/2010 | 8/3/2010 |
5 | IF | Juan Uribe | Free Agent | 11/30/2010 | 3/31/2011 |
36 | RHP | Blake Hawksworth | Trade | 11/30/2010 | 4/1/2011 |
10 | OF | Tony Gwynn Jr. | Free Agent | 12/11/2010 | 3/31/2008 |
55 | RHP | Matt Guerrier | Free Agent | 12/16/2010 | 4/1/2011 |
LHP | Michael Antonini | Trade | 12/27/2010 | TBD | |
66 | RHP | Mike MacDougal | Minor League FA | 1/28/2011 | 4/2/2011 |
21 | OF | Juan Rivera | Trade | 7/12/2011 | 7/15/2011 |
31 | C | Tim Federowicz | Trade | 7/31/2011 | 9/11/2011 |
OF | Alex Castellanos | Trade | 7/31/2011 | TBD | |
RHP | Stephen Fife | Trade | 7/31/2011 | TBD | |
18 | C | Matt Treanor | Free Agent | 11/15/2011 | TBD |
14 | 2B | Mark Ellis | Free Agent | 11/15/2011 | TBD |
3 | IF | Adam Kennedy | Free Agent | 12/1/2011 | TBD |
37 | LHP | Chris Capuano | Free Agent | 12/2/2011 | TBD |
6 | IF/OF | Jerry Hairston Jr. | Free Agent | 12/5/2011 | TBD |
44 | RHP | Aaron Harang | Free Agent | 12/8/2011 | TBD |
Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com for a few of the dates in the table above.