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Sunday's game in Colorado was the Dodgers' 54th game of the season, meaning the season is a third complete. Even with the last week filled with losses, the Dodgers have still had quite a start to their season. With 33 wins, they have their second-best 54-game of the last 30 years, behind only the 2009 team that ended up winning 95 games.
Here is a look back at the first 54 games of each of the last four seasons:
Year | W-L | Runs For | Runs Allowed | BA/OBP/SLG | ERA |
2012 | 33-21 | 232 (4.30/gm) | 199 (3.69/gm) | .269/.342/.405 | 3.27 |
2011 | 24-30 | 187 (3.46/gm) | 226 (4.19/gm) | .248/.312/.360 | 3.99 |
2010 | 31-23 | 254 (4.70/gm) | 246 (4.56/gm) | .264/.331/.403 | 3.98 |
2009 | 36-18 | 295 (5.46/gm) | 208 (3.85/gm) | .285/.367/.414 | 3.75 |
The Dodgers are scoring nearly a run more per game than they did at this time last year.
Here are the numbers for each individual player, starting with the ridiculously productive catchers:
Catchers | ||||||||||||||
Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Ellis | 43 | 43 | 174 | 143 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 0/0 | 28 | .315/.430/.503 | .934 |
Treanor | 11 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1/0 | 5 | .273/.350/.545 | .895 |
Totals | 214 | 176 | 24 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 1/0 | 33 | .307/.415/.511 | .926 |
Here are the infielders. For purposes of classification, I am counting Jerry Hairston Jr. (17 starts in the infield, five starts in the outfield) and Scott Van Slyke (5/1) as infielders, and Juan Rivera (7/13) and Jerry Sands (1/4) as outfielders.
Infielders | ||||||||||||||
Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Gordon | 49 | 45 | 202 | 188 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14/5 | 11 | .223/.264/.271 | .535 |
Loney | 53 | 41 | 183 | 165 | 14 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0/2 | 18 | .248/.322/.358 | .680 |
Ellis | 37 | 33 | 154 | 132 | 27 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3/0 | 18 | .273/.373/.364 | .736 |
Kennedy | 43 | 18 | 97 | 80 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0/0 | 13 | .213/.316/.275 | .591 |
Hairston | 28 | 22 | 94 | 82 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1/1 | 8 | .366/.441/.500 | .941 |
Uribe | 25 | 21 | 87 | 80 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0/1 | 5 | .250/.302/.338 | .640 |
Herrera | 18 | 14 | 69 | 61 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1/0 | 7 | .311/.382/.377 | .759 |
Sellers | 19 | 12 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 5 | .205/.286/.386 | .672 |
Van Slyke | 17 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1/0 | 1 | .194/.219/.355 | .574 |
De Jesus | 11 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | 2 | .318/.360/.455 | .815 |
Totals | 994 | 885 | 107 | 227 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 76 | 20/9 | 88 | .256/.327/.349 | .676 |
James Loney is on pace for six home runs, 48 RBI, and 42 runs scored this season. Last season through 54 games, Loney was hitting .238/.284/.302 with two home runs, 10 runs scored, and 15 RBI.
Outfielders | ||||||||||||||
Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Ethier | 53 | 53 | 223 | 200 | 28 | 64 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 0/1 | 16 | .320/.377/.555 | .932 |
Gwynn | 51 | 28 | 145 | 134 | 17 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8/3 | 9 | .269/.315/.336 | .651 |
Kemp | 36 | 35 | 144 | 121 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 2/3 | 21 | .355/.444/.719 | 1.163 |
Abreu | 26 | 20 | 87 | 71 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2/0 | 16 | .310/.437/.451 | .887 |
Rivera | 25 | 20 | 87 | 81 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0/2 | 4 | .247/.276/.358 | .634 |
Sands | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 | .200/.238/.300 | .538 |
Castellanos | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | .400/.429/.800 | 1.229 |
Totals | 714 | 632 | 99 | 191 | 39 | 6 | 24 | 112 | 12/9 | 67 | .302/.369/.497 | .866 |
Only two Los Angeles Dodgers have hit 45 doubles in a season: Shawn Green, with 49 in 2003, and Wes Parker, with 47 in 1970. Andre Ethier is on pace for 54 doubles this season.
Now onto the pitching, beginning with the stellar starting staff:
Starters | ||||||||||||
Pitcher | GS | QS | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
Kershaw | 11 | 7 | 4-3 | 74.1 | 55 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 64 | 2.42 | 0.996 | 2.97 |
Capuano | 11 | 8 | 7-2 | 68.1 | 49 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 61 | 2.50 | 1.083 | 3.46 |
Harang | 11 | 6 | 4-3 | 64.2 | 63 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 56 | 3.90 | 1.345 | 3.50 |
Billingsley | 11 | 5 | 2-4 | 61.2 | 64 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 60 | 4.09 | 1.443 | 3.75 |
Lilly | 8 | 6 | 5-1 | 48.2 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 3.14 | 1.130 | 3.72 |
Eovaldi | 2 | 1 | 0-2 | 12.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2.84 | 1.105 | 3.91 |
Totals | 54 | 33 | 22-15 | 330.1 | 276 | 138 | 116 | 117 | 280 | 3.16 | 1.190 | 3.47 |
Chris Capuano is on pace for 183 strikeouts, which would set a new career high. Capuano struck out 176 in 2005, 174 in 2006, and 168 last year.
Relievers | ||||||||||||
Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv/BS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
Lindblom | 25 | 2-0 | -- | 26.2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 2.70 | 1.050 | 5.14 |
Jansen | 25 | 4-0 | 6/3 | 25.2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 2.10 | 0.896 | 2.73 |
Guerra | 27 | 2-3 | 8/3 | 24.0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 3.38 | 1.500 | 2.29 |
Wright | 19 | 2-2 | -- | 23.1 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 5.01 | 1.500 | 3.22 |
Elbert | 23 | 0-0 | -- | 15.2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 3.45 | 1.340 | 3.22 |
Belisario | 14 | 0-0 | -- | 13.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1.35 | 1.125 | 2.89 |
Coffey | 12 | 1-0 | -- | 10.0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7.20 | 2.000 | 4.56 |
Guerrier | 7 | 0-1 | -- | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2.70 | 1.200 | 3.56 |
MacDougal | 7 | 0-0 | -- | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7.94 | 2.647 | 4.72 |
Totals | 54 | 11-6 | 14/6 | 151.0 | 130 | 61 | 59 | 71 | 155 | 3.52 | 1.331 | 3.46 |