Here is a look at the final month of the regular season for the Dodgers, in which the Dodgers coasted to the National League West title.
Dodger Batter of September: Hanley Ramirez only started 15 games in month but was amazingly effective in his time on the field. Ramirez hit .370/.462/.704 with five home runs and three doubles, including two home runs in the division-clinching game in Arizona on Sept. 19. He narrowly beat out Juan Uribe, who had a strong finish by hitting .308/.341/.603 with five home runs and six doubles.
Dodger Pitcher of September: Zack Greinke was the man in the season's final month, with seven runs allowed in six starts. He was 2-1 with a 1.75 ERA with 36 strikeouts and seven walks in 36 innings.
September Record: 12-15
102 runs scored (3.78 per game)
102 runs allowed (3.78 per game)
.500 pythagorean winning percentage (14-13)
September National League West Standings | |||||
Club | W-L | Pct | GB | RS | RA |
San Diego |
16-11 | .593 | -- | 99 | 88 |
San Francisco |
16-11 | .593 | -- | 121 | 96 |
Dodgers | 12-15 | .444 | 4 | 102 | 102 |
Arizona |
12-16 | .429 | 4½ | 107 | 132 |
Colorado |
10-15 | .400 | 5 | 113 | 151 |
Season Record: 92-70
649 runs scored (4.01 per game)
582 runs allowed (3.59 per game)
.550 pythagorean winning percentage (89-73)
Final National League West Standings | |||||
Club | W-L | Pct | GB | RS | RA |
Dodgers | 92-70 | .568 | -- | 649 | 582 |
Arizona | 81-81 | .500 | 11 | 685 | 695 |
San Diego | 76-86 | .469 | 16 | 618 | 700 |
San Francisco | 76-86 | .469 | 16 | 629 | 691 |
Colorado | 74-88 | .457 | 18 | 706 | 760 |
Game of the Month: It's hard to pick against Sept. 19 in Phoenix, when the Dodgers clinched the NL West with a 7-6 win over the Diamondbacks. Ramirez had four hits, including two home runs, and A.J. Ellis hit the game-winning homer in the eighth inning.
Pinch hitting: For the month the Dodgers hit just .184/.196/.327 (9-for-49) with two home runs as a pinch hitter.
Runners in Scoring Position: In September, the Dodgers hit .225/.300/.348 with runners in scoring position in 263 plate appearances, with 10 doubles and six home runs.
They had a runner on third base with less than two outs 52 times, and got the runner home 18 times, or 34.6% (the entire NL scored 392 of 808 times, 48.5%).
They had a runner on second base with nobody out 33 times in September, and the runner advanced 14 times, or 42.4% (the entire NL advanced the runner 307 of 582 times, 52.8%).
September weeks in review: Sept. 2 | Sept. 9 | Sept. 16 | Sept. 23 | Sept. 30
Previous months in review: April | May | June | July | August
September Stats
Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Ramirez | 65 | 54 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0/1 | .370/.462/.704 | 1.165 |
Uribe | 82 | 78 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1/0 | .308/.341/.603 | .944 |
Kemp | 39 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0/0 | .314/.385/.486 | .870 |
Ethier | 45 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0/0 | .211/.333/.500 | .833 |
Puig | 99 | 84 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1/1 | .214/.333/.452 | .786 |
Gonzalez | 95 | 85 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 0/0 | .282/.337/.435 | .772 |
Crawford | 77 | 75 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2/0 | .267/.286/.413 | .699 |
Ellis, A | 74 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0/2 | .203/.243/.377 | .620 |
Ellis, M | 87 | 77 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0/0 | .247/.318/.286 | .603 |
Starters |
663 | 595 | 81 | 158 | 35 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 53 | 4/4 | .266/.333/.462 | .795 |
Gordon | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4/0 | .353/.389/.412 | .801 |
Van Slyke | 34 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0/1 | .192/.382/.346 | .729 |
Young | 53 | 51 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0/0 | .314/.321/.392 | .713 |
Federowicz | 31 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | .241/.258/.414 | .672 |
Punto | 47 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/1 | .286/.333/.333 | .667 |
Castellanos | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .111/.111/.444 | .556 |
Schumaker | 58 | 54 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | .204/.246/.241 | .486 |
Butera | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .143/.143/.143 | .286 |
Buss | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .105/.150/.105 | .255 |
Hairston | 29 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .069/.069/.069 | .138 |
Bench |
306 | 283 | 15 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4/2 | .223/.267/.297 | .564 |
Pitchers |
58 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1/0 | .217/.294/.239 | .533 |
Totals |
1027 | 924 | 102 | 231 | 46 | 3 | 29 | 95 | 76 | 9/6 | .250/.311/.400 | .712 |
Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
Capuano | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1⅔ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.600 | 2.54 |
Greinke | 6 | 2-1 | -- | 36 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 1.75 | 0.917 | 2.45 |
Kershaw | 5 | 3-1 | -- | 32 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 2.53 | 1.125 | 2.52 |
Ryu | 4 | 1-3 | -- | 25 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 2.88 | 1.080 | 3.34 |
Volquez | 5 | 0-2 | -- | 27 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 4.33 | 1.185 | 4.51 |
Nolasco | 5 | 2-2 | -- | 24⅔ | 32 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 6.93 | 1.541 | 2.90 |
Fife | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 2⅓ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15.43 | 3.857 | 13.43 |
Starters |
27 |
8-10 | -- | 148⅔ | 142 | 65 | 60 | 34 | 139 | 3.63 | 1.184 | 3.23 |
Capuano | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0.14 |
Nolasco | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.14 |
Howell | 14 | 2-1 | -- | 11⅔ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.77 | 0.686 | 3.48 |
Withrow | 9 | 1-0 | 1 | 10⅔ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0.84 | 0.656 | 2.95 |
Wilson | 13 | 1-1 | -- | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.90 | 0.600 | 2.24 |
Jansen | 10 | 0-0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1.80 | 1.300 | 3.64 |
Marmol | 8 | 0-0 | -- | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 2.00 | 1.444 | 2.81 |
League | 8 | 0-0 | -- | 7⅓ | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.68 | 1.909 | 2.73 |
Rodriguez | 12 | 0-2 | -- | 6⅓ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5.68 | 2.211 | 8.51 |
Moylan | 4 | 0-0 | -- | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 2.000 | 3.39 |
Belisario | 13 | 0-1 | -- | 11⅓ | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7.94 | 1.765 | 3.67 |
Fife | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12.60 | 2.600 | 6.34 |
Garcia | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 1⅓ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.750 | 20.39 |
Relievers |
27 |
4-5 | 6 | 89⅔ | 74 |
37 | 36 | 50 | 83 | 3.61 | 1.383 | 3.85 |
Totals |
27 |
12-15 | 6 | 238⅓ | 216 | 102 | 96 | 84 | 222 | 3.63 | 1.259 | 3.47 |