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Here is a look at the 2013 Dodgers season broken down into three 54-game increments. The Dodgers amazingly improved from a team on pace for 93 losses to one knocking on the door of 90 wins. Here is a look at the second third of the year for the Dodgers.
| 2013 | W-L | Runs For | Runs Allowed | BA/OBP/SLG | ERA |
| 1st 54 Games | 23-31 | 193 (3.57/gm) | 229 (4.24/gm) | .257/.327/.375 | 3.88 |
| 2nd 54 Games | 36-18 | 238 (4.41/gm) | 189 (3.50/gm) | .273/.328/.416 | 3.10 |
Here are the numbers for each individual player, starting with the catchers:
| Catchers | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Ellis - 1st 54 | 42 | 41 | 168 | 141 | 9 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0/0 | 22 | .262/.364/.369 | .732 |
| Ellis - 2nd 54 | 32 | 31 | 135 | 121 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0/0 | 10 | .256/.319/.380 | .699 |
| Federowicz - 1st 54 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | 1 | .185/.214/.333 | .548 |
| Federowicz - 2nd 54 | 23 | 20 | 79 | 73 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0/0 | 5 | .219/.269/.356 | .625 |
| Hernandez - 1st 54 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0/0 | 5 | .200/.293/.429 | .721 |
| Hernandez - 2nd 54 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/0 | 1 | .231/.286/.462 | .747 |
| Totals - 1st 54 | 237 | 203 | 13 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0/0 | 28 | .241/.333/.374 | .708 | ||
| Totals - 2nd 54 | 228 | 207 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 1/0 | 16 | .242/.300/.377 | .676 | ||
The backstops hit mostly the same, but came to plate with many more runners on base, and were RBI machines.
Here are the infielders. What a difference a healthy Hanley Ramirez makes.
| Infielders | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Gonzalez - 1st 54 | 51 | 49 | 207 | 181 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0/0 | 19 | .326/.382/.503 | .884 |
| Gonzalez - 2nd 54 | 54 | 54 | 234 | 218 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0/0 | 15 | .280/.325/.440 | .765 |
| Ramirez - 1st 54 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 | .455/.500/.909 | 1.409 |
| Ramirez - 2nd 54 | 48 | 42 | 189 | 173 | 34 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 6/0 | 14 | .364/.413/.647 | 1.060 |
| Ellis, M - 1st 54 | 32 | 28 | 130 | 117 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2/0 | 5 | .282/.326/.368 | .693 |
| Ellis, M - 2nd 54 | 48 | 38 | 178 | 161 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1/0 | 10 | .280/.326/.366 | .692 |
| Uribe - 1st 54 | 39 | 25 | 104 | 87 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1/0 | 16 | .287/.394/.414 | .808 |
| Uribe - 2nd 54 | 45 | 36 | 155 | 142 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1/0 | 7 | .246/.288/.387 | .675 |
| Schumaker - 1st 54 | 46 | 23 | 113 | 101 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1/0 | 11 | .248/.327/.297 | .624 |
| Schumaker - 2nd 54 | 40 | 27 | 127 | 116 | 13 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1/1 | 9 | .276/.328/.379 | .707 |
| Punto - 1st 54 | 43 | 30 | 136 | 115 | 16 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2/0 | 17 | .304/.391/.374 | .765 |
| Punto - 2nd 54 | 38 | 21 | 105 | 98 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1/1 | 5 | .173/.212/.214 | .426 |
| Hairston - 1st 54 | 23 | 14 | 71 | 64 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0/0 | 3 | .266/.304/.359 | .664 |
| Hairston - 2nd 54 | 41 | 16 | 82 | 72 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0/0 | 8 | .236/.317/.333 | .650 |
| Cruz - 1st 54 | 33 | 21 | 93 | 87 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0/0 | 2 | .115/.152/.149 | .302 |
| Cruz - 2nd 54 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | 3 | .161/.235/.226 | .461 |
| Sellers - 1st 54 | 26 | 20 | 76 | 68 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 5 | .191/.267/.250 | .517 |
| Sellers - 2nd 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Gordon - 1st 54 | 19 | 17 | 73 | 63 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5/2 | 8 | .175/.278/.254 | .532 |
| Totals - 1st 54 | 1015 | 894 | 100 | 233 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 104 | 12/2 | 87 | .261/.330/.360 | .690 | ||
| Totals - 2nd 54 | 1106 | 1012 | 127 | 275 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 127 | 10/2 | 71 | .272/.321/.413 | .734 | ||
Yasiel Puig was to the outfield what Ramirez was the the infield.
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||||
| Player | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Ethier - 1st 54 | 52 | 49 | 205 | 179 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0/2 | 22 | .240/.332/.369 | .700 |
| Ethier - 2nd 54 | 52 | 48 | 207 | 183 | 23 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 4/1 | 22 | .290/.362/.415 | .778 |
| Crawford - 1st 54 | 51 | 43 | 201 | 183 | 32 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9/3 | 14 | .301/.358/.470 | .828 |
| Crawford - 2nd 54 | 19 | 14 | 79 | 76 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1/0 | 3 | .224/.253.,263 | .516 |
| Kemp - 1st 54 | 51 | 49 | 210 | 191 | 22 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7/0 | 14 | .251/.305/.335 | .640 |
| Kemp - 2nd 54 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2/0 | 4 | .324/.390/.622 | 1.012 |
| Puig - 2nd 54 | 52 | 49 | 222 | 202 | 39 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 7/5 | 14 | .371/.423/.599 | 1.022 |
| Van Slyke - 1st 54 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0/0 | 4 | .262/.326/.667 | .993 |
| Van Slyke - 2nd 54 | 20 | 15 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0/0 | 7 | .235/.317/.392 | .709 |
| Herrera - 1st 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | .333/.333/.333 | .667 |
| Herrera - 2nd 54 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | .200/.200/.200 | .400 |
| Totals - 1st 54 | 665 | 598 | 74 | 158 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 16/5 | 54 | .264/.331/.410 | .741 | ||
| Totals - 2nd 54 | 623 | 563 | 83 | 172 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 65 | 14/6 | 50 | .306/.364/.469 | .833 | ||
Puig and an improved Andre Ethier helped make up for Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford missing roughly three quarters of the time. Matt Kemp played in 11 games in the second third of the season and had more home runs than he did in his first 51 games of the season.
Now, the pitching:
| Starters | ||||||||||||
| Pitcher | GS | QS | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
| Kershaw - 1st 54 | 12 | 9 | 5-3 | 87⅓ | 57 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 82 | 1.85 | 0.916 | 2.61 |
| Kershaw - 2nd 54 | 11 | 10 | 5-3 | 81 | 53 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 79 | 1.89 | 0.802 | 2.50 |
| Ryu - 1st 54 | 11 | 8 | 6-2 | 71⅔ | 59 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 67 | 2.89 | 1.130 | 3.31 |
| Ryu - 2nd 54 | 10 | 7 | 4-1 | 62⅔ | 70 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 3.45 | 1.436 | 3.62 |
| Greinke - 1st 54 | 6 | 1 | 2-1 | 30 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 4.80 | 1.600 | 3.60 |
| Greinke - 2nd 54 | 11 | 7 | 6-2 | 75 | 58 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 62 | 2.88 | 1.080 | 3.94 |
| Capuano - 1st 54 | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | 30⅓ | 35 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 5.93 | 1.549 | 5.61 |
| Capuano - 2nd 54 | 7 | 3 | 2-2 | 36⅓ | 40 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 3.72 | 1.183 | 2.84 |
| Fife - 1st 54 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4⅔ | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7.71 | 1.714 | 5.10 |
| Fife - 2nd 54 | 7 | 4 | 3-3 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 2.20 | 1.220 | 3.85 |
| Nolasco - 2nd 54 | 5 | 1 | 2-1 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 3.54 | 1.286 | 4.63 |
| Lilly - 1st 54 | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 4.26 | 1.526 | 4.38 |
| Lilly - 2nd 54 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9.00 | 2.000 | 9.67 |
| Magill - 1st 54 | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 5.50 | 1.722 | 4.11 |
| Magill - 2nd 54 | 2 | 0 | 0-2 | 9⅔ | 9 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 8.38 | 2.483 | 12.79 |
| Beckett - 1st 54 | 8 | 3 | 0-5 | 43⅓ | 50 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 41 | 5.19 | 1.500 | 4.65 |
| Billingsley - 1st 54 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 | 1.417 | 4.50 |
| Totals - 1st 54 | 54 | 26 | 15-17 | 316⅓ | 299 | 146 | 130 | 107 | 275 | 3.70 | 1.283 | 3.73 |
| Totals - 2nd 54 | 54 | 32 | 22-14 | 337⅔ | 301 | 128 | 114 | 96 | 277 | 3.04 | 1.176 | 3.79 |
If only Clayton Kershaw was consistent.
| Relievers | ||||||||||||
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv/BS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
| Jansen - 1st 54 | 27 | 1-3 | 2/1 | 26⅔ | 22 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 3.04 | 1.050 | 3.25 |
| Jansen - 2nd 54 | 27 | 3-0 | 13/2 | 28⅔ | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 1.26 | 0.698 | 1.15 |
| Belisario - 1st 54 | 29 | 3-4 | 1/0 | 27⅓ | 34 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 3.62 | 1.646 | 3.57 |
| Belisario - 2nd 54 | 26 | 1-2 | -- | 21⅔ | 18 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 3.32 | 1.246 | 3.12 |
| Rodriguez - 1st 54 | 26 | 1-2 | -- | 18⅔ | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 2.89 | 0.750 | 2.85 |
| Rodriguez - 2nd 54 | 26 | 1-0 | 1/0 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 1.89 | 0.789 | 2.33 |
| Howell - 1st 54 | 22 | 1-0 | -- | 24⅓ | 16 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 2.22 | 1.068 | 2.64 |
| Howell - 2nd 54 | 23 | 1-0 | -- | 20⅓ | 18 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 2.21 | 1.230 | 3.12 |
| League - 1st 54 | 20 | 1-2 | 11/3 | 20⅓ | 23 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5.31 | 1.377 | 5.63 |
| League - 2nd 54 | 20 | 5-1 | 3/1 | 19⅓ | 22 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4.66 | 1.448 | 4.05 |
| Guerrier - 1st 54 | 23 | 1-2 | -- | 20⅔ | 19 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3.92 | 1.355 | 4.62 |
| Guerrier - 2nd 54 | 11 | 1-1 | -- | 9⅓ | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6.75 | 1.714 | 3.17 |
| Withrow - 2nd 54 | 10 | 1-0 | -- | 12⅔ | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2.84 | 1.184 | 3.09 |
| Dominguez - 2nd 54 | 9 | 0-0 | -- | 8⅓ | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2.16 | 1.680 | 3.65 |
| Moylan - 2nd 54 | 10 | 1-0 | -- | 11⅓ | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6.35 | 1.941 | 7.05 |
| Marmol - 2nd 54 | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 3⅔ | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9.82 | 2.727 | 8.62 |
| Schumaker - 1st 54 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.000 | 6.17 |
| Schumaker - 2nd 54 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.000 | 7.17 |
| Guerra - 1st 54 | 9 | 0-0 | -- | 10⅔ | 15 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6.75 | 1.969 | 4.11 |
| Wall - 1st 54 | 6 | 0-1 | -- | 7 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 18.00 | 3.286 | 6.17 |
| Capuano - 1st 54 | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2⅔ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.125 | 1.29 |
| Tolleson - 1st 54 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | --- | inf | --- |
| Totals - 1st 54 | 54 | 8-14 | 14/4 | 159⅓ | 158 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 144 | 4.24 | 1.387 | 3.85 |
| Totals - 2nd 54 | 54 | 14-4 | 17/3 | 155⅓ | 142 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 145 | 3.24 | 1.255 | 3.25 |
The Dodgers shaved a full run off their bullpen ERA. But again, Ronald Belisario, Kenley Jansen, and Paco Rodriguez are all on pace for 78 games or more. The Dodgers haven't had a relief pitcher appear in 75 games since Joe Beimel pitched 83 games in 2007.