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Dodgers June review: Running in (first) place

By Eric Stephen
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

The Dodgers had just an ordinary month in June, with some ups and downs, and in the end finished at .500 for the month. Luckily, that was tied for the best record in the division in June, so the Dodgers actually added to their National League West advantage over the last 30 days.

Dodger Batter of June: Justin Turner rightfully claimed the third base job, and hit .330/.385/.614 for the month with a career-best six home runs in a single month. Turner led the club with 17 RBI in June.

Honorable mention goes to both Yasmani Grandal and Joc Pederson, each with seven home runs and an .874 OPS for the month. Pederson led the club with 17 runs scored in June.

Dodger Pitcher of June: Zack Greinke continued his stellar first half, putting up a 1.74 ERA to narrowly edge out Clayton Kershaw, who had a 2.16 ERA and a whopping 57 strikeouts. Despite their collective excellence in 12 starts — a collective 1.95 ERA and 6.92 innings per start — those two won just three games in June and the Dodgers were 6-6 in those games, because baseball is a cruel sport at times.

Honorable mention goes to J.P. Howell, who pitched 11 scoreless innings and struck out 10.

June record: 15-15
121 runs scored (4.03 per game)
109 runs allowed (3.63 per game)
.548 pythagorean winning percentage (16-14)

June National League West Standings
Club W-L Pct GB RS RA
Dodgers
 15-15 .500 --- 121 109
Arizona 14-14 .500 ---
 115 136
San Francisco
 12-14 .462 1 118 108
San Diego 12-15 .444 1½ 102 131
Colorado 12-17 .414 2½ 140 157

2015 record: 44-35
336 runs scored (4.25 per game)
272 runs allowed (3.44 per game)
.595 pythagorean winning percentage (47-32)

National League West Standings through June 30
Club W-L Pct GB RS RA
Dodgers
 44-35 .557 --- 336 272
San Francisco 42-36 .538
 1½ 332 310
Arizona 37-40 .481
 6 348 356
San Diego 37-42 .468
 7 327 364
Colorado 34-43 .442
 9 347 392

Game of the Month: Down three runs with two outs in the ninth inning, and down to their last strike in the second game of a split doubleheader at Coors Field on June 2, Alex Guerrero continued his super sub role with a grand slam to center field for a stunning 9-8 Dodgers win.

Pinch Hitting: For the month, Dodger pinch hitters were 6-for-40 with a double and four walks, hitting .150/.227/.175.

Runners in Scoring Position: In June, the Dodgers hit .262/.354/.390 with runners in scoring position in 249 plate appearances, with four doubles, a triple and seven home runs.

They had a runner on third base with less than two outs 43 times in June, and got the runner home 20 times, or 46.5 percent (the entire National League scored 387 of 761 times, 50.9 percent).

They had a runner on second base with nobody out 35 times in June, and the runner advanced 15 times, or 42.9 percent (the entire NL advanced the runner 303 of 551 times, 55.0 percent).

Bases loaded: The Dodgers were 8-for-23 with the bases loaded in June, with two walks, a double and a ninth-inning grand slam by Alex Guerrero on June 2, hitting .348/.385/.522.

Previous months in review: April | May

June weeks in review: June 8 | June 15 | June 22 | June 29

June Stats

Player PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB/CS BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Turner
 96
 88
 16
 29
 5
 1
 6
 17
 6
 0/0 .330/.385/.614
 .999
Grandal
 97
 84
 10
 21
 2
 0
 7
 11
 13
 0/0 .250/.351/.524
 .874
Pederson
 124
 99
 17
 22
 4
 1
 7
 14
 22
 0/1
 .222/.379/.495
 .874
Puig
 86
 76
 9
 23
 6
 2
 1
 6
 10
 0/1
 .303/.384/.474
 .857
Kendrick
 109
 103
 11
 32
 3
 0
 3
 15
 6
 0/0 .311/.349/.427
 .776
Gonzalez
 125
 113
 9
 28
 6
 0
 3
 13
 12
 0/0 .248/.320/.381
 .701
Ethier
 91
 84
 10
 18
 1
 2
 4
 9
 7
 1/0
 .214/.275/.417
 .691
Rollins
 101
 96
 9
 21
 2
 0
 2
 9
 4
 1/2
 .219/.250/.302
 .552
Starters 829 743 91 194 29 6 33 94 80 2/4 .261/.337/.450 .786
Van Slyke
 22
 18
 5
 4
 2
 0
 2
 4
 3
 0/0 .222/.364/.667
 1.030
Hernandez
 55
 50
 7
 13
 2
 1
 2
 5
 4
 0/1
 .260/.309/.460
 .769
Callaspo
 58
 51
 5
 15
 4
 0
 0
 1
 6
 0/0 .294/.368/.373
 .741
Ellis
 25
 19
 1
 5
 1
 0
 0
 1
 5
 0/0 .263/.417/.316
 .732
Schebler
 3
 3
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0/0 .333/.333/.333
 .667
Guerrero
 52
 50
 3
 11
 2
 0
 1
 9
 1
 0/0 .220/.231/.320
 .551
Heisey
 20
 17
 3
 3
 1
 0
 0
 0
 3
 0/0 .176/.300/.235
 .535
Barnes
 3
 2
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0/0
 .000/.333/.000
 .333
Bench 238 210 25 52 12 1 5 20 23 0/1 .248/.322/.386 .708
Pitchers 66 55 5 8 2 0 0 3 1 0/0 .145/.175/.182 .357
Totals 1133 1008 121 254 43 7 38 117 104 2/5 .252/.326/.422 .747

:

Pitcher G W-L Sv/BS IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP*
Greinke
 6
 1-1
 --
 41⅓ 35
 8
 8
 6
 36
 1.74
 0.992
 2.49
Kershaw
 6
 2-3
 --
 41⅔ 26
 13
 10
 9
 57
 2.16
 0.840
 2.63
Anderson
 5
 2-1
 --
 33⅔ 30
 10
 10
 10
 23
 2.67
 1.188
 3.39
Bolsinger
 6
 1-1
 --
 30⅔ 32
 15
 15
 13
 34
 4.40
 1.467
 2.99
Frias
 6
 1-3
 --
 34
 42
 19
 17
 14
 18
 4.50
 1.647
 4.50
Nicasio
 1
 0-0
 --
 2
 3
 1
 1
 0
 1
 4.50
 1.500
 2.09
Starters 30 7-9 -- 183⅓ 168 66 61 52 169 2.99 1.200 3.14
Howell
 13
 1-0
 0/1
 11
 8
 0
 0
 3
 10
 0.00
 1.000
 2.09
West
 2
 0-0
 --
 3
 2
 0
 0
 1
 2
 0.00
 1.000
 2.76
Jansen
 12
 2-0
 8/1
 11⅔ 7
 2
 2
 1
 19
 1.54
 0.686
 1.20
Hatcher
 4
 0-0
 --
 2⅔ 3
 1
 1
 0
 2
 3.38
 1.125
 6.47
Nicasio
 9
 0-1
 --
 10
 10
 4
 4
 5
 6
 3.60
 1.500
 3.39
Garcia
 14
 1-1
 --
 12⅔ 10
 8
 6
 2
 13
 4.26
 0.947
 4.83
Liberatore
 15
 1-0
 --
 8⅔ 8
 5
 5
 4
 12
 5.19
 1.385
 2.51
Ravin
 7
 2-1
 --
 7
 11
 5
 5
 1
 9
 6.43
 1.714
 4.66
Peralta
 5
 1-1
 --
 3⅔ 4
 3
 3
 1
 0
 7.36
 1.364
 7.45
Coulombe
 3
 0-0
 --
 5⅓ 5
 5
 5
 4
 7
 8.44
 1.688
 2.71
Huff
 2
 0-0
 --
 2
 4
 2
 2
 0
 2
 9.00
 2.000
 1.09
Baez
 3
 0-1
 --
 3
 3
 4
 4
 2
 5
 12.00
 1.667
 1.76
Thomas
 1
 0-1
 --
 3
 5
 4
 4
 2
 1
 12.00
 2.333
 8.76
Relievers 30 8-6 8/2 83⅔ 80 43 41 26 88 4.41 1.267 3.44
Totals 30 15-15 8/2 267 248 109 102 78 257 3.44 1.221 3.23
*FIP is estimated

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