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Dodgers 2015 season in thirds: The middle 54 games

By Eric Stephen
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The Dodgers have won six of their last seven games, and after Thursday's getaway day win in Philadelphia the club has played 108 games, meaning the season is two-thirds done. At 62-46, the Dodgers are on pace for 93 wins.

Through 108 games in 2014, the Dodgers were 61-47, and in 2013 they were 59-49.

Here is a breakdown of the 2015 season in thirds, with the second 54-game stretch compared to the first 54 games.

2015 W-L Runs For Runs Allowed BA/OBP/SLG ERA
1st 54 Games 31-23 245 (4.54/gm) 195 (3.61/gm) .261/.339/.450 3.44
2nd 54 Games 31-23 207 (3.83/gm) 191 (3.54/gm) .249/.320/.404 3.33

Here are the individual players, beginning with the catchers, who collectively were a shining beacon of production over the last 54 games.

Catchers
Player G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/CS BB BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Grandal - 1st 54 games 40 35 148 123 18 35 6 0 5 20 0/0 24 .285/.399/.455 .854
Grandal - 2nd 54 games 44 39 163 138 22 42 6 0 10 22 0/1 22 .304/.401/.565 .966
Ellis - 1st 54 games 19 17 64 56 5 8 2 0 0 2 0/0 7 .143/.238/.179 .417
Ellis - 2nd 54 games 14 12 46 37 3 12 2 0 2 5 0/0 8 .324/.444/.541 .985
Barnes - 1st 54 games 5 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 1 .200/.333/.200 .533
Barnes - 2nd 54 games 4 3 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 1 .300/.417/.400 .817
Totals - 1st 54 games 218 184 24 44 8 0 5 22 0/0 32 .239/.350/.364 .714
Totals - 2nd 54 games 221 185 26 57 9 0 12 27 0/1 31 .308/.411/.551 .962

Next up are the infielders, including a red hot Justin Turner helping to make up for declines by Adrian Gonzalez and Howie Kendrick.

Infielders
Player G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/CS BB BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Gonzalez - 1st 54 games 53 51 223 196 37 66 21 0 11 39 0/1 23 .337/.413/.612 1.025
Gonzalez - 2nd 54 games 53 50 215 193 25 49 6 0 11 26 0/0 21 .254/.330/.456 .786
Kendrick - 1st 54 games 52 50 219 200 28 57 12 1 5 23 2/2 18 .285/.347/.430 .777
Kendrick - 2nd 54 games 50 49 218 206 26 61 7 1 4 24 3/0 9 .296/.327/.398 .725
Rollins - 1st 54 games 53 47 217 197 28 42 8 1 6 15 6/4 19 .213/.281/.355 .636
Rollins - 2nd 54 games 50 49 193 181 20 40 9 1 5 18 2/3 11 .221/.266/.365 .630
Turner - 1st 54 games 46 28 134 119 17 36 8 0 5 20 1/1 11 .303/.381/.496 .876
Turner - 2nd 54 games 41 35 148 135 19 46 12 1 8 24 0/0 7 .341/.392/.622 1.014
Callaspo - 1st 54 games 8 2 16 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0/0 1 .267/.313/.267 .579
Callaspo - 2nd 54 games 43 18 98 86 6 23 4 0 0 5 0/0 11 .267/.351/.314 .664
Uribe - 1st 54 games 29 22 87 81 6 20 2 0 1 6 1/0 5 .247/.287/.309 .596
Barney - 1st 54 games 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 .000/.000/.000 .000
Totals - 1st 54 games 958 867 125 240 55 2 30 109 10/8 79 .277/.342/.449 .791
Totals - 2nd 54 games 872 801 96 219 38 3 28 97 5/3 59 .273/.328/.433 .761

We hit the outfield next, which as a group took a dump over the last 54 games. Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero were insanely productive in the first 54 games but fell off a cliff in the second third of the season. Andre Ethier and Yasiel Puig were both okay in the second 54 games, but just okay, and both worse than the start of the year.

Outfielders
Player G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/CS BB BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Pederson - 1st 54 games 54 51 224 184 34 49 9 1 17 32 2/4 35 .266/.390/.603 .993
Pederson - 2nd 54 games 51 48 213 178 17 31 8 0 4 11 0/2 30 .174/.310/.287 .596
Ethier - 1st 54 games 51 39 171 149 23 44 6 3 7 22 0/1 19 .295/.380/.517 .897
Ethier - 2nd 54 games 45 38 153 137 17 37 5 1 5 17 1/1 13 .270/.340/.431 .771
Puig - 1st 54 games 11 11 50 43 4 12 2 0 2 4 0/1 5 .279/.380/.465 .845
Puig - 2nd 54 games 50 44 194 176 19 43 9 2 6 25 1/1 17 .244/.309/.420 .730
Guerrero - 1st 54 games 41 26 112 104 16 30 7 1 10 26 0/0 5 .288/.321/.663 .985
Guerrero - 2nd 54 games 36 13 68 67 5 10 0 0 1 6 0/0 0 .149/.162/.194 .356
Van Slyke - 1st 54 games 34 20 96 87 7 23 6 0 2 14 0/1 6 .264/.313/.402 .715
Van Slyke - 2nd 54 games 26 11 58 44 8 11 4 0 2 5 2/0 11 .250/.404/.477 .881
Crawford - 1st 54 games 15 13 50 49 4 12 3 1 1 3 0/0 1 .245/.260/.408 668
Crawford - 2nd 54 games 11 4 20 19 1 3 1 0 0 3 0/0 1 .158/.200/.211 .411
Hernandez - 1st 54 games 23 12 58 55 8 15 4 0 2 5 0/0 2 .273/.310/.455 .765
Hernandez - 2nd 54 games 28 17 72 64 9 18 5 2 1 7 0/1 5 .281/.333/.469 .802
Heisey - 1st 54 games 9 5 23 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 5 .167/.348/.167 .514
Heisey - 2nd 54 games 8 3 11 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0/0 3 .125/.364/.250 .614
Schebler - 2nd 54 games 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 .333/.333/.333 .667
Totals - 1st 54 games 726 634 91 173 33 6 39 101 2/7 76 .273/.356/.528 .884
Totals - 2nd 54 games 792 696 78 155 33 5 19 74 4/5 80 .223/.310/.366 .676

Now the starting pitching, with Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke nearly untouchable for two months.

Starters
Pitcher GS QS W-L IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP
Kershaw - 1st 54 games 11 8 4-3 72⅓ 65 33 30 17 90 3.73 1.134 2.63
Kershaw - 2nd 54 games 10 10 5-3 75⅔ 42 12 9 11 102 1.07 0.700 1.62
Greinke - 1st 54 games 11 10 5-1 73 54 17 16 15 60 1.97 0.945 3.06
Greinke - 2nd 54 games 11 10 6-1 79⅓ 49 13 13 12 76 1.47 0.769 2.22
Anderson - 1st 54 games 10 5 2-3 55⅓ 61 22 21 14 39 3.42 1.355 3.40
Anderson - 2nd 54 games 11 8 4-3 68⅓ 64 24 21 19 47 2.77 1.215 3.75
Bolsinger - 1st 54 games 6 3 3-1 36⅓ 27 8 8 12 28 1.98 1.076 3.36
Bolsinger - 2nd 54 games 10 3 2-2 52⅔ 52 21 20 19 50 3.42 1.348 2.43
Frias - 1st 54 games 7 4 3-3 40 50 23 20 12 23 4.50 1.550 3.84
Frias - 2nd 54 games 5 1 1-2 27⅓ 32 14 14 11 15 4.61 1.573 4.87
Latos - 2nd 54 games
 1
 1
 0-0
 6
 4
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1.50
 0.833
 3.28
Wood - 2nd 54 games 1
 0
 0-1
 6⅓ 8
 4
 4
 2
 8
 5.68
 1.579
 1.06
Beachy - 2nd 54 games 2
 0
 0-1
 8
 10
 7
 7
 6
 5
 7.88
 2.000
 4.99
Garcia - 2nd 54 games 1
 0
 0-0
 2
 4
 2
 2
 0
 2
 9.00
 2.000
 7.61
Thomas - 2nd 54 games 1
 0
 1-0
 5
 3
 1
 1
 0
 5
 1.80
 0.600
 1.11
Lee - 2nd 54 games 1
 0
 0-1
 4⅔ 11
 7
 7
 1
 3
 13.50
 2.571
 5.25
Huff - 1st 54 games 1 0 0-0 4 7 4 4 1 2 9.00 2.000 10.11
McCarthy - 1st 54 games 4 1 3-0 23 24 15 15 4 29 5.87 1.217 6.20
Baker - 1st 54 games 2 1 0-1 11 11 7 7 3 8 5.73 1.273 7.20
Wieland - 1st 54 games 1
 0
 0-1
 4⅔ 6
 6
 6
 4
 2
 11.57
 2.143
 9.75
Nicasio - 1st 54 games 1
 0
 0-0
 2
 3
 1
 1
 0
 1
 4.50
 1.500
 2.11
Totals - 1st 54 games 54 32 20-13 321⅔ 308 136 128 82 282 3.58 1.212 3.69
Totals - 2nd 54 games 54 33 19-14 335⅓ 279 106 99 82 314 2.66 1.077 2.76

Now to the bullpen, which had a healthy Kenley Jansen for all 54 games, but outside of a few others nearly everyone was substantially worse in the second 54 games than in the first.

Relievers
Pitcher G W-L Sv/BS IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP
Jansen - 1st 54 games 6 0-0 5/0 6 1 0 0 0 11 0.00 0.167 (0.56)
Jansen - 2nd 54 games 24 2-1 16/1 22⅓ 18 9 9 4 39 3.63 0.985 3.20
Nicasio - 1st 54 games 16 1-1 1/0 21 13 3 3 11 28 1.29 1.143 1.73
Nicasio - 2nd 54 games 19 0-2 0/0 22 21 12 12 10 19 4.91 1.409 3.20
Howell - 1st 54 games 20 2-1 0/1 14 15 2 1 5 9 0.64 1.429 2.68
Howell - 2nd 54 games 22 2-0 1/0 18⅓ 15 4 3 5 20 1.47 1.091 2.07
Garcia - 1st 54 games 25 2-2 1/2 22 17 10 10 9 36 4.09 1.182 3.29
Garcia - 2nd 54 games 15 1-0 0/0 14⅓ 11 7 5 0 16 3.14 1.256 4.37
Liberatore - 1st 54 games 17 1-1 0/0 16⅓ 11 5 5 4 16 2.76 0.918 1.52
Liberatore - 2nd 54 games 18 1-1 0/0 9⅔ 11 7 7 5 10 6.52 1.655 4.66
Baez - 1st 54 games 15 1-0 0/1 15⅓ 12 4 3 3 22 1.76 0.978 1.68
Baez - 2nd 54 games 15 3-2 0/1 15⅓ 13 8 6 5 17 3.52 1.174 2.91
Peralta - 1st 54 games 7 1-0 3/0 5⅔ 2 0 0 3 4 0.00 0.882 3.29
Peralta - 2nd 54 games 16 1-1 0/0 12 18 10 10 5 7 7.50 1.917 5.11
Hatcher - 1st 54 games 25 1-4 2/0 17 21 16 13 7 17 6.88 1.647 3.46
Hatcher - 2nd 54 games 2 0-0 0/0 1⅓ 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.750 0.11
Ravin - 1st 54 games 2 1-0 0/0 2⅓ 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.857 1.40
Ravin - 2nd 54 games 7 1-1 0/0 7 11 7 7 4 10 9..00 2.143 7.97
Coulombe - 1st 54 games 2 0-0 0/0 3⅓ 3 3 3 3 4 8.10 1.800 3.41
Coulombe - 2nd 54 games 3 0-0 0/0 5 6 4 4 3 3 7.20 1.800 3.71
Thomas - 1st 54 games 1 0-1 0/0 3 5 4 4 2 1 12.00 2.333 8.78
Thomas - 2nd 54 games 1 0-0 0/0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.500 2.61
Johnson - 2nd 54 games 2 0-0 0/0 2 3 3 3 0 4 13.50 1.500 12.11
Avilan - 2nd 54 games 1 0-0 0/0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.00 2.000 4.11
Tsao - 2nd 54 games 5 1-1 0/0 7 15 9 8 3 7 10.29 2.571 7.54
Surkamp - 2nd 54 games 1 0-0 0/0 3⅓ 4 4 4 1 4 10.80 1.500 11.21
West - 2nd 54 games 2 0-0 0/0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 1.000 2.78
Rodriguez - 1st 54 games 18 0-0 0/0 10⅓ 10 3 3 3 8 2.61 1.258 2.43
Huff - 1st 54 games 2 0-0 0/0 2 4 2 2 0 2 9.00 2.000 1.11
Santos - 1st 54 games 12 0-0 0/0 13⅓ 13 7 7 7 15 4.73 1.500 4.16
Totals - 1st 54 games 54 11-10 12/4 154 131 59 54 58 177 3.16 1.227 2.60
Totals - 2nd 54 games 54 12-9 17/2 145⅔ 150 85 79 48 163 4.88 1.359 3.97

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