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When Will Smith hits his fifth home run this season, he will join Matt Beaty and Alex Verdugo as Dodger rookies with five or more home runs in 2019. Verdugo has hit 12 while Beaty has five and Smith hit his fourth yesterday.
The Dodgers trail the Diamondbacks for the National League lead as they have three rookies with five or more home runs. The Blue Jays lead all MLB teams with five rookies with five or more home runs.
When Smith joins Verdugo and Beaty, the 2019 Dodgers will be tied for second in LA Dodger history. The other teams with three rookies with five or more home runs include 2015 with current Dodgers, Kiké Hernández and Joc Pederson and the 2006 Dodgers with their teammate Russell Martin.
The team with four players played in 1958, the Dodgers first season in Los Angeles.
LA Dodger Rookies with 5 or more home runs
| Year | No. of Players | Rookies with 5 or more home runs |
|---|---|---|
| Year | No. of Players | Rookies with 5 or more home runs |
| 1958 | 4 | Don Demeter / Dick Gray / Joe Pignatano / John Roseboro |
| 1960 | 3 | Tommy Davis / Frank Howard / Norm Sherry |
| 1973 | 3 | Ron Cey / Davey Lopes / Tom Paciorek |
| 2006 | 3 | Andre Ethier / Matt Kemp / Russell Martin |
| 2015 | 3 | Álex Guerrero / Kiké Hernández / Joc Pederson |
If either Matt Beaty or Will Smith can reach ten home runs this season, they can join Alex Verdugo with 10 or more home runs in their rookie season. They would also either join five other Dodger teams with two rookies with 10 or more home runs or maybe set a new record with three rookies with double-digit homers in a season.
LA Dodger Rookies with 10 or more home runs
| Year | No. of Dodgers | Dodger Rookies |
|---|---|---|
| Year | No. of Dodgers | Dodger Rookies |
| 1960 | 2 | Tommy Davis / Frank Howard |
| 1983 | 2 | Greg Brock / Mike Marshall |
| 2006 | 2 | Andre Ethier / Russell Martin |
| 2015 | 2 | Álex Guerrero / Joc Pederson |
| 2016 | 2 | Corey Seager / Trayce Thompson |
| 1958 | 1 | John Roseboro |
| 1959 | 1 | Don Demeter |
| 1961 | 1 | Willie Davis |
| 1965 | 1 | Jim Lefebvre |
| 1969 | 1 | Bill Sudakis |
| 1970 | 1 | Billy Grabarkewitz |
| 1973 | 1 | Ron Cey |
| 1992 | 1 | Eric Karros |
| 1993 | 1 | Mike Piazza |
| 1994 | 1 | Raul Mondesi |
| 1996 | 1 | Todd Hollandsworth |
| 1998 | 1 | Matt Luke |
| 2003 | 1 | David Ross |
| 2004 | 1 | Jayson Werth |
| 2007 | 1 | James Loney |
| 2013 | 1 | Yasiel Puig |
| 2017 | 1 | Cody Bellinger |
| 2019 | 1 | Alex Verdugo |
2019 Dodgers trying to stay on pace with other 100-win LA Dodger teams
With 69 wins in 106 games, the 2019 Dodgers are right there with the three other LA Dodger teams with 100+ wins in a season.
- 2017 Dodgers won 104 games to set an LA franchise record. They were 75-31 at this point of the season.
- 1962 Dodgers won 102 games and were 71-35 after 106 games.
- 1974 Dodgers also won 102 games and like this season, were 69-37 after 106 games.
2019 Dodgers could be an all-time great LA Dodger offensive team
As the 2019 season nears the two-thirds mark, this year’s team is on pace to set new season records in runs scored, home runs and slugging percentage and OPS.
- Only two LA Dodger teams, the 1962 (5.10) and 2006 (5.06) teams have averaged more than five runs per game, the 2019 Dodgers is averaging 5.40 runs per game.
- Three LA Dodger teams have scored over 800 runs in a season, this year’s team can set a new season record as they are on pace to score 874 runs. The 1962 Dodgers have held the record for 57 years with 842 runs scored.
- It looks like this year’s Dodgers will set a new franchise record in total home runs. This would be the third straight season that the Dodgers have set a new season record. The 2017 Dodgers hit 221 home runs and that was broken last season when the 2018 Dodgers hit 235 home runs. The 2019 Dodgers are on pace to hit 269 home runs, they currently have 176 home runs.
- The 176 home runs hit by the 2019 Dodgers is higher than 51 other LA Dodger seasons total.
- 2019 Dodgers have a .469 slugging percentage, the current LA franchise record is .442 set by the 2018 Dodgers.
- No LA Dodger team has ever had an OPS over .800, this year’s team has a .812 OPS. The current LA franchise record was set by the 2006 team with a .781 OPS.