1980 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1980  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Owners Peter O'Malley
General managers Al Campanis
Managers Tommy Lasorda
Television KTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
Radio KABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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The 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West, one game behind the Houston Astros. After the 162-game regular season, the Dodgers and Astros were tied in first place in the Western Division. The two teams faced off in a 1-game playoff on October 6, 1980 at Dodger Stadium, which the Astros won 7–1 behind a complete-game victory by pitcher Joe Niekro. [1] Don Sutton set a Dodger record with his 52nd career shutout this season and the Dodgers also hosted the All-Star game for the first time.

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With the Dodgers joining the pay television trend, several games began to be broadcast on regional subscription channel ON TV, which aired on KBSC-TV in the greater Los Angeles area. As a result, the TV broadcasting team was expanded. For games aired on ON TV, the broadcast team was composed of Geoff Witcher and former Dodger Al Downing. However, long-time Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully remained as the announcer for games aired on free-to-air television (KTTV).

Offseason

Regular season

Duke Snider's number 4 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. LAret4.PNG
Duke Snider's number 4 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980.

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9370.571—55‍–‍2638‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271.564155‍–‍2737‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 8973.5493½44‍–‍3745‍–‍36
Atlanta Braves 8180.5031150‍–‍3031‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants 7586.4661744‍–‍3731‍–‍49
San Diego Padres 7389.45119½45‍–‍3628‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —8–42–167–1111–75–73–95–711–112–611–66–6
Chicago 4–8—7–51–115–76–1210–85–138–104–85–79–9
Cincinnati 16–25–7—8–109–93–98–47–56–615–3–17–115–7
Houston 11–711–110–8—9–105–78–43–97–511–711–77–5
Los Angeles 7–117–59–910–9—11–17–56–66–69–913–57–5
Montreal 7–512–69–37–51–11—10–89–96–1210–27–512–6
New York 9–38–104–84–85–78–10—6–1210–81–113–99–9
Philadelphia 7-513–55–79–36–69–912–6—7–118–46–69–9
Pittsburgh 1–1110–86–65–76–612–68–1011–7—6–68–410–8
San Diego 6–128–43–15–17–119–92–1011–14–86–6—10–87–5
San Francisco 6–117–511–77–115–135–79–36–64–88–10—7–5
St. Louis 6–69–97–55–75–76–129–99–98–105–75–7—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Davey Lopes Second baseman
Rudy Law Center fielder
Reggie Smith Right fielder
Steve Garvey First baseman
Dusty Baker Left fielder
Ron Cey Third baseman
Derrel Thomas Shortstop
Steve Yeager Catcher
Burt Hooton Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Steve Yeager 9622748.211220
1B Steve Garvey 163658200.30426106
2B Davey Lopes 141553139.2511049
SS Bill Russell 130466123.264334
3B Ron Cey 157551140.2542877
LF Dusty Baker 153579170.2942997
CF Rudy Law 128388101.260123
RF Reggie Smith 92311100.3221555

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Derrel Thomas 11729779.266122
Jay Johnstone 10925177.307220
Rick Monday 9619452.2681025
Pedro Guerrero 7518359.322731
Joe Ferguson 7717241.238929
Mike Scioscia 5413434.25418
Gary Thomasson 8011124.216112
Mickey Hatcher 578419.22615
Jack Perconte 14174.23502
Pepe Frías 1492.22200
Manny Mota 773.42902
Vic Davalillo 761.16700
Bobby Mitchell 931.33300
Gary Weiss 800----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jerry Reuss 37229.11862.51111
Bob Welch 32213.21493.29141
Don Sutton 32212.11352.20128
Burt Hooton 34206.21483.66118
Dave Goltz 35171.17114.3191

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rick Sutcliffe 42110.0395.5659

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Steve Howe 5979172.6639
Bobby Castillo 618652.7560
Joe Beckwith 383301.9640
Don Stanhouse 212275.045
Charlie Hough 191315.5725
Fernando Valenzuela 102010.0016
Terry Forster 90003.092

Game log

1980 Game Log (92–71)
April (13–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10@ Astros 2–3 Richard (1–0) Hooton (0–1) Sambito (1)33,2700–1
2April 11@ Astros 6–10 Smith (1–0) Stanhouse (0–1)30,7010–2
3April 12@ Astros 6–5 (17) Howe (1–0) Smith (1–1) Hooton (1)24,6091–2
4April 13@ Astros 2–4 Forsch (1–0) Goltz (0–1) LaCorte (1)33,6761–3
5April 14@ Padres 1–2 Fingers (2–0) Castillo (0–1)28,6501–4
6April 15@ Padres 5–9 Wise (1–0) Sutcliffe (0–1) Mura (1)19,3251–5
7April 16@ Padres 10–4 Hooton (1–1) Curtis (1–1)24,8612–5
8April 17 Astros 6–4 Reuss (1–0) Smith (1–2)45,4763–5
9April 18 Astros 4–7 Forsch (2–0) Goltz (0–2) Andújar (1)41,1123–6
10April 19 Astros 0–2 Richard (2–0) Welch (0–1)50,1123–7
11April 20 Astros 4–2 Reuss (2–0) Niekro (1–1)39,4424–7
12April 21 Giants 4–3 Hooton (2–1) Blue (2–1) Howe (1)29,7795–7
13April 22 Giants 6–0 Sutton (1–0) Knepper (1–2)21,6916–7
14April 23 Giants 4–0 Goltz (1–2) Whitson (0–3)24,8227–7
15April 24 Giants 5–2 (10) Reuss (3–0) Lavelle (0–3)30,6878–7
16April 25 Padres 6–3 Castillo (1–1) Kinney (0–1) Howe (2)39,7209–7
17April 26 Padres 4–3 Beckwith (1–0) Fingers (2–2)48,56810–7
18April 27 Padres 3–1 Sutton (2–0) Curtis (1–2) Hough (1)42,75611–7
19April 29@ Giants 5–0 Goltz (2–2) Montefusco (1–3)16,94012–7
20April 30@ Giants 4–3 Welch (1–1) Minton (1–1) Howe (3)19,00613–7
May (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 2@ Phillies 5–9 Reed (1–0) Hough (0–1)30,29413–8
22May 3@ Phillies 3–7 Christenson (2–0) Hooton (2–2)35,01113–9
23May 4@ Phillies 12–10 Beckwith (2–0) Noles (0–1) Reuss (1)34,02714–9
24May 6@ Pirates 1–2 Tekulve (3–0) Howe (1–1)9,81714–10
25May 7@ Pirates 6–7 Tekulve (4–0) Hough (0–2)11,40414–11
26May 9@ Cardinals 7–15 Borbón (1–0) Sutcliffe (0–2)23,39414–12
27May 10@ Cardinals 5–3 Hooton (3–2) Vuckovich (5–2) Reuss (2)27,45015–12
28May 11@ Cardinals 4–2 Goltz (3–2) Forsch (2–2) Reuss (3)17,69616–12
29May 12 Cubs 2–1 Sutton (3–0) Reuschel (2–3) Castillo (1)36,40117–12
30May 13 Cubs 4–2 Welch (2–1) Lamp (2–4)32,33118–12
31May 14 Cubs 2–5 McGlothen (2–0) Hooton (3–3) Sutter (9)29,00118–13
32May 16 Pirates 8–6 Reuss (4–0) Tekulve (5–1) Sutcliffe (1)47,92919–13
33May 17 Pirates 3–1 Sutton (4–0) Blyleven (0–4) Howe (4)50,08220–13
34May 18 Pirates 2–0 Welch (3–1) Bibby (5–1) Howe (5)49,86721–13
35May 19 Cardinals 5–1 Hooton (4–3) Thomas (1–1)34,29721–14
36May 20 Cardinals 4–3 Reuss (5–0) Vuckovich (5–4) Sutcliffe (2)29,71022–14
37May 21 Cardinals 5–3 Beckwith (3–0) Littell (0–2) Castillo (2)31,17423–14
38May 23@ Cubs 0–2 Lamp (3–4) Sutton (4–1)7,48223–15
39May 24@ Cubs 4–2 Welch (4–1) Krukow (3–5) Sutcliffe (3)22,54324–15
40May 25@ Cubs 1–2 Sutter (3–3) Howe (1–2)27,22624–16
41May 26@ Reds 4–0 Reuss (6–0) Seaver (2–3)–25–16
42May 26@ Reds 4–5 Moskau (3–0) Goltz (3–3) Bair (4)29,48325–17
43May 27@ Reds 1–6 LaCoss (4–4) Sutton (4–2)20,29626–17
44May 29 Braves 3–0 Welch (5–1) Niekro (3–7)24,63027–17
45May 30 Braves 8–4 Hooton (5–3) Matula (3–4)32,20028–17
46May 31 Braves 5–6 Boggs (2–1) Reuss (6–1) Garber (2)40,16128–18
June (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1 Braves 5–9 Alexander (2–2) Goltz (3–4) Camp (3)49,32028–19
48June 2 Reds 3–2 Sutcliffe (1–2) Bair (0–3)31,36829–19
49June 3 Reds 5–1 Welch (6–1) Seaver (2–4) Howe (6)44,96230–19
50June 4 Reds 4–5 Moskau (4–0) Hough (0–3) Hume (8)45,54130–20
51June 6@ Braves 5–0 Reuss (7–1) Niekro (4–8)18,33131–20
52June 7@ Braves 1–6 Alexander (3–2) Goltz (3–5)25,72331–21
53June 8@ Braves 3–1 Sutton (5–2) Boggs (2–2) Sutcliffe (4)12,54332–21
–June 9@ Mets Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 12
54June 10@ Mets 4–5 Hausman (2–1) Welch (6–2)14,75932–22
55June 11@ Mets 2–6 (10) Swan (5–4) Sutcliffe (1–3)23,54032–23
56June 12@ Mets 5–6 Reardon (3–2) Castillo (1–2) Allen (10)19,50132–24
57June 13@ Expos 3–4 Rogers (8–5) Howe (1–3)34,65532–25
58June 14@ Expos 8–0 Hooton (6–3) Grimsley (2–4)44,58533–25
59June 15@ Expos 1–0 Welch (7–2) Gullickson (0–1)36,17634–25
60June 16 Phillies 2–3 (12) Reed (4–1) Sutcliffe (1–4) McGraw (6)41,34034–26
61June 17 Phillies 5–6 Reed (5–1) Castillo (1–3) McGraw (7)40,78634–27
62June 18 Expos 8–7 Hough (1–3) Sosa (4–3) Howe (7)41,22935–27
63June 19 Expos 5–3 (10) Castillo (2–3) Fryman (1–2)35,81936–27
64June 20 Mets 4–3 Howe (2–3) Zachry (1–4)48,60837–27
65June 21 Mets 5–0 Reuss (8–1) Swan (5–5)41,60538–27
66June 22 Mets 6–9 Bomback (4–1) Goltz (3–6) Allen (11)43,29838–28
67June 23@ Astros 3–0 Sutcliffe (2–4) Andújar (0–3)29,75339–28
68June 24@ Astros 4–5 (12) LaCorte (4–0) Beckwith (3–1)34,38839–29
69June 25@ Astros 9–2 Welch (8–2) Forsch (8–6)34,41640–29
70June 27@ Giants 8–0 Reuss (9–1) Blue (9–5)20,28541–29
71June 28@ Giants 3–4 (11) Griffin (2–1) Sutcliffe (2–5)25,14541–30
72June 29@ Giants 3–4 Knepper (6–9) Castillo (2–4)–41–31
73June 29@ Giants 3–0 Hooton (7–3) Ripley (2–3)50,22942–31
74June 30 Padres 3–4 Eichelberger (2–0) Welch (8–3) Shirley (7)29,75642–32
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
75July 1 Padres 1–4 Mura (2–3) Reuss (9–2) Fingers (10)38,80142–33
76July 2 Padres 10–7 Sutcliffe (3–5) Blair (0–1)33,23243–33
77July 3 Padres 5–4 (10) Castillo (3–4) Shirley (5–5)31,37544–33
78July 4 Giants 4–0 Sutton (6–2) Ripley (2–4)49,84645–33
79July 5 Giants 3–2 Welch (9–3) Whitson (7–8) Castillo (3)41,58746–33
80July 6 Giants 4–7 (10) Holland (2–1) Howe (2–4)46,24446–34
–July 8 51st All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California)
81July 10 Astros 4–3 Howe (3–4) Ryan (5–7)49,69247–34
82July 11 Astros 3–2 Reuss (10–2) Forsch (8–8) Howe (8)42,75448–34
83July 12@ Padres 2–3 (12) Rasmussen (2–8) Beckwith (3–2)39,60548–35
84July 13@ Padres 3–4 (15) Kinney (3–1) Beckwith (3–3)18,23248–36
85July 14@ Padres 3–6 Mura (3–3) Sutcliffe (3–6)22,37048–37
86July 15@ Cubs 6–2 Hooton (8–3) McGlothen (6–7) Goltz (1)20,25749–37
87July 16@ Cubs 1–4 Reuschel (6–9) Reuss (10–3)18,63849–38
88July 17@ Cubs 3–1 Sutton (7–2) Lamp (9–8)21,38950–38
89July 18@ Pirates 4–6 Rhoden (1–1) Welch (9–4) Romo (6)30,13150–39
90July 19@ Pirates 3–7 Solomon (5–3) Sutcliffe (3–7)28,73150–40
91July 20@ Pirates 4–2 Hooton (9–3) Candelaria (6–9) Howe (9)–51–40
92July 20@ Pirates 7–8 Jackson (8–2) Castillo (3–5)41,93251–41
93July 21@ Cardinals 2–5 Vuckovich (9–6) Goltz (3–7) Littlefield (5)20,22451–42
94July 22@ Cardinals 2–3 Urrea (3–0) Sutton (7–3) Littlefield (6)25,17451–43
95July 23@ Cardinals 3–7 Martínez (3–3) Welch (9–5)28,65451–44
96July 25 Cubs 7–6 Howe (4–4) Sutter (3–5)50,54652–44
97July 26 Cubs 3–5 McGlothen (8–7) Reuss (10–4) Sutter (21)50,12552–45
98July 27 Cubs 3–2 (12) Howe (5–4) Caudill (1–3)42,36353–45
99July 28 Pirates 4–6 Rhoden (2–1) Welch (9–6) Tekulve (15)46,97353–46
100July 29 Pirates 10–2 Hooton (10–3) Blyleven (5–8)47,01354–46
101July 30 Pirates 3–0 Reuss (11–4) Candelaria (7–10)50,30855–46
August (18–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
102August 1 Cardinals 2–1 (10) Goltz (4–7) Forsch (7–7)43,54956–46
103August 2 Cardinals 3–2 Welch (10–6) Vuckovich (9–8) Stanhouse (1)49,52057–46
104August 3 Cardinals 1–4 Martínez (4–4) Hooton (10–4)31,83357–47
105August 4@ Braves 5–3 Reuss (12–4) Boggs (5–7) Stanhouse (2)30,33058–47
106August 5@ Braves 4–6 Camp (4–4) Stanhouse (0–2)10,18758–48
107August 6@ Braves 6–2 Sutton (8–3) Matula (6–10) Castillo (4)9,44159–48
108August 7@ Braves 3–4 Alexander (10–6) Welch (10–7) Camp (6)10,05659–49
109August 8@ Reds 5–8 Hume (6–7) Castillo (3–6)40,33959–50
110August 9@ Reds 9–4 Reuss (13–4) Seaver (4–6) Sutcliffe (5)45,09560–50
111August 10@ Reds 7–1 Goltz (5–7) Moskau (8–4)35,17961–50
112August 11 Braves 2–3 Matula (7–10) Sutton (8–4) Camp (8)32,11861–51
113August 12 Braves 6–7 Garber (3–5) Sutcliffe (3–8) Camp (9)35,90561–52
114August 13 Braves 0–2 Boggs (6–8) Hooton (10–5)36,34561–53
115August 15 Reds 3–1 Reuss (14–4) Seaver (4–7)50,93362–53
116August 16 Reds 2–3 Hume (7–7) Howe (5–5)42,74362–54
117August 17 Reds 2–6 Soto (7–5) Welch (10–8) Hume (21)47,17762–55
118August 19@ Expos 3–2 Stanhouse (1–2) Sosa (7–5)45,32063–55
119August 20@ Expos 5–1 Reuss (15–4) Rogers (11–9)32,63064–55
120August 21@ Expos 5–4 (10) Howe (6–5) Bahnsen (7–5)33,52365–55
121August 22@ Mets 2–4 Burris (7–7) Welch (10–9) Allen (22)21,93665–56
122August 23@ Mets 4–2 Goltz (6–7) Hausman (5–4) Howe (10)32,44066–56
123August 24@ Mets 3–2 Hooton (11–5) Zachry (6–7) Howe (11)24,95667–56
124August 25@ Phillies 8–4 Stanhouse (2–2) Noles (1–4)34,26768–56
125August 26@ Phillies 8–4 Castillo (4–6) Walk (9–3)35,35869–56
126August 27@ Phillies 3–4 Carlton (20–7) Howe (6–6) McGraw (14)39,11669–57
127August 29 Expos 5–4 Castillo (5–6) D'Acquisto (2–4) Howe (12)50,81070–57
128August 30 Expos 4–3 Hooton (12–5) Gullickson (6–4) Stanhouse (3)35,77871–57
129August 31 Expos 2–0 Reuss (16–4) Rogers (12–10)–72–57
130August 31 Expos 7–2 Sutton (9–4) Palmer (6–4)48,54273–57
September (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1 Mets 5–2 Welch (11–9) Burris (7–9) Howe (13)30,46074–57
132September 2 Mets 6–5 Goltz (7–7) Pacella (3–3) Stanhouse (4)27,54375–57
133September 3 Mets 2–0 Hooton (13–5) Zachry (6–9) Howe (14)28,56876–57
134September 4 Phillies 2–3 Walk (10–4) Reuss (16–5) McGraw (17)41,86476–58
135September 5 Phillies 1–0 Sutton (10–4) Carlton (21–8) Stanhouse (5)41,01977–58
136September 6 Phillies 7–3 Welch (12–9) Lerch (4–14) Howe (15)45,99578–58
137September 7 Phillies 6–0 Castillo (6–6) Ruthven (14–9)39,08379–58
138September 9@ Astros 4–5 Smith (6–5) Howe (6–7) Sambito (14)34,54679–59
139September 10@ Astros 5–6 (12) Roberge (2–0) Sutcliffe (3–9)37,63279–60
140September 12@ Reds 5–2 Sutton (11–4) LaCoss (8–11) Howe (16)36,28780–60
141September 13@ Reds 3–2 Castillo (7–6) Soto (9–6) Stanhouse (6)38,54281–60
142September 14@ Reds 3–1 Reuss (17–5) Moskau (9–7)34,03882–60
143September 15@ Braves 0–9 Boggs (10–9) Hooton (13–6)8,02582–61
144September 16@ Braves 1–2 Niekro (15–14) Goltz (7–8) Camp (17)31,27982–62
145September 17 Padres 2–1 Sutton (12–4) Eichelberger (4–2) Howe (17)28,82283–62
146September 18 Padres 7–3 Welch (13–9) Wise (6–8) Castillo (5)30,73884–62
147September 19 Reds 7–10 LaCoss (9–11) Reuss (17–6) Hume (23)46,60984–63
148September 20 Reds 2–10 Seaver (10–7) Hooton (13–7)50,24084–64
149September 21 Reds 2–7 (11) Hume (8–10) Howe (6–8)43,71684–65
150September 22 Braves 2–7 Hanna (2–0) Sutton (12–5) Camp (19)25,07884–66
151September 23 Braves 4–2 Welch (14–9) Matula (11–13) Stanhouse (7)29,22685–66
152September 24 Giants 5–4 (12) Castillo (8–6) Rowland (1–1)35,58186–66
153September 25 Giants 2–3 Whitson (11–11) Hooton (13–8) Lavelle (8)33,46086–67
154September 26@ Padres 2–3 Tellmann (2–0) Goltz (7–9) Fingers (23)14,83686–68
155September 27@ Padres 6–4 Sutton (13–5) Rasmussen (4–11) Valenzuela (1)19,26087–68
156September 28@ Padres 5–7 Fingers (11–9) Howe (6–9) Tellmann (1)17,97187–69
157September 30@ Giants 6–3 (10) Valenzuela (1–0) Lavelle (6–8)10,95388–69
October (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1@ Giants 8–4 Hooton (14–8) Whitson (11–12)11,30789–69
159October 2@ Giants 2–3 Minton (4–6) Goltz (7–10) Holland (7)11,69389–70
160October 3 Astros 3–2 (10) Valenzuela (2–0) Forsch (12–13)49,64290–70
161October 4 Astros 2–1 Reuss (18–6) Ryan (11–10)46,08591–70
162October 5 Astros 4–3 Howe (7–9) LaCorte (8–5) Sutton (1)52,33992–70
163 October 6 Astros 1–7 Niekro (20–12) Goltz (7–11)51,12792–71
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Don LeJohn
A Lodi Dodgers California League Dick McLaughlin
A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 36 players in the June draft and 16 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers did not have picks in rounds 2-4 this season as those picks were awarded to other teams as compensation for their signing of free agents.

The first round pick in the June draft was shortstop Ross Jones of the University of Miami. The Dodgers traded him to the New York Mets in 1983 and he would appear in 67 games in parts of three seasons with the Mets and two other teams, hitting only .221.

This was a fairly weak draft class for the Dodgers, with the most notable player being outfielder R. J. Reynolds, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the January draft and played 8 unremarkable seasons as a backup outfielder before finishing up his career in Japan with Nippon Professional Baseball.

Notes

  1. ↑ Box Score of 1-game playoff vs. Houston Astros at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Dennis Lewallyn page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  8. ↑ 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  9. ↑ 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  10. ↑ 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season got off to a strong start when rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela pitched a shutout on opening day, starting the craze that came to be known as "Fernandomania." Fernando went on to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards.

The 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in third place in the National League West. Near the end of the season, owner Walter O'Malley died, and the ownership of the team went to his son, Peter.

The 1978 season ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second straight National League pennant and losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series again. Dodger coach Jim Gilliam died at the end of the season and his uniform number, 19, was retired by the team prior to Game 1 of the World Series; the team also wore a black memorial patch with Gilliam's number during the World Series. Unlike the previous Dodger team, no member of the team hit 30 home runs after seeing four members hit that mark the previous season.

The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw Tommy Lasorda in his first full season at the helm of the Dodgers, replacing longtime manager Walter Alston as manager of the team near the end of the previous season. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, then lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This edition of the Dodgers featured the first quartet of teammates that hit 30 or more home runs: Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32, and Dusty Baker and Ron Cey, who both hit 30. The Dodgers duplicated this feat again 20 years later in 1997.

The 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West. The big news was when long-time manager of two decades Walter Alston resigned abruptly near the end of the season and was replaced by Tommy Lasorda who would manage the team for two decades himself.

The 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place, 20 games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West.

The 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West by four games over the Cincinnati Reds, then beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS before losing to the Oakland Athletics in the World Series.

The 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West with a record of 95–66.

The 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season 85–70, good for a tie for second place with the Astros in the National League West. This was the first season where the players' last names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

The 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West.

The 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in fourth place in the new National League West, eight games behind the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers' record for 1969 was 85–77, which was nine wins better than 1968.

The 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers had a 76–86 record and finished in seventh place in the National League standings, 21 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. After the season, the Dodgers underwent some changes among the team management when long time general manager Buzzie Bavasi resigned to take over the expansion San Diego Padres. He was replaced by team vice-president Fresco Thompson. However, Thompson was diagnosed with cancer weeks after taking the job and died in November. Al Campanis became the new general manager for the following season.

The 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers season marked the end of one of the franchise's most successful eras. One season after losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, the Dodgers declined to a record of 73–89, and finished ahead of only the Houston Astros and the New York Mets in the National League race, 28+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Dodgers' worst record since the war-affected 1944 season, and their worst peacetime record since 1937. The Dodgers would not return to the postseason until 1974.

The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record, but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

The 1981 Houston Astros season was the 20th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. The season was divided into two halves because of a players' strike in mid-season. The Astros won the National League West in the second half with a loss by the Cincinnati Reds on October 3, the penultimate day of the season. The Astros advanced to the playoffs, which matched the winners of the two halves in a Division Series. However, they were defeated in five games by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.

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