1989 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1989  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record77–83 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Owners Peter O'Malley
General managers Fred Claire
Managers Tommy Lasorda
Television KTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
Z Channel
Eddie Doucette, Don Sutton
Radio KABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
  1988 Seasons 1990  

The 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers season marked the 100th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, having joined the National League in 1890 after six seasons in the American Association. It also marked their 32nd season in Los Angeles, California.

Contents

The team came down to earth after the success of the 1988 season, finishing further down in the standings falling to fourth place in the National League West.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270.56853283942
San Diego Padres 8973.549346354338
Houston Astros 8676.531647353941
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783.4811444373346
Cincinnati Reds 7587.4631738433744
Atlanta Braves 6397.3942833463051

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–57–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–78–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–810–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–107–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–79–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–912–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–1210–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–103–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–38–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–87–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7

Notable games

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Willie Randolph Second baseman
Alfredo Griffin Shortstop
Kirk Gibson Left fielder
Eddie Murray First baseman
Mike Marshall Right fielder
John Shelby Center fielder
Jeff Hamilton Third baseman
Mike Scioscia Catcher
Tim Belcher Starting pitcher

Roster

1989 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Notable transactions

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 Mike Scioscia 133408102.2501044
1B Eddie Murray 160594147.2472088
2B Willie Randolph 145549155.282236
3B Jeff Hamilton 151548134.2451256
SS Alfredo Griffin 136506125.247029
LF Kirk Gibson 7125354.213928
CF John Shelby 10834563.183112
RF Mike Marshall 10537798.2601142

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
José González 9526170.268318
Mickey Hatcher 9422466.295225
Mike Davis 6717343.249519
Rick Dempsey 7915127.179416
Lenny Harris 5414737.252115
Dave Anderson 8714032.229114
Franklin Stubbs 6910330.291415
Mariano Duncan 498421.25008
Billy Bean 517114.19703
Chris Gwynn 326816.23507
Kal Daniels 113813.34228
Mike Sharperson 27287.25005
Mike Huff 12255.20012
José Vizcaíno 7102.20000
Darrin Fletcher 584.50012
Tracy Woodson 460.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Orel Hershiser 35256.215152.31178
Tim Belcher 39230.015122.82200
Fernando Valenzuela 31196.210133.43116
Tim Leary 19117.1673.3859
Ramón Martínez 1598.2643.1989

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Morgan 40152.28112.5372
John Wetteland 31102.2583.7796
John Tudor 614.1003.149

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jay Howell 5653281.5855
Alejandro Peña 534352.1375
Tim Crews 440113.2156
Ray Searage 413403.5324
Ricky Horton 230005.0612
Mike Hartley 50101.504
Mike Munoz 300016.883
Jeff Fischer 200013.502
Jeff Hamilton 10105.402
Mickey Hatcher 10009.000

1989 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Kevin Kennedy
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League John Shoemaker
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Tim Johnson
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Joe Alvarez
A-Short Season Salem Dodgers Northwest League Tom Beyers
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Joe Vavra
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Jerry Royster
Rookie DSL Dodgers Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 65 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers had three first round picks this season as they gained the New York Yankees first round pick and a supplemental pick for the loss of free agent Steve Sax. They also gained an extra second round pick from the Cleveland Indians as compensation for the loss of pitcher Jesse Orosco.

With their first pick in the 1st round, the Dodgers selected pitcher Kiki Jones from Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida. Despite concerns that he was too small to make it, the Dodgers drafted him and their scouting director said "he's got the best arm around and the best curveball in the country." [3] He was 8–0 with a 1.58 ERA his first season in the rookie leagues with the Great Falls Dodgers but then began to experience arm injuries and legal problems. [4] The Dodgers released him after the 1993 season, though he attempted comebacks in 1998–1999 and 2001. In 8 total minor league seasons he was 23–20 with a 4.13 ERA in 77 games (61 starts).

Their next first round pick was outfielder Tom Goodwin from California State University, Fresno. He would play 14 seasons in the Majors (5 of them with the Dodgers) and hit .268 while stealing 369 bases. The supplemental pick was pitcher Jamie McAndrew of the University of Florida. He was subsequently selected by the Florida Marlins in the 1992 expansion draft and eventually pitched in 15 games in the Majors with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1995 and 1997.

The most successful pick was Eric Young drafted in the 43rd round out of Rutgers University as an outfielder. He was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft and spent most of his 15-season career as a second baseman. He hit .283 in 1,730 career games with 79 homers, 543 RBI and 465 steals while playing with seven different teams.

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References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU198906030.shtml Boxscore from Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON198908230.shtml Boxscore from Baseball Reference
  3. Sullivan, Paul (June 12, 1989). "Dodgers Size Up Jones As Promising". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  4. "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; Dodger Pitching Hopeful Arrested". New York Times. May 17, 1992. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  5. "1989 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com.