1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Walter O'Malley
President	Peter O'Malley
General managers	Al Campanis
Managers	Tommy Lasorda
Television	KTTV (11)
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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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.

Offseason

• February 15, 1979: Brad Gulden was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Gary Thomasson.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	90	71	0.559	—	48–32	42–39
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	1½	52–29	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	11½	46–35	33–48
San Francisco Giants	71	91	0.438	19½	38–43	33–48
San Diego Padres	68	93	0.422	22	39–42	29–51
Atlanta Braves	66	94	0.412	23½	34–45	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	6–12	7–11	12–6	1–9	4–8	7–5	4–8	6–12	11–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	—	7–5	6–6	5–7	6–12	8–10	9–9	6–12	9–3	8–4	8–10
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	8–10	11–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	8–4	10–7	6–12	8–4
Houston	11–7	6–6	10–8	—	10–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	4–8	14–4	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	6–12	7–5	7–11	8–10	—	6–6	9–3	3–9	4–8	9–9	14–4	6–6
Montreal	9–1	12–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	15–3	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	10–8
New York	8–4	10–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–15	—	5–13	8–10–1	4–8	8–4	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	4–8	7–5	9–3	7–11	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	6–6	7–11–1
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	4–8	8–4	8–4	11–7	10–8–1	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	11–7
San Diego	12–6	3–9	7–10	4–14	9–9	5–7	8–4	3–9	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	12–6	11–7	4–14	5–7	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	8–10	11–7	11–7–1	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Davey Lopes	Second baseman
Bill Russell	Shortstop
Reggie Smith	Right fielder
Steve Garvey	First baseman
Ron Cey	Third baseman
Dusty Baker	Left fielder
Rick Monday	Center fielder
Steve Yeager	Catcher
Burt Hooton	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• April 7, 1979: Rick Rhoden was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jerry Reuss.^[2]
• May 11, 1979: Lance Rautzhan was purchased from the Dodgers by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]
• May 11, 1979: Lerrin LaGrow was purchased by the Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox.^[4]

Roster

1979 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 27 Joe Beckwith 34 Ken Brett 37 Bobby Castillo 51 Terry Forster 29 Gerry Hannahs 46 Burt Hooton 49 Charlie Hough 36 Lerrin LaGrow 27,21 Dennis Lewallyn 47 Andy Messersmith 56 Dave Patterson 31 Doug Rau 38 Lance Rautzhan 41 Jerry Reuss 43 Rick Sutcliffe 20 Don Sutton 35 Bob Welch		Catchers 13 Joe Ferguson  5 Johnny Oates  7 Steve Yeager Infielders 10 Ron Cey  6 Steve Garvey 15 Davey Lopes 23 Ted Martínez 18 Bill Russell		Outfielders 12 Dusty Baker 33 Vic Davalillo 57 Pedro Guerrero 44 Mickey Hatcher 14 Von Joshua 16 Rick Monday 11 Manny Mota  8 Reggie Smith 1,3 Derrel Thomas  9 Gary Thomasson		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches 26 Red Adams 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 28 Preston Gómez 45 Jim Lefebvre

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Steve Yeager	105	310	67	.216	13	41
1B	Steve Garvey	162	648	204	.315	28	110
2B	Davey Lopes	153	582	154	.265	28	73
SS	Bill Russell	153	627	170	.271	7	56
3B	Ron Cey	150	487	137	.281	28	81
LF	Dusty Baker	151	554	152	.274	23	88
CF	Derrel Thomas	141	406	104	.256	5	44
RF	Reggie Smith	68	234	64	.274	10	32

Other batters

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

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