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Record: 79-83 .488.... 3rd in National League West
Stadium: Dodger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,860,954

Top Draft Pick: Steve Howe (#16) MLB
Manager - Tom Lasorda

Affiliates - AAA Albuquerque Dukes AA San Antonio Dodgers A+ Lodi Dodgers A Clinton Dodgers Rk Lethbridge Dodgers

Team Leaders

HR: Cey, Garvey, Lopes [28]
RBI: Garvey [110]
2B: Garvey [32]
SB: Lopes [44]
W: Sutcliffe [17]
SV: Castillo [7]
SO: Sutton [146]

Oldest Player: Vic Davalillo [42]
Youngest Player: Bob Welch [22]
Longest Tenure: Don Sutton [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mickey Hatcher (Aug 3)
Pitchers: Joe Beckwith (Jul 21) Dave Patterson (Jun 9)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jesse Baez	C		San Antonio	AA
	C		Lodi	A+
Dusty Baker	OF	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Brian Baldwin			San Antonio	AA
Joe Beckwith	P	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	P		Albuquerque	AAA
Tom Beyers	1B	21	Clinton	A
Dann Bilardello	C	20	Clinton	A
Mark Bradley	OF	22	San Antonio	AA
	OF		Lodi	A+
	OF		Clinton	A
Otis Bradley	OF	20	Lethbridge	Rk
Ken Brett	P	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Greg Brock	1B	22	Lethbridge	Rk
Bobby Brown	OF		Lodi	A+
Bobby Castillo	P	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Ron Cey	3B	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Rocky Cordova	P		Lodi	A+
Don Crow	C	21	San Antonio	AA
Vic Davalillo	OF	43	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	OF		Albuquerque	AAA
James Delvecchio	2B		San Antonio	AA
Mark Elliott	OF		Clinton	A
Joe Ferguson	C-OF	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Larry Fobbs	IF		San Antonio	AA
Terry Forster	P	27	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Robert Foster			Lodi	A+
Miguel Franjul			Lodi	A+
Chris Gandy	OF		Clinton	A
Marvin Garrison	OF		Lodi	A+
Steve Garvey	1B	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Tim Gloyd	SS		Clinton	A
Richard Goulding			San Antonio	AA
Pedro Guerrero	OF-3B	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	OF-3B		Albuquerque	AAA
Hector Guzman			Lodi	A+
			Lethbridge	Rk
Gerry Hannahs	P	26	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Doug Harrison	P		San Antonio	AA
Mickey Hatcher	OF-1B	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	OF-1B		Albuquerque	AAA
Brian Hayes	P		San Antonio	AA
Innardo Hernandez			San Antonio	AA
			Clinton	A
Leo Hernandez	3B	19	Lodi	A+
Dale Holman			Lodi	A+
Brian Holton	P	19	San Antonio	AA
Burt Hooton	P	29	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Charlie Hough	P	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
John Houston	C-3B		Lethbridge	Rk
Steve Howe	P	21	San Antonio	AA
George Johnson			Lethbridge	Rk
Von Joshua	OF	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Kevin Keefe		25	Albuquerque	AAA
Rodney Kemp	OF		Lodi	A+
Jeff Kopjo	OF-1B		Lethbridge	Rk
Lerrin LaGrow	P	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
David Lanning	3B		San Antonio	AA
	3B		Lodi	A+
Mickey Lashley	P		San Antonio	AA
Rudy Law	OF	22	Albuquerque	AAA
Dennis Lewallyn	P	26	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	P		Albuquerque	AAA
Dave Lopes	2B	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Candy Maldonado	RF-LF	19	Clinton	A
	RF-LF		Lethbridge	Rk
John Malkin	C		Lodi	A+
	C		Clinton	A
	C		Lethbridge	Rk
Leo Mann	SS		Lodi	A+
	SS		Lethbridge	Rk
Stephen Maples	C		Clinton	A
Mike Marshall	OF-RF	19	Lodi	A+
Ted Martinez	SS-2B	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Evon Martinson	C		Lodi	A+
Rusty McDonald	P		San Antonio	AA
Melvin Meadows	OF		Lethbridge	Rk
Alfredo Mejia			Lodi	A+
Andy Messersmith	P	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Rick Misuraca	3B		Lethbridge	Rk
Bobby Mitchell	OF	24	Albuquerque	AAA
Keith Mohler	OF		Clinton	A
Rick Monday	OF	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Manny Mota	OF	41	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Mark Nipp	P		San Antonio	AA
Johnny Oates	C	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
John O'Rear	SS		Albuquerque	AAA
Dave Patterson	P	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	P		Albuquerque	AAA
Pablo Peguero			Albuquerque	AAA
Jack Perconte	2B	25	Albuquerque	AAA
Ted Power	P	24	Albuquerque	AAA
	P		San Antonio	AA
Doug Rau	P	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Lance Rautzhan	P	27	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Jerry Reuss	P	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
David Richards	C		San Antonio	AA
	C		Lodi	A+
German Rivera	3B	19	Lodi	A+
	3B		Clinton	A
John Robbins	OF		Clinton	A
Marcos Rodriguez			Lethbridge	Rk
Ron Roenicke	OF	23	San Antonio	AA
Augie Ruiz	P		San Antonio	AA
Bill Russell	SS	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Don Ruzek	SS		Lodi	A+
Rick Sander	P		San Antonio	AA
Edgardo Santos			San Antonio	AA
Dave Sax	C-OF	21	Clinton	A
Steve Sax	2B	19	Clinton	A
Greg Schultz			Lodi	A+
			Clinton	A
Mike Scioscia	C	20	Albuquerque	AAA
Mark Sheehy	2B		Clinton	A
Steve Shirley	P	22	San Antonio	AA
John Shoemaker	SS	23	Albuquerque	AAA
	SS		San Antonio	AA
	SS		Lodi	A+
Robert Silicani	SS		Lethbridge	Rk
Clay Smith	SS		Clinton	A
	SS		Lethbridge	Rk
Reggie Smith	OF-CF	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Kelly Snider	1B		Albuquerque	AAA
Bill Sobbe	C		Lethbridge	Rk
Hilario Soriano			San Antonio	AA
Dave Stewart	P	22	Albuquerque	AAA
Murphy Sua			Lethbridge	Rk
Rick Sutcliffe	P	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Don Sutton	P	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
William Swiseki			Albuquerque	AAA
Calvin Swoope	C		Lodi	A+
Alex Taveras	2B-SS	23	Albuquerque	AAA
Michael Tennant	P		Albuquerque	AAA
Derrel Thomas	2B-OF	28	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Gary Thomasson	OF-1B	28	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Fernando Valenzuela	P	18	Lodi	A+
Fernando Villaescusa			Lodi	A+
			Clinton	A
John Walker			Lodi	A+
Mitch Webster	RF-LF	20	Clinton	A
Gary Weiss	SS	23	San Antonio	AA
Bob Welch	P	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Claude Westmoreland	OF		Albuquerque	AAA
Myron White	OF	22	Albuquerque	AAA
	OF		San Antonio	AA
Alan Wiggins	2B-OF	21	Clinton	A
Mike Williams	P		Albuquerque	AAA
Tack Wilson	LF-OF	24	San Antonio	AA
Steve Yeager	C	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Mike Zouras	3B		San Antonio	AA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jeff Albert	-2	Clinton	A
Roberto Alexander		Clinton	A
Reinaldo Aragon		Lodi	A+
Paul Bain		San Antonio	AA
		Lodi	A+
Brian Baldwin		San Antonio	AA
		Lodi	A+
Jerry Bass		Lodi	A+
Joe Beckwith	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	24	Albuquerque	AAA
Ernesto Borbon		Lethbridge	Rk
Ken Brett	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Frank Bryant		Clinton	A
Bobby Castillo	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	24	Albuquerque	AAA
Rocky Cordova		Lodi	A+
David Daniel		Lethbridge	Rk
Vic Davalillo	43	Albuquerque	AAA
Robert Ewald		Lethbridge	Rk
Larry Ferst		Clinton	A
Terry Forster	27	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Robert Foster		Lodi	A+
Richard Goulding		Albuquerque	AAA
		San Antonio	AA
Gerry Hannahs	26	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	26	Albuquerque	AAA
Doug Harrison		San Antonio	AA
Brian Hayes		San Antonio	AA
		Lodi	A+
Ubaldo Heredia	23	Albuquerque	AAA
Orel Hershiser	21	Clinton	A
Brian Holton	19	San Antonio	AA
	19	Lodi	A+
Burt Hooton	29	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Charlie Hough	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Steve Howe	21	San Antonio	AA
Jim Hughes	28	Albuquerque	AAA
Kent Johnson		Clinton	A
		Lethbridge	Rk
Kevin Joyce		Clinton	A
Kevin Keefe	25	Albuquerque	AAA
Wayne Kellam		Lethbridge	Rk
Lerrin LaGrow	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
David LaPointe		Clinton	A
Mickey Lashley		San Antonio	AA
Dennis Lewallyn	26	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	26	Albuquerque	AAA
Ken Lindsey		Lethbridge	Rk
Morris Madden	19	Lethbridge	Rk
Chris Malden		Lodi	A+
Rusty McDonald		San Antonio	AA
Andy Messersmith	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Rodney Nelson		Clinton	A
		Lethbridge	Rk
Mark Nipp		San Antonio	AA
James Nobles		San Antonio	AA
		Lodi	A+
Tim O'Neill		Lodi	A+
Felix Oroz		Clinton	A
Dave Patterson	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
	23	Albuquerque	AAA
Alejandro Pena	20	Clinton	A
Steve Perry		Lodi	A+
Ted Power	24	Albuquerque	AAA
	24	San Antonio	AA
Larry Powers		Lodi	A+
		Lethbridge	Rk
Doug Rau	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Lance Rautzhan	27	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Matt Reeves	20	Clinton	A
Jerry Reuss	30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Rich Rodas	19	Lethbridge	Rk
Augie Ruiz		San Antonio	AA
		Lodi	A+
Rick Sander		San Antonio	AA
Dave Sax	21	Clinton	A
Rodney Scheller		Lodi	A+
Eric Schmidt		Lodi	A+
		Clinton	A
Steve Shirley	22	Albuquerque	AAA
	22	San Antonio	AA
Dave Stewart	22	Albuquerque	AAA
Rick Sutcliffe	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Terry Sutcliffe		Lodi	A+
Don Sutton	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Bill Swiacki		Albuquerque	AAA
Michael Tennant		Albuquerque	AAA
Glenn Terry		Lethbridge	Rk
Fernando Valenzuela	18	Lodi	A+
Bob Welch	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	MLB
Robert White		Clinton	A
		Lethbridge	Rk
Clint Wickenscheimer	21	Clinton	A
Francis Wilczewski		Clinton	A
		Lethbridge	Rk
Mike Williams		Albuquerque	AAA
Larry Wright		Clinton	A