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NL · 79–83 (.488) · Rank 3 · Attendance 2860954

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Steve Garvey	162	648	204	28	110	3	.315	.848
Bill Russell	153	627	170	7	56	6	.271	.656
Davey Lopes	153	582	154	28	73	44	.265	.836
Dusty Baker	151	554	152	23	88	11	.274	.795
Ron Cey	150	487	137	28	81	3	.281	.888
Derrel Thomas	141	406	104	5	44	18	.256	.680
Joe Ferguson	122	363	95	20	69	1	.262	.846
Gary Thomasson	115	315	78	14	45	4	.248	.761
Steve Yeager	105	310	67	13	41	1	.216	.666
Reggie Smith	68	234	64	10	32	6	.274	.825
Von Joshua	94	142	40	3	14	1	.282	.723
Ted Martinez	81	112	30	0	2	3	.268	.623
Mickey Hatcher	33	93	25	1	5	1	.269	.693
Rick Sutcliffe	40	85	21	1	17	0	.247	.571
Don Sutton	33	77	11	0	3	0	.143	.297
Burt Hooton	30	75	11	0	5	0	.147	.345
Pedro Guerrero	25	62	15	2	9	2	.242	.621
Johnny Oates	26	46	6	0	2	0	.130	.374
Manny Mota	47	42	15	0	3	0	.357	.757
Jerry Reuss	39	42	7	0	1	0	.167	.429
Charlie Hough	42	38	6	0	2	0	.158	.342
Rick Monday	12	33	10	0	2	0	.303	.698
Vic Davalillo	29	27	7	0	2	2	.259	.606
Andy Messersmith	11	22	2	0	2	0	.091	.227
Bob Welch	25	19	3	0	3	0	.158	.358
Doug Rau	11	14	2	0	0	0	.143	.464
Ken Brett	30	11	3	0	2	0	.273	.546
Dave Patterson	37	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.286
Joe Beckwith	17	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gerry Hannahs	4	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Bobby Castillo	19	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Lerrin LaGrow	31	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.666
Dennis Lewallyn	7	2	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Terry Forster	17	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Rautzhan	12	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Rick Sutcliffe	17	10	3.46	39	0	117	1.298
Don Sutton	12	15	3.82	33	1	146	1.159
Burt Hooton	11	10	2.97	29	0	129	1.198
Jerry Reuss	7	14	3.54	39	3	83	1.488
Charlie Hough	7	5	4.76	42	0	76	1.441
Bob Welch	5	6	3.98	25	5	64	1.402
Andy Messersmith	2	4	4.91	11	0	26	1.428
Doug Rau	1	5	5.30	11	0	28	1.696
Dave Patterson	4	1	5.26	36	6	34	1.585
Ken Brett	4	3	3.45	30	2	13	1.362
Joe Beckwith	1	2	4.34	17	2	28	1.527
Lerrin LaGrow	5	1	3.41	31	4	22	1.514
Bobby Castillo	2	0	1.11	19	7	25	1.603
Terry Forster	1	2	5.51	17	2	8	1.776
Gerry Hannahs	0	2	3.38	4	1	6	1.438
Dennis Lewallyn	0	1	5.11	7	0	1	1.946
Lance Rautzhan	0	2	7.45	12	1	5	2.069

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-05	vs SDN	L 3–4
1979-04-06	vs SDN	W 10–1
1979-04-07	vs SDN	W 5–2
1979-04-08	vs SDN	W 6–5
1979-04-09	@ HOU	W 2–1
1979-04-10	@ HOU	L 1–2
1979-04-11	@ HOU	L 3–10
1979-04-12	vs ATL	L 2–10
1979-04-13	vs ATL	L 1–2
1979-04-14	vs ATL	W 6–5
1979-04-15	vs ATL	L 4–11
1979-04-16	vs HOU	L 0–4
1979-04-17	vs HOU	W 10–6
1979-04-18	vs HOU	L 0–4
1979-04-20	@ SFN	L 2–3
1979-04-21	@ SFN	W 2–1
1979-04-22	@ SFN	W 9–2
1979-04-23	@ PHI	L 3–4
1979-04-24	@ PHI	L 6–7
1979-04-25	@ PHI	L 4–5
1979-04-28	@ NYN	W 3–1
1979-04-29	@ NYN	W 8–3
1979-04-29	@ NYN	L 3–6
1979-04-30	@ MON	L 4–8
1979-05-01	@ MON	L 3–7
1979-05-03	vs PHI	W 5–2
1979-05-04	vs PHI	L 2–5
1979-05-05	vs PHI	L 0–11
1979-05-06	vs PHI	L 0–4
1979-05-07	vs NYN	W 5–2
1979-05-08	vs NYN	W 3–2
1979-05-09	vs NYN	W 7–2
1979-05-10	vs NYN	W 14–1
1979-05-11	vs MON	W 7–0
1979-05-12	vs MON	W 4–3
1979-05-13	vs MON	W 8–2
1979-05-15	@ ATL	W 5–4
1979-05-16	@ ATL	L 2–3
1979-05-17	@ ATL	L 3–6
1979-05-18	@ CIN	L 6–7
1979-05-19	@ CIN	L 4–5
1979-05-20	@ CIN	W 6–4
1979-05-21	@ SDN	L 2–3
1979-05-22	@ SDN	L 6–7
1979-05-23	@ SDN	W 4–2
1979-05-25	vs CIN	W 17–6
1979-05-26	vs CIN	L 1–3
1979-05-27	vs CIN	W 8–7
1979-05-28	vs CIN	L 2–3
1979-05-29	vs SFN	W 6–5
1979-05-30	vs SFN	W 6–5
1979-05-31	vs SFN	W 12–10
1979-06-01	@ SLN	L 7–8
1979-06-02	@ SLN	L 5–12
1979-06-03	@ SLN	L 4–6
1979-06-04	@ PIT	W 4–2
1979-06-05	@ PIT	L 1–3
1979-06-06	@ PIT	L 4–5
1979-06-08	@ CHN	W 11–4
1979-06-09	@ CHN	L 3–5
1979-06-10	@ CHN	L 3–10
1979-06-11	vs SLN	L 7–9
1979-06-12	vs SLN	W 9–3
1979-06-13	vs SLN	W 9–8
1979-06-15	vs PIT	L 2–6
1979-06-16	vs PIT	L 3–6
1979-06-17	vs PIT	L 1–5
1979-06-18	vs CHN	W 7–3
1979-06-19	vs CHN	L 4–7
1979-06-21	@ ATL	W 6–4
1979-06-22	@ ATL	L 2–3
1979-06-23	@ ATL	L 3–7
1979-06-24	@ ATL	L 2–4
1979-06-25	vs SDN	W 4–3
1979-06-26	vs SDN	L 1–5
1979-06-27	vs CIN	L 1–9
1979-06-28	vs CIN	L 1–2
1979-06-29	vs ATL	L 2–5
1979-06-30	vs ATL	L 4–7
1979-07-01	vs ATL	L 1–2
1979-07-02	@ SDN	W 6–3
1979-07-03	@ SDN	L 2–3
1979-07-04	@ SDN	L 0–6
1979-07-06	@ MON	L 4–6
1979-07-07	@ MON	L 1–2
1979-07-08	@ MON	W 8–6
1979-07-09	@ MON	L 0–3
1979-07-10	@ NYN	W 7–4
1979-07-11	@ NYN	L 3–4
1979-07-12	@ NYN	L 5–12
1979-07-13	@ PHI	L 2–3
1979-07-14	@ PHI	L 7–10
1979-07-15	@ PHI	L 3–10
1979-07-19	vs MON	W 7–3
1979-07-20	vs MON	W 6–5
1979-07-21	vs MON	L 2–7
1979-07-22	vs NYN	W 4–3
1979-07-23	vs NYN	W 3–1
1979-07-24	vs PHI	W 15–3
1979-07-25	vs PHI	W 16–8
1979-07-26	@ HOU	W 6–5
1979-07-27	@ HOU	W 11–7
1979-07-28	@ HOU	L 2–5
1979-07-29	@ HOU	L 3–4
1979-07-30	@ CIN	L 4–9
1979-07-31	@ CIN	W 7–6
1979-08-01	@ CIN	L 5–10
1979-08-03	vs SFN	W 11–3
1979-08-04	vs SFN	W 4–3
1979-08-05	vs SFN	W 8–1
1979-08-06	vs SFN	L 1–7
1979-08-07	vs HOU	W 10–8
1979-08-08	vs HOU	L 1–4
1979-08-09	vs HOU	W 4–3
1979-08-10	@ SFN	W 9–0
1979-08-11	@ SFN	W 7–4
1979-08-12	@ SFN	L 1–4
1979-08-14	@ SLN	W 9–0
1979-08-15	@ SLN	W 6–5
1979-08-16	@ SLN	W 4–2
1979-08-17	@ PIT	W 7–6
1979-08-18	@ PIT	W 5–1
1979-08-19	@ PIT	L 0–2
1979-08-20	@ CHN	L 1–2
1979-08-21	@ CHN	W 4–2
1979-08-22	@ CHN	W 7–2
1979-08-24	vs SLN	L 5–12
1979-08-25	vs SLN	L 4–5
1979-08-26	vs SLN	W 4–1
1979-08-27	vs PIT	W 4–2
1979-08-28	vs PIT	L 1–4
1979-08-29	vs PIT	L 1–4
1979-08-30	vs CHN	L 1–4
1979-08-31	vs CHN	W 6–4
1979-09-01	vs CHN	W 5–4
1979-09-02	vs CHN	W 6–2
1979-09-03	@ HOU	W 1–0
1979-09-04	@ HOU	L 4–9
1979-09-05	@ ATL	W 5–3
1979-09-06	@ ATL	L 2–6
1979-09-07	@ CIN	W 6–5
1979-09-08	@ CIN	L 1–4
1979-09-09	@ CIN	W 3–1
1979-09-11	vs SDN	L 1–3
1979-09-12	vs SDN	W 5–2
1979-09-13	vs SDN	W 8–6
1979-09-14	vs CIN	W 2–0
1979-09-15	vs CIN	L 1–2
1979-09-16	vs CIN	L 0–2
1979-09-17	vs ATL	W 9–4
1979-09-18	vs ATL	W 6–1
1979-09-19	vs SFN	W 7–2
1979-09-20	vs SFN	W 3–0
1979-09-21	@ SDN	L 1–3
1979-09-22	@ SDN	L 8–10
1979-09-23	@ SDN	W 5–2
1979-09-25	@ SFN	W 11–2
1979-09-26	@ SFN	W 8–4
1979-09-27	@ SFN	L 3–5
1979-09-28	vs HOU	W 6–5
1979-09-29	vs HOU	L 0–3
1979-09-30	vs HOU	L 2–3