The Baseball Scholar

Los Angeles Dodgers Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Los Angeles Dodgers best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Mike Piazza, 1997

    • Mike Piazza
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    183 .452 8.7 152 633 104 201 32 1 40 124 5 69 77 .362 .431 .638 1.070

  • First Base – Dolph Camilli, 1941

    • Dolph Camilli
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    166 .437 6.8 149 641 92 151 29 6 34 120 3 104 115 .285 .407 .556 .962

  • Second Base – Jackie Robinson, 1949

    • Jackie Robinson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    156 .442 9.6 156 704 122 203 38 12 16 124 37 86 27 .342 .432 .528 .960

  • Third Base – Adrian Beltre, 2004

    • Adrian Beltre
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    161 .423 9.5 156 657 104 200 32 0 48 121 7 53 87 .334 .388 .629 1.017

  • Shortstop – Pee Wee Reese, 1949

    • Pee Wee Reese
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    119 .384 7.0 155 742 132 172 27 3 16 73 26 116 59 .279 .396 .410 .806

  • Outfield – Duke Snider, 1953

    • Duke Snider
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    165 .459 9.3 153 680 132 198 38 4 42 126 16 82 90 .336 .419 .627 1.046

  • Outfield – Pedro Guerrero, 1985

    • Pedro Guerrero
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    181 .429 7.9 137 581 99 156 22 2 33 87 12 83 68 .320 .422 .577 .999

  • Outfield – Babe Herman, 1930

    • Babe Herman
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    167 .487 6.9 153 699 143 241 48 11 35 130 18 66 56 .393 .455 .678 1.132

  • Starting Pitcher – Zack Greinke, 2015

    • Zack Greinke
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    44 9.3 32 32 19 3 1.66 222.2 1 0 0 43 41 40 200 8.1 0.844

  • Starting Pitcher – Sandy Koufax, 1963

    • Sandy Koufax
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    62 10.7 40 40 25 5 1.88 311 20 11 0 68 65 58 306 8.9 0.875

  • Starting Pitcher – Dazzy Vance, 1924

    • Dazzy Vance
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    57 10.5 35 34 28 6 2.16 308.1 30 3 0 89 74 77 262 7.6 1.022

  • Starting Pitcher – Clayton Kershaw, 2014

    • Clayton Kershaw
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    51 7.5 27 27 21 3 1.77 198.1 6 2 0 42 39 31 239 10.8 0.857

  • Starting Pitcher – Don Drysdale, 1964

    • Don Drysdales
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    67 8.0 40 40 18 16 2.18 321.1 21 5 0 91 78 68 237 6.6 0.965

  • Relief Pitcher – Paul Quantrill, 2003

    • Paul Quantrill
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    43 2.3 89 0 2 5 1.75 77.1 0 0 1 18 15 15 44 5.1 0.983

  • Relief Pitcher – Elias Sosa, 1977

    • Elias Sosa
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    52 1.8 44 0 2 2 1.98 63.2 0 0 1 15 14 12 47 6.6 0.848

  • Closer – Eric Gagne, 2003

    • Eric Gagne
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    30 3.7 77 0 2 3 1.20 82.1 0 0 55 12 11 20 137 15.0 0.692

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