No final act for Granderson
The Dodgers finalized their World Series roster with one big surprise. Brandon McCarthy was added along with Corey Seager, with Curtis Granderson and Kyle Farmer being left off.
I understand Farmer getting let go instead of Culberson. With Barnes now the starting catcher they didn’t need the flexibility that Barnes added when he wasn’t starting.
Also with Andre now the starting left fielder against right-hand pitching that left Granderson as strictly a pinch hitter. The Dodgers decided they would rather have Joc Pederson than Curtis Granderson. For the second year in a row, the Dodgers have acquired an outfielder that simply didn’t cut it. Those two mistakes might be the only mistakes the front office has made over the past 16 months.
The big surprise for me was Brandon McCarthy over Pedro Baez. Baez made the NLDS roster but was left off both the NLCS and World Series roster. We probably won’t need to use Brandon McCarthy just as we didn’t need Baez in the NLDS.
I’m still not sold on our positional bench but with a DH in the American League, the whole pinch hitting thing becomes a moot point for three games. I also have to remember that with Adrian not playing and Grandal on the bench most of the time the need for pinch runners is also negligible as every starter can run for themselves. Andre might be the only person who you might want to run for.
I can’t pull the trigger
Anyone who knows me knows this story. At the age of fifteen, my mom let me cut school and stand in line for world series tickets for 1974. Back then the tickets were sold through outlets called ticketron and the local Sears in Glendale was our ticketron outlet.
My mom dropped me off early in the morning but not crazy early. I was already working so I had some money, it was all the money I had at the time and the plan was to buy the maximum tickets allowed which were four tickets. The Dodgers were the home team so I could buy tickets for game 1, 2, 6, or 7. I felt very confident the Dodgers would win the World Series but felt it would not be easy so I went with game six and game seven, thus starting a tradition of making bad decisions that has lasted most of my life. The line was fairly short. It was not like I spent the night to get a great spot in line. I don’t remember why, but I was about 10th in line and was able to get exactly the tickets I wanted. I went for the cheapest seats in the Pavillion as that was all I could afford at the time.
The Dodgers lost the series in five games and there was no game six. It was a very competitive World Series and it could easily have gone six games if a few breaks had gone the Dodgers way. I kept those tickets for a long time but eventually, they left as much of my possessions did as I tried to carve out a new life at the age of 30.
For whatever reason, I was never able to acquire tickets for any other World Series. 1977, 1978, 1981, and 1988 passed me by. From 1977 – 1981 I was working, going to college and living from check to check. I guess that is why, but I don’t really remember why. Seems like I could have figured out a way. I went out of my way to get two tickets for the 1980 play-in game against the Astros so I don’t know why I didn’t get World Series tickets in 1981. Maybe I felt my wife at the time would not approve of us spending that kind of money but I don’t even remember thinking about it.
It is very strange to me how blurry my mind is on something that should have been big moments in my life.
Anyway ever since 1988 when the Dodgers shocked me by beating Oakland I have sworn to myself that I would go to the next World Series. I didn’t expect it to take 29 years.
Starting in 2004 I got season tickets to make sure I would get World Series tickets. By 2010 I gave those tickets up and partnered up with someone else. From 2012 – 2015 I had season tickets with some one else but I was only going to ten of the forty games I had and was mostly giving them away to people at work. Once I stopped working, I couldn’t justify the season tickets anymore and let them go again. Another mistake.
Still I had a plan on buying World Series tickets. To help make that happen I sold my game seven Laker/Celtics tickets for $1500 in 2010. I have kept that cash in a bank in a special account specifically for buying World Series tickets.
In 1988 the highest World Series ticket was $750 for they best field box seats. That is the lowest price for the worst seat for game two.
1988 World Series tickets topped out at $750 https://t.co/E5jyo8eoqf via @latimes
— Phil Gurnee (@meercatjohn) October 24, 2017
So I have the money to buy the ticket to a game two. But I don’t want too.
At 58 I’ve found that watching a game at home is pretty damn sweet.
But the real reason.
Forty-five years may have passed but dammit I want to see a GAME SIX
The Dodgers better not win in five:)
The analysis no one asked for
Everyone has analyzed the World Series but I’ve tried to ignore the writing of the intelligent writers so as not to influence my subjective take on this series.
If the Astros are so good why did they look like the San Francisco Giants in NY?
If the Astros are so good why is their manager afraid to use their bullpen?
If the Astros are so good why are they playing a Venezuelan leprechaun at 2nd base?
If the Astros are so good how is Josh Reddick starting in right field for them?
If the Astros are so good why do they have Paul Bunyan on their team?
Ten things that Astro fans should know:
- Home boy Clayton Kershaw will own the biggest stage
- Kenley Jansen is big and bad
- Kenta Maeda is small and bad
- Rich Hill is a goof ball with a hippity hop who will curve you to death
- Yu Darvish is our 3rd starter. Our 3rd starter
- Justin Turner can’t possibly be this good, but he is
- Christ Taylor is named appropriately
- Puig don’t chase no more no more no more
- Cody Bellinger will beat you many different ways
- Chase Utley isn’t done yet
Kershaw finally reaches the biggest stage
It took Clayton Kershaw seventeen postseason starts to finally make it to the World Series and as he has done for most of his Dodger career, he will take the ball in game one.
Clayton has the advantage tonight given the game is at home, he’s facing a team who has rarely seen his stuff, and he’s Clayton Kershaw. Clayton has only pitched against the Astros once time since 2012 and he dominated them in a late August game in 2015. Just two years later the only starters for both teams from that game that will play today were Turner, Puig, and Hernandez for the Dodgers and Altuve, Correa, Gattis, and Gonzalez.
Baseball historians have said this will be the hottest day in World Series history as the temperatures are expected to hit 100 degrees at game time in Los Angeles. Living in the Valley, last night was one of the hottest nights of the year so I expect the forecast to hold true. It will also be a Winnie the Pooh type of blustery day with the hot wind making an appearance all day.
Mike Petriello says the ball could be jumping in the early going.
For once, when you hear “ball is flying tonight,” the numbers will back it up. G1 in LA at 100° should be fun.
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— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 23, 2017
The heat will be in the triple digits, I’m hoping for double digits from Clayton.
Date Series Gm# Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2013-10-03 NLDS 1 ATL W 6-1 7.0 3 1 3 12 76 2015-10-09 NLDS 1 NYM L 1-3 6.2 4 3 4 11 61 2014-10-03 NLDS 1 STL L 9-10 6.2 8 8 0 10 36 2017-10-06 NLDS 1 ARI W 9-5 6.1 5 4 3 7 51 2016-10-07 NLDS 1 WSN W 4-3 5.0 8 3 1 7 45 2017-10-14 NLCS 1 CHC W 5-2 5.0 4 2 1 4 54 2009-10-15 NLCS 1 PHI L 6-8 4.2 4 5 5 3 34
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Generated 10/24/2017.
Updated LAD World Series Home runs
Over the next week the Dodgers are sure to hit some important home runs. Below is a list of every LAD World Series home run. Some more memorable than others.
2017 Already:
- Joc Pederson hits his second World Series home run to give the Dodgers a 3 – 1 lead in game six. They ultimately win the game 3 – 1 and force a game seven.
- Cody Bellinger gives the Dodgers a three run lead with a 3 run home run in game five. Bellinger is the first Dodger rookie to hit a World Series home run since Lou Johnson in 1965.
- Joc Pederson puts game four on ice with a three run bomb in the top of the 9th giving the Dodgers a 6 – 1 lead.
- Justin Turner hits a deep fly ball that is probably only a home run because it was the hottest World Series game in history to give the Dodgers the winning margin of 3 – 1.
- Chris Taylor leads off the 2017 World Series with a home run on the first pitch with his longest home run of the season.
- A surprise starter in left field, Joc Pederson breaks up the Justin Verlander no-hitter in the 6th.
- Corey Seager puts Dodgers in front with an emotional two-run opposite field blast off of Justin Verlander
- Yasiel Puig gets the Dodgers within one in the bottom of the 10 in game two
- Charlie Culberson gets the Dodgers within one in the bottom of the 11th in game two and drives twitter wild with his emotional celebration even though his team is still down by a run.
The last Dodger world series home run prior to Chris Taylor was hit by Mickey Hatcher in 1988. Mickey hit the first Dodger World Series home run in 1988 and the last one.
The Dodgers didn’t hit any solo home runs in 1988
1981 was loaded with big home runs. Seemed that everyone was big. Pedro Guerrero crushed the spirit of the Yankees with his three-run bomb in game six. In game five they won on the backs of the back to back home runs by Pedro and Yeager. In game four it was Jay Johnstone who started the Dodgers on the road to victory with his two-run pinch-hit home run.
In 1978 Davey Lopes hit two home runs in game one to lead the Dodgers to a romp over the Yankees. For a moment it looked like the Dodgers would get revenge for 1977. Didn’t happen.
In 1966 the Dodgers only scored two runs in four games. One of those runs was a solo home run by Jim Lefebvre in the second inning of game one.
In 1965 Lou Johnson hit the big home run to help win game seven against the Twins. The Dodgers hit five home-run in the 1965 World Series, all solo home runs.
| Name | Date | Game | Home Run | Type |
| Joc Pederson | 10/31/2017 | 6 | 1 | Solo |
| Cody Bellinger | 10/29/2017 | 5 | 1 | 3-Run |
| Joc Pederson | 10/28/2017 | 4 | 1 | 3-Run |
| Joc Pederson | 10/25/2017 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| Corey Seager | 10/25/2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Yasiel Puig | 10/25/2017 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| Charlie Culberson | 10/25/2017 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| Justin Turner | 10/24/2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Chris Taylor | 10/24/2017 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Mickey Hatcher | 10/20/1988 | 5 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Mike Davis | 10/20/1988 | 5 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Mike Marshall | 10/16/1988 | 2 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Kirk Gibson | 10/15/1988 | 1 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Mickey Hatcher | 10/15/1988 | 1 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Pedro Guerrero | 10/28/1981 | 6 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Pedro Guerrero | 10/25/1981 | 5 | 1 | Solo |
| Steve Yeager | 10/25/1981 | 5 | 1 | Solo |
| Jay Johnstone | 10/24/1981 | 4 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Ron Cey | 10/23/1981 | 3 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Steve Yeager | 10/20/1981 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Davey Lopes | 10/17/1978 | 6 | 1 | Solo |
| Reggie Smith | 10/14/1978 | 4 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Ron Cey | 10/11/1978 | 2 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Davey Lopes | 10/10/1978 | 1 | 2 | 3 Run, 2 Run |
| Dusty Baker | 10/10/1978 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Reggie Smith | 10/18/1977 | 6 | 1 | Solo |
| Reggie Smith | 10/16/1977 | 5 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Steve Yeager | 10/16/1977 | 5 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Davey Lopes | 10/15/1977 | 4 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Dusty Baker | 10/14/1977 | 3 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Reggie Smith | 10/12/1977 | 2 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Ron Cey | 10/12/1977 | 2 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Steve Garvey | 10/12/1977 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| Steve Yeager | 10/12/1977 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| Bill Buckner | 10/15/1974 | 3 | 1 | Solo |
| Willie Crawford | 10/15/1974 | 3 | 1 | Solo |
| Joe Ferguson | 10/13/1974 | 2 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Jim Wynn | 10/12/1974 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Jim Lefebvre | 10/5/1966 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Lou Johnson | 10/14/1965 | 7 | 1 | Solo |
| Ron Fairly | 10/13/1965 | 6 | 1 | Solo |
| Lou Johnson | 10/10/1965 | 4 | 1 | Solo |
| Wes Parker | 10/10/1965 | 4 | 1 | Solo |
| Ron Fairly | 10/6/1965 | 1 | 1 | Solo |
| Frank Howard | 10/6/1963 | 4 | 1 | Solo |
| Bill Skowron | 10/3/1963 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
| John Roseboro | 10/2/1963 | 1 | 1 | 3 Run |
| Chuck Essegian | 10/8/1959 | 6 | 1 | Solo |
| Duke Snider | 10/8/1959 | 6 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Wally Moon | 10/8/1959 | 6 | 1 | 2 Run |
| Gil Hodges | 10/5/1959 | 4 | 1 | Solo |
| Charlie Neal | 10/2/1959 | 2 | 2 | 2 Run |
| Chuck Essegian | 10/2/1959 | 2 | 1 | Solo |
36 years ago the Dodgers last played on Oct 24th
and it was one of the greatest World Series games in LAD history. The Yankees held a two games to one lead headed into the 4th game and they had knocked out the Dodger starter Bob Welch in the first inning. Welch only faced four batters giving up a triple, double, walk, and single before being replaced by Dave Goltz.
Goltz the goat of 1980 got the next three outs giving up only a sacrifice fly so the Dodgers were only down 2 – 0. Goltz would give up two solo runs in the 2nd and 3rd and left with the Dodgers behind 4 – 0. The Dodgers would scrap for two runs of their own in the bottom of the 3rd and another run in the bottom of the 5th to close the gap to 4 – 3.
Bill Russell made a key error in the top of the 6th and the Yankee’s scored two unearned runs pushing the lead to 6 – 3.
And thus began one of the coolest innings in LAD World Series history. I sometimes get this inning confused with the NLCS game three 1977 in which the Dodgers scored three runs in the 9th to win. In my mind Vic Davalillo is the hero in 1981 but it was 1977.
With one out, Mike Scioscia drew a walk and Jay Johnstone pinch hit and slugged a two run home run cutting the lead to 6 – 5.
Mr. October Reggie Jackson then made an error allowing Davey Lopes to reach 2nd base.
Who can forget Reggie, Dodger Stadium, Game 4, 1981 World Series, Davey Lopes at the plate, easy fly ball, right field, uh, yes, well, . . . klunk. . . . The ball bounces off Reggie’s chest (his chest?) for a two-base error.
Lopes stole 3rd base and scored the tying run on a hit by Bill Russell.
With the score tied, Steve Howe entered the game and pitched the final three innings. The Dodgers would score two more runs in the bottom of the 7th and hold onto to win 8 – 7.
They would not lose another game.
It was the greatest World Series of my lifetime because I had watched this group of Dodgers lose the World Series in 1974, 1977, and 1978.
2017 NLCS Thoughts
Easier than most expected the Dodgers advanced to the World Series. The NLCS had some big moments that will forever be part of Dodger lore. No earth-shattering thoughts here, just thought I’d jot them down.
- The Dodgers won both games that Kershaw started by a combined score of 16 – 3.
- Rich Hill, Yu Darvish, and Alex Wood were not brilliant but they were enough of a supporting rotation to get the job to the incredible bullpen.
- There was no bullpen implosion in any game.
- The bullpen threw a nine-inning no-hitter from game 1 – 3.
- The bullpen only gave up four hits in five games
- Kenta Maeda is a weapon the Dodgers have never had in the postseason.
- The Dodgers haven’t hit a home run in an NLCS game after the fifth game since game six in 1985. Still haven’t, because they didn’t need too in 2017
- Six different Dodgers hit home runs in the 2017 NLCS.
- Cody Bellinger was the youngest Dodger to ever hit an NLCS home run
- Andre Ethier and Justin Turner now have hit 3 NLCS home runs with both doing it in back to back seasons.
- If Granderson isn’t in a massive slump, Kiké never gets a chance to bat against Rondon in game five.
- Charlie Culberson was the most unlikely hero of any LAD postseason. Ever.
- Cody Bellinger continued to show off all his skills
- Chase is still hitless in the postseason
- Justin Turner is the Dodgers Big Papi
- Yasiel Puig has finally combined the antics of the wild horse with the production of a Roberto Clemente in prime time.
- Chris Taylor proved all year he was the 2nd biggest steal in a LAD trade in history (Pedro Guerrero being the biggest) and did it again in the NLCS.
- Kenley Jansen is comfort food
- Brandon Morrow is in your face fraudman folk
- Tony Cingrani is in your face fraudman folk
- With Barnes being the starting catcher I’m not that comfortable with Kyle Farmer being our main right-handed pinch hitter in games that a left-hander starts.
- The Dodgers will be playing baseball on October 24th
Updated NLCS Home Run list
Ha ha, quite an update this time. With Kiké doing something no LAD has ever done by going deep three times. My two favorite parts of the three home run game by Kiké was that he hit the three home runs off of three different pitchers. He hit the grand slam off of Hector Rondon a right hand pitcher. Once Granderson was acquired it would have been a given that Granderson would have pinch hit for Hernandez in such an important spot. Except Granderson has been so bad, that Dave Roberts rolled the dice with Hernandez and it paid off making Kiké a part of Dodger postseason lore forever.
Some thoughts on the list:
- The three unlikely on this list for me are AJ Ellis, Orlando Hudson, and Mike Scioscia
- Rick Monday and Mike Scioscia hit the most important NLCS home runs until 2017
- Bill Madlock tore up 1985 just as Garvey tore up 1978 but hey – Kiké Hernandez
- The Dodgers haven’t hit a home run in an NLCS game after the fifth game since game six in 1985. Still haven’t, because they didn’t need too in 2017
- Six different Dodgers hit home runs in the 2017 NLCS.
- Cody Bellinger was they youngest Dodger to ever hit an NLCS home run
- Andre Ethier and Justin Turner now have hit 3 NLCS home runs with both doing it in back to back seasons.
| Dodger | Year | Date | Series | Gm# | HR |
| Enrique Hernandez | 2017 | 10/19/2017 | NLCS | 5 | 3 |
| Cody Bellinger | 2017 | 10/18/2017 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 2017 | 10/18/2017 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Andre Ethier | 2017 | 10/17/2017 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Taylor | 2017 | 10/17/2017 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 2017 | 10/15/2017 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Yasiel Puig | 2017 | 10/14/2017 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Taylor | 2017 | 10/14/2017 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Andre Ethier | 2016 | 10/15/2016 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 2016 | 10/16/2016 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Yazmani Grandal | 2016 | 10/18/2016 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Justin Turner | 2016 | 10/18/2016 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| A.J. Ellis | 2013 | 10/16/2013 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 2013 | 10/16/2013 | NLCS | 5 | 2 |
| Carl Crawford | 2013 | 10/16/2013 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| James Loney | 2009 | 10/15/2009 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 2009 | 10/15/2009 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Kemp | 2009 | 10/19/2009 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Andre Ethier | 2009 | 10/21/2009 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| James Loney | 2009 | 10/21/2009 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2009 | 10/21/2009 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 2008 | 10/10/2008 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Rafael Furcal | 2008 | 10/12/2008 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Casey Blake | 2008 | 10/13/2008 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 2008 | 10/15/2008 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Kirk Gibson | 1988 | 10/9/1988 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Scioscia | 1988 | 10/9/1988 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Kirk Gibson | 1988 | 10/10/1988 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Greg Brock | 1985 | 10/10/1985 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Madlock | 1985 | 10/13/1985 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Madlock | 1985 | 10/14/1985 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Bill Madlock | 1985 | 10/16/1985 | NLCS | 6 | 1 |
| Mike Marshall | 1985 | 10/16/1985 | NLCS | 6 | 1 |
| Mike Marshall | 1983 | 10/7/1983 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Dusty Baker | 1983 | 10/8/1983 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Scioscia | 1981 | 10/13/1981 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Guerrero | 1981 | 10/13/1981 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Garvey | 1981 | 10/17/1981 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Rick Monday | 1981 | 10/19/1981 | NLCS | 5 | 1 |
| Davey Lopes | 1978 | 10/4/1978 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Garvey | 1978 | 10/4/1978 | NLCS | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Yeager | 1978 | 10/4/1978 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Davey Lopes | 1978 | 10/5/1978 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Garvey | 1978 | 10/6/1978 | NLCS | 3 | 1 |
| Ron Cey | 1978 | 10/7/1978 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Garvey | 1978 | 10/7/1978 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Ron Cey | 1977 | 10/4/1977 | NLCS | 1 | 1 |
| Dusty Baker | 1977 | 10/5/1977 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Cey | 1977 | 10/6/1974 | NLCS | 2 | 1 |
| Dusty Baker | 1977 | 10/8/1977 | NLCS | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Garvey | 1977 | 10/9/1974 | NLCS | 4 | 2 |
LAD Team HR leaders, 25 or younger
With Cody Bellinger leading the Dodgers in home runs at age 21, the Dodgers have now had thirteen players twenty-five or younger to lead the team in home runs. Bellinger could make this list four more times. Let that sink in.
Bellinger not only ended up with more home runs than Mike Piazza, he did it at age 21 compared to the age 24 season of HOF Mike Piazza.
Jim Lefebvre tied for the team lead in 1965 with twelve and Lou Johnson. That team won the World Championship with two players leading their team in home runs with a measly 12. Willie Mays hit 52 that year. It was not 1968 the year of the pitcher. Lefebvre would also lead the team in home runs in 1966 with 24 at age 24. The only other player to match his age in home runs was Frank Howard who in 1960 at age 23 hit 23 home runs,
Howard and Lefebvre were two of the most interesting players to ever play for the Dodgers. You can read about Howard here and Lefebvre here.
The only surprise to me on this list is that Franklin Stubbs once led the team in home runs.
One HOF on this list in Mike Piazza, and one future HOF on the list in Adrian Beltre.
Frank Howard was a Hall of the Very Good
Both Howard and Beltre were gone from the Dodgers before they did their best work career-wise.
No one on this list ever won an MVP though Piazza came in 2nd twice, and Beltre came in 2nd once, and Matt Kemp came in 2nd once though many of us feel that Kemp should have won the MVP in 2011.
I was surprised to see that Pedro Guerrero never made this list, but he didn’t become a full-time Dodger until age 26.
No Garvey and no Cey
| Player | HR | Year | Age | PA | OPS |
| Cody Bellinger | 39 | 2017 | 21 | 548 | 0.933 |
| Matt Kemp | 28 | 2010 | 25 | 668 | 0.760 |
| Adrian Beltre | 48 | 2004 | 25 | 657 | 1.017 |
| Mike Piazza | 24 | 1994 | 25 | 441 | 0.910 |
| Mike Piazza | 35 | 1993 | 24 | 602 | 0.932 |
| Eric Karros | 20 | 1992 | 24 | 589 | 0.730 |
| Franklin Stubbs | 23 | 1986 | 25 | 465 | 0.712 |
| Mike Marshall | 21 | 1984 | 24 | 541 | 0.753 |
| Billy Grabarkewitz | 17 | 1970 | 24 | 640 | 0.852 |
| Jim Lefebvre | 24 | 1966 | 24 | 610 | 0.793 |
| Jim Lefebvre | 12 | 1965 | 23 | 631 | 0.706 |
| Frank Howard | 31 | 1962 | 25 | 538 | 0.906 |
| Frank Howard | 23 | 1960 | 23 | 487 | 0.784 |
2017 NLCS victory was partially driven by the shortstops
Dodger NLCS Shortstop Stats sorted by OPS with at least eight PA:
| Series/Player | BA | OBP | Slug | OPS |
| 2017 Chris Taylor | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.875 | 1.275 |
| 2017 Charlie Culberson | 0.455 | 0.385 | 0.818 | 1.203 |
| 1978 Bill Russell | 0.412 | 0.444 | 0.471 | 0.915 |
| 1974 Bill Russell | 0.389 | 0.421 | 0.389 | 0.810 |
| 1981 Bill Russell | 0.313 | 0.316 | 0.438 | 0.753 |
| 1985 Mariano Duncan | 0.222 | 0.263 | 0.444 | 0.708 |
| 2008 Rafael Furcal | 0.211 | 0.304 | 0.368 | 0.673 |
| 1983 Bill Russell | 0.286 | 0.353 | 0.286 | 0.639 |
| 2016 Corey Seager | 0.286 | 0.333 | 0.286 | 0.619 |
| 1977 Bill Russell | 0.278 | 0.278 | 0.333 | 0.611 |
| 2013 Hanley Ramirez | 0.133 | 0.263 | 0.133 | 0.396 |
| 2009 Rafael Furcal | 0.143 | 0.174 | 0.190 | 0.364 |
| 1988 Alfredo Griffin | 0.160 | 0.154 | 0.200 | 0.354 |
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 