Kershaw re-writes the leaderboards

Part of the fun for me in posting the leaderboards before each series is to see if someone can crack them. Several weeks ago Alex Wood did just that, and last night Clayton Kershaw decided he would be mocked no more for not having a double-digit strikeout game against the Brewers on the road.

Here are the new leaderboards, and we will throw in the new LAD all-time strikeout leaderboard now that Kershaw has cracked 2,000.

First up will be game score, Clayton couldn’t knock off Hideo Nomo when Dave Roberts decided to use Chris Taylor to attempt to bunt in the top of the 8th but he did crack the 80 game score club for the 2nd time.

Player                  Date Opp  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Hideo Nomo        2003-05-24 MIL W 6-0 9.0 2  0  4  8  87
Chan Ho Park      2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1  2  3 14  83
 Clayton Kershaw   2017-06-02 MIL W 2-1 7.0 2  1  1 14  82
Clayton Kershaw   2013-05-20 MIL W 3-1 9.0 3  1  1  5  81

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Next up he matches Chan Ho Park for strikeouts after never having a double digit strikeout game against the Brewers on the road.

Player                  Date Opp  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
 Clayton Kershaw   2017-06-02 MIL W 2-1 7.0 2  1  1 14  82
Chan Ho Park      2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1  2  3 14  83
Luke Prokopec     2001-07-25 MIL L 3-4 6.2 6  3  1 11  60
Darren Dreifort   2000-08-30 MIL L 2-3 8.0 4  2  1 11  76

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And finally the new LAD all time strikeout leaderboard.

Player              SO From   To   Age   W   L W-L%     IP ERA+
Don Sutton        2696 1966 1988 21-43 233 181 .563 3816.1  110
Don Drysdale      2486 1956 1969 19-32 209 166 .557 3432.0  121
Sandy Koufax      2396 1955 1966 19-30 165  87 .655 2324.1  131
Clayton Kershaw   2010 2008 2017 20-29 133  62 .682 1843.0  160

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Kershaw goes for 2,000 K tonight

Only HOF need apply

Player              SO From   To   Age     IP
Don Sutton        2696 1966 1988 21-43 3816.1
Don Drysdale      2283 1958 1969 21-32 3112.0
Sandy Koufax      2214 1958 1966 22-30 2119.2
Clayton Kershaw   1996 2008 2017 20-29 1836.0

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Chan Ho Park takes the K leaderboard against Brewers

As expected Chan Ho Park sits on top of the strikeout leaderboard against the Brewers as visitors with his brilliant 14 strikeout performance on August 29, 2000.

What wasn’t expected was Luke Prokopec. Have to be honest I never expected to see Luke on any of these leaderboards, but I guess if John Purdin can make a list so could Luke Prokopec.

Darren Dreifort rounds out the top.

Anyone else surprised that Clayton Kershaw has never struck out ten Brewers on the road? Or Nomo? Or Fernando? They have been around since 1970 so all the great Dodger pitchers except Koufax/Drysdale had a shot at them.

Rob Deer could have accounted for 3 – 4 K’s himself in each game.

Player                  Date Opp  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Chan Ho Park      2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1  2  3 14  83
Luke Prokopec     2001-07-25 MIL L 3-4 6.2 6  3  1 11  60
Darren Dreifort   2000-08-30 MIL L 2-3 8.0 4  2  1 11  76

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Hideo Nomo once again on top of a game score leaderboard against an opponent.

Hideo Nomo finds himself on top once again with his two hitter on May 24th, 2003.

Only three Dodgers have managed a game score above 80 against the Brewers on the road. That is kind of light.  Chan Ho Park will probably be sitting on top the strikeout leaderboard against the Brewers on the road. It would kind of hard to top 14 K’s and not put up at least an 80 game score.

Player                  Date Opp  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Hideo Nomo        2003-05-24 MIL W 6-0 9.0 2  0  4  8  87
Chan Ho Park      2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1  2  3 14  83
Clayton Kershaw   2013-05-20 MIL W 3-1 9.0 3  1  1  5  81

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Shawn Green with 19 total bases in one game against Brewers

Only two Dodgers have ever had double digit total bases on the road against the Brewers.

Even the most casual Dodger fan probably knows about the Shawn Green explosion on May 23rd, 2002. The single greatest game in the history of the Dodgers.

Does anyone remember the Grandal game? Grandal had two singles, two home runs, and two walks. Talk about deuces wild. And he drove in more runs than Green did in almost 1/2 the total bases.

Player                  Date Opp   Rslt PA R 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB
Shawn Green       2002-05-23 MIL W 16-3  6 6  1  0  4 19   7  0
Yasmani Grandal   2015-05-07 MIL W 14-4  6 3  0  0  2 10   8  2

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Dodger Farm System Positional update June 2nd, 2017

With two months in the books, how has the farm system been doing?

My quick top ten:

KeibertRuiz

  1. Keibert Ruiz – I might be crazy, but he’s my favorite positional prospect
  2. Alex Verdugo – possible trade bait
  3. Willie Calhoun – trade bait
  4. Brendon Davis
  5. Gavin Lux
  6. Edwin Rios – trade bait
  7. Will Smith
  8. Oneil Cruz
  9. Carlos Rincon
  10. DJ Peters
  11. Yusniel Diaz

 

AAA Oklahoma Dodgers:

Kyle Farmer has done nothing but hit so far this year. The C/3rd baseman is going to try to carve out an Austin Barnes type of career.

Calhoun is having a nice year but I’d still want to see more considering his bat is his only tool.

Alex Verdugo has shown little power this year but great plate discipline.

Bobby Wilson is there to remind us of the nice depth the Dodgers have. Wilson has already proven he’s a reliable major league backup catcher.

Ike Davis should probably retire.

Trayce Thompson and Scott Van Slyke trying to work their way back to the major league roster. Right now Brett Eibner has taken their spot. Eibner might keep it though Thompson has finally got his baseball legs back under him.

Rk                Name Age  PA 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS
1          Kyle Farmer  26  28  3  0  2   6  4  2 .375 .464 .750 1.214
2           Drew Maggi  28  74  4  0  2   8 13 14 .390 .486 .559 1.046
3           Max Muncy*  26  98  5  1  4  15 10 24 .349 .418 .570  .988
4      Willie Calhoun*  22 187  9  1 10  21 14 20 .301 .353 .538  .891
5       OKoyea Dickson  27 196 10  1 14  36 17 45 .249 .321 .561  .882
6        Alex Verdugo*  21 187  6  2  1  24 22 21 .317 .396 .398  .793
7         Bobby Wilson  34 113  5  0  7  18 10 23 .228 .304 .485  .789
8         Brett Eibner  28  71  2  1  3  10  3 22 .258 .296 .455  .750
9           Ike Davis*  30  61  2  0  3  11  4 18 .218 .262 .418  .680
10   Charlie Culberson  28 163  4  2  3  13 13 34 .242 .302 .356  .658
11     Trayce Thompson  26 155  3  2  4  10 13 45 .186 .253 .321  .575
12     Scott Van Slyke  30  55  2  0  0   1  7 15 .178 .327 .222  .549

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AA Tulsa Drillers:

Edwin Rios just hits and hits. The 2016 LAD Positional Minor  League Player of the Year is crushing it in Tulsa.  They say he’s lost weight and looks more nimble at 3rd base. That is all good, the bad –  Notice the 48/6 K/BB ratio. Ouch

Jose Fernandez is doing OK, but he’s a 29 year old and that offense just won’t cut it. I can see why the Dodgers were able to sign him for the minimum. He is a minimum player. Hard to imagine a major league career for him.  Maybe he keeps shaking the rust off and gets going, but he better start soon.

Not much else of note here, unless you want me to point out, just how bad Johan Mieses has been.

Rk              Name Age  PA  R 2B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
1        Edwin Rios*  23 195 25 15  9  38  6 48 .344 .374 .574 .948
2      Michael Ahmed  25 106 12  5  6  18  9 30 .292 .349 .531 .880
3        Kyle Farmer  26 141 21  7  3  18 16 13 .339 .411 .468 .879
4       Kyle Garlick  25 180 29  8 11  27 11 53 .253 .311 .500 .811
5    Jose Fernandez*  29 167 19 10  5  23  6 16 .299 .335 .461 .796
6        Matt Beaty*  24 137 14  8  3  17  6 19 .300 .336 .446 .782
7       Erick Mejia#  22  69 10  3  0   1 10 13 .268 .379 .393 .772
8       Tim Locastro  24 197 31 12  1  10 12 29 .280 .355 .400 .755
9     Wynston Sawyer  25 108  9  7  3   8  8 27 .255 .315 .418 .733
10    Paul Hoenecke*  26 123 10  6  7  13  4 30 .231 .260 .462 .722
11    Jacob Scavuzzo  23 132 15  5  6  22  6 41 .236 .280 .423 .703
12     Stetson Allie  26  99  7  6  1   5  9 41 .216 .293 .341 .634
13      Johan Mieses  21 144 18  3  8  14 14 62 .126 .229 .339 .568

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A Plus – Cucamonga Quakes

Yusniel Diaz has to be the biggest disappointment in the system right now.  The multi-tool CF may not have the hit tool. He’s only 20 but this is not impressive.

DJ Peters is impressive, though that K rate is krazy bad. At least he can take a walk and provide some pop when he connects.

Will Smith has had some streaks of brilliance this spring but overall is just a tad over tepid given his age for a league like this.

Ibandel Isabel has hit 12 home runs. There, I said something nice.

Drew Jackson is 23 and not doing much when you consider he’s repeating the level.

The Dodgers should consider swapping out Omar Estevez with Brendon Davis given that Estevez is being overmatched at this level.

Name                 Age  PA 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
DJ Peters             21 215  9  3  8  27 28 75 .256 .372 .472 .844
Luke Raley*           22 201  5  4  5  18 17 44 .301 .383 .460 .843
Ibandel Isabel        22 192  4  0 12  34 19 76 .234 .323 .473 .796
Will Smith            22 188  7  2  7  24 27 46 .233 .374 .447 .821
Drew Jackson          23 160  7  1  5  16 21 38 .242 .375 .424 .799
Yusniel Diaz          20 198  5  1  2  19 21 50 .227 .308 .302 .610
Omar Estevez          19 163  7  1  1  14  9 37 .205 .258 .285 .542
Brandon Montgomery    21 125  7  0  1  14  5 20 .259 .288 .345 .633
Ariel Sandoval        21 108  3  0  1   8  7 39 .180 .241 .240 .481

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A Ball Great Lake Loons

Hey look, some nice prospects.

Brendon Davis should be putting his name back on the prospect lists.  Lots to like here, the big downside are the K’s but at 19 in this tough hitters league, everything else looks good.  Is he a 2nd baseman, SS, or 3rd baseman? Dodgers don’t know yet so neither do we.

Carlos Rincon showing some big pop, little plate discipline.

Keibert Ruiz is probably one of my fastest risers. Eighteen, catcher, switch hitter, elite defense, holding his own offensively. Sign me up.

Gavin Lux isn’t at the Diaz level of disappointment but I was hoping for more from the 2016 1st round pick.

Cruz started slow in the cold weather of the MWL, but as it heats up so has Oneil Cruz. At only 18 and his first foray into a professional season on the continent, the expectations are still low. Getting burn at both SS and 3rd. Not sure why they are bothering with any SS work but I’m sure the Dodger dvlp group know what they are doing. The Dodgers must think the world of him to put him in such a tough environment instead of waiting for the Rookie leagues. That speaks volumes to me.

Mitch Hansen – forget about it

Name               Age  PA 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
Brendon Davis       19 200 10  2  5  29 26 65 .275 .390 .449 .839
Carlos Rincon       19 160  8  1  9  30 12 60 .259 .319 .510 .829
Cody Thomas*        22 194  6  1  9  19 14 67 .219 .284 .416 .699
Oneil Cruz          18 196  3  0  4  16 13 55 .218 .265 .302 .567
Keibert Ruiz#       18 154  9  0  1  14  7 23 .296 .338 .380 .718
Luis Paz*           20 153  4  1  3  17 10 41 .196 .248 .301 .549
Gavin Lux*          19 149  3  3  0   9 18 30 .236 .336 .307 .643
Mitchell Hansen*    21 150  4  1  1   8 16 39 .188 .280 .256 .536
Saige Jenco*        22 131  3  3  0  11 18 28 .198 .321 .279 .600
Gage Green*         24 107  8  0  0  14  6 18 .213 .271 .298 .569
Steve Berman        22  83  6  0  0  11  3 13 .269 .301 .346 .647
Zach McKinstry*     22  69  7  0  1   3 17 10 .308 .478 .500 .978
Errol Robinson      22  61  4  0  2   8  4 16 .204 .246 .389 .635
Moises Perez        19  55  4  0  0   5  5  9 .163 .236 .245 .481
Erick Meza*         19  37  0  0  1   4  1  6 .114 .162 .200 .362
Gersel Pitre        20  16  1  0  0   2  3  3 .333 .467 .417 .883
Shakir Albert       20  15  2  0  0   2  2  5 .231 .333 .385 .718

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LAD overview headed into June

The Dodgers are coming off one of their most successful May’s in history as they ran down the Rockies and Diamondbacks who both played great ball in May themselves.

What is in store for them in June?

1st Base – Adrian Gonzalez is back and I have a feeling he is going to make up for his lackluster start with a huge June. Just a hunch. I could be dead wrong, the one walk and one home run might be a harbinger of things to come, but my spidey sense is telling me that is all behind him.

2nd Base – Justin Turner should be back soon which means 2nd base will once again belong to Logan Forsythe. Or will it? Of the four players who can play 2nd base, Logan has been the least productive.  Nice problem to have. Chase probably just had the hottest stretch he will have the rest of his career, but it has to be nice to know he’s alway available. Chris Taylor, for now, is entrenched in CF, but once Joc comes back, how will that play out? Is it possible that Chris Taylor is a better 2nd baseman than Logan Forsythe? It is not out of the realm of possibility when you consider that just three years ago Logan was pretty much in the same spot as Chris Taylor. A utility player who played a hot streak into a starting position with the Rays due to injuries of players in front of him.  I’ve got no crystal ball on this one.

Shortstop – Cory Seager had a mediocre May based on his career stats so far. Will he bust out in June? Odds say yes.

3rd Base – Should once again belong to Justin Turner for most of this month. Turner cooled down quite a bit from his sizzling April but will be ready once again to take his spot in the 3rd spot in the order and continue to provide above average defense.

Catcher – Grandal and Barnes combined for a brilliant May with Grandal providing the average and Barnes the power. Not exactly how I would have expected that to play out. Grandal hit a lot of singles in May but only walked five times. Strange. Barnes continued to give reasons for giving Grandal plenty of rest. Might be the best backstop combination the Dodgers have had since…………Let me think about that.

LF – has to belong to Bellinger for now. If Bellinger is still the starting LF come July, I would imagine he did enough in June to warrant it.

RF – has to belong to Puig for now. He may not be hitting like a RF, but he is at home, and he’s looking like an elite defensive right fielder.  Like everyone else I was hoping for more but with a slugging infield, the Dodgers can afford a right fielder like Puig. For now.

CF – this may be in play. Joc is hurt and may be out the first week or two in June. Chris Taylor is doing everything to make it harder for Joc to have his job back when he’s healthy.   At the very least I don’t think Joc gets anymore at-bats against LHP so it will either be Joc/Taylor or Joc/Kiké. But it would not shock me if Joc is sent to AAA to get full time at-bats and his confidence back when he comes off the DL if Taylor is still performing.

Bench – Barnes/Hernández/Chase/Gutierrez are the givens. Is Taylor a CF or a bench piece? If Taylor is a CF, is Joc a bench piece or headed to AAA? Those answers will decide if Eibner or Trayce Thompson get the last open spot.  Gutierrez is just an injury away from opening a spot for Eibner or Thompson no matter what they do with Joc.

I think we can agree that Chris Taylor won’t be seeing AAA unless he craters. Which is very possible. Anything is possible.

Starting Pitching:

If Alex Wood is okay, the rotation is looking awful deep. Ryu has proven to me he should be in the rotation, but there is no place for him. As they head into June they have six viable starting pitchers. They have Urias getting his command together in AAA. Kazmir is getting healthy. Brock Stewart is in rehab. Or is it Stewart is on rehab? In rehab sounds like he’s battling an addiction.

The real key is Alex Wood. In May he was just about the best pitcher in baseball. Can he keep any semblance of this the rotation is not only deep, it is great.

They Dodgers used only seven different starters in May. I expect that number to be the same in June with the exact same pitchers.

Bullpen:

Jansen is a beast. Fields has been a mini-beast. Baez is growing up before our eyes. Hatcher has been an important and productive piece. Romo has settled down after a rough patch.  Stripling is blowing my mind.

The only bummer has been the decay of Grant Dayton but you can’t have everything go right.

Will Morrow hang around? He’s looked good in two appearances.

Avilan should be back which probably sends Liberatore back to AAA.

The bullpen can’t be as good in June as they were in May. Or can they? Jansen only threw 10 innings in May. He needs to earn his contract and pitch more than that:)

Summation:

I wasn’t worried about the Dodger record in April but I didn’t expect a May like we saw. It is even more amazing when you think that they:

  • Lost their 1st baseman for 1/2 the month
  • Lost their starting LF for the rest of the year early in the month
  • Lost their 3rd baseman for the 2nd half of the month
  • Lost their starting CF for the last week of the month
  • Somewhat tepid performance by their best hitter Cory Seager
  • Somewhat underwhelming Kershaw based on his historical norm

That is why those of us who trumpeted the depth card blew it hard.   It is the deepest team I’ve seen since the 1970’s.

I expect another great month for the Dodgers, this time led by Adrian/Seager/Kershaw/Hill and to still be in first place come July 1st.

 

LAD May Double Leaderboard – Grandal sneaks in

Nomar Garciaparra had fourteen doubles in May and no one else is close but Grandal did manage to sneak onto the leaderboard with his ten doubles in May.

Puig seems to be on every May leaderboard based on what he did in 2014.

Player              Split Year 2B  PA RBI   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS TB
Nomar Garciaparra     May 2006 14 122  28 .375 .426 .625 1.051 70
Wes Parker            May 1970 11 132  27 .301 .394 .496  .890 56
Raul Mondesi          May 1994 11 113  18 .336 .363 .636  .998 68
Andre Ethier          May 2012 11 116  20 .366 .422 .594 1.016 60
Shawn Green           May 2000 10 118  24 .367 .508 .667 1.175 60
Orlando Hudson        May 2009 10 137  19 .328 .404 .414  .818 48
Yasiel Puig           May 2014 10 128  25 .398 .492 .731 1.224 79
Yasmani Grandal       May 2017 10  91  16 .337 .374 .523  .897 45

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LAD May RBI Leaderboard – Bellinger makes a dent

Oh so close. Bellinger ends the month of May with twenty-seven RBI but falls one RBI short of Eric Karros and Nomar Garciaparra who both drove in twenty-eight.

Puig is here to remind us that he used to be great, and used to drive in runs.

I kind of expect Tommy Davis or Steve Garvey to be the leaders in these monthly RBI leaderboards because they were the kings of the RBI during their LAD heydays.

Nice to see Wes Parker here. Wes Parker was also a 1st baseman who could play the outfield. In fact if you were around in the early 60’s you got to see both Ron Fairly and Wes Parker play both 1st base and the outfield on a regular basis. I never did. I only got to see Parker play 1st base and he was as good a fielding 1st baseman as I’ve ever seen.

Player              Split Year RBI  PA   OPS TB
Eric Karros           May 2000  28 113 1.021 63
Nomar Garciaparra     May 2006  28 122 1.051 70
Wes Parker            May 1970  27 132  .890 56
Joe Ferguson          May 1973  27 125  .896 53
Raul Mondesi          May 1998  27 123  .946 73
Raul Mondesi          May 1999  27 117 1.034 70
Cody Bellinger        May 2017  27 118  .880 60
Steve Garvey          May 1974  26 127  .911 64
Tommy Davis           May 1962  25 125  .927 61
Yasiel Puig           May 2014  25 128 1.224 79

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LAD May Home run Leaderboard

Cody Bellinger blasted nine home runs in May. How does that stack up historically?

Pretty good.

Only two players have hit ten home runs in the month of May. Mondesi did it twice, and Shawn Green when he destroyed the Brewers in 2002.

Bellinger joins a select group of eight players who have hit nine home runs in the month of May. Hey look, Joc Pederson. The only surprise to me on this list is Davey Lopes. Lopes would go onto hit 28 home runs in 1979, his career high before that was seventeen and he would never hit over 20 home runs again. Todd Hundley hit 24 home runs in back to back years for the Dodgers so that isn’t that big of a surprise but nine in one month out of 24 is pretty good % of his total in one month of baseball.

Player           Split Year HR  PA   OPS TB
Raul Mondesi       May 1998 10 123  .946 73
Raul Mondesi       May 1999 10 117 1.034 70
Shawn Green        May 2002 10 120 1.127 68
Reggie Smith       May 1977  9 118 1.039 62
Davey Lopes        May 1979  9 127 1.039 74
Ron Cey            May 1981  9 119  .997 65
Pedro Guerrero     May 1987  9 108 1.127 68
Mike Piazza        May 1996  9  94 1.193 58
Todd Hundley       May 2000  9  79 1.139 50
Joc Pederson       May 2015  9 123  .860 55
Cody Bellinger     May 2017  9 118  .880 60

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One other note, I added the total base column, and Davey Lopes had the most total bases for this group. Which makes me wonder what the May leaderboard for total bases looks like. I’m going to guess that Davey Lopes just might sit on top of that leaderboard. Let’s find out:

Player               Split Year  SLG 2B 3B HR TB
Yasiel Puig            May 2014 .731 10  1  8 79
Davey Lopes            May 1979 .661  8  3  9 74
Raul Mondesi           May 1998 .629  9  0 10 73
Nomar Garciaparra      May 2006 .625 14  1  4 70
Raul Mondesi           May 1999 .667  6  1 10 70
Shawn Green            May 2002 .694  5  1 10 68
Raul Mondesi           May 1994 .636 11  3  5 68
Pedro Guerrero         May 1987 .701  4  0  9 68
Pedro Guerrero         May 1982 .619  6  3  6 65
Ron Cey                May 1981 .619  7  0  9 65
Eric Karros            May 1995 .571  4  0  8 64
Kirk Gibson            May 1988 .627  8  1  7 64
Steve Garvey           May 1974 .533  7  0  5 64
Eric Karros            May 2000 .649  8  0  8 63
Mike Piazza            May 1994 .624  6  0  6 63
Pedro Guerrero         May 1981 .649  5  1  7 63
Dusty Baker            May 1977 .636  6  0  7 63
Raul Mondesi           May 1996 .549  6  0  8 62
Reggie Smith           May 1977 .633  2  2  9 62
Corey Seager           May 2016 .540  6  0  7 61
Tommy Davis            May 1962 .540  4  2  5 61
Cody Bellinger         May 2017 .566  5  1  9 60
Andre Ethier           May 2012 .594 11  0  4 60
Shawn Green            May 2000 .667 10  1  5 60
Steve Garvey           May 1979 .526  6  0  6 60
Jim Wynn               May 1974 .706  4  2  7 60
Ron Cey                May 1973 .612  4  3  5 60
Willie Davis           May 1961 .577  5  2  7 60

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Nope, it was the great May of 2014 by Puig. At the time Puig had given the Dodger one year of brilliant hitting and you could hear talk of MVP. You don’t hear that talk anymore.

I made the cutoff 60 total bases to see how Bellinger stacked up. He’s fairly far down the list.