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2001 Season Review -- 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers

February 19, 2002

This article takes a look at how the 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:

2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March 22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone

Capsule Summary

                   Projected  Actual
Runs for               673      758
Runs allowed           690      744
Run Margin             -17       14
Wins                    79       86
Pythagorean wins        79       83
Placement              4th      3rd

 

Position Players

 

Paul Lo Duca, c /1b, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     85  22  5  0  1  11  10  1   9  0   6  2  1 .259 .333 .353  .686  10
Prorated  LA    455 118 27  0  5  59  54  5  48  0  32 11  5                       53
Actual    LA    460 147 28  0 25  71  90  6  39  2  30  2  4 .320 .374 .543  .917  92

 

Chad Kreuter, c , bats switch, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    438 103 22  0  9  50  50  6  74  1  94  0  0 .235 .351 .347  .698  56
Prorated  LA    195  46 10  0  4  22  22  3  33  0  42  0  0                       25
Actual    LA    191  41 11  1  6  21  17  1  41  2  52  0  0 .215 .355 .377  .732  28

 

Angel Pena, c , bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     70  17  3  0  3   9  11  0   5  0  15  1  0 .243 .293 .414  .708   9
Prorated  LA     54  13  2  0  2   7   9  0   4  0  12  1  0                        6
Actual    LA     54  11  1  0  1   3   2  0   1  0  17  0  0 .204 .214 .278  .492   3

 

Brian Johnson, c , bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     68  13  3  0  2   6   8  1   5  0  15  0  0 .191 .257 .324  .580   5
Prorated  LA      4   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    LA      4   1  0  0  0   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0 .250 .250 .250  .500   0

 

Eric Karros, 1b, bats right, age 33

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    567 151 30  0 30  74 101  3  56  1 112  5  3 .266 .331 .478  .809  88
Prorated  LA    433 115 23  0 23  57  77  2  43  1  86  4  2                       67
Actual    LA    438 103 22  0 15  42  63  3  41  2 101  3  1 .235 .303 .388  .691  50

 

Dave Hansen, 1b/3b, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     62  17  4  1  3   8  11  0  13  0  14  0  0 .274 .400 .516  .916  14
Prorated  LA    145  40  9  2  7  19  26  0  30  0  33  0  0                       32
Actual    LA    140  33 10  0  2  13  20  0  32  5  29  0  1 .236 .371 .350  .721  20

 

Tim Bogar, 1b, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     65  13  2  0  1   7   6  1   7  1  12  0  0 .200 .284 .277  .561   5
Prorated  LA     15   3  0  0  0   2   1  0   2  0   3  0  0                        1
Actual    LA     15   5  2  0  2   4   2  0   2  0   1  0  0 .333 .412 .867 1.278   6

 

Mark Grudzielanek, 2b, bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    582 168 29  4  8  85  49 11  40  1  74 11  4 .289 .344 .393  .737  78
Prorated  LA    533 154 27  4  7  78  45 10  37  1  68 10  4                       72
Actual    LA    539 146 21  3 13  83  55 11  28  0  83  4  4 .271 .317 .393  .711  67

 

Hiram Bocachica, 2b/lf/3b, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     67  17  4  0  2  11   8  2   5  0  13  1  1 .254 .324 .403  .727   9
Prorated  LA    128  32  8  0  4  21  15  4  10  0  25  2  2                       17
Actual    LA    133  31 11  1  2  15   9  1   9  0  33  4  1 .233 .287 .376  .663  15

 

Jeff Branson, 2b, bats left, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     70  15  3  0  1   7   6  0   4  0  15  0  0 .214 .253 .300  .553   5
Prorated  LA     20   4  1  0  0   2   2  0   1  0   4  0  0                        1
Actual    LA     21   6  0  0  0   3   0  0   0  0   4  0  0 .286 .286 .286  .571   2

 

Adrian Beltre, 3b, bats right, age 22

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    420 119 23  3 17  63  64  3  48  5  71 12  5 .283 .358 .474  .832  73
Prorated  LA    453 128 25  3 18  68  69  3  52  5  77 13  5                       78
Actual    LA    475 126 22  4 13  59  60  5  28  1  82 13  4 .265 .310 .411  .720  61

 

Chris Donnels, 3b/1b, bats left, age 35

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    169  44 12  0 11  31  32  1  29  1  28  2  1 .260 .370 .527  .897  33
Prorated  LA     85  22  6  0  6  16  16  1  15  1  14  1  1                       17
Actual    LA     88  15  2  0  3   8   8  1  12  2  25  0  0 .170 .277 .295  .573   7

 

Phil Hiatt, 3b/1b, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     67  16  3  0  4  10  10  1   6  0  21  1  0 .239 .307 .463  .769  10
Prorated  LA     47  11  2  0  3   7   7  1   4  0  15  1  0                        7
Actual    LA     50  12  3  0  2   6   6  0   3  1  19  0  0 .240 .283 .420  .703   6

 

Alex Cora, ss, bats left, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    531 132 24  9  5  64  55 10  29  3  69 10  5 .249 .298 .356  .654  57
Prorated  LA    408 101 18  7  4  49  42  8  22  2  53  8  4                       43
Actual    LA    405  88 18  3  4  38  29  8  31  6  58  0  2 .217 .285 .306  .591  33

 

Jeff Reboulet, ss/2b/3b, bats right, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     63  12  2  0  0   9   3  0  10  0  13  1  0 .190 .301 .222  .524   5
Prorated  LA    213  40  7  0  0  30  10  0  34  0  44  3  0                       16
Actual    LA    214  57 15  2  3  35  22  1  33  1  48  0  1 .266 .367 .397  .764  33

 

Gary Sheffield, lf, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    543 167 24  1 39 105 107  5 109  8  67  8  6 .308 .423 .571  .993 137
Prorated  LA    505 155 22  1 36  98  99  5 101  7  62  7  6                      126
Actual    LA    515 160 28  2 36  98 100  4  94 13  67 10  4 .311 .417 .583 1.000 129

 

Bruce Aven, lf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     92  24  4  0  3  12  15  1   8  0  20  1  1 .261 .324 .402  .726  12
Prorated  LA     23   6  1  0  1   3   4  0   2  0   5  0  0                        3
Actual    LA     24   8  2  0  1   3   2  2   0  0   5  0  0 .333 .385 .542  .926   5

 

Marquis Grissom, cf/lf, bats right, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA     71  17  2  0  2   8   8  0   4  0  12  2  1 .239 .280 .352  .632   7
Prorated  LA    443 106 12  0 12  50  50  0  25  0  75 12  6                       42
Actual    LA    448  99 17  1 21  56  60  2  16  0 107  7  5 .221 .250 .404  .654  41

 

Tom Goodwin, cf/lf, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    606 148 11  7  3  96  47  1  72  1 120 55 15 .244 .323 .300  .623  68
Prorated  LA    273  67  5  3  1  43  21  0  32  0  54 25  7                       30
Actual    LA    286  66  8  5  4  51  22  0  23  0  58 22  8 .231 .286 .336  .622  29

 

McKay Christensen, cf, bats left, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected ChA    67  16  2  0  1  11   6  1   5  0  10  5  1 .239 .297 .313  .611   7
Prorated  ChA     4   1  0  0  0   1   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    ChA     4   1  0  0  0   0   0  1   0  0   2  0  0 .250 .400 .250  .650   1

Prorated  LA     49  12  1  0  1   8   4  1   4  0   7  4  1                        5
Actual    LA     49  16  2  0  1   7   7  3   3  0  10  3  2 .327 .400 .429  .829   9

Prorated  Tot    54  13  2  0  1   9   5  1   4  0   8  4  1                        6
Actual    Tot    53  17  2  0  1   7   7  4   3  0  12  3  2 .321 .400 .415  .815   9

 

Shawn Green, rf, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected LA    592 164 39  2 31 106 101  8  73  6 119 22  7 .277 .362 .507  .869 111
Prorated  LA    613 170 40  2 32 110 105  8  76  6 123 23  7                      115
Actual    LA    619 184 31  4 49 121 125  5  72 10 107 20  4 .297 .372 .598  .970 141

 

Pitchers

 

Chan Ho Park, starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.13  32 32  12 12  0  205 183 24 106 191  .240  .738
Prorated  LA         35 35  13 13  0  224 200 26 116 209            
Actual    LA   3.50  36 35  15 11  0  234 183 23  91 218  .216  .662

 

Terry Adams, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.18  70  0   6  3  3   99  89  9  46  74  .244  .684
Prorated  LA        118  0  10  5  5  167 150 15  78 125            
Actual    LA   4.33  43 22  12  8  0  166 172  9  54 141  .267  .691

 

Eric Gagne, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   5.26  27 27   7 10  0  145 145 29  74 133  .260  .819
Prorated  LA         27 27   7 10  0  146 145 29  74 133            
Actual    LA   4.75  33 24   6  7  0  152 144 24  46 130  .251  .772

 

Luke Prokopec, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   6.00   4  4   1  2  0   21  26  4   8  17  .306  .898
Prorated  LA         25 25   6 12  0  130 161 25  50 106            
Actual    LA   4.88  29 22   8  7  0  138 146 27  40  91  .268  .802

 

Kevin Brown, starter, throws right, age 36

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   2.76  32 32  16  7  0  225 188 19  50 203  .229  .627
Prorated  LA         17 17   8  4  0  117  98 10  26 105            
Actual    LA   2.65  20 19  10  4  0  116  94  8  38 104  .224  .606

 

Darren Dreifort, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.24  32 32  11 11  0  193 182 26  81 161  .251  .754
Prorated  LA         16 16   6  6  0   97  91 13  41  81            
Actual    LA   5.13  16 16   4  7  0   95  89 11  47  91  .251  .741

 

James Baldwin, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected ChA  5.21  27 27   9  9  0  161 173 30  59 102  .277  .818
Prorated  ChA        17 17   6  6  0   99 106 18  36  63            
Actual    ChA  4.61  17 16   7  5  0   96 109 15  38  42  .286  .799

Prorated  LA         13 13   4  4  0   76  82 14  28  48            
Actual    LA   4.20  12 12   3  6  0   79  82 10  25  53  .274  .776

Prorated  Tot        29 29  10 10  0  175 188 33  64 111            
Actual    Tot  4.42  29 28  10 11  0  175 191 25  63  95  .281  .789

 

Dennis Springer, starter, throws right, age 36

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected FA   6.52   3  3   1  1  0   19  25  4   8   6  .316  .914

Prorated  LA          3  3   1  1  0   16  21  3   7   5            
Actual    LA   3.32   4  3   1  1  0   19  19  3   2   7  .275  .759

 

Andy Ashby, starter, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.07  32 32  13 10  0  214 219 31  53 121  .267  .748
Prorated  LA          2  2   1  1  0   12  12  2   3   7            
Actual    LA   3.86   2  2   2  0  0   12  14  2   1   7  .292  .744

 

Matt Herges, reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.54  40  0   3  3  0   69  71  9  27  46  .268  .763
Prorated  LA         58  0   4  4  0  101 103 13  39  67            
Actual    LA   3.44  75  0   9  8  1   99  97  8  46  76  .259  .741

 

Giovanni Carrara, reliever/starter, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   5.00   9  0   1  1  0   18  19  4   9  15  .275  .855
Prorated  LA         39  0   4  4  0   77  82 17  39  64            
Actual    LA   3.16  47  3   6  1  0   85  73 12  24  70  .231  .676

 

Mike Fetters, reliever, throws right, age 36

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.72  53  0   3  2  0   56  47  8  29  44  .232  .734
Prorated  LA         31  0   2  1  0   32  27  5  17  26            
Actual    LA   6.07  34  0   2  1  1   30  33  6  13  26  .273  .820

Prorated  Pit        19  0   1  1  0   20  17  3  10  15            
Actual    Pit  4.58  20  0   1  1  8   18  16  1  13  11  .235  .763

Prorated  Tot        49  0   3  2  0   52  44  7  27  41            
Actual    Tot  5.51  54  0   3  2  9   47  49  7  26  37  .259  .800

 

Terry Mulholland, reliever/starter, throws left, age 38

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Pit  4.85   8  8   2  3  0   52  61  7  13  27  .296  .791
Prorated  Pit         5  5   1  2  0   35  41  5   9  18            
Actual    Pit  3.72  22  1   0  0  0   36  38  5  10  17  .277  .781

Prorated  LA          5  5   1  2  0   31  37  4   8  16            
Actual    LA   5.83  19  3   1  1  0   29  40  7   7  25  .315  .891

Prorated  Tot        10 10   3  4  0   66  78  9  17  34            
Actual    Tot  4.66  41  4   1  1  0   66  78 12  17  42  .295  .834

 

Gregg Olson, reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.73  40  0   4  3  0   70  65 11  30  55  .247  .741
Prorated  LA         16  0   2  1  0   28  26  4  12  22            
Actual    LA   8.03  28  0   0  1  0   25  26  4  20  24  .268  .858

 

Al Reyes, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.30  17  0   1  1  0   23  19  4  14  24  .224  .748
Prorated  LA         20  0   1  1  0   27  22  5  16  28            
Actual    LA   3.86  19  0   2  1  1   26  28  3  13  23  .269  .773

 

Jeff Williams, reliever/starter, throws left, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   6.75  13  0   1  1  0   16  21  3  10  10  .323  .969
Prorated  LA         18  0   1  1  0   22  29  4  14  14            
Actual    LA   6.29  15  1   2  1  0   24  26  5  17   9  .295  .964

 

Mike Trombley, reliever, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Bal  4.38  70  0   5  5  2   97  97 18  39  92  .261  .794
Prorated  Bal        38  0   3  3  1   52  52 10  21  50            
Actual    Bal  3.46  50  0   3  4  6   55  38  4  27  45  .200  .612

Prorated  LA         18  0   1  1  1   25  25  5  10  24            
Actual    LA   6.56  19  0   0  4  0   23  27  5  10  27  .290  .850

Prorated  Tot        56  0   4  4  2   77  77 14  31  73            
Actual    Tot  4.38  69  0   3  8  6   78  65  9  37  72  .230  .690

 

Jesse Orosco, reliever, throws left, age 44

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected FA   4.32  25  0   1  1  0   17  16  3   9  16  .254  .796

Prorated  LA         23  0   1  1  0   15  15  3   8  15            
Actual    LA   3.94  35  0   0  1  0   16  17  3   7  21  .279  .790

 

Jose Antonio Nunez, reliever, throws left, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   4.84  70  0   5  6  1   93 116 10  26  83  .301  .735
Prorated  LA          7  0   1  1  0    9  12  1   3   8            
Actual    LA  13.50   6  0   0  1  0    7  14  4   5  11  .389 1.241

Prorated  SD         37  0   3  3  1   49  62  5  14  44            
Actual    SD   3.31  56  0   4  1  0   52  48  3  20  49  .245  .687

Prorated  Tot        44  0   3  4  1   59  73  6  16  52            
Actual    Tot  4.58  62  0   4  2  0   59  62  7  25  60  .267  .773

 

Jeff Shaw, closer, throws right, age 34

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected LA   3.33  70  0   4  5 30   76  74  8  18  49  .257  .695
Prorated  LA         67  0   4  5 29   73  71  8  17  47            
Actual    LA   3.62  77  0   3  5 43   75  63 10  18  58  .227  .676

 

 

 

 

Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights reserved.