1989 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1989 team came down to earth after the success of the 1988 season, finishing further down in the standings falling to fourth place in the Western Division of the National League.

Offseason [edit]

• December 4, 1988: Acquired Eddie Murray from the Baltimore Orioles for Juan Bell, Brian Holton and Ken Howell
• March 11, 1988: Acquired Mike Morgan from the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Devereaux

Regular season [edit]

Season standings [edit]

Notable games [edit]

• June 3–4, 1989 – The Dodgers lost 5–4 in 22 innings to the Houston Astros when Jeff Hamilton allowed a RBI single to Rafael Ramírez, scoring Bill Doran. The game lasted 7 hours, 14 minutes and did not finish until 2:49 a.m. Central time (12:49 a.m. Pacific). KTTV, which normally aired a postgame show in this era, canceled it on this night and went straight to a newscast. Whether it was due to the length of the game or due to the confluence of two huge breaking news stories (the death of Ayatollah Khomeini and the Tiananmen Square massacre) was never publicly revealed.^[1]
• August 23–24, 1989 – The Dodgers played another 22-inning game, this one against the Montreal Expos. It eventually ended when Rick Dempsey homered for the Dodgers in the top half of the 22nd off Expos pitcher Dennis Martínez, who was making a very rare relief performance; the Dodgers won 1–0 in what was the Expos' longest game ever. Rex Hudler would be caught stealing second in the bottom half of the 22nd to end the game. The game almost ended earlier when an Expo scored from third on a sacrifice fly. The Dodger's appeal, that the runner left the base too soon, was recognized by the third base umpire and the third out was recorded. The game also marked the first time a mascot was ejected by an umpire. When Youppi! dressed in a nightgown and nightcap pretended to go to sleep on top of the Dodgers dugout, Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda demanded that Youppi! be run from the game. In the end the game took over 6 hours to finish and ended close to 2:00 a.m. Eastern time (11 p.m. PT).^[2]

Opening Day lineup [edit]

Roster [edit]

Notable transactions [edit]

• June 5, 1989: 1989 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:

Round 1: Tom Goodwin

Round 1 – Supplemental Pick: Jamie McAndrew

Round 3: Phil Nevin (did not sign)

Round 10: Kevin Jordan (did not sign)

Round 34: Matt Howard

Round 43: Eric Young

Round 44: Garey Ingram^[3]

• July 18, 1989: Acquired Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris from the Cincinnati Reds for Mariano Duncan and Tim Leary
• July 18, 1989: Acquired Billy Bean from the Detroit Tigers for Domingo Michel and Steve Green

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Other batters [edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

Other pitchers [edit]

Relief pitchers [edit]

1989 Awards [edit]

• 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Orel Hershiser reserve
  • Jay Howell reserve
  • Willie Randolph reserve
  • Mike Scioscia reserve
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Tim Belcher (September 1989)
• NL Player of the Week
  • José González (June 26 – July 2)
  • Jay Howell (July 31-Aug. 6)
  • Tim Belcher (Aug. 21–27)

Farm system [edit]

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page