Kershaw topped the staff with 11 sacrifice hits and Kuroda was second with 11.
Orel Hershiser set the Los Angeles record of .356 in 1993 and Don Drysdale knocked in 17 runs in 1965.
Hershiser, Rick Rhoden (.308, 1975), Drysdale (.300, 1965) and Jerry Reuss (.292, 1983) are the top five on the Los Angeles charts. The rest of the top 10 include Doyle Alexander (.273, 1971), Claude Osteen (.273 1971), Ramon Martinez (.273, 1994), Tim Leary (.269, 1988) and Hershiser (.258, 1991).
The Old Slugger Award, presented by LADugout.com, to the Dodger pitcher with the highest batting average, is named after the Game of the Week announcing crew of Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese from the 1960s, during which Dean would announce "And here comes the O-o-o-l-d slugger" each time a pitcher came to the plate.
An appropriately large trophy (5 1/2" tall) is awarded each spring to the recipient.
2010 Old Sluggers (30 at-bats)
ab r h ave bi
Chad Billingsley 62 1 9 .145 3
Clayton Kershaw 55 4 3 .055 1
Hiroki Kuroda 55 2 2 .036 0
Non-qualifiers ab r h ave bi
Kenley Jansen 1 0 1 1.000 0
Jeff Weaver 5 0 1 .200 0
Vicente Padilla 26 5 4 .154 2
Jon Ely 27 1 2 .074 1
Carlos Monasterios 14 1 1 .071 0
Ted Lilly 23 0 1 .043 0
Scott Elbert 1 0 0 .000 0
Ramon Troncoso 2 0 0 .000 1
Charlie Haeger 6 0 0 .000 1
Ramon Ortiz 5 0 0 .000 0
Octavio Dotel 1 0 0 .000 0
Hong-Chih Kuo 1 0 0 .000 0
James McDonald 1 0 0 .000 0
Travis Schlichting 1 0 0 .000 0
2B hits- Billingsley, Padilla 1 each.
HR- Billingsley, Wolf. SF- Stults, Wolf.
Sacrifices- Kershaw 18, Kuroda 11,
Billingsley and Padilla 6, Ely and
Monasterios 4, Lilly 2, Hager and Kuo 1.
BB- Billingsley 4, Kuroda 2, Padilla 2,
Kershaw, Kuo, Ely, Haeger, Taschner,
Troncoso Lilly and Jansen 1 each.
Osteen Five-Time Winner
Claude Osteen, a clutch pitcher who has been overlooked in the glow of the Koufax-Drysdale mystique, holds the record with five Old Slugger awards, four of them in succession (1967-70).
Other sluggers who won multiple crowns include: Hershiser and Osteen (5), Fernando Valenzuela (4), Don Drysdale and Ramon Martinez (3) and Billingsley joined double winners Johnny Podres, Rick Rhoden, Jerry Reuss and Darren Dreifort, Jeff Weaver and Brad Penny.
Brooklyn's Earl Yingling hit .383 in 1913 for the all-time mark. Bill "Brickyard" Kennedy leads the Dodgers career hit list with 294 hits and Burleigh Grimes is second with 227. Don Drysdale is the Los Angeles leader with 204 - plus 14 more while with Brooklyn.
Drysdale had a remarkable season in 1965, setting Los Angeles records with 39 hits, as well as times at bat (130), runs (18), homers (7 — a total he also reached in 1958 to tie him for the franchise record with Don Newcombe) and runs batted in (19). With all that hitting he still had time to record a 23-12 won-lost mark with a 2.72 earned run average and seven shutouts.
Previous Los Angeles "Old Sluggers"
(Minimum 30 at bats)
Year ab- h ave
2009 - Chad Billingsley 66-10 .179
2008 - Hiroki Kuroda 54- 8 .148
2007 - Brad Penny 66-16 .279
2006 - Brad Penny 65-12 .185
2005 - Jeff Weaver 70-16 .229
2004 - Jeff Weaver 70-15 .214
2003 - Wilson Alvarez 29- 5 .172
2002 - Odalis Perez 64-10 .156
2001 - Luke Prokopec 36- 7 .194
2000 - Chan Ho Park 70-15 .214
1999 - Darren Dreifort 62-13 .213
1998 - Darren Dreifort 49-11 .224
1997 - Ramon Martinez 42- 8 .190
1996 - Ismael Valdes 70-10 .143
1995 - Ramon Martinez 64-11 .172
1994 - Ramon Martinez 66-18 .273
1993 - Orel Hershiser 73-26 .356
1992 - Orel Hershiser 68-15 .221
1991 - Orel Hershiser 31- 8 .258
1990 - Fernando Valenzuela 69-21 .304
1989 - Fernando Valenzuela 66-12 .182
1988 - Tim Leary 67-18 .269
1987 - Rick Honeycutt 30- 7 .233
1986 - Orel Hershiser 71-17 .239
1985 - Fernando Valenzuela 97-21 .216
1984 - Orel Hershiser 50-10 .200
1983 - Jerry Reuss 71-20 .282
1982 - Jerry Reuss 77-17 .221
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela 64-16 .250
1980 - Bob Welch 70-17 .243
1979 - Rick Sutcliffe 85-21 .247
1978 - Burt Hooton 67-10 .149
1977 - Rick Rhoden 78-18 .231
1976 - Rick Rhoden 65-20 .308
1975 - Doug Rau 87-17 .195
1974 - Andy Messersmith 96-23 .240
1973 - Tommy John 74-15 .203
1972 - Claude Osteen 88-24 .273
1971 - Doyle Alexander 33- 9 .273
1970 - Claude Osteen 93-19 .204
1969 - Claude Osteen 111-24 .216
1968 - Claude Osteen 84-15 .179
1967 - Claude Osteen 101-18 .178
1965 - Don Drysdale 130-39 .300
1964 - Don Drysdale 110-19 .173
1963 - Don Drysdale 96-16 .167
1962 - Joe Moeller 33- 7 .212
1961 - Johnny Podres 69-16 .232
1960 - Larry Sherry 37- 6 .162
1959 - Johnny Podres 65-16 .246
1958 - Fred Kipp 36- 9 .250
Los Angeles records:
Average - Orel Hershiser, 1993 .356
At bats - Don Drysdale, 1965 130
Runs - Don Drysdale, 1965 18
Hits - Don Drysdale, 1965 39
2b hits - Andy Messersmith, 1974 8
3b hits - Don Drysdale, 1960 2
Claude Osteen, 1966 2
HR - Don Drysdale, 1958, 1965 7
RBI - Don Drysdale, 1965 19
Brooklyn records:
Average - Earl Yingling, 1913 .383
At bats - Bill Kennedy, 1894 161
Runs - Ed Stein, 1894 30
Hits - Bill Kennedy, 1894 49
Doubles - Don Newcombe, 1955 9
Triples - Ed Stein, 1894 4
Home runs- -Don Newcombe, 1955 7
Runs batted in - Ed Stein, 1894 30