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The 1993 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 104th for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball, and their 36th season in Los Angeles, California.

LeagueNational League
BallparkDodger Stadium
Record81–81 (.500)
OwnersPeter O'Malley
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1993 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersFred Claire
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTLA (5)
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale (through July 2), Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
KYPA
Richard Choi
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The team improved on the dismal 1992 season, finishing fourth in the National League West. This was in part thanks to Rookie of the Year winner catcher Mike Piazza. Piazza set rookie records with 35 home runs and 112 RBI. He also hit two home runs on the last day of the season as the Dodgers knocked their longtime rival the Giants out of playoff contention with a 12–1 victory at Dodger Stadium.

The season was marred by the sudden death of Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale, who had been a broadcaster since his retirement in 1969. Drysdale, who pitched on three World Series championship teams in Los Angeles (1959, 1963, 1965), was found dead in his Montreal hotel room July 3 prior to the Dodgers' game vs. the Expos.

To date, this is the only season in Dodger history where the team has finished exactly at .500 and not above or below it.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

More information Team, W ...
NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10458 .642 — 51‍–‍30 53‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants 10359 .636 1 50‍–‍31 53‍–‍28
Houston Astros 8577 .525 19 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8181 .500 23 41‍–‍40 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 7389 .451 31 41‍–‍40 32‍–‍49
Colorado Rockies 6795 .414 37 39‍–‍42 28‍–‍53
San Diego Padres 61101 .377 43 34‍–‍47 27‍–‍54
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Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ATL ...
1993 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1993
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—
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Opening Day lineup

More information Opening Day starters, Name ...
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
José OffermanShortstop
Brett ButlerCenter fielder
Darryl StrawberryRight fielder
Eric DavisLeft fielder
Tim WallachThird baseman
Eric KarrosFirst baseman
Mike PiazzaCatcher
Jody ReedSecond baseman
Orel HershiserStarting pitcher
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Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

More information Legend ...
Legend
 Dodgers win
 Dodgers loss
 Postponement
 Eliminated from playoff race
BoldDodgers team member
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More information #, Date ...
1993 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 41–40; Away: 40–41)[5]
April: 8–15 (Home: 4–5; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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4April 8@ BravesL 1–62–2L1
5April 9@ BravesL 0–22–3L2
6April 10@ BravesW 2–1 (10)3–3W1
7April 11@ BravesL 0–33–4L1
8April 13CardinalsL 7–93–5L2
9April 14CardinalsL 1–2 (15)3–6L3
10April 15CardinalsL 2–43–7L4
11April 16PiratesW 7–44–7W1
12April 17PiratesW 6–35–7W2
13April 18PiratesW 6–46–7W3
14April 20@ ExposL 3–76–8L1
15April 21@ ExposL 4–66–9L2
16April 22@ ExposL 1–36–10L3
17April 23@ PhilliesL 0–26–11L4
18April 24@ PhilliesL 3–76–12L5
19April 25@ PhilliesL 2–56–13L6
21April 28ExposW 6–18–13W2
22April 29ExposL 3–78–14L1
23April 30PhilliesL 6–78–15L2
May: 18–8 (Home: 12–1; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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24May 1PhilliesW 5–19–15W1
25May 2PhilliesL 1–99–16L1
28May 7@ GiantsL 5–811–17L1
29May 8@ GiantsW 5–2 (12)12–17W1
30May 9@ GiantsW 6–413–17W2
31May 10@ CubsL 2–613–18L1
32May 11@ CubsL 1–2 (10)13–19L2
33May 12@ CubsW 9–314–19W1
34May 14@ AstrosL 1–914–20L1
35May 15@ AstrosL 1–714–21L2
36May 16@ AstrosL 2–314–22L3
37May 17RedsW 5–4 (10)15–22W1
38May 18RedsW 9–116–22W2
39May 17RedsW 5–217–22W3
46May 28@ PiratesW 7–224–22W10
47May 29@ PiratesW 6–125–22W11
48May 30@ PiratesL 3–525–23L1
49May 31@ CardinalsW 5–126–23W1
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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50June 1@ CardinalsW 11–627–23W2
51June 2@ CardinalsL 4–527–24L1
52June 4BravesW 5–428–24W1
53June 5BravesW 5–129–24W2
54June 6BravesL 0–229–25L1
64June 18@ RedsL 3–4 (10)34–30W1
65June 19@ RedsL 4–834–31W1
66June 20@ RedsW 6–335–31W1
67June 21AstrosW 7–036–31W2
68June 22AstrosL 1–536–32L1
69June 23AstrosL 3–536–33L2
70June 24AstrosL 0–136–34L3
71June 25CubsL 5–8 (10)36–35L4
72June 26CubsW 5–437–35W1
73June 27CubsW 3–138–35W2
74June 28GiantsW 4–039–35W3
75June 29GiantsL 1–339–36L1
76June 30GiantsW 5–340–36W1
July: 14–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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77July 2@ ExposW 4–341–36W2
78July 3@ ExposL 4–641–37L1
79July 4@ ExposW 1–0 (11)42–37W1
80July 5@ PhilliesL 5–942–38L1
81July 6@ PhilliesW 7–543–38W1
82July 7@ PhilliesL 6–7 (20)43–39L1
—July 135:40 p.m. PDT64th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland)
88July 15ExposW 3–247–41W2
90July 16ExposW 2–148–41W3
91July 17ExposL 6–9 (10)48–42L1
92July 18ExposW 2–149–42W1
92July 19PhilliesL 5–749–43L1
93July 20PhilliesL 2–849–44L2
94July 21PhilliesL 0–749–45L3
99July 26@ GiantsW 15–152–47W1
100July 27@ GiantsL 2–352–48L1
101July 28@ GiantsW 2–153–48W1
102July 30@ CubsL 1–253–49L1
103July 31@ CubsW 7–2 (13)54–49W1
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–10; Away: 6–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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104August 1@ CubsL 4–1054–49L1
105August 3@ AstrosL 1–654–51L2
106August 4@ AstrosW 4–255–51W1
107August 5@ AstrosW 5–256–51W2
108August 6RedsW 3–257–51W3
109August 7RedsL 6–957–52L1
110August 8RedsL 5–857–53L2
118August 17@ BravesL 2–359–59L1
119August 18@ BravesL 4–5 (12)59–60L2
120August 19@ BravesW 7–560–60W1
121August 20@ CardinalsW 3–261–60W2
122August 21@ CardinalsW 8–462–60W3
123August 22@ CardinalsW 3–063–60W4
124August 23PiratesW 6–164–60W5
125August 24PiratesW 13–465–60W6
126August 25PiratesL 1–2 (12)65–65L1
127August 27CardinalsL 2–3 (10)65–62L2
128August 28CardinalsL 3–465–63L3
129August 29CardinalsW 8–366–63W1
130August 31@ PiratesL 2–666–64L1
September: 14–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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131September 1@ PiratesL 1–566–65L2
132September 2@ PiratesW 4–067–65W1
136September 6BravesW 2–170–66W1
137September 7BravesL 0–170–67L1
138September 8BravesL 2–870–68L2
149September 20@ RedsW 5–276–73W1
150September 21@ RedsW 5–3 (10)77–73W2
151September 22@ RedsW 3–178–73W31
152September 23@ RedsL 2–1178–74L
153September 24AstrosW 6–379–74W1
154September 25AstrosL 4–1279–75L1
155September 26AstrosL 4–579–76L2
156September 27CubsL 3–779–77L3
157September 28CubsW 6–580–77W1
158September 29CubsL 1–680–78L1
159September 30GiantsL 1–380–79L2
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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160October 1GiantsL 7–880–80L3
161October 2GiantsL 3–580–81L4
162October 3GiantsW 12–181–81W1
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Detailed records

More information Opponent, Home ...
National League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
NL East
Chicago Cubs3–32–45–7.4174756
Florida Marlins3–34–27–5.5834338
Montreal Expos4–22–46–6.5003946
Philadelphia Phillies1–51–52–10.1674274
Pittsburgh Pirates5–13–38–4.6676237
St. Louis Cardinals1–55–16–6.5005743
17–1917–1934–38.472290294
NL West
Atlanta Braves3–32–55–8.3853042
Cincinnati Reds4–24–38–5.6156158
Colorado Rockies3–43–36–7.4626752
Houston Astros2–52–44–9.3083960
Los Angeles Dodgers——————
San Francisco Giants3–44–27–6.5386842
15–1815–1730–35.462265254
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Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

More information Name, G ...
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Orel Hershiser3333215.212-143.59721415
Tom Candiotti 3332213.28-103.12711552
Ramón Martínez 3232211.210-123.441041274
Kevin Gross 3332202.113-134.14741503
Pedro Astacio3131186.114-93.57681223
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Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

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NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Jim Gott 62077.24-82.32176725
Pedro Martínez652107.010-52.61571192
Roger McDowell54068.05-32.2530272
Omar Daal47035.12-35.0921190
Ricky Trlicek41064.01-24.0821411
Todd Worrell35038.21-16.0511315
Steve Wilson25025.21-04.5614231
Kip Gross10015.00-00.604120
Rod Nichols406.10-15.68230
John DeSilva305.10-06.75160
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Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

More information Name, Pos ...
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Mike PiazzaC149547.31881174351123
Carlos HernándezC5099.253625270
Eric Karros1B158619.2477415323800
Jody Reed2B132445.276481232311
José Offerman SS158590.2697715916230
Tim Wallach3B/1B133477.2224210612620
Lenny Harris2B/SS/3B/OF107160.23820382113
Dave Hansen3B84105.36213384300
Mike Sharperson2B/SS/3B/1B/OF7390.25613232102
Rafael Bournigal2B818.50009030
Eric DavisOF108376.2345788145333
Brett ButlerCF156607.2988018114239
Cory SnyderOF143516.2666113711564
Henry RodríguezOF76176.22220398231
Mitch WebsterOF88172.24426422144
Darryl StrawberryOF32100.14012145121
Raúl MondesíRF4286.29113254104
Billy AshleyLF1437.24309000
Tom GoodwinOF3017.29465111
Jerry BrooksOF99.22222110
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1993 Awards

Farm system

More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Bill Russell
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Glenn Hoffman
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Rick Dempsey
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Joe Vavra
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League John Shoemaker
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Jon Debus
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers/Angels		 Dominican Summer League
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Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 1993 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 57 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their second round pick as a result of signing free agent pitcher Todd Worrell.

With the second overall pick in the draft the Dodgers selected right-handed pitcher Darren Dreifort from Wichita State University. Dreifort became one of only a select few players to make his professional debut in the Majors, without first appearing in a minor league game. He would play nine years in the Majors (all of them with the Dodgers), though serious injuries caused him to miss two full seasons and ultimately ended his career. His record was 48-60 with a 4.36 ERA in 274 games (113 starts).

In the 25th round, they selected catcher Paul Lo Duca from Arizona State University. In 11 seasons (seven with the Dodgers), he hit .286 with 80 homers and 481 RBIs while being a four time All-Star. LoDuca would later be mentioned in the Mitchell Report, which claimed that he had used human growth hormone (HGH) throughout his career and in fact contributed to other members of the Dodgers also using HGH.

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