From 2001 until 2011, the Los Angeles Dodgers had 69 of the 149 players examined (46.31%) play at least one game at the Major League level. The Dodgers saw 51 players (73.91%) play for them while the other 18 spent time with one of the other thirty MLB clubs.
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| 2001-2011 Dodgers Farm System Rank |
At The Helm
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| General Manager Ned Colletti |
The Dodgers had four General Managers (Kevin Malone 2001, Dan Evans 2002-2004, Paul DePodesta 2005, Ned Colletti 2006-2011), four Farm Directors (Jerry Weinstein 2001, Bill Bavasi 2002-2003, Kim Ng 2004, Terry Collins 2005-2006, DeJon Watson 2007-2011), and three Scouting Director (Matt Slater 2001, Logan White 2002-2006, 2008,2011, Tim Hallgren 2007, 2009-2010) over the eleven year time period examined.
Five Hits
2. Clayton Kershaw, LHP: The 23 year old has spent four seasons in the majors with the Dodgers. A member of the 2011 National League All-Star team. His career record is 47-28 with a 2.88 ERA. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2006 amateur draft.
3. James Loney, 1B: The 27 year old has spent six seasons in the majors as a member of the Dodgers. His career batting average is .288 with 67 HR and 418 RBI. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 2002 amateur draft.
4. Chad Billingsley, RHP: The 27 year old has spent six seasons in the majors with the Dodgers. A member of the 2009 National League All-Star team. His career record is 70-52 with a 3.68 ERA. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 2003 amateur draft.
5. Jonathan Broxton, RHP: The 27 year old has spent seven seasons in the majors as a member of the Dodgers. His career record is 25-20 with a 3.19 ERA and 84 saves. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur.
Five Misses
2. Chin-Feng Chen, OF: The 34 year old played in 19 games with the Dodgers over parts of four seasons. His career batting average is .091 with 2 RBI. He currently plays for the La New Bears in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPFL) in Taiwan and has represented Chinese Taipei internationally on numerous occasions. Signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent out of Taiwan in January 1999.
3. Greg Miller, LHP: The 27 year old has spent seven seasons pitching in the minor leagues where he has a career record of 24-14 with a 3.86 ERA. He lasted pitched in 2009 at Hi-A Inland Empire (Californian League) in the Dodgers organization. Had a serious shoulder injury that lead to the end of his career. Drafted by the Dodgers in the supplemental 1st round (31st overall) of the 2002 amateur draft.
4. James Adkins, LHP: The 25 year old has spent five seasons in the minor leagues where he has posted a career record of 15-25 with a 4.85 ERA. In 2011 he pitched at Double-A Carolina (Southern League) in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He was released by the Dodgers on April 5th, 2011. Drafted by the Dodgers in the supplemental 1st round (39th overall) of the 2007 amateur draft.
5. Chuck Tiffany, LHP: The 26 year old has spent seven seasons in the minor leagues where he has a career record of 23-19 with a 4.45 ERA. He lasted pitched in 2011 in Independent Ball for Maui Na Noa Ikaika (North American League). Traded by the Dodgers to the Tampa Bay Rays along with Edwin Jackson (RHP) in exchange for Danny Baez (RHP) and Lance Carter (RHP) in January 2006. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Five Current Major Leaguers on Other Teams
2. Edwin Jackson, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals: The 28 year old has spent nine seasons in the majors as a member of the Dodgers, Rays, Tigers, Diamondbacks, White Sox, and Cardinals. A member of the 2009 American League All-Star team. His career record is 60-60 with a 4.46 ERA. Traded by the Dodgers to the Tampa Bay Rays along with Chuck Tiffany (LHP) in exchange for Danny Baez (RHP) and Lance Carter (RHP) in January 2006. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
3. Franklin Gutierrez, OF, Seattle Mariners: The 28 year old has spent seven seasons in the majors as a member of the Indians and Mariners. He has a career batting average of .256 with 53 HR and 238 RBI. Traded by the Dodgers to the Indians along with Andrew Brown (RHP) in exchange for Milton Bradley (OF) in April 2004. Signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in November 2000 out of Venezuela.
4. Russell Martin, C, New York Yankees: The 28 year old has spent six seasons in the majors as a member of the Dodgers and Yankees. The three-time All-Star has a career batting average of .267 with 72 HR and 365 RBI. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
5. Carlos Santana, C, Cleveland Indians: The 25 year old has spent two seasons in the majors as a member of the Indians. His career batting average is .244 with 33 HR and 201 RBI. Traded by the Dodgers to the Indians along with Jon Meloan (RHP) in exchange for Casey Blake (3B). Signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in August 2004 out of the Dominican Republic.
More Notable Major Leaguers
Blake DeWitt, 2B, Chicago Cubs
Wesley Wright, LHP, Houston Astros
Cory Wade, RHP, New York Yankees
Fun Fact
The Dodgers last won the World Series in 1988 under the guidance of Manager Tony Lasorda and General Manager Fred Claire. The 1988 team was led by Orel Hershiser (RHP) who won the National League Cy Young Award and was named World Series MVP. Hershiser is the only players to win the Cy Young, Championship Series MVP and World Series MVP in the same season. The 1988 World Series also featured the memorable home run from Kirk Gibson (OF) as he came off the bench with two outs in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter in his only appearance of the series.
Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully has worked for the Dodgers for 62 seasons which is the longest of any broadcaster with any single team in professional sport history. Scully began with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950.
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