Justin Ruggiano played with Andy LaRoche, Russell Martin, James Loney, Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Blake DeWitt, A.J. Ellis, Matt Kemp and others as a minor-leaguer coming up through the Dodgers’ organization. (Associated Press photo)

This is Part 46 of a series in which every member of the 2015 Dodgers has his season juxtaposed with an episode of the greatest sitcom of all-time. Don’t take it too seriously.

Key stats: .291/.350/.618 (.333/.388/.667 vs. LHP), four home runs, 12 RBIs, two SBs in 21 G.

Seinfeld episode: “The Muffin Tops” (Season 8, Episode 21)

Key quote: “Here’s your problem. You’re making just the muffin tops. You’ve gotta make the whole muffin. Then you pop the top, toss the stump.”

Ruggiano was a feel-good story in more ways than one: a 2006 draft pick come home to roost, and a Triple-A outfielder called up to the majors at age 30, when the Dodgers acquired him from the Seattle Mariners in August.

Ruggiano didn’t play much but when he did, he looked nothing like a minor leaguer. That’s because, thanks to the ingenuity of the Dodgers’ front office and a 40-man roster limit in September, Ruggiano almost never hit against right-handed pitchers. He didn’t mind. Ruggiano figured his season was over in August in Tacoma, Washington; now he was picking up a big league paycheck again.

The Dodgers didn’t mind either. Not only did Ruggiano help them clinch the NL West title with his stellar hitting, he leapfrogged an injured Scott Van Slyke on the depth chart and landed a spot on the Dodgers’ postseason roster.

By cutting out his at-bats against righties, the Dodgers got the best Ruggiano had to offer — and none of the frustration that led the Mariners to stuff him in the minor leagues.

In “The Muffin Tops,” Seinfeld tackles the question that has been plaguing mankind since the dawn of existence: what if a bakery sold only the tops of muffins? Would cutting out the bland bottom be a buoyant business model?

The answer: Maybe. But what to do with the bottoms?