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National League
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Both leagues currently have 15 teams. The two league champions of 1903 arranged to compete against each other in the inaugural World Series, after the 1904 champions failed to reach a similar agreement, the two leagues formalized the World Series as an arrangement between the leagues. National League teams have won 48 of the 112 World Series contested from 1903 to 2016, the 2016 National League champions are the Chicago Cubs. By 1875, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was dangerously weak, additionally, Hulbert had a problem—five of his star players were threatened with expulsion from the NAPBBP because Hulbert had signed them to his club using what were considered questionable means. Hulbert had a vested interest in creating his own league. After recruiting St. Louis privately, four western clubs met in Louisville, Kentucky, Boston Red Stockings, the dominant team in the N. A. Hartford Dark Blues from the N. A. Mutual of New York from the N. A. St. Louis Brown Stockings from the N. A, the only strong club from 1875 excluded in 1876 was a second one in Philadelphia, often called the White Stockings or Phillies. The first game in National League history was played on April 22,1876, at Philadelphias Jefferson Street Grounds, 25th & Jefferson, the new leagues authority was tested after the first season. The National League operated with six clubs during 1877 and 1878, over the next several years, various teams joined and left the struggling league. By 1880, six of the eight members had folded. The two remaining original NL franchises, Boston and Chicago, remain in operation today as the Atlanta Braves, in 1883 the New York Gothams and Philadelphia Phillies began National League play. Both teams remain in the NL today, the Phillies in their original city, the NL encountered its first strong rival organization when the American Association began play in 1882. The A. A. played in cities where the NL did not have teams, offered Sunday games and alcoholic beverages in locales where permitted, the National League and the American Association participated in a version of the World Series seven times during their ten-year coexistence. These contests were less organized than the modern Series, lasting as few as three games and as many as fifteen, with two Series ending in disputed ties, the NL won four times and the A. A. only once, in 1886. Starting with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1887, the National League began to raid the American Association for franchises to replace NL teams that folded and this undercut the stability of the A. A. Other new leagues that rose to compete with the National League were the Union Association, the Union Association was established in 1884 and folded after playing only one season, its league champion St. Louis Maroons joining the NL. The NL suffered many defections of star players to the Players League, the Brooklyn, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York franchises of the NL absorbed their Players League counterparts. The labor strife of 1890 hastened the downfall of the American Association, after the 1891 season, the A. A. disbanded and merged with the NL, which became known legally for the next decade as the National League and American Association
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Shea Stadium prior to the start of a
New York Mets game in 2008. Shea had the best attendance in the National League that year, garnering over 53,000 fans per game on average.
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Pee Wee Reese
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Harold Peter Henry Pee Wee Reese was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn, a ten-time All Star, Reese contributed to seven National League championships for the Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Reese is also famous for his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson, Reeses nickname originated in his childhood, as he was a champion marbles player. Reese was born in Ekron, Meade County, Kentucky, and raised there until he was eight years old. In high school, Reese was so small that he did not play baseball until senior year, at time he weighed only 120 pounds. He graduated from duPont Manual High School in 1937 and he worked as a cable splicer for the Louisville phone company, only playing amateur baseball in a church league. When Reeses team reached the championship, the minor league Louisville Colonels allowed them to play the championship game on their field. Reese impressed Colonels owner Cap Neal, who signed him to a contract for a $200 bonus. By 1938, Reese was the Colonels regular shortstop and one of the top prospects in the minors, Evans and owner Tom Yawkey both knew that the Red Sox regular shortstop, Joe Cronin, was nearing the end of his career. However, Cronin was also the Red Sox manager, and still thought of himself as a regular shortstop, when Yawkey sent Cronin to Louisville to scout Reese, Cronin realized that he was being asked to scout his own replacement. Cronin deliberately downplayed Reeses talent and suggested Reese be traded and it took a while to find a buyer, since the other teams assumed something had to be wrong with Reese if the Red Sox wanted to get rid of him. However, on July 18,1939, Reese was sent to Brooklyn for $35,000 and this trade is now considered one of the most lopsided deals in baseball history. As it turned out, Cronin was only a player after 1941. Reese stayed in Louisville for the rest of the 1939 season, in an ironic twist, he walked into a situation where his manager was also the regular shortstop—in this case, Leo Durocher. Unlike Cronin, however, Durocher was willing to give up his spot in the lineup to Reese, Reeses rookie season in 1940 was curtailed by a broken heel bone that limited him to 84 games in what had looked to be a promising season. He had a moment that year, hitting a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the New York Giants. In 1941, he hit.229 and led the league with 47 errors, even playing in the World Series that year was a forgettable experience for Reese, as he batted.200 and made three errors in the five-game Yankee win. Like many players of his era, he missed three seasons due to military service, Reese enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and shipped out to fight in the Pacific theater of World War II
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Pee Wee Reese
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Tommy Lasorda
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Thomas Charles Tommy Lasorda is a former Major League Baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997, Tommy Lasorda signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an undrafted free agent in 1945 and began his professional career with the Concord Weavers in 1945. He then missed the 1946 and 1947 seasons because of a stint in the United States Army and he served on active duty from October 1945 until spring 1947. He returned to baseball in 1948 with the Schenectady Blue Jays of the Canadian–American League, on May 31,1948, he struck out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers in a 15-inning game, setting a professional record, and drove in the winning run with a single. In his next two starts, he struck out 15 and 13, gaining the attention of the Dodgers, Lasorda also pitched for the Cristobal Mottas in the Canal Zone Baseball League in Panama from 1948 through 1950, winning the championship in 1948. Lasorda played for Almendares in 1950–1952 and 1958–1960, compiling a 16–13 record in four seasons, Lasorda made his major league debut on August 5,1954, for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Though he did not play in the 1955 World Series, he won a World Series ring as a member of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. He pitched for the Dodgers for two seasons, then for the Kansas City Athletics for one season after the Athletics bought him from the Dodgers, Kansas City traded Lasorda to the New York Yankees in 1956. He appeared in 22 games for the Triple-A Denver Bears in 1956–1957, during his brief tenure with the Bears, Lasorda was profoundly influenced by Denver skipper Ralph Houk, who became Lasordas role model as an MLB manager. Ralph taught me if that if you treat players like human beings, they play like Superman, he told Bill Plaschke in the biography, I Live for This. He taught me how a pat on a shoulder can be just as important as a kick in the butt, Lasorda was first optioned to the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1950. He also played baseball for Almendares in 1950–1952 and 1958–1960, compiling a 16–13 record in four seasons. He pitched for Montreal in 1950–1954 and 1958–1960 and is the winningest pitcher in the history of the team and he led Montreal to four straight Governors Cups from 1951 to 1954, and a fifth one in 1958. On June 24,2006, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, the Dodgers released him on July 9,1960. Lasordas first off-field assignment with the Dodgers was as a scout from 1961 to 1965, in 1966, he became the manager for the Pocatello Chiefs in the rookie leagues, then managed the Ogden Dodgers to three Pioneer League championships from 1966 to 68. He became the Dodgers AAA Pacific Coast League manager in 1969 with the Spokane Indians and his 1972 Dukes team won the PCL Championship. Lasorda was also a manager for the Dominican Winter Baseball League team Tigres del Licey and he led the team to the 1973 Caribbean World Series title in Venezuela with a series record of 5 wins and 1 loss. In 1973, Lasorda became the coach on the staff of Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston
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Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda at
White House Tee Ball Initiative in 2007.
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Duke Snider
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Edwin Donald Duke Snider, nicknamed The Silver Fox and The Duke of Flatbush, was an American professional baseball player. He was named to the National League All-Star roster eight-times and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner-up in 1955, in his 16 out of 18 seasons with the Dodgers, he helped lead the Dodgers to six World Series, helping them win two championships in 1955 and 1959. Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980, born in Los Angeles, Snider was nicknamed Duke by his father at age five. Growing up in Southern California, Snider was a gifted athlete, playing basketball, football. He was a quarterback, who reportedly could throw the football 70 yards. Spotted by one of Branch Rickeys scouts in the early 1940s and he played briefly for the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1944 and for the Newport News Dodgers in the Piedmont League in the same year. After serving in the U. S. Navy in 1945 and part of 1946, he back to play for the Fort Worth Cats that year. Snider earned a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers during their training in 1947. He got to bat in the game on April 17. He played in 39 more games that season and became a friend of Jackie Robinson before he was sent to the St. Paul team in early July, Snider returned to the Dodgers at the end of the season in time for the World Series against the New York Yankees. Snider started the 1948 season with Montreal, and after hitting well in league with a.327 batting average, he was called up to Brooklyn in August. In 1949, Snider became a major leaguer hitting 23 home runs with 92 runs batted in. Snider also saw his average climb from.244 to.292, often compared with two other New York center fielders, fellow Baseball Hall of Famers, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, he was the reigning Duke of Flatbush. But when his average slipped to, Snider recalls I went to Walter O’Malley and told him I couldn’t take the pressure, Duke says. I told him I’d just as soon be traded, I told him I figured I could do the Dodgers no good. Of course the trade did not happen.320 batting average, the Dodgers won the World Series in 1955 and in 1959. Sniders career numbers declined when the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958, coupled with an aching knee and a 440-foot right field fence at the cavernous Coliseum, Snider hit only 15 home runs in 1958. However, he had one last hurrah in 1959 as he helped the Dodgers win their first World Series in Los Angeles
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Snider with
Robert Young in
Father Knows Best, 1956.
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Jim Gilliam
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He was named the 1953 National League Rookie of the Year, and was a key member of ten National League championship teams from 1953 to 1978. As the Dodgers leadoff hitter for most of the 1950s, he scored over 100 runs in each of his first four seasons and led the National League in triples in 1953, upon retirement, he became one of the first African-American coaches in the major leagues. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gilliam began playing on a local team at age 14. He joined the Negro National Leagues Baltimore Elite Giants, with whom he played from 1946 to 1950 and he received his nickname, Junior, during this time. He was voted an All-Star three straight years from 1948 to 1950, veteran George Scales taught him to switch hit. He led the International League in runs in both 1951 and 1952.278 with a team-leading 125 runs for the National League champions. His 17 triples led the National League, and remain the most by a Dodger since 1920, he was second in the league with 100 walks, and third with 21 stolen bases. For his excellent season he earned National League Rookie of the Year honors, on July 21 of that year, he tied John Montgomery Wards 1892 major league record of 12 assists in a game. In the Dodgers last season in Brooklyn in 1957, he batted.250 but led the National League in putouts and fielding percentage and again finished second behind Mays in stolen bases. In 1965 he was part of the leagues first all-switch-hitting infield, with shortstop Wills, first baseman Wes Parker. Gilliam played in seven World Series with the Dodgers, four of them against the New York Yankees, in the 1953 World Series he singled to lead off Game 1, and had a solo homer in the fifth inning batting left-handed. He hit three doubles, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 7–3 Game 4 victory, he had another homer, this time batting right-handed, in the 11–7 loss in Game 5. He was also on Dodgers teams which won the Series in 1959 against the Chicago White Sox and 1965 against the Minnesota Twins and his final major league appearance was in Game 2 of the 1966 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. Gilliam served as a beginning in 1964, and became a full-time coach in 1967. He continued as a coach with the Dodgers until his death in 1978, Gilliam suffered a massive brain hemorrhage at his home on September 15,1978, and, following surgery, lapsed into a coma from which he did not recover. He died in Inglewood, California, nine days before his 50th birthday and his uniform number 19 was retired by the Dodgers two days after his death, prior to Game 1 of the 1978 World Series. His number is the only one retired by the Dodgers of a player not in the Hall of Fame and he is interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery. Gilliam was respected for his qualities and sportsmanship, in addition to his playing ability
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Gilliam with the Brooklyn Dodgers
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A street sign in front of
First Tennessee Park in
Nashville, Tennessee, honoring Junior Gilliam
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Don Sutton
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Donald Howard Don Sutton is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher and he played for 23 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels. He won a total of 324 games,58 of them shutouts and five of them one-hitters, Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama. He attended high school and community college in Florida before entering professional baseball, after a year in the minor leagues, Sutton joined the Dodgers. Beginning in 1966, he was in the starting pitching rotation with Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale. Sixteen of Suttons 23 MLB seasons were spent with the Dodgers and he registered only one 20 win season, but he earned double-digit wins in almost all of his seasons. Sutton entered broadcasting after his retirement as a player and he has worked in this capacity for several teams, the majority being with the Atlanta Braves. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998, Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County, and on the same date as future Dodger teammate Reggie Smith. He was born to sharecroppers at the end of World War II, at the time Sutton was born his father was 18 and his mother was 15. Suttons father, Howard, gave him the work ethic that he had throughout his career. His father tried logging and construction work, and in looking for work, moved the family to Molino, Florida, Sutton attended J. M. Tate High School where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He graduated in 1963 and was voted Most Likely to Succeed and he wanted to attend the University of Florida, but coach Dave Fuller was not interested. He attended Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City for one year, after playing for the Sioux Falls Packers, Sutton entered the major leagues at the age of 21. Suttons major league debut came with the Dodgers on April 14,1966, on the 1966 Dodgers, Sutton was the fourth starting pitcher in a rotation that included Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Claude Osteen. He struck out 209 batters that season, which was the highest strikeout total for a rookie since 1911, Sutton was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game four times in the 1970s. The 1974 Dodgers made the postseason after winning 102 games during the regular season and they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the playoffs and Sutton accounted for two of the teams three wins. They lost the 1974 World Series four games to one, with Sutton earning the win for the team. In 1976, Sutton had his best major league season, finishing the year with a 21-10 win-loss record
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Sutton in 2008
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Walter Alston
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Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed Smokey, was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers between 1954 and 1976, Alston signed 23 one-year contracts with the Dodgers. He had a calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was also known as The Quiet Man. Alston grew up in rural Ohio and lettered in baseball and basketball at Miami University in Ohio, though his MLB playing career consisted of one game and one at-bat with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936, he played and managed for several seasons in minor league baseball. His service included a stint as manager of the Nashua Dodgers and he was promoted to manage the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 after several successful seasons in Brooklyns Class AAA minor league teams. As a major league manager, Alston led Dodgers teams to seven National League pennants and his 1955 team was the only World Series championship team while the club was in Brooklyn, they clinched the NL pennant earlier in the calendar year than any previous pennant winner in league history. Alston retired with more than 2,000 career wins and managed NL All-Star teams to seven victories and he was selected as Manager of the Year six times. Alston was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 and he suffered a heart attack that year, was hospitalized for a month and was unable to attend his Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He never fully recovered and he died at a hospital in Oxford, Alston was born in Venice, Ohio. He spent much of his childhood on a farm in Morning Sun, when Alston was a teenager, the family moved to Darrtown, Ohio. He attended Milford Township High School in Darrtown and he received the nickname Smokey as a high school pitcher, owing to the speed of his fastball. He graduated from school in 1929 and married longtime girlfriend Lela Vaughn Alexander the next year. In 1935, Alston graduated with a degree in arts and physical education from Miami University in Oxford. He said that finances were a challenge in college and that he had paid his way through school by playing pool and he lettered three years in both basketball and baseball. Alston played minor league baseball as an infielder for the Greenwood Chiefs and Huntington Red Birds in 1935 and 1936, for the 1936 Huntington team, he hit 35 home runs in 120 games. Alstons only major game was with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 27,1936. He later described his major league playing career to a reporter by saying, Well, I came up to bat for the Cards back in 36 and he also committed one error in two fielding chances at first base. Alston returned to the minor leagues after his brief MLB appearance and he split the 1937 season between the Houston Buffaloes and Rochester Red Wings, hitting for a combined.229 batting average
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Alston (left) with Phillies manager
Mayo Smith in 1957
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Alston in 1955
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Sandy Koufax
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Sanford Sandy Koufax is a former American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966, Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Koufaxs career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961 to 1966 and he was an All-Star for six seasons and was the National Leagues Most Valuable Player in 1963. Koufax also won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average, Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. Despite his comparatively short career, Koufaxs 2,396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in history as of his retirement, Koufax, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, and Nolan Ryan are the only four pitchers elected to the Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. Koufax is also remembered as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports and his decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur garnered national attention as an example of conflict between professional pressures and personal beliefs. Koufax was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family and his parents, Evelyn and Jack Braun, divorced when he was three years old. His mother was remarried when he was nine, to Irving Koufax, shortly after his mothers remarriage, the family moved to the Long Island suburb of Rockville Centre. Before tenth grade, Koufaxs family moved back to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Koufax attended Brooklyns Lafayette High School, where he was better known for basketball than for baseball. At the time, school sports were not available because New Yorks teachers were refusing to supervise extracurricular activities without monetary compensation, as an alternative, Koufax started playing basketball for the Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst local community center team. Eventually, Lafayette had a team, Koufax became team captain in his senior year. In 1951, at the age of 15, Koufax also joined a youth baseball league known as the Ice Cream League. He started out as a catcher before moving to first base. While playing first base for Lafayette High Schools baseball team with teammate and friend Fred Wilpon, he was spotted by Milt Laurie, Laurie recognized that Koufax might be able to pitch, and recruited the 17-year-old Koufax to pitch for the Coney Island Sports Leagues Parkviews. Koufax attended the University of Cincinnati and was a walk-on on the basketball team. He later earned a partial scholarship, in spring 1954, he made the college baseball varsity team. That season, Koufax went 3–1 with a 2.81 ERA,51 strikeouts and 30 walks, Bill Zinser, a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, sent the Dodgers front office a glowing report that apparently was filed and forgotten. After trying out with the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, during his Pirates tryout, Koufaxs fastball broke the thumb of Sam Narron, the teams bullpen coach
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Koufax with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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A ticket from the game where Koufax earned his first career win.
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Sandy Koufax (center of first row) at first White House reception for
Jewish American Heritage Month, May 27, 2010. At Koufax's right are Vice President
Joe Biden and First Lady
Michelle Obama
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Roy Campanella
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Roy Campanella, nicknamed Campy, was an American baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played for the Negro leagues and Mexican League for several seasons before entering the minor leagues in 1946 and he made his Major League Baseball debut in 1948. His playing career ended in 1958 when he was paralyzed by an automobile accident, widely considered to be one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s. After he retired as a player, Campanella held positions in scouting and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Campanellas father John was the son of Sicilian immigrants and his mother Ida was African American. Therefore, he was prohibited from MLB play before 1947. Campanella began playing Negro league baseball for the Washington Elite Giants in 1937 after dropping out of school on his sixteenth birthday, the Elite Giants moved to Baltimore the following year, and Campanella became a star player with the team. In 1942 and 1943, Campanella played in the Mexican League with the Monterrey Sultans, lázaro Salazar, the teams manager, told Campanella that one day he would play at the major league level. Campanella moved into the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system in 1946 as the Dodger organization began preparations to break the MLB color barrier with Jackie Robinson, for the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers affiliate in the Class AAA International League. Meanwhile, the team looked to assign Campanella to a Class B league, the Nashua team thus became the first professional baseball team of the 20th century to field a racially integrated lineup in the United States. Campanellas 1946 season proceeded largely without racist incidents, and in one game Campanella assumed the managerial duties after manager Walter Alston was ejected and this made Campanella the first African-American to manage Caucasian players of an organized professional baseball team. Nashua was three runs down at the time Campanella took over and they came back to win, in part due to Campanellas decision to use Newcombe as a pinch hitter during the seventh inning, Newcombe hit a game-tying two-run home run. Jackie Robinsons first season in the major leagues came in 1947 and he played for the Dodgers from 1948 through 1957 as their regular catcher. In 1948, he had three different uniform numbers before settling on 39 for the rest of his career, Campanella played in the All-Star Game every year from 1949 through 1956. His 1949 All-Star selection made him one of the first four African-Americans so honored and he hit home runs in five straight games in 1950, the only other Dodgers to homer in five consecutive games are Shawn Green, Matt Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez, and Joc Pederson. Campanella received the Most Valuable Player award in the National League three times, in 1951,1953, and 1955, in each of his MVP seasons, he batted more than.300, hit more than 30 home runs and had more than 100 runs batted in. His 142 RBI during 1953 exceeded the record of 130. Today it is the second most in history, Tommy Davis breaking it with 153 RBI in 1962
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Campanella about 1953.
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Campanella seen shaving in a TV commercial for Gillette Razors.
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Willie Mays with Roy Campanella (1961)
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Jackie Robinson
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Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15,1947. The Dodgers, by signing Robinson, heralded the end of segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson had an exceptional 10-year baseball career. Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers 1955 World Series championship, in 1997, MLB universally retired his uniform number,42, across all major league teams, he was the first pro athlete in any sport to be so honored. MLB also adopted a new tradition, Jackie Robinson Day, for the first time on April 15,2004. Robinsons character, his use of nonviolence, and his unquestionable talent challenged the basis of segregation which then marked many other aspects of American life. He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement, Robinson also was the first black television analyst in MLB, and the first black vice president of a major American corporation, Chock full oNuts. In the 1960s, he helped establish the Freedom National Bank, in recognition of his achievements on and off the field, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom. Robinson was born on January 31,1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo and he was the youngest of five children born to Mallie and Jerry Robinson, after siblings Edgar, Frank, Matthew, and Willa Mae. His middle name was in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt, after Robinsons father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California. The extended Robinson family established itself on a residential plot containing two small houses at 121 Pepper Street in Pasadena, Robinsons mother worked various odd jobs to support the family. Growing up in poverty in an otherwise affluent community, Robinson. As a result, Robinson joined a gang, but his friend Carl Anderson persuaded him to abandon it. In 1935, Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High School and enrolled at John Muir High School, recognizing his athletic talents, Robinsons older brothers Mack and Frank inspired Jackie to pursue his interest in sports. At Muir Tech, Robinson played several sports at the varsity level and lettered in four of them, football, basketball, track and he played shortstop and catcher on the baseball team, quarterback on the football team, and guard on the basketball team. With the track and field squad, he won awards in the broad jump and he was also a member of the tennis team. In late January 1937, the Pasadena Star-News newspaper reported that Robinson for two years has been the athlete at Muir, starring in football, basketball, track, baseball
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Robinson doing the long jump for UCLA
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Robinson in his Army uniform, ca. 1943, during a visit to his home in Pasadena, California, receiving a military salute from his nephew Frank
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Robinson in uniform for the
Kansas City Monarchs
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Don Drysdale
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Donald Scott Don Drysdale was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984, Drysdale was one of the most dominant pitchers of the late 1950s and early to mid 1960s. Standing 6 ft 5 in tall, he was a presence on the pitchers mound. Drysdale won the 1962 Cy Young Award and is known for setting a Major League Baseball record by pitching 58 2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, after his playing career, he became a radio and television broadcaster. Drysdale was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles and attended Van Nuys High School, pitching for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, he teamed with Sandy Koufax during the late 1950s and early and middle 1960s to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history. Nicknamed Big D by fans, Drysdale used brushback pitches and a fastball to intimidate batters. His 154 hit batsmen remains a modern National League record, Drysdale was also a good hitter for a pitcher. In 14 seasons, he had 218 hits, including 29 home runs, in 1962, Drysdale won 25 games and the Cy Young Award. In 1963, he struck out 251 batters and won Game 3 of the World Series at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium over the Yankees, in 1965, he was the Dodgers only.300 hitter and tied his own National League record for pitchers with seven home runs. That year, he also won 23 games and helped the Dodgers to their third World Championship in Los Angeles. In 1968, he set Major League records with six shutouts and 58 2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings. He ended his career with 209 wins,2,486 strikeouts,167 complete games and 49 shutouts and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, and had his number 53 retired at Dodger Stadium on July 1,1984. He was also the last player on the Dodgers who had played for Brooklyn and he won three NL Player of the Month awards, June 1959, July 1960, and May 1968. In 1965, Sandy Koufax declined to pitch the first game of the World Series because it was on Yom Kippur, Drysdale pitched for the Dodgers instead of Koufax, and gave up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. When Walter Alston, the manager, came to the mound to remove him from the game, Drysdale said, I bet right now you wish I was Jewish, the Dodgers lost to the Minnesota Twins, 8-2. Drysdale and Koufax took part in a famous salary holdout together in the spring of 1966 and those contracts made them the first pitchers to earn more than $100,000 a year. This holdout was the beginning of collective bargaining in baseball, a chronically sore shoulder forced Drysdale to retire during the 1969 season
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Drysdale in 1959
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The ball thrown for the final out of Drysdale's consecutive scoreless innings streak in 1968.
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Dodger blue
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Dodger blue is a rich bright tone of the color azure named for its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is also a web color used in the design of web pages, the web color is not used in the Dodgers uniform but rather resembles the lighter blue used throughout Dodger Stadium. The Brooklyn Dodgers were never referred to as wearing Dodger Blue. The concept of Dodger Blue originated with Manager Tommy Lasorda, who popularized it, Lasorda managed the Los Angeles franchise for 20 years, and was on the player roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers, though he played for them only very briefly. The actual blue that the Dodgers currently wear is RGB-hex #005596
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1914 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1914 throughout the world. June 9 – Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the member of the 3000 hit club. July 17 – Red Murray of the New York Giants catches game winning catch and is struck by lightning. September 9 – In the second game of a doubleheader, George Davis of the Boston Braves pitches a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 7-0 win. September 19 – Ed Lafitte tosses a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League in a 6-2 win over the Kansas City Packers, september 27 – Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps becomes the third member of the 3000 hit club. October 13 – The Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-1, in Game 4 of the World Series to win their first World Championship and this was the first four-game sweep in World Series history. The Cubs had defeated the Tigers four games to none in 1907, november 1 – Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack starts a fire sale, asking waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. Coombs goes to the Brooklyn Robins as Plank and Bender escape Macks maneuvering by jumping to the Federal League. Despite the American League Pennant title, Philadelphia fans did not support the Athletics, january 13 – Aaron Clapp,57, first baseman for the 1879 Troy Trojans of the National League. January 20 – Pat Lyons,53, Canadian second baseman who played for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in 1890. February 1 – Sam Weaver,58, pitcher who posted a 68-80 record, february 9 – Buster Brown,32, National League pitcher who had a 51-103 record and a 3.21 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Doves/Braves. February 9 – Jack Farrell,56, second baseman for 11 seasons, february 21 – Farmer Vaughn,49, catcher who hit.274 with 21 home runs and 525 RBI in 925 games for five teams from 1886 to 1899. February 23 – Nat Jewett,69, catcher for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords of the National Association, february 28 – Art Sladen,53, outfielder for the Boston Reds of the Union Association in 1884. According to Lee Allen, in The American League Story, there were those who considered it appropriate that Waddell should pass away on April Fools Day, Louis Browns ten games to five. April 16 – Podge Weihe,51, American Association outfielder who hit.254 in two seasons with the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Cincinnati RedStockings, April 27 – Herb Worth,66, outfielder for the 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association. May 8 – George Fox,45, first baseman for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, may 26 – Jumbo Latham,61, first baseman who hit.247 in 334 games for five different teams from 1875 to 1884, while managing two of them. June 16 – Bert Dorr,52, pitcher for the 1882 St. Louis Browns, july 5 – Wee Willie Mills,36, pitcher for the National League New York Giants in 1901. July 9 – Ossee Schreckengost,39, catcher for eleven seasons, most notably with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1902 to 1908, who pioneered one-handed style and batted.300 twice
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1913 throughout the world. October 11 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 3-1, in Game 5 of the World Series to win the World Championship, four games to one. The Giants thus become the club, following the Detroit Tigers of 1907–1909. January 9 – George Crosby,55, pitcher for the 1884 Chicago White Stockings of the National League, january 14 – Hal OHagan,43, first baseman for the 1892 Chicago Orphans and for the New York Giants, Cleveland Bronchos and Washington Senators in the 1902 season. January 15 – Icicle Reeder,55, outfielder who played in 1884 with the AA Cincinnati Red Stockings, january 16 – Tom Dolan,58, catcher who hit.242 for five teams in three leagues between 1879 and 1888. February 9 – Joe Stewart,33, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League, february 26 – Mike Drissel,48, catcher in six games for the St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association champions. March 3 – Jack Fee,45, pitcher for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League, march 28 – Clare Patterson,25, left fielder for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds of the National League. April 16 – Jerry Harrington,45, National League catcher who hit.227 in 189 games with the Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Colonels. April 18 – Roscoe Miller,36, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, april 23 – Charlie Pabor,66, player-manager for four teams of the National Association from 1871 through 1875. May 1 – Charlie Reynolds,55, pitcher for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association, may 13 – John OBrien,46, Canadian second baseman who hit.256 in 501 games for six National League teams from 1891 to 1899. May 14 – Dennis Coughlin,69, outfielder for the 1872 Washington Nationals of the National Association, may 18 – The Only Nolan,55, pitcher who posted a 23-52 record and a 2.98 ERA in 79 games with four teams between 1878 and 1875. May 18 – Charlie Robinson,56, American Association catcher who played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Brooklyn Grays. June 5 – Chris von der Ahe,61, owner of the St. June 13 – Eddie Quick,31, June 30 – George Tidden,56, sports editor in New York since 1895. July 13 – Dan Sweeney,45, outfielder for the 1895 Louisville Colonels of the National League, july 17 – Pat Scanlon, Canadian outfielder who played in 1884 with the Boston Reds of the Union Association. July 28 – John Greenig,65, pitcher for the 1888 Washington Nationals of the National League, august 14 – Chummy Gray,40, pitcher who posted a 3-3 record and a 3.44 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1899. August 25 – Red Donahue,40, pitcher who won 20 games three times with the Phillies and Browns and led the National League in complete games, while collecting 164 career wins and a no-hitter. September 3 – Charlie Householder,59, first baseman/catcher who played in two Major League seasons,1882 and 1884, october 8 – Elmer Cleveland,51, third baseman who hit.255 in 80 games with four clubs in three different leagues between 1884 and 1891. October 13 – Mike Heydon,39, catcher who played from 1898 through 1907 for the Senators, Cardinals, WhiteSox, october 24 – Dan Shannon,48, player and manager during his three-year career with the Colonels/Giants/Statesmen/Athletics from 1889 to 1891
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world. April 11 The New York Highlanders, predecessors of the New York Yankees, in the first inning, Boston scores a run against pitcher Ray Caldwell‚ while New York respond with two runs in the bottom against Smoky Joe Wood. That is all the scoring until the ninth inning‚ when the Sox score four runs‚ including two on a Wood single, Boston wins‚ 5–3‚ on Woods seven hitter. New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard begins a 19-game winning streak with an 18–3 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers, april 20 – The Boston Red Sox play their first home game in the history of Fenway Park. The Red Sox open up with an 11-inning, 7–6 victory over the New York Highlanders, Boston outfielder Tris Speaker delivers the game-winning RBI before a crowd of 27,000 fans. Minutes later, the Detroit Tigers christen their Navin Field with a 6–5 victory over the Cleveland Naps, april 26 – Hugh Bradley of the Boston Red Sox became the first player to hit a home run over the Green Monster at Fenway Park. It was his home run of the 1912 season. May 17 – Fenway Park is officially dedicated, almost one month after hosting its first game, nevertheless, the home town fans had their day spoiled as the White Sox trimmed the Red Sox, 5–2. May 18 – The Cincinnati Reds play the first game in the history of Crosley Field, june 9 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Tris Speaker hits for the cycle, leading his team to a 9–2 victory over the St. Louis Browns. June 10 – New York Giants catcher Chief Meyers hits for the cycle against the Chicago Cubs, june 28 – Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants becomes the eighth pitcher to record 300 career wins. July 2 – At Hilltop Park, Larry Gardner of the Boston Red Sox hit two home runs but Boston still lose to the New York Highlanders, 9–7. July 4 – In the second game of a double-header, George Mullin of the Detroit Tigers tosses a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in a 7–0 Tigers win. July 25 – Bert Daniels, outfielder for the New York Highlanders, august 15 – Guy Zinn, a little-known New York Highlanders outfielder, steals home twice in a 5–4 win over the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field. This will add to last-place New Yorks major-league record of 18 steals of home for a single season, august 22 – Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner hits for the cycle against the New York Giants. August 30 – St. Louis Browns pitcher Earl Hamilton returns the favor to the Detroit Tigers and he tosses a no-hitter in a 7–1 Browns victory. October 16 – The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Giants, 3–2, in Game 8 of the World Series, the Red Sox win the World Championship four games to three. Nearly all of the games were close, four games in this series were decided by one run. A sixth was decided by two runs, Game 7 was the only one with a margin greater than three runs
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U.S. president Taft at a Washington-Chicago game, August 13
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world. National League, Boston Beaneaters April 21 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, no one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in 2005. April 22 – This day in baseball would see two no-hitters, first, Ted Breitenstein would throw the second no-hitter of his career, as the Cincinnati Reds would defeat the Pittsburg Pirates, 11–0. Meanwhile, Jay Hughes would toss a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles in a 5–0 win over the Boston Beaneaters and this is the first time in Major League history that two no-hitters would be thrown on the same day. It would not happen again until Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela turned the trick on June 29,1990, july 5 – Lizzie Arlington becomes the first woman to play in organized baseball as she pitches for the Reading Coal Heavers of the Atlantic League. She hurled the final inning of game and gave up two hits and a walk but did not allow a run. Some claim she also pitched in games after being hired by Ed Barrow. July 8 – Red Donahue tosses a no-hitter in a 5–0 Philadelphia Phillies victory over the Baltimore Orioles, august 21 – In the second game of a doubleheader, Walter Thornton of the Chicago Orphans pitches a 2–0 no-hitter against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. December 1 – New York Giants president Andrew Freedman renews his team lease on the Polo Grounds for the next 10 years, february 25 – Tom Power, first baseman. March 29 – Tony Hellman,36, catcher, April 13 – Charlie McCullough,32, pitcher. April 14 – Jiggs Parrott,26, infielder, June 4 – Harry Smith,42, infielder. June 23 – William Rexter,48, outfielder, June 28 – Henry Meyers,38, third baseman. August 2 – Val Robinson,50, outfielder, september 21 – Bill Tierney,40, first baseman and outfielder. October 5 – John Richmond,43, shortstop and center fielder for seven teams during his eight seasons from 1875 to 1885, november 21 – Bill Hague,46, third baseman from 1875 to 1879. November 23 – Mother Watson,33, pitcher, december 27 – John Sneed,37, outfielder. December 30 – Bill Stearns,45, pitcher for several National Association teams from 1871 to 1875, december 31 – Martin Duke,31, pitcher
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USS Maine baseball team, 1898, shortly after winning the Navy baseball championship. The entire team was killed save one in February 1898.
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Opened 55 years ago on April 10,1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of $23 million, financed by private sources. Often referred to as a ballpark, the stadium has seen 12 no-hitters. The stadium hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1980 and it also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics. It also hosted exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics, the stadium hosted a soccer tournament on August 3,2013 featuring four clubs, the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy, and European giants Real Madrid, Everton, and Juventus. For the first time at Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Kings, the land for Dodger Stadium was purchased from local owners and inhabitants in the early 1950s by the city of Los Angeles using eminent domain with funds from the Federal Housing Act of 1949. Before construction could begin on the project, the local political climate changed greatly when Norris Poulson was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1953. Proposed public housing such as Elysian Park Heights lost most of their support as they became associated with socialist ideals. It was not until June 3,1958, when Los Angeles voters approved a Taxpayers Committee for Yes on Baseball referendum, Los Angeles-based Mike Davis, in his seminal work on the city, City of Quartz, describes the process of gradually convincing Chavez Ravine homeowners to sell. With nearly all of the original Spanish-speaking homeowners initially unwilling to sell, developers resorted to offering immediate cash payments, ground was broken for Dodger Stadium on September 17,1959. The top of local ridges were removed and the soil was used to fill in Sulfur and Cemetery Ravines to provide a surface for a parking lot. A local elementary school was simply buried and sits beneath the parking lot northwest of third base, a total of 8 million cubic yards of earth were moved in the process of building the stadium. 21,000 precast concrete units, some weighing as much as 32 tons, were fabricated onsite, the stadium was originally designed to be expandable to 85,000 seats by expanding the upper decks over the outfield pavilions, the Dodgers have never pursued such a project. Dodger Stadium was also the home of the Los Angeles Angels from 1962 through 1965, to avoid constantly referring to their landlords, the Angels called the park Chavez Ravine Stadium, after the geographic feature in which the stadium sits. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers made major renovations during the subsequent off-season, the largest of these improvements was the replacement of nearly all the seats in the stadium. The seats that were removed had been in use since 1975 and helped give the stadium its unique space age feel with a palette of bright yellow, orange, blue. The new seats are in the original 1962 color scheme consisting of yellow, light orange, turquoise,2,000 pairs of seats were made available for purchase at $250, with the proceeds going to charity. The baseline seating sections have been converted into retro-style box seating, adding leg room, other repairs were made to the concrete structure of the stadium. These improvements mark the second phase of an improvement plan for Dodger Stadium
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40–120 record of the New York Mets, the third-worst winning percentage, World Series, New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants, Ralph Terry, MVP All-Star Game, July 10 at D. C. January 28 – Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee, April 10 – In the first regular-season game ever at Dodger Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds spoil the Los Angeles Dodgers opening-day party by beating them 6–3. That same day, in the very first Major League Baseball game played in the state of Texas, the Houston Colt. 45s play their first game in franchise history, defeating the Chicago Cubs 11-2. April 11 – The New York Mets play the first official game in franchise history, gil Hodges and Charlie Neal provide bright spots for the Mets, hitting the first two home runs in the new franchises history. April 12 – In his Major League debut, Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers ties Karl Spooners record by striking out the first six Major League batters he faces. He enters the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium with two out in the inning and strikes out Vada Pinson for the final out. He then records a third inning, the victims are Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman, Wally Post. To date, Richert is the pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning in his Major League debut. His record-tying sixth strikeout is of Tommy Harper leading off the fourth inning, the Dodgers defeat the Reds 11–7 with Richert gaining the victory, having struck out seven batters, walking none, and allowing no hits in 3 1⁄3 innings. April 13 – National League baseball officially returns to New York City, as the New York Mets play the first home game in franchise history, April 18 – Ernie Banks hits his 300th career home run, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Colt. 45s 3–2. April 23 – The New York Mets earn their first victory in franchise history, may 5 – Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels no-hits the Baltimore Orioles 2–0 at Dodger Stadium. The no-hitter is the first in franchise and stadium history. May 12 – New York Mets relief pitcher Craig Anderson wins both ends of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Braves, success will soon turn to failure, because Anderson will lose his next 16 decisions on the season and 19 decisions overall. In fact, he will never win another game in the major leagues, may 29 – Ernie Banks hits three home runs, but his Chicago Cubs still fall to the Milwaukee Braves 11–9 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. June 18 – At the Polo Grounds, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hits a home run over the field wall. The shot, a slam, comes off Jay Hook in the Braves 7-1 victory over the New York Mets and is the second in back-to-back days. The day before, Lou Brock of the Chicago Cubs had hit one over the field wall
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is an American sports stadium located in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The stadium serves as the home to the University of Southern California Trojans football team, the facility has a permanent seating capacity of 93,607 for USC football games, making it the largest football stadium in the Pac-12 Conference. For Rams games, capacity is at 80,000, giving it the fourth-largest capacity in the NFL, the stadium is located in Exposition Park and across the street from USC. From 1959 to 2016, the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was located adjacent to the Coliseum, the Coliseum is the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice, in 1932 and 1984 and has been proposed to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The stadium was the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball from 1958 to 1961 and was the host venue for games 3,4. It was the site of the First AFL-NFL World Championship Game, later called Super Bowl I, additionally, it has served as a home field for a number of other teams, including the Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL, and UCLA Bruins football. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on July 27,1984, under the lease the University has day-to-day management and operation responsibility for both the Coliseum and Sports Arena. The 98-year lease took effect on July 29,2013, and was signed by the parties on September 5,2013. The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojans football team, Most of USCs regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre Dame, attract a capacity crowd. The current official capacity of the Coliseum is 93,607, USCs women lacrosse and soccer teams use the Coliseum for selected games, usually involving major opponents and televised games. USC also rents the Coliseum to various events, including soccer games, musical concerts. The Olympic Cauldron was built for the stadiums two Olympic Games and it is still lit during the fourth quarter of USC football games, and other special occasions. It was lit to honor the fallen Israeli Athletes from the 1972 Munich Olympics Games and it was also lit for several days following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. The torch was lit for over a following the September 11 attacks in 2001. In 2004, the cauldron was lit non-stop for seven days in tribute to president Ronald Reagan and it was lit again in April 2005 following the death of Pope John Paul II, who had celebrated Mass at the Coliseum during his visit to Los Angeles in 1987. At the Los Angeles Dodgers 50th anniversary game on March 29,2008, charity ceremony, while Neil Diamonds Heartlight was played and the majority of the attendees turned on their complimentary souvenir keychain flashlights. It was lit for the duration of Special Olympics World Games held in Los Angeles from July 25,2015 to August 2,2015, the cauldron was most recently lit for the returning Los Angeles Rams first home game on September 18,2016 against the Seattle Seahawks. The Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to L. A. veterans of World War I, the official ground breaking ceremony took place on December 21,1921 with work being completed in just over 16 months, on May 1,1923
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The Coliseum under construction in 1922
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Roosevelt Stadium
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Roosevelt Stadium was a baseball park at Droyers Point in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was expected to cost $500,000 and be built by Spring 1930, mayor Hague planned for the stadium to have 35,000 permanent seats with ground space for an additional 15,000. It would be a stadium for baseball, football, track and field events. Roosevelt Stadium was finally built in 1937, as a Works Progress Administration project on the grounds of what was the Jersey City Airport at Droyers Point, the airport was operated by Eddie August Schneider starting in 1935. It was named for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the author of that New Deal agency and it was designed in Art Deco style. The ballparks opening was scheduled for April 22,1937 with the opening of the 1937 International League season, mayor Hague declared a half-holiday for the citys schools and employees. New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham was expected at the opener along with Senator Harry Moore, neri, Bock, Parente and Cuccinelli have all been inducted into the Hudson Catholic Football programs Wall of Fame. Jersey City State College played their football games on Friday nights at Roosevelt stadium during the 1970s. It was used for 15 home games by the Brooklyn Dodgers during their last two seasons in Brooklyn – seven in 1956 and eight in 1957. The games were played partly as a tactic with the Borough of Brooklyn. While it had just 24,000 seats as opposed to Ebbets Fields 31,497, the Dodgers negotiation came to naught, and the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. On April 18,1946, Roosevelt Stadium hosted the Jersey City Giants season opener against the Montreal Royals, marking the professional debut of the Royals Jackie Robinson. In his five trips to the plate, Robinson made four hits, including a homer, scored four runs. The Giants finished first in the IL in 1939 and 1947, Hague routinely hawked opening day tickets for Little Giants games, selling 40,000 seats in a stadium that held only 24,000. When asked about the discrepancy, he was reported to have said Hell of a crowd in the mens rooms, in 1940, former heavyweight champion Max Baer beat Two Ton Tony Galento at Roosevelt Stadium. In 1948 Marcel Cerdan defeated Tony Zale in a championship title fight. In 1950, Sugar Ray Robinson defended his welterweight title, in 1971, the stadium was selected to host an NASL and international soccer double-header. Bologna were to meet West Ham United while the New York Cosmos were to play the Dallas Tornado in the opener, a week later, Santos were scheduled to meet Bologna with Pelé announced
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Stadium entrance c. 1940
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Jersey City, New Jersey
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Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U. S. state of New Jersey after Newark. It is the seat of Hudson County as well as the countys largest city. 7% from the 2010 United States Census, when the citys population was at 247,597, ranking the city the 75th-largest in the nation. Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City is bounded on the east by the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay and on the west by the Hackensack River and Newark Bay. After a peak population of 316,715 measured in the 1930 Census, the land comprising what is now Jersey City was inhabited by the Lenape, a collection of tribes. After spending nine days surveying the area and meeting its inhabitants, by 1621, the Dutch West India Company was organized to manage this new territory and in June 1623, New Netherland became a Dutch province, with headquarters in New Amsterdam. Michael Reyniersz Pauw received a grant as patroon on the condition that he would establish a settlement of not fewer than fifty persons within four years. He chose the west bank of the North River and purchased the land from the Lenape and this grant is dated November 22,1630 and is the earliest known conveyance for what are now Hoboken and Jersey City. Pauw, however, was a landlord who neglected to populate the area and was obliged to sell his holdings back to the Company in 1633. That year, a house was built at Communipaw for Jan Evertsen Bout, superintendent of the colony, during Kiefts War, approximately eighty Lenapes were killed by the Dutch in a massacre at Pavonia on the night of February 25,1643. Scattered communities of farmsteads characterized the Dutch settlements at Pavonia, Communipaw, Harsimus, Paulus Hook, Hoebuck, Awiehaken, and other lands behind Kil van Kull. The first village established on what is now Bergen Square in 1660, among the oldest surviving houses in Jersey City are the Newkirk House, the Van Vorst Farmhouse, and the Van Wagenen House. During the American Revolutionary War, the area was in the hands of the British who controlled New York, in the Battle of Paulus Hook Major Light Horse Harry Lee attacked a British fortification on August 19,1779. During the 19th century, former slaves reached Jersey City on one of the four routes of the Underground Railroad that led to the city. The City of Jersey was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 28,1820, from portions of Bergen Township, while the area was still a part of Bergen County. The city was reincorporated on January 23,1829, and again on February 22,1838, on February 22,1840, it became part of the newly created Hudson County. Soon after the Civil War, the idea arose of uniting all of the towns of Hudson County east of the Hackensack River into one municipality. A bill was approved by the legislature on April 2,1869. An element of the bill provide that only contiguous towns could be consolidated, while a majority of the voters across the county approved the merger, the only municipalities that had approved the consolidation plan and that adjoined Jersey City were Hudson City and Bergen City
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Jersey City at the end of the 19th century
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Ebbets Field
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Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City. It is known mainly as the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League, from 1913 to 1957, Ebbets Field was demolished in 1960 and replaced by apartment buildings. Ebbets Field was bounded by Bedford Avenue on the east, Sullivan Place on the South, Cedar Street on the west, and Montgomery Street on the north. The land included the site of a garbage dump called Pigtown, because of the pigs that once ate their fill there and the stench that filled the air. Construction began on March 4,1912, and the cornerstone, a piece of Connecticut granite that held newspapers, pictures of players, cards, telegrams. At the cornerstone laying ceremony, Ebbets said that the ballpark was going to be ready for play on September 1, when the park was opened, it was discovered that the flag, keys to the bleachers, and a press box had all been forgotten. The press box level was not added until 1929, the seating area was initially a double deck from past third base, around home plate, and all the way down the right side. There was an open, concrete bleacher stand extending the rest of the way down the base side to the outer wall. The right field wall was high due to the short foul line necessitated by the street immediately beyond it. The ballpark was built on a piece of ground. The right field wall made up the difference, as the right corner was above street level. The left field corner was below street level, and there was an incline or terrace running along the field wall. Ebbets Field was the scene of early successes, as the Robins. The seating area was expanded in the 1920s, a time for baseball when many ballparks were expanded. By the 1940s, a big scoreboard had been installed in right field, however, additional rows of seating across left field reduced that area by about 15 feet, to the delight of right-handed sluggers. The parks first night game was played on June 15,1938, johnny Vander Meer of the visiting Cincinnati Reds pitched his second consecutive no-hitter in that game, a feat that has never been duplicated in Major League Baseball. It was also in 1938 that Hilda Chester, one of the earlier sports superfans became a regular attendee when Larry MacPhail brought Ladies Days to Ebbets Field, after the early successes of the Dodgers, the team slid into hard times. The Dodgers won pennants in 1941,1947,1949,1952,1953,1955 and 1956, Ebbets Field also hosted the 1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Ray Caldwell pitching in the first exhibition game at Ebbets Field, April 5, 1913. The dirt walkway visible between the mound and the plate disappeared after the 1910s.
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Charles Ebbets' daughter throws out the first pitch, at an exhibition game on April 5, 1913.
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Ebbets left field corner in 1920 World Series, with temporary bleachers sitting on the "terrace".
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Washington Park (baseball)
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Washington Park was the name given to three major league Baseball parks on two different sites in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, located at Third Street and Fourth Avenue. The first two sites were diagonally opposite each other at that intersection, the third site was the same as the second site. The first Washington Park was bounded by Third and Fifth Streets, the property contained an old building then called the Gowanus House, which stands today, albeit largely reconstructed. Those events inspired the ballparks name, the ballpark was the home of the Brooklyn baseball club during 1883–1891, with a slight interruption by a destructive fire during the 1889 season. The team, then called the Atlantics, had started in a league in 1883, joined the then-major American Association in 1884. Streetcar tracks ran near the ballpark, inspiring the one of the many nicknames that ultimately stuck. In 1891, the split its time between Washington Park and a newer facility called Eastern Park in Brownsville, moving there full-time in 1892. That might have seemed like an idea at the time, but the park was a little too eastern for the fans convenience. The second Washington Park was bounded by First and Third Streets and it was located at 40°40′30″N 73°59′10″W. It consisted of a covered grandstand behind the infield and uncovered stand down the field line. The Brooklyn National Leaguers, by then called the Superbas as well as the Dodgers, moved into this new ballpark in 1898. On April 30,1898, the Dodgers played their first game at new Washington Park and 15,000 fans attended. One of the unusual features of the Park was the aroma from nearby factories and Gowanus Canal. Meanwhile, owner Charlie Ebbets slowly invested in the lots on a larger piece of property in Flatbush. So in 1913, the Dodgers, at that time most often called the Robins for their manager Wilbert Robinson, abandoned Washington Park. The old park took on an appearance, in fact. Part of the center field wall of this final Washington Park still stands on the east side of 3rd Avenue, south of 1st Street. A book by Barnet Schecter that includes and excellent study of the Battle of Long Island, ebbets-Field. com Brooklyn Ballparks page on Washington Park
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Washington Park in the 1880s
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The remaining wall of Washington Park in 2011.
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Eastern Park
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Eastern Park was a baseball park in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in the 1890s. It was bounded by Eastern Parkway to the north, the Long Island Rail Road and Vesta Avenue to the east, Sutter Avenue to the south and it was originally the home of the Brooklyn Wards Wonders of the Players League in 1890. Some sources erroneously say that it is here that the nickname Trolley Dodgers, later shortened to Dodgers, first arose, there were no trolley lines near Eastern Park at the time. Eastern Park was considered difficult to reach, and although the team survived there for seven seasons, the venture there was a failure. When Charlie Ebbets acquired the Dodgers, he moved the back, to the second version of Washington Park. The park also hosted college and amateur football games during its heyday. There was also a track installed, and both bicycling and running races were held from time to time and it was also the home venue of the short-lived Brooklyn Bridegrooms Soccer Team in 1894. This was a spin-off of the Baseball Franchise that took part in an attempt by six baseball franchises to fill their stadiums in the off season by running a soccer league. Brooklyn were top of the league when the season was cancelled. A website with history and diagrams of Eastern Park Football Games at Eastern Park Ebbets-Field. com
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Eastern Park on opening day 1894
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Ridgewood Park (baseball ground)
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Ridgewood Park, also known as Wallaces Ridgewood Park or the Wallace Grounds, and frequently confused with Grauers Ridgewood Park, was a baseball ground located in Ridgewood. Both are shown in Belcher Hydes Map of Newtown in 1915, the baseball field was part of a larger entertainment area bounded Wyckoff Avenue, Covert Street, Halsey Street and Irving Avenue. The baseball field was southwest of the Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch tracks, eldert Street, although depicted on the map as running through the baseball grounds, was not cut through southwest of the railroad tracks and the road remains interrupted there today. Originally the park was located in Queens County, before its incorporation into New York City in 1899 and this facilitated Sunday baseball playing, including the charging of admission, beyond the reach of Sabbath enforcers from the then City of Brooklyn. Grauers Ridgewood Park or Grauers woods was several blocks north and bounded by Myrtle Avenue, Cypress Avenue, Seneca Avenue, although some baseball was played here, this area was more of a picnic park. Most of these parks have been eliminated, owing to the increase in land values and he also notes that This once beautiful park is now cut up with such streets as Centre Street, George Street, Norman Street, Summerfield Street and Willow Street, running through the land. The land that would become Ridgewood Park was purchased by William Wallace in 1884, on April 5,1885 the first game was played between the Brooklyn Atlantics and the Ridgewoods before a reported 3,000 fans. On September 19 of 1917, the grandstand burned precipitating the Bushwicks move to Dexter Park in 1918, Wallace apparently intended to subdivide the land put it up for sale in that year, but ultimately he would rebuild and the property was not sold until 1927. Although it was reduced in size, the park survived and hosted soccer and other sports as Grand Stadium until 1959. Curiously, it appears that Grand Stadium once again played host to the Dodgers as a site in its waning years. The Eagle reported on February 26 of 1947 that Branch Rickey looked refreshed on his arrival at Grand Stadium to watch the 20 who had been tempted and 30 other Dodgers go through their long drill. Although this passing reference does not conclusively establish the connection, it seems that the Dodgers returned briefly to their old stomping grounds some 60 years later
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Ridgewood Park Grandstand, 1922
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This contemporary map clearly distinguishes the “Ridgewood Baseball Grounds”, near the railroad tracks, from “Ridgewood Grove” (Grauer’s Ridgewood Park) between “J. Geo. Grauer Brewery” and “Gerken’s Colosium”.
Ridgewood Park (baseball ground)
Ridgewood Park (baseball ground)
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1955 World Series
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The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn and this Series also marked the end of a long period of invulnerability for the Yankees in World Series. It was the Yankees first loss in a World Series since 1942, while the Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances during that time, they would lose again in 1957,1960,1963, and 1964, for a record of 4–5 in World Series over the next decade. NL Brooklyn Dodgers vs. AL New York Yankees The Yankees took Game 1 behind two homers from Joe Collins and one by rookie Elston Howard in his first World Series at bat. Carl Furillo homered for Brooklyn and Duke Snider hit his first of the Series, Jackie Robinson stole home, but Whitey Ford won with relief help in the ninth from Bob Grim. Tommy Byrne tossed a complete game victory and singled in New Yorks final run during the Yanks big four-run fourth inning, putting New York up 2–0. Johnny Podres went all the way and won with home run help from Roy Campanella, a limping Mickey Mantle hit his only home run of the Series. This was the last World Series game to place in the month of September. Brooklyn evened the Series at 2–2 as Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, sunday, October 2,1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Duke Snider hit two home runs and Sandy Amorós helped the Dodgers beat the Yankees for the third straight day. Dodgers rookie Roger Craig won in his first World Series start, Bob Cerv and Yogi Berra hit Yankee homers off Craig and reliever Clem Labine. Snider became the player from either league with four home runs in two different Series. Whitey Ford held the Dodgers to four hits and a run while striking out eight as the Yankees evened the series at 3–3. New York scored all five runs in the first inning, led by Bill Skowrons three-run blast, the Dodgers scored one run in the fourth and sixth innings on a single and sac fly, both by Gil Hodges. Amorós then threw to Pee Wee Reese and Reese relayed to Gil Hodges and this stymied possibly the Yankees best chance of the day. Elston Howard grounded out to Reese for the out, the two shared the dubious record for playing in the most losing World Series. This would be the time in Jackie Robinsons career when he did not play in his teams World Series game. Don Hoak replaced Robinson in the line-up, and played third base, for the first time in Series history, an MVP was selected—Johnny Podres. He was 2–0, with two games and an ERA of 1.00, Game 7 was a shutout
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1959 World Series
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The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, four games to two. Each of the three played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum drew record crowds, Game 5s attendance of 92,706 continues to be a World Series record to this day. It was the first pennant for the White Sox in 40 years and they would have to wait until their world championship season of 2005 to win another pennant. The Dodgers won their first pennant since moving from Brooklyn in 1958 by defeating the Milwaukee Braves and it was the Dodgers second World Series victory in five years, their first in Los Angeles, and marked the first championship for a West Coast team. It was the first World Series in which no pitcher for either side pitched a complete game, as Vin Scully remarked at the beginning of the official World Series film, What a change of scenery. After finishing seventh in 1958, the Dodgers rebounded in 1959, the National League pennant race was a season-long three-way battle between the Dodgers, the two-time defending N. L. champion Milwaukee Braves and the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers never led by more than two games and never trailed by more than five. On September 20, the Dodgers completed a sweep in San Francisco so that, with five games to play, they had a 1⁄2 game lead on the Braves. But the Dodgers won in Chicago 7–1 and the Braves won at home against the Phillies 5–2, in Game 1 of the best-of-three playoff in Milwaukee, the Dodgers took a 3–2 lead in the top of the sixth inning. Dodger reliever Larry Sherry then retired 12 of the last 13 Braves hitters to secure the win, Games 2 and 3 were scheduled for Los Angeles. In Game 2, the Dodgers trailed 5-2 in the inning, but rallied to tie the game with five singles. In the top of the 11th, the Braves loaded the bases with two out, but Stan Williams got pinch hitter Joe Adcock to ground out to end the threat, in the bottom of the 12th, Gil Hodges drew a walk with two out and nobody on. Joe Pignatano singled Hodges to second, managed by Al Lopez, the White Sox were built on pitching, speed and defense. Nicknamed the Go-go Sox, they were last in the A. L. in home runs but led the league in bases, fielding percentage. They battled the Cleveland Indians for the American League pennant, and after a close race, the Indians could get no closer than 3 1⁄2 games, and when the White Sox beat Cleveland 4–2 on September 22, they clinched the pennant with three games to play. The White Sox were only the team besides the Yankees to win the A. L. pennant between 1949 and 1964 inclusive, the other was the 1954 Indians, also managed by Al Lopez. On the pitching mound, Early Wynn faced Roger Craig, after scoring twice in the first inning, the Sox pounded across seven runs in the third and two more in the fourth, with a pair of titanic home runs by midseason acquisition Ted Kluszewski. Banging the ball all over the park, the Sox routed the Dodgers 11–0 and this would be the last postseason game the White Sox ever won at Comiskey Park, and their last home playoff win until 2005
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1963 World Series
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Starting pitchers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Johnny Podres, and ace reliever Ron Perranoski combined to give up only four runs in four games. The dominance of the Dodgers pitchers was so complete that at no point in any of the four games did the Yankees have the lead and this was the first time that the New York Yankees were swept in a World Series in four games. Of the Los Angeles Dodgers four World Series championships since the opening of Dodger Stadium, also, of the six championships from the Dodgers franchise, it remains the only one won at home. This series was also the first meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a professional sports championship. Seven more such meetings have followed with three times each in the World Series and the NBA Finals, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. Despite injuries that limited Mickey Mantle to just 65 games, the Yankees went 104–57 to win their fourth straight American League pennant—this one by 10 1⁄2 games. Catcher Elston Howard won the MVP Award, while Joe Pepitone, Roger Maris and their pitching was anchored by Whitey Ford and Jim Bouton. The Dodgers road to the World Series was much more challenging, after blowing a four-game lead with seven to play in 1962, the Dodgers again built a lead in 1963. On August 21, the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 2–1 in 16 innings to take a 7 1⁄2 game lead. When they went to St. Louis for a series on September 16, their lead was one game over the Cardinals. Sports fans around the country were saying how the Dodgers were going to blow it again, but the Dodgers swept the three games from the Cardinals to move four games ahead with nine to play, a 4–1 win over the Mets clinched the pennant in the seasons 158th game. NL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. AL New York Yankees Sandy Koufax started it off with a then record fifteen-strikeout performance in Game 1 and it bested fellow Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskines mark in 1953 by one, and would be surpassed by Bob Gibson in 1968. Koufax also tied a World Series record when he fanned the first five Yankee batters he faced in that game, since K is the time-honored scoring symbol for strikeout, some newspapers headlines for the game coverage consisted simply of Koufaxs surname prefixed by fifteen Ks. Clete Boyer was the only Yankee regular not to be struck out against Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Tom Tresh and Tony Kubek were struck out twice each, and Bobby Richardson was struck out three times—his only three-strikeout game in 1448 regular season/World Series games. Koufax also struck out three pinch-hitters, including Harry Bright to end the game, Willie Davis doubled in two runs in the first inning, former Yankee Bill Skowron homered, and Tommy Davis had two triples to lead the Dodger offense. Dodger manager Walt Alston went with #3 starter Johnny Podres over #2 starter Don Drysdale because he was left-handed, Podres delivered a six-hitter through 8 1⁄3 innings, ace reliever Ron Perranoski got the last two outs, and the Dodgers headed home with 2–0 Series lead. Don Drysdale pitched a masterful three-hitter at Dodger Stadium in his complete-game win, manager Walter Alston called Drysdales performance one of the greatest pitched games I ever saw. Jim Bouton, making his first World Series start, dueled Drysdale throughout, the lone Dodger run came in the bottom of the first on a Jim Gilliam walk, a wild pitch and a single by Tommy Davis
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
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1965 World Series
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The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins. It is best remembered for the heroics of Sandy Koufax, who was named the series MVP. Koufax would not pitch in Game 1, as it fell on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, the Twins had won their first pennant since 1933 when the team was known as the Washington Senators. The Dodgers, prevailing in seven games, captured their second title in three years, and their third since moving to Los Angeles in 1958. During the 1965 Season, the Dodgers relied heavily on the arms of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, the Dodgers strong core of pitchers, which also included Claude Osteen and Ron Perranoski, kept them in the pennant race and into the Series. Dodger hitting however remained strictly popgun, especially after Tommy Davis went down in late April for the season with a broken ankle, manager Walter Alston promptly called up 12-year minor league veteran Lou Johnson from Spokane. Johnson led the Dodgers, along with ROY Jim Lefebvre, in runs with just 12. The Twins, managed by Sam Mele, had a balanced attack, equally strong in pitching and hitting. Offensively Mele again had balance with good hitting, power and speed up and down his lineup that included ALs leading hitter Tony Oliva, pitching was spearheaded by 20-game winner Mudcat Grant, Jim Kitty Kaat, and Camilo Pascual. This was only the second World Series where both teams were located west of the Mississippi River, the first occurred in 1944, when the St. Louis Browns faced their Sportsmans Park tenants, the St. Louis Cardinals. It was also the first series in both teams had had losing records the previous year. This has since been repeated two times, both times also involving the Twins—in 1987 and 1991. This World Series was the first in all games were played in cities that did not have National League or American League teams in 1903. Also, it is the earliest World Series whose telecasts are known to survive in their entirety, the Twins won the first two games of the series against Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, but once Claude Osteen shut out the Twins in Game 3, things turned around. Willie Davis of The Dodgers tied a World Series record stealing 3 bases in one Game, game 5, the Dodgers proceeded to win the three middle games at Dodger Stadium and Koufax would pitch two shutouts including a three-hitter with ten strikeouts to clinch. Ron Fairly hit two home runs for the Dodgers, both in losing efforts, NL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. AL Minnesota Twins Game 1 was set to be a pitching duel between Dodgers Don Drysdale and the Twins Mudcat Grant. Drysdale was starting because the game fell on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for people of the Jewish faith, Dodger ace Sandy Koufax, who was Jewish, stated he would not pitch that day. In the Twins third inning any thought of a duel was put to rest
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
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1981 World Series
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This is the last World Series that a team won after losing the first two games on the road. The four survivors would then move on to the two best-of-five League Championship Series, the expanded playoffs led to Game 1 of the World Series being pushed back to October 20, the latest starting date for a Fall Classic up to that time. In the National League, the Dodgers led the National League West prior to the strike, the Houston Astros, however, won the second-half division title. The Dodgers then defeated the Astros, three games to two, in the National League Division Series before beating the Montreal Expos, three games to two, in the National League Championship Series. The Yankees, who led the American League East in the seasons first half, took on the Milwaukee Brewers, winners of the second division title. New York was victorious three games to two, then went on to sweep the Oakland Athletics in the American League Championship Series, the split-season decision was not a popular one, both among teams and their fans. The Dodgers got to the Series with help from Mexican-born rookie phenom Fernando Valenzuela, Valenzuela would pitch eight shutouts in all and win both the National Leagues Rookie of the Year and Cy Young awards. Joining Valenzuela in the rotation were veterans Burt Hooton and Jerry Reuss, budding star, Pedro Guerrero, would move to the outfield becoming a regular starter for the first time in his career, in place of the aging and often injured Reggie Smith. Manager Tommy Lasorda was looking for his first World Series win in his full season with the Dodgers after losing to the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. The Yankees, managed by Bob Lemon, had a losing second-half, ace starter Ron Guidry won eleven games against five losses. Rookie Dave Righetti emerged as an important starter, winning eight games with a 2.05 ERA, Righetti would win the American Leagues Rookie of the Year award after the season. Reliever Goose Gossage recorded twenty saves and an 0.77 ERA, Dave Winfield was signed as a free agent in the off-season, joining Reggie Jackson in the outfield, and would lead the club with 25 doubles and 68 RBIs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. AL New York Yankees †, lou Piniella chased Reuss with an RBI single in the third, and Dodger reliever Bobby Castillo walked four batters in the fourth to give New York a 5–0 lead. Ron Guidry held the Dodgers to four hits and a run through seven innings, Ron Davis gave up two in the eighth, but Goose Gossage closed out the win in the ninth. Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles suffered a fracture of his left thumb when he made a diving stop. The injury caused him to miss Games 3,4, and 5, former teammates Burt Hooton and Tommy John were locked in a scoreless duel until the fifth, when Larry Milbourne doubled in Willie Randolph for the only run John would really need. The Yankees pushed across two more in the eighth off Steve Howe on a RBI single by Bob Watson and a fly by Randolph. John pitched seven innings, and Goose Gossage closed for his second save in two games
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1988 World Series
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The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored As to win the Series in five games. Hershiser was the MVP of the NLCS, starting three games, getting the save for Game 4, and shutting out the Mets in Game 7. In the World Series, he shut out the heavily favored As in Game 2, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West division by seven games over the Cincinnati Reds then upset the New York Mets, four games to three, in the 1988 NLCS. The Oakland Athletics won the American League West division by thirteen games over the Minnesota Twins then swept the Boston Red Sox, four games to none and this was the first World Series to have the series logo on the players uniforms of both teams. The Dodgers team batting did not finish in the top five in any statistical category except batting average. Kirk Gibsons 25 home runs led the team but was good enough for seventh in the National League. Slugger Pedro Guerrero had a year and was traded in July to the Cardinals for pitcher John Tudor. Kirk Gibson was the position player named to the All-Star Game. However, the Dodgers were sixth in the NL in runs scored and backed that up with excellent pitching, the staff was anchored by Cy Young Award-winner Orel Hershiser, who led league in wins, won-loss percentage, complete games, shutouts, and sacrifice hits. Hershiser was backed-up by a pair of Tims, Tim Leary and rookie Tim Belcher, the bullpen was outstanding, headed by Jay Howell, Alejandro Peña, and longtime New York Mets closer Jesse Orosco. The Dodger bullpen led the league in saves with 49, Hershiser would dominate the Mets in the NLCS, while Gibson hobbled through on bad knees and a bruised hamstring but would produce a memorable, if not the greatest, at-bat of the World Series. The powerful Oakland Athletics had all the confidence and swagger of a heavily favored team, the Bash Brothers duo of Mark McGwire and José Canseco were in their early twenties, emerging as young superstars. Canseco became the first player to hit 40 or more runs and steal 40 or more bases in Major League history. Veterans Dave Henderson and longtime Pirate Dave Parker, also contributed with both their bats and their experience, the 1988 World Series marked Don Baylors third consecutive World Series with three separate teams. Besides being a member of the 1988 Athletics, Baylor was also a member of the 1986 Boston Red Sox and 1987 Minnesota Twins, the Oakland pitching staff was quite possibly the best in the American League in 1988. They led in ERA, wins, saves, and were second in strikeouts and second in fewest runs allowed, the ace of the staff was Dave Stewart, an ex-Dodger, who won 20 games for the second straight season. Another ex-Dodger was reliable Bob Welch followed by 16-game winner Storm Davis and he would eventually have a distinguished 24-year career, gaining election into the Hall of Fame in 2004. Another longtime starter, Rick Honeycutt, proved to be a capable set-up man to Eckersley, NL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. AL Oakland Athletics Because of using ace Orel Hershiser in Game 7 of the NLCS, the Dodgers had to open with rookie Tim Belcher in Game 1
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The World Championship Trophy
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1900 Brooklyn Superbas season
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The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas captured their second consecutive National League championship by four and a half games. January 1900, Farmer Steelman was purchased by the Superbas from the Louisville Colonels, march 1900, Kit McKenna, Pat Crisham and Candy LaChance were purchased from the Superbas by the Cleveland Blues. March 10,1900, Bill Keister, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson were purchased from the Superbas by the St. Louis Cardinals, april 1900, Steve Brodie was purchased from the Superbas by the Chicago White Sox. May 15,1900, Lave Cross was purchased by the Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals, Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in, SB = Stolen bases Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, Avg. It pitted the Pirates against the Superbas in a postseason series. The Superbas won the series,3 games to 1
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The 1900 Brooklyn Superbas
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1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season
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The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers, led by manager Leo Durocher, won their first pennant in 21 years, edging the St. Louis Cardinals by 2.5 games. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, this team was referenced as one of The Greatest Teams That Never Was, due to the quality of its starting lineup. Dolph Camilli was the star with 34 home runs and 120 RBI. He was voted the National Leagues Most Valuable Player, pete Reiser, a 22-year-old rookie, led the league in batting average, slugging percentage, and runs scored. Other regulars included Hall of Famers Billy Herman, Joe Medwick, Pee Wee Reese, not surprisingly, the Dodgers scored the most runs of any NL team. The pitching staff featured a pair of 22-game winners, Kirby Higbe and Whitlow Wyatt, november 11,1940, Vito Tamulis, Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kirby Higbe. November 19,1940, Tot Pressnell was purchased from the Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals, december 1940, Boze Berger was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Jack Graham. December 4,1940, Glen Stewart was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants, december 4,1940, Gus Mancuso, minor leaguer John Pintar and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mickey Owen. December 9,1940, Pep Young was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Lew Riggs, january 27,1941, Pep Rambert was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. February 4,1941, Lefty Mills was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns, prior to 1941 season, Wally Westlake was acquired from the Dodgers by the Merced Bears. April 3,1941, Roxie Lawson was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns, april 15,1941, Newt Kimball was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals. April 15,1941, Lefty Mills was returned by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns, april 22,1941, Mace Brown was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. May 6,1941, Lee Grissom was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Vito Tamulis, may 6,1941, Johnny Hudson, Charlie Gilbert and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Herman. August 14,1941, Joe Becker, George Staller, and minor leaguers John S. Bell, august 26,1941, Mace Brown and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Augie Galan. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in, SB = Stolen bases Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, Avg. The name Subway Series arose for a World Series played between two New York City teams, the series was punctuated by the Dodgers Mickey Owens dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball pitched by Hugh Casey to Tommy Henrich in the 9th inning of Game 4. The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from another championship, the Yankees were back after a one-year hiatus, having won thirteen of their last fourteen Series games and twenty-eight of their last thirty-one games in the World Series
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Whit Wyatt had a career season in 1941.
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1959 National League tie-breaker series
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The 1959 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series at the conclusion of Major League Baseballs 1959 regular season to decide the winner of the National League pennant. The games were played on September 28 and 29,1959, the first game was played at Milwaukee County Stadium and the second took place at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The playoff series was necessary after both finished the season with identical win–loss records of 86–68. The Dodgers won a coin flip late in the season gave them home field advantage for the series. Following a rain-delayed start, the Dodgers won Game 1 by a close 3–2 score and this victory advanced the Dodgers to the 1959 World Series, in which they defeated the Chicago White Sox, four games to two. In baseball statistics, the tie-breaker series counted as the 155th and 156th regular-season games for teams, with all events in the series added to regular-season statistics. The Dodgers in the 1958 season posted a 71–83 win-loss record, finished in place in the NL. By contrast the Braves won the NL that year with a 92–62 record, despite their success the Braves made several changes leading into the 1959 season. First, they selected Jim Pisoni in the Rule 5 draft from the Yankees in December 1958, the Braves then traded with the Philadelphia Phillies for Ted Kazanski, Stan Lopata, and Johnny OBrien just prior to the season. Finally, the Braves traded for Mickey Vernon from the Cleveland Indians and selected Bobby Ávila, Ray Boone, the Dodgers traded for Rip Repulski and Wally Moon during the offseason and then acquired Chuck Churn, Solly Drake, and Chuck Essegian during the year. The NL race was tight throughout the 1959 season between the Braves, Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants, neither the Giants nor the Braves ever fell five or more games back of the league leader, and the Dodgers never faced a deficit of six or more. The Dodgers had the best record in games played amongst the three, posting a combined 26–18 record against the two before the tie-breaker. However, the Dodgers spent just 21 days with at least a share of the lead while the Braves, the Giants led the National League by two games on September 17,1959, over the Dodgers and Braves who were tied. However, the Giants were swept by the Dodgers over their three games, including a doubleheader which the Los Angeles Times described as a breeze for Los Angeles. Giants starting pitcher Sam Jones threw a no-hitter on September 26,1959, the Giants had considered pitching Jack Sanford in that game due to Jones recent heavy pitching workload. Because the game was shortened to less than nine innings it is no longer considered an official no-hitter, the rain also forced the second game of the Giants scheduled doubleheader that day to be moved, leaving them with two games to play on the final day of the season. The Giants needed to win games and have the Braves and Dodgers both lose to tie for the lead, but the Giants lost both. Jones no-hitter was the Giants only win for the season after September 17 as the team went 1–7 over that span, the Braves and Dodgers went 6–4 over that period to maintain their tie
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Eddie Mathews scored the first run of the game and later hit his league-leading 46th home run, but his Braves ultimately lost the game and the pennant 6–5 in extra innings.
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1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. October 14,1962, Norm Sherry and Dick Smith was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets, november 26,1962, Stan Williams was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Bill Skowron. November 30,1962, Tim Harkness and Larry Burright were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Bob Miller, january 24,1963, Scott Breeden was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Zimmer. April 1,1963, Duke Snider was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Mets, june 24,1963, Don Zimmer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators. July 20,1963, Ed Roebuck was traded by the Dodgers to the Washington Senators for Marv Breeding, Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
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1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins, october 15,1964, Nick Willhite was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators. October 15,1964, Larry Miller was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick Smith, november 30,1964, Doug Camilli was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators. December 4,1964, Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, the Dodgers completed the deal by sending Dick Nen to the Senators on December 15. The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries, despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base, most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson, his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention. The National League pennant race was a thriller, with 6 teams in contention throughout a summer that saw the Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Reds all take their turns in first place. With these 6 teams tightly bunched heading into September, the Giants went on a 14-game winning streak to take a 4 1/2 game lead with two weeks to play. Then the Dodgers went on a 13-game winning streak, and won 14 of their last 15 games to win the pennant by 2 games over the Giants. The Dodgers were led by shortstop Maury Wills with 94 stolen bases, Sandy Koufax, may 11,1965, Nick Willhite was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators. December 15,1965, Dick Tracewski was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Phil Regan, Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, the Dodgers drafted 30 players this year in the June draft and an additional 2 in the August Legion draft. The first player the Dodgers ever drafted was a shortstop from Bakersfield High School named John Wyatt
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
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1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in four games in the World Series. Sandy Koufax became the first pitcher to win three Cy Young Awards in a career, the defending world champion Dodgers relied upon the same model that brought them the championship in 1965, great pitching, tight defense, and speed. However, ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale held out all of spring training in a celebrated contract dispute. The hold out did not seem to affect Koufax, who went 27–9 with a 1.73 E. R. A, however, Drysdale had a sub par season going 13–16 with a 3.42 E. R. A. Finally, reliever Phil Regan had a year, going 14–1 with 21 saves. The National League race was basically a 4 team affair between the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, and Phillies, with all but the Phillies taking their turn in 1st place during the summer, the Dodgers vaulted to the top with an 8-game win streak in mid-September. However, the pennant was still not decided going into the day of the season. If that happened, the Giants would have trailed the Dodgers by 1/2 game, the Giants defeated the Pirates in extra innings, and the Dodgers lost the first game of the double header, blowing a lead in the 8th inning. However, while the Giants were waiting at the Pittsburgh airport, while they were waiting, a reporter asked Giants pitcher Ron Herbel you guys dont know where youre going yet, do you. Herbel replied we know where were going, no way superman loses the second game. April 26,1966, signed Jim Gilliam out of retirement, may 10,1966, Johnny Podres was acquired from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers. May 27,1966, Howie Reed was traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Dick Egan, the Angels completed the deal by sending John Butler to the Dodgers on December 7. May 28,1966, Wes Covington was signed as an agent by the Dodgers. July 5,1966, Signed 1B Dick Stuart as a free agent, september 10,1966, Thad Tillotson and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Dick Schofield. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. Attendance,55,941 October 6,1966, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, attendance,55,947 October 8,1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance,54,445 October 9,1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, the Dodgers drafted 67 players in the June draft and 9 in the January draft. The top draft pick was pitcher Lawrence Hutton from Greenfield High School in Greenfield and he played in the Dodgers farm system through 1971 and finished with a 22–28 record and 4.33 ERA in 117 games, never advancing past AA
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
38.
1988 National League Championship Series
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The 1988 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League East champion New York Mets. The Dodgers won the Series four games to three, en route to defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games in the 1988 World Series, the Mets were heavy favorites when the series began in Los Angeles on October 4. They had beaten the Dodgers ten of eleven times in the regular season, the Dodgers had won their fourth NL West title of the 1980s, posting a 94–67 record during the 1988 regular season and beating out the Cincinnati Reds by seven games. The Mets cruised to the best record in the National League in 1988, with a 100–60 record, the NLCS itself was a see-saw affair, with the two teams splitting the first two games at Dodger Stadium. The Series then shifted to Shea Stadium in New York for Games 3,4, and 5, Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson hit home runs in both games, including the game-winning dinger in the twelfth inning of Game 4. Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser was named the NLCS MVP and he made four outstanding appearances in the Series, garnering the save in Game 4 and hurling a complete game shutout against the Mets in Game 7. Los Angeles won the series, 4–3, a pitchers duel was expected, and neither pitcher disappointed. The Dodgers pushed across a run on a two-out RBI single from Mike Marshall in the first inning. The Dodgers were held hitless until the inning, where they scored their second run off Gooden on an RBI single from Alfredo Griffin. With Hershiser rolling, it appeared the Dodgers would knock off the Mets, but in the ninth, Mets rookie Gregg Jefferies led off with a single. He advanced to second on an out, and the Mets broke through against Hershiser when Darryl Strawberry lined a double into the gap in right-center field to score Jefferies. Hershiser was then lifted in favor of ace closer Jay Howell, Kevin McReynolds drew a walk, and following a Howard Johnson strikeout, Gary Carter hit a two-strike pitch in front of a diving John Shelby. Strawberry scored as the ball bounced in front of Shelby, shelbys throw to the plate was a little off target, and McReynolds scored the winning run by bowling over catcher Mike Scioscia as the ball sailed past him. The Dodgers went down in order in the last of the ninth, and the Mets came away with a comeback win to draw first blood in the series. Wednesday, October 5,1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California David Cone, the article appeared in the paper the morning of Game 2, and the Dodgers were not pleased upon reading it. They took out their anger on the field that night—against Cone, Mike Marshall drove in a first inning run for the second night in a row. But in the second, the Dodgers exploded for four runs to take a 5–0 lead. Mickey Hatcher struck the key blow with a two-run double, although the Mets would draw within three runs on a fourth inning two-run home run from Keith Hernandez, they could not overcome the Dodgers pitching
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1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season
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The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the American Association championship by two games over the St. Louis Browns. December 23,1888, Al Mays and Dave Orr were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Columbus Solons, prior to 1889 season, Paul Radford was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cleveland Spiders. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in, SB = Stolen bases Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, R = runs, H = Hits, the Giants won the series,6 games to 3. This series would be the first meeting between two historic rivals. Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Retrosheet
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The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
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1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season had Tommy Lasorda replace longtime manager Walter Alston as Manager of the team. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, december 20,1976, Ted Sizemore was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Oates and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quincy Hill to the Dodgers on January 4,1977, January 11,1977, Bill Buckner, Iván DeJesús and Jeff Albert were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Monday and Mike Garman. February 7,1977, Rick Auerbach was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Hank Webb, september 2,1977, John Hale was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Toronto Blue Jays. September 2,1977, Henry Cruz was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox, september 8,1977, Kevin Pasley was sold by the Dodgers to the Seattle Mariners. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. Of those, eight players would play in the Major Leagues. The first round pick in the June draft was pitcher Bob Welch from Eastern Michigan University. In 17 years with the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics he started 462 games with a 211–146 record and he became a two time All-Star, a two time World Series Champion and won the 1990 American League Cy Young Award. The draft also included Mickey Hatcher, who hit, baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
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Walter Alston's number 24 was
retired by the
Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977.
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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 1978 season ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second straight National League pennant and losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series again. Dodger coach Jim Gilliam died at the end of the season, november 23,1977, Dennis Lewallyn was purchased from the Dodgers by the Minnesota Twins. January 31,1978, Elías Sosa was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, may 17,1978, Glenn Burke was traded by the Dodgers to the Oakland Athletics for Billy North. May 20,1978, Mike Garman was traded by the Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Landreth, July 1,1978, The Dodgers traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Joe Ferguson and cash. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Rafael Landestoy to the Astros on July 7, Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Steve Garvey Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. October 4, Veterans Stadium October 5, Veterans Stadium October 6, Dodger Stadium October 7, of those, seven players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers did not have a first round pick this year in the June draft as their pick was given to the Pittsburgh Pirates as compensation for their signing of Free Agent pitcher Terry Forster. In the second round, they selected SS Clay Smith from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Smith played in the Dodgers farm system through 1981, hitting.271 in 277 games in the rookie leagues and class-A before he was released. This draft netted the Dodgers two key players for their teams of the 1980s. They drafted Mike Marshall in the 6th round and Steve Sax in the 9th, Marshall would hit 148 homers in 11 seasons and made the All-Star team in 1984 while playing both the outfield and first base. Sax played 14 seasons and hit.281 with 444 steals, the Dodgers starting second baseman for most of the 1980s, he was the 1982 NL Rookie of the Year and a five time All-Star. Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
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Jim Gilliam's number 19 was
retired by the
Los Angeles Dodgers in 1978.
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1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Kirk Gibson carried the Dodger offense, winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Orel Hershiser dominated on the mound, throwing a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings on his way to winning the Cy Young Award and they started the off-season by allowing poor performers such as Glenn Hoffman, Ken Landreaux and Phil Garner explore the free agent market. In an attempt to boost the offense for the upcoming season, the biggest move of the off-season was still to come. On January 29,1988, the Dodgers signed free agent slugger Kirk Gibson from the Detroit Tigers. Gibson, who was a 9 year veteran at the time of the signing, was known for his power at the plate and speed on the basepaths, to help solidify their roster the Dodgers went on to sign 21-year veteran pitcher Don Sutton and 20-year veteran catcher Rick Dempsey. Dempsey, known for his personality, joined Gibson as the veteran clubhouse leaders. It was Gibson, however, who would make the biggest impact, a frustrated Gibson yelled, Why the do we take batting practice if we arent getting anything out of it. -Preparing for his first spring training game as a Dodger, Gibson began his pregame warm-ups in the outfield, taking off his hat to wipe sweat from his head, Gibson noticed people laughing. He soon realized that someone had greased the inside of his cap with eyeblack and he immediately took off for the visitors clubhouse, warning manager Tommy Lasorda on the way, Tommy, you find out did this, because Im going to tear his head off. Lasorda tried to smooth things over, and culprit Jesse Orosco eventually tried to apologize, Orel Hershiser tried this with Gibson, and Gibson responded by shoving Hershiser with his forearm and telling him sternly, I dont play Flinch. All of the above instances served notice that Gibson came to the Dodgers to win, key player from the 1987 team were also brought back. June 6,1988, Raúl Mondesí was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers. June 27,1988, Mario Soto was signed as an agent by the Dodgers. August 10,1988, Don Sutton was released by the Dodgers, August 16,1988, Acquired John Tudor from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pedro Guerrero August 30,1988, Shawn Hillegas was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Ricky Horton. October 3,1988, Acquired Jim Neidlinger from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Krueger The Dodgers started the 1988 season at home against the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers opening day pitcher was Valenzuela. The opening day lineup featured Sax, Griffin, Gibson, Marshall, Shelby, Davis, Scioscia, the first pitch of the season, to Sax by Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky, was hit into the Left Field seats at Dodger Stadium. However, Valenzuela would then give up the lead and the Dodgers would eventually lose the game 5-1, the team would go on to win their next five games and finish April with a 13-7 record which included a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. Hershiser finished the month of April with a 5-0 record, the Dodgers went 14-13 during the month of May
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Hershiser
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2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 2004 season brought change to the Dodgers as the sale of the franchise to developer Frank McCourt was finalized during spring training. McCourt promptly dismissed General Manager Dan Evans and hired Paul DePodesta to take over the team and that led to a flurry of trade activity as the new group attempted to rebuild the Dodgers in their image. Despite it all, the Dodgers managed to finish the season in first place in the Western Division of the National League, however they lost the NL Division Series 3-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis ended up winning the series 3-1, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri Busch Stadium, St. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball and they gained an extra first round pick and a supplemental first round pick as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Paul Quantrill. Elbert became a pitcher for the Dodgers, but numerous injuries kept him from reaching his potential. Orenduff never reached the Majors, pitching in 131 minor league games through 2011, deWitt hit.257 in 426 games in the Majors, primarily as a utility player. 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page
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Scott Elbert
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2009 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The Dodgers reached the National League Championship Series for the second straight season only to once more fall short in five games against the Philadelphia Phillies. 2009 saw the Dodgers open their brand new spring training facility and this also marked the Dodgers debut as a member of the Cactus League. On April 13, Opening Day at Dodger Stadium, Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle with a single in the first inning, a home run in the third, a double in the fourth. He was the first Dodger to hit for the cycle since Wes Parker in 1970, Hudson became the first Dodger to hit for the cycle at Dodger Stadium, and did it in front of a record crowd of 57,099. On May 7, MLB announced a 50-game suspension for Manny Ramirez as a result of his testing positive for a substance under the collective bargaining agreement. On May 25, in a game at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies, on June 1, in a loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers had five wild pitches, three by Cory Wade in the seventh inning and two by Brent Leach in the eighth. This set a record for most wild pitches in a game in Los Angeles Dodgers history. On June 5 and 6, Andre Ethier provided a walk-off game-winning hit on day to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies. On June 20, Jeff Weaver started for the Dodgers against the Los Angeles Angels, the opposing starter was his younger brother Jered Weaver. This was the first pitching matchup between brothers since 2002 when Andy and Alan Benes matched up and only the 15th such game since 1967, the Dodgers won 6–4, with Jeff getting the win and Jered taking the loss. On July 10, Manny Ramirez hit a homer in the top of the sixth against the Milwaukee Brewers. This home run tied Mickey Mantle for 15th place on the home run list with 536 career home runs. He hit his 537th on July 20 against the Cincinnati Reds to pass Mantle, on July 22, Manny Ramirez hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. This was his 21st career grand slam and first career pinch hit homer, the home run came on Manny Ramirez Bobblehead night at the Stadium. The Dodgers did not lose three games in a row until a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on July 28 and they were the last team in the 2009 season to lose three games in a row. This was the deepest into the season a Major League Baseball team had gone without losing three straight since the 2001 Seattle Mariners, who lost their third straight on September 22. Loretta had pitched an inning of relief in 2001 for the Milwaukee Brewers, on August 4, the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 17–4 at Dodger Stadium. The 17 runs scored was the highest run total by the Dodgers in a game since they also scored 17 on May 25,1979 against the Cincinnati Reds
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View from Right Field, Camelback Ranch, Glendale, Az.
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Aaron Miller
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2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the Dodgers 124th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 56th season in Los Angeles. The Dodgers dealt with a series of injuries to key players during the first half of the season and on June 21 were 31-42,9 1/2 games back in last place in the NL West, on September 19, they clinched the Western Division title. This was the earliest the Dodgers had ever clinched a title and they opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series and advanced to the NL Championship Series. In the NLCS, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in six games, the Dodgers fired hitting coach Dave Hansen after the 2012 season but retained the rest of their coaching staff for 2013. On November 7, the Dodgers hired Mark McGwire to be the new hitting coach, on November 13, the Dodgers promoted bullpen coach Ken Howell to assistant pitching coach and named Chuck Crim as the new bullpen coach. They also named John Valentin as assistant hitting coach, the Dodgers also declined the 2013 contract options for pitcher Todd Coffey, backup catcher Matt Treanor and outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera, making them free agents. The Dodgers began their offseason by re-signing closer Brandon League to a three-year, on December 9, the Dodgers signed pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu to a six-year, $36 million contract after winning his rights from the Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization. The Dodgers, on December 10, signed the top free agent pitcher, Zack Greinke, to a six-year, $147 million contract and they signed left-handed relief pitcher J. P. Howell to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on January 8. On December 12, the Dodgers acquired utility player Skip Schumaker from the St. Louis Cardinals for minor league shortstop Jake Lemmerman, on December 19, they traded RHP John Ely to the Houston Astros in exchange for minor league LHP Rob Rasmussen. Spring training began for the Dodgers on February 12, when pitchers and catchers reported to the spring training facility at Camelback Ranch in Glendale. The Dodgers went into spring training with the lineup fairly set, the Dodgers had eight pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Zach Greinke, Josh Beckett, Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang, Ted Lilly and Hyun-jin Ryu vying for five spots in the starting rotation. Several Dodgers players participated in the 2013 World Baseball Classic held during spring training, in the WBC Championship game, Ramirez injured his hand while diving for a ball. An MRI the next day revealed a torn thumb ligament which would require surgery, the Dodgers announced that he would miss the first two months of the season while recovering. One of the big stories of spring training was the play of Cuban defector Yasiel Puig. He hit.526 in Cactus League games and there was talk that he might be able to make the opening day roster, however, the club sent him to AA Chattanooga to start the season. The Dodgers began the season at home on April 1 against the San Francisco Giants. Clayton Kershaw made the day start for the third straight season. Kershaw also hit his first career run in the game
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2013 Los Angeles Dodgers
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Korean pitcher
Hyun-jin Ryu was signed by the Dodgers to a 6-year $36 million contract
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The Dodgers signed
Zack Greinke to a 6-year $147 million contract, the richest ever for a right-handed starter to that point
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game shutout on
Opening Day against the Giants
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2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 125th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 57th season in Los Angeles. On April 30, the Dodgers picked up their 10, 000th win since joining the National League in 1890 and they proceeded to win their second straight NL West championship but lost in four games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Division Series. In addition, both Kershaw and Josh Beckett pitched no-hitters during the season, Kershaw won the NL Cy Young Award and the NL MVP Award, making him the first National League player to win both awards in the same season since Bob Gibson in 1968. After the 2013 season, the Dodgers ended their broadcast agreements with Prime Ticket and they entered into an agreement with Time Warner Cable to start their own regional sports network, to be called SportsNet LA, to begin with the 2014 season. This marked the end of broadcasts of Dodger games, which had begun in 1949. On October 12,2013, they announced that they would not be retaining the team of Steve Lyons. On December 2,2013, the announced that former Dodger Nomar Garciaparra would be part of the new broadcast team. On December 11, Jerry Hairston, Jr. announced that he was retiring from baseball to join the Dodgers pre, vin Scully, in his 65th year with the Dodgers, would continue to call all home telecasts as well as road games from Arizona and San Francisco. The new network launched on February 25,2014. The ratings for Dodger games were second lowest in the Majors, ahead of only the Houston Astros, who had similar issues with their cable provider, CSN Houston. On October 21,2013, the announced that Head Athletic Trainer Sue Falsone. The following day, the team fired bench coach Trey Hillman, the team also announced that they had chosen to pick up the options on pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, and base coaches Davey Lopes and Tim Wallach, bringing them back for 2014. On November 11, the announced that Wallach would be promoted to the vacant bench coach position. They also confirmed that manager Don Mattingly and the rest of the staff would be retained for 2014. Mattingly agreed to an extension on January 7. On October 31,2013, several Dodgers automatically became free agents the morning after the 2013 World Series ended. They included pitchers J. P. Howell, Carlos Mármol, Ricky Nolasco, Edinson Vólquez, Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker, and Michael Young. The same day, the Dodgers declined their 2014 options on second baseman Mark Ellis and pitcher Chris Capuano, utility player Elián Herrera was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers on November 5
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Former Dodger
Orel Hershiser joined the team's broadcast crew for 2014.
2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Don Mattingly signed a three-year contract extension with the Dodgers
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Cuban infielder
Alexander Guerrero was signed to a free agent contract in the off-season.
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Erisbel Arruebarrena signed as a free agent with the Dodgers during spring training.
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2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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The 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 126th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 58th season in Los Angeles. The team underwent a change of direction this season as general manager Ned Colletti was fired and replaced by Farhan Zaidi, the Dodgers won their third straight NL West Championship in 2015, marking the first time in franchise history they had made the playoffs three years in a row. The season ended when they lost to the New York Mets in the Division Series, the Dodgers set a major league record this season when they became the first team in history to have a payroll in excess of $300 million. Yasiel Puig and Drew Butera participated in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series during November 2014, on October 14,2014, the Dodgers announced that Andrew Friedman would be joining the organization as President of Baseball Operations. Ned Colletti would also be stepping down as General Manager, on November 6, they hired Farhan Zaidi as the new General Manager and Josh Byrnes as Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations. The following day, they announced the hiring of former outfielder Gabe Kapler as Director of Player Development, on September 30,2014, the Dodgers announced that they had reached a multi-year agreement with radio broadcaster KLAC for the rights to the Dodgers broadcasts. The deal also included an ownership stake for the Dodgers in the radio station, the Dodgers made a change to their Spanish-language broadcasting team for the 2015 season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín, entering his 57th season calling Dodgers games would be teamed with his son Jorge Jarrín on radio broadcasts on KTNQ and it was later announced that former General Manager Ned Colletti would be joining the broadcast team as an occasional analyst. Charter Communications became the first additional cable outlet to carry the channel on June 9, on October 7,2014, starting pitcher Josh Beckett announced that he would be retiring from baseball. The Dodgers outrighted outfielder Roger Bernadina to the minors and he elected to become an agent on October 14. On October 30,2014, the day after the 2014 World Series ended and they were shortstop Hanley Ramírez and pitchers Kevin Correia, Roberto Hernández, Paul Maholm, Chris Perez and Jamey Wright. The following day, they declined the 2015 option on starting pitcher Chad Billingsley, another former first round pick left the organization on November 3, when left-handed pitcher Scott Elbert elected to become a free agent after the Dodgers outrighted him to the minors. The Chicago White Sox claimed relief pitcher Onelki García off waivers from the Dodgers on November 20, the Dodgers designated several players for assignment during the off-season including backup catcher Drew Butera and relief pitcher Jarret Martin. Long and Martin were then traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league catcher Shawn Zarraga, the Dodgers made the unusual move of designating relief pitcher Brian Wilson for assignment on December 16, despite owing him $10 million for the 2015 season. The Dodgers on November 17, acquired minor league outfielder Kyle Jensen from the Miami Marlins for a player to be named later or cash considerations. On November 20, they acquired relief pitchers Joel Peralta and Adam Liberatore from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Jose Dominguez, on November 22, the Dodgers acquired right handed pitcher Mike Bolsinger from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash consideration. A couple of later, on November 24, they acquired right-handed pitcher Juan Nicasio from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. On December 2, they added to the depth by acquiring Chris Heisey from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Matt Magill
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Andrew Friedman joined the team as President of Baseball Operations.
2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Longtime Dodger starter
Chad Billingsley left the team via free agency.
2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Yasmani Grandal was acquired via trade from the
San Diego Padres in the offseason
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Matt Kemp 's long tenure with the team ended when he was traded during the off-season
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2006 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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In 2006, the Los Angeles Dodgers looked to improve their record from 2005. The team switched General Managers from Paul DePodesta to Ned Colletti, the Dodgers were able to win 88 games. In the National League Western Division, the Dodgers won the wild card and this is also their first season to be broadcast on KCAL-TV. Key reliever Yhency Brazobán was sidelined with Tommy John surgery, however, rookie pitcher Takashi Saito took over the closing role and instantly became one of the games best closers, ending the season with 24 saves in just half of the season. Los Angeles had a very streaky season in 2006, after they started just 12–17, the Dodgers went on to win 15 of their next 18 games to improve to 27-20. They were 46-42 at the break, two games back of the San Diego Padres in a tough division. Two Dodger players, Nomar Garciaparra, and Brad Penny, were selected to play in the All-Star Game, after the all-star break, the Dodgers lost 13 of their first 14 games. As a result, their record dropped to 47–55, and they were in last place in the N. L. West, 7½ games out of first place. Los Angeles would bounce back from this losing streak to win 17 out of their next 18 games, at the end of this winning stretch, Los Angeles was in first place with a record of 64–56. During this stretch, the Dodgers acquired Wilson Betemit from the Atlanta Braves, Julio Lugo from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Maddux proved to be the biggest transition for the Dodgers, as he provided the Dodgers starting rotation with a veteran arm and pitching depth. The highlight of the 2006 season for Los Angeles was on September 18, coming into the four-game series, Los Angeles held a half game lead in the N. L. West over San Diego with two and a half left in the season. Los Angeles won the first game of the series 3–1 after a strong pitching performance by Maddux, the second game of the series was an 11–2 rout in favor of San Diego, trimming the Dodgers lead back to a half game. The third game of the series was a duel between San Diegos Chris Young and the Dodgers Derek Lowe. San Diego scored first after Russell Branyan hit a home run to make it 1-0. Russell Martin tied the game at 1-1 with a home run of his own in the 7th. But San Diego won the game 2-1 when Khalil Greene scored on Terrmel Sledges single, San Diegos victory gave them a half game lead over the Dodgers in the N. L. West. The last game of the series on September 18 was a start for the Dodgers
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Clayton Kershaw
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Dave Roberts (outfielder)
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David Ray Roberts is a Japanese-American former Major League Baseball outfielder and current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played for five Major League teams over a ten-year career, Roberts was born in Naha, Okinawa to Eiko and Waymon Roberts, a United States Marine stationed in Japan. He also has a sister named Melissa. His childhood was spent moving from one base to another before settling in San Diego. Roberts attended Vista High School as a freshman and was the MVP of the varsity baseball team. He transferred to Rancho Buena Vista High School when it opened the year, where he was a standout in football, basketball. In football, he was a starter at quarterback, as a senior. Roberts was recruited to play football for the Air Force Academy as an option quarterback, Roberts decided to attend UCLA and joined the Bruins baseball team as a walk-on outfielder after impressing coaches with his speed and enthusiasm. He hit.331 as a sophomore with 36 stolen bases, the Cleveland Indians drafted him in the 47th round of the 1993 MLB draft. He improved by getting to the quicker and was able to lead the Bruins in outfield assists as a senior. He left UCLA as the schools all-time stolen-base leader and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1995, Roberts was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1994 MLB Draft and signed with them on June 9,1994. He began his career with the Jamestown Jammers, the Tigers short-season class A team in the New York–Pennsylvania League, Roberts hit.292 with 12 steals for the Jammers, who won the division title with a 42–32 record. For the 1995 season, he was promoted to play for the Lakeland Tigers in the Florida State League, in 1996, Roberts was assigned to the Visalia Oaks of the California League. The Oaks were a team made up of players from several organizations. He was frustrated with the assignment and thought about quitting baseball, in 126 games, he hit.272 with 65 stolen bases, which led all of minor league baseball and he scored 112 runs, tops in the Cal League. He appeared in three games for the AA Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League at the end of the season and had two hits in nine at-bats and he also hit a three-run home run in the 15th inning to help the Suns win game 1 of their playoff series. The following season, he remained at Jacksonville and played in 105 games for them, in 1998, Roberts once again began the season with the Suns. He played in 69 games and hit.326 with 21 stolen bases and was named to the Southern League mid-season all-star team, in June 1998, Roberts and Tim Worrell were traded to the Cleveland Indians for Gerónimo Berroa
Dave Roberts (outfielder)
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Roberts as a first base coach for the
San Diego Padres in 2013
Dave Roberts (outfielder)
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Roberts playing for the San Francisco Giants
Dave Roberts (outfielder)
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Dave Roberts, observes flight operations from the Primary Flight Control tower onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in December 2010
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Andrew Friedman
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Andrew Friedman is the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the manager for the Tampa Bay Rays. That year, for the first time in history, the Rays both qualified for the playoffs and played in the World Series. Friedman, who is Jewish, was born in Houston, Texas, like his father Kenneth, Andrew Friedman played baseball for Tulane. Friedman was then an analyst with Bear Stearns from 1999–2002, and then was an associate at MidMark Capital, in 2003, Friedman met Stuart Sternberg, the new owner of the Tampa Bay Rays. They realized they had similar ideas about the game and wanted to work together, from 2004 to 2005, Friedman served as the Director of Baseball Development for the Rays. Friedman gradually rebuilt the team, and it paid off in 2008 when the Rays made the postseason for the first time in franchise history, for his efforts, he was named as Baseball Executive of the Year by Sporting News. They also made the playoffs in 2010,2011 and 2013 under his tenure, on October 14,2014, it was announced that Friedman had left the Rays to become the President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His contract with the Dodgers was reported at $35 million for five years, Friedman hired former Oakland Athletics executive Farhan Zaidi as the Dodgers new general manager and brought in former Padres general manager Josh Byrnes as Vice President of Baseball Operations. All former GMs, Friedman, Zaidi, and Byrnes augmented an already highly accomplished front office consisting of Stan Kasten, in his first offseason with the Dodgers, Friedman and the new front office made a huge splash. Through free agency or trades, the Dodgers parted ways with shortstop Hanley Ramírez, outfielder Matt Kemp, second baseman Dee Gordon, and pitchers Brian Wilson and Dan Haren. However, they bolstered their farm system and added key players such as catcher Yasmani Grandal, infielders Howie Kendrick and Jimmy Rollins, and pitchers Brett Anderson & Mike Bolsinger. After the 2015 season, MLB penalized the Dodgers with a record $43 million luxury tax after determining their payroll was nearly $300 million, also an all-time record. The Dodgers mutually parted ways with manager Don Mattingly following the 2015 season, starting pitcher Zack Greinke left the Dodgers for the Arizona Diamondbacks in free agency, and Friedman responded by signing pitchers Scott Kazmir and Kenta Maeda. The Dodgers, Reds, and White Sox completed a three-team trade, Friedman hired former MLB players Raúl Ibañez and Greg Maddux to be special assistants on February 2,2016. For the first time since 2014, Friedman returned to Tropicana Field on May 3,2016, when the Dodgers played the Rays
Andrew Friedman
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Friedman in 2011.
2017 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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