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In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
Here's a chronological list of some of the greatest moments in Dodger Stadium's 60-year history ahead of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game on July 19.
The most decorated infield in Dodgers history started, of all things, with one small, harmless lie. On June 23, 1973, the Dodgers were stifled in the first game of a doubleheader by the Cincinnati ...
Eric Karros, left, with Steve Sax throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the 2022 NLDS at Dodger Stadium, considers Mark Langill "the caretaker of Dodger history." (Robert ...
The Dodgers' home uniform, which has remained relatively unchanged for 80 years, despite moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the second most successful franchise in the National League, the third-most successful, and the second-most wealthy in Major League Baseball after the New York Yankees. [1]
The Dodgers were the first Major League Baseball team to ever play in Los Angeles. On April 18, 1958, the Dodgers played their first LA game, defeating the former New York and now new San Francisco Giants, 6–5, before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Welcome to the Dodgers' golden era, with the franchise's big spending paying off in its greatest World Series championship run, Bill Plaschke writes.
A year earlier in 1958, their first in Los Angeles, the Dodgers posted a 71–83 (.461) win–loss record for seventh place in the eight-team NL, and never held a lead. [6] [7] By contrast, the Braves repeated as NL champions that year with a 92–62 (.597) record and returned to the World Series, where the New York Yankees turned the tables and defeated them in seven games. [8]