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December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon and Phil Paine. [2] December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder. [3]
This was the fourth regular season tie-breaker. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 56th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 6 on October 8. The Dodgers defeated the White Sox, four games to two, capturing their second championship in franchise history, their first since in 1955, and first in Los Angeles.
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]
The Yankees lead the American League Championship Series 2-1 going into Friday night's Game 4. What channel are the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets on today?
Games 2 and 3 (if necessary) were scheduled for Los Angeles. In Game 2, the Dodgers trailed 5–2 in the ninth inning, but rallied to tie the game with five singles and a sacrifice fly. 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.
Wills, 26, had been acquired "conditionally" in October 1958. Assigned to Triple-A Spokane to begin 1959, Wills will become a switch-hitter, hit.313 in 48 games, then be promoted to the Dodgers and make his debut on June 6, 1959; by 1962 he will set a new MLB season record for stolen bases and win the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
That was followed by Dodgers wins in Game 2 (13.8 million viewers, the most-watched Game 2 since 2018 and up 65% from 2023) and Game 3 (13.6 million viewers, the most-watched Game 3 since 2018 and ...
The tightest races to watch in the final weeks include the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees battling for first place in the American League East and the National League wild-card, which ...