Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
LAD single season home run leaders
A few weeks ago I displayed the table showing every single LAD team home run leader from 1958 to 2017. This table is a little different. It is going to show you the history of the most home runs hit in a season since 1958. Charlie Neal and Gil Hodges held the record for only …
Saving Weecha
One of the first books that I read as a child that left an impression with me was the book Weecha about a raccoon that is chased by hunters and their dogs. Memories being what they are, I was off a bit. The book is about Weecha the Raccoon but the main story was the friendship …
Bill Singer stands tall in NY
Bill Singer has the best game score in LAD history against the New York Mets while pitching in New York. You have to give Singer extra credit for this game score. He did it against the 1969 World Champion New York Mets. I say that because six of the top eleven game scores came against …
Cody Thomas and Carlos Rincon make history
I don’t normally do individual minor league games unless they warrant special attention but the Loons had a quite a historical game last night. The Loons hit seven home runs last night but the more interesting part was that it was done by only three hitters. Yeah, that is kind of cool but not as …
Alex Wood about to pounce on the Vulture
In 1966 Phil Regan won fourteen games as a relief pitcher for the NL Champion Dodgers and earned the nickname “The Vulture” for pilfering wins from the starting pitchers. He also only lost one game and has the greatest winning percentage of any Los Angeles Dodger with at least twelve wins. Eric Stephen explains how …
Cody Bellinger catches a Trout and a Nomar
With his 30th home run last night, Cody Bellinger has now joined a select list of rookies who have hit at least 30 home runs. Cody caught future HOF Mike Trout, Boston great Nomar Garciaparra, Twin great Bobby Allison, and Pete Incaviglia. He also caught Willie Montanez and with one more home run will have the …
Chasing Piazza / Robinson / Green / McGwire with number 30 and catching Montanez
Leave it to Joe Davis and the Dodger research group to throw a wrinkle at me. Here I was focusing on the all time LAD Rookie home run record of 35 by Piazza, the NL Rookie Record of 38 by Frank Robinson, the major league Rookie record of 49 by Mark McGwire, and the all …
King of the Hill once again
Rich Hill won the July NL Pitcher of the Month. He had won the AL award in 2016 in May. Seems like a long time ago that Rich Hill couldn’t pitch and the Dodgers were laboring in late April. Does it seem like the Dodgers are owning the Pitcher of the Month? Would you believe …
Is this the last of Brock?
Brock Stewart will take the mound against the Braves tonight but it might be the last time we see him until September. With the acquisitions of Yu Darvish, Tony Watson, and Tony Cingrani his hold on a spot on the Dodger pitching staff might be in jeopardy. Starting Rotation after this start: Wood, Darvish, Hill, …
Great Lake Loons July Stats Snapshot & Overview
Hitters: Top prospects coming and going. Keibert Ruiz is now in Rancho but Jeren Kendall the 2017 number one pick is playing for the Loons Keibert Ruiz and Cristian Santana would appear to be the only two hitters who have overcome the pitching league and park. I feel what Ruiz did at this level is much more …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 