Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Best K games against Cardinals at Dodger Stadium – The Lefties own it
This isn’t a surprise, to be honest I expect Kershaw and Koufax to be at the top of this list every time. Which is why it was refreshing to see Nomo and Fernando hit the top now and then to change things up. This list really is a who’s who of LAD pitching mountaintop. Good …
Best game scores against Cardinals at Dodger Stadium
Top games scores by LAD pitchers against the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium. Wow, this seems like a lot. My cutoff point was 80, and a plethora of Dodger pitchers made the cut. Over 30 of them. Fernando leads the way with his “throw your sombrero to the sky” no hitter. Some notes on the names; …
Garvey has most TB against Cardinals at DS
Taking a look at the most total bases in one game against the Cardinals at home we find Steve Garvey at the top of the list. Quite a game by Garvey with three doubles and two home runs. Garvey’s game really stands out, that is a lot of total bases for one game. Reggie Smith …
Thar might be gold in that Taylor
The team with the largest payroll in the history of baseball shouldn’t be allowed to uncover massive gold nuggets while panning in the rivers of utility players, but they keep doing it. The story of Justin Turner is already will documented, and now the question is, have they done it again? Chris Taylor was a …
Alex Wood closing in on most LAD wins in May
With four wins in May, Alex Wood has a decent shot at matching the most wins in May for an LAD. Fifteen times a player has won five games in May. According to the schedule, Wood has only one more start scheduled for May. If he was to win his fifth game in five starts …
Updated May Pitching Stats – May 22nd
Dodger record in May 12 wins 7 losses Dodger overall record, 24 wins 18 loses, tied for 2nd place, two games behind Rockies Alex Wood owns the month of May so far. You can see why Julio Urias is now in AAA working on his command. Ryu may only have a few more starts before …
Most LAD walks in May
A few days ago we looked at where Cody Bellinger ranks in LAD May for home run runs and RBI. How about we take a gander at Chris Taylor and the LAD May base on balls leaderboard. Taylor already has fifteen walks and while he’s a long way from the top, he could crack the …
Updated May Hitting Stats – May 22nd
Dodger record in May 12 wins 7 losses Dodger overall record, 24 wins 18 loses, tied for 2nd place, two games behind Rockies Three regular players with an OPS over 1.000, 2/3 of the way through May. No wonder the Dodgers have a great record in May. Offense looks to be held down by Seager …
OTDIB – May 22nd – Piazza finds his HOF cap
On this date in baseball: May 22nd, 1998 – Mike Piazza gets traded again, this time to the Met’s where he would enjoy a HOF career. While the Dodgers got slugger Gary Sheffield for Piazza, the Marlins got jack shit from the Mets. Kind of funny how Dodger fans have hated that trade for years, …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 