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LAD May Home run Leaderboard
Cody Bellinger blasted nine home runs in May. How does that stack up historically? Pretty good. Only two players have hit ten home runs in the month of May. Mondesi did it twice, and Shawn Green when he destroyed the Brewers in 2002. Bellinger joins a select group of eight players who have hit nine …
Succesful May bullpen is in the books
Overall Record 33 wins / 21 losses May Record – 19 wins / 9 losses Position – 1st place / half a game in front of the both the Rockies and Diamondbacks Dodgers led the NL in pitching fWAR with 5.5, closest team was 4.0. Dodger led the NL in starting pitching fWAR with 3.7 barely …
Successful offensive May is in the books
Overall Record 33 wins / 21 losses May Record – 19 wins / 9 losses Position – 1st place / half a game in front of the both the Rockies and Diamondbacks Dodgers led the NL in runs scored in May with 159, averaging 5.67 runs per game. That was forty-seven more runs scored in April, …
Geezer May triple leaderboard
Only twelve players since 1913 who were 38 or older have ever hit three triples in May. It is quite a list. Player Split Year 3B PA Ty Cobb May 1925 8 147 Sam Rice May 1928 6 128 Jake Daubert May 1922 5 140 Sam Rice May 1930 4 130 Steve Finley May 2006 …
The Silver Fox eludes the bloodhounds of time
Logan Forsythe the starting 2nd baseman had gotten hurt on April 23rd and was a month away. It was now up to the 38-year-old second baseman to find out if he had anything left. Things didn’t look promising, Chase looked done but maybe he could find a rhythm with steady at-bats. Chase got some regular at-bats but …
OTDIB – May 31st, 1981 – Fernandomania moves the turnstiles
On this date in baseball: May 31st, 1981 – Fernandomania moves turnstiles Playing before their tenth consecutive home sellout, the Dodgers pound the Reds 16-4 and raise their season attendance to 1,026,725 in 22 dates. It is the earliest any team has cracked the one million attendance barrier. 16 – 4 sounds like a fun …
19th win in May puts LAD in select company
With their nineteenth win in May, last night the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers moved into select company. Only four other Dodger teams since 1958 have won nineteen games in May and those four are among the greatest in Los Angeles Dodger history. Split Year W W-L% ERA tOPS+ sOPS+ May 1962 21 .750 3.03 91 …
Just who is the Dodgers best SS prospect?
Based on early season prospect rankings the answer would be the 2016 number one pick Gavin Lux, but is it? From what I can tell, the Dodgers have three shortstops on their Great Lakes roster or at least two. The contenders: Gavin Lux – the 2016 number one pick didn’t play his first game this …
OTDIB – May 29th – 104 year-old World War One vet visits Dodger Stadium
On this date in baseball, May 29th: May 29th, 2010 – Doc is in the house Roy Halladay throws the 20th perfect game in major league history, outdueling Josh Johnson in the Phillies’ 1-0 victory over the Marlins at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. The former American League Cy Young Award winner, obtained from Toronto in …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 