Tag Archives: Charlie Neal
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 …
LAD second base has a fine history, Part Two
Last week I took a look at the greatest LAD 2nd baseman using OPS+ to display the best seasons and best careers. Today we will use bWAR to examine the same seasons, and careers which will show huge differences since bWAR incorporates all of a players production, not just the offensive side. As you can see, …
LAD Postseason home run trivia
The grand slam is the holy grail but the three-run home run almost does the same amount of damage and is just as close to my heart. Vin Scully loved cheers, and nothing brings out the roar of the crowd like a three run or grand slam home run. Here are some LAD postseason trivia on …
On 10/4/1959 Dodgers win first World Series game in Los Angeles
With the Dodgers having split the first two games of the 1959 World Series in Chicago, the series headed back to Los Angeles. This was the first World Series game ever played at the Coliseum and 92,000 plus watched the Dodgers win their first World Series game in Los Angeles 3 – 1 behind the …
LAD All-Stars 1958 – 1960, the beginning
Fitting that Johnny Podres who pitched the greatest game in Brooklyn Dodger history would be the first all-star selection for the newly minted Los Angeles Dodgers. LAD All-Stars, 1970 – 1979, Garvey – Russell – Lopes – Cey era LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser decade LAD All-Stars 1990 – …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 