Tag Archives: Eric Karros

LAD May RBI Leaderboard – Bellinger makes a dent

Oh so close. Bellinger ends the month of May with twenty-seven RBI but falls one RBI short of Eric Karros and Nomar Garciaparra who both drove in twenty-eight. Puig is here to remind us that he used to be great, and used to drive in runs. I kind of expect Tommy Davis or Steve Garvey …

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LAD feast on Padre pitching

Yazmani Grandal: Hit two home runs, one right-handed, one left-handed becoming the first LAD to ever do that on opening day. He joins Raul Mondesi as the only LAD to ever hit two home runs on opening day. Mondesi did it twice. Joins AJ Ellis as the only LAD catcher to drive in at least …

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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 …

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Historical LAD ROY voting for position players

With Corey Seager expected to win the NL 2016 Rookie of the Year award, let’s take a look at all the LAD position players who have gotten at least one vote for the award. In 1960 Frank Howard won over his teammate Tommy Davis and future HOF Ron Santo. Frank Howard had an illustrious career …

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Adrian Gonzalez on a RBI mission

Gonzalez has driven in 11 runs over the last two games. Going into tonight’s game he’ll be trying to become the 7th LAD player to drive in at least three runs in three straight games. Strangely enough Andrew Toles will be trying to accomplish the same thing even though Toles has only driven in three …

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Corey Seager passes Eric Karros for most doubles by a LAD Rookie

With Corey Seager hitting his 31st double today, a bullet past DH playing 1st base David Ortiz, he broke the long-standing LAD rookie doubles record set by Eric Karros. This will put this particular leaderboard to bed until the end of the season. Shawn Green holds the all-time LAD double record with 49 set in …

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Corey Seager moves to within one of Eric Karros on LAD Rookie Double leaderboard

With two doubles last night and twenty-nine overall, Corey said good-bye to Raul Mondesi and is nipping at the heels of Eric Karros. The complete list at baseball reference: Player 2B Year Age Eric Karros (RoY-1st) | 30 | 1992 | 24 Corey Seager | 30 | 2016 | 22 Raul Mondesi (RoY-1st) | 27 | 1994 …

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Dodger History – Kevin Gross no hits Giants 2 -0 on Aug 17th, 1992

Twenty two years ago in a season that was over before the All-Star break,  Kevin Gross pitched the first Dodger no – hitter at Dodger Stadium since Fernando did the trick on June 29th, 1990, beating the Giants 2 – 0. Before Fernando you would have to go all the way back to a game …

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