Tag Archives: Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando’s 1981 Game Three – heroic or heinous pitch count complete game 5 – 4 victory
The Dodgers were down 2 – 0 in the 1981 World Series but they were back home and had the 1981 Rookie and Cy Young Award winner going for them. You could say they won this game the old fashioned way, by letting their starter finish what he started but it probably came with a …
1981 World Series is why Fernando is so revered
If you are a Dodger fan you have now heard from multiple people that the last time the Dodgers lost the first two games in the World Series they went on to win that World Series in 1981. Not only in 1981 bt also in 1965 and 1955. Unlike many of you who might be …
HOF Don Sutton is on top of this LAD leaderboard
The best game ever pitched at Dodger Stadium against the Expo/National baseball franchise using game score as the criteria was performed by HOF Don Sutton back in 1975. Don had to throw 11 innings to get that game score of 89. Clayton Kershaw and Derek Lowe are the only two LAD who have produced a …
Big and Little D dominate 1 – 0 loser list
I was right about Don Sutton leading the Dodgers in losing 1 – 0 games but he had company from his big brother Don Drysdale. They both did it a staggering nine times. This points to two things. They were both incredible pitchers, and they both pitched for some bad offensive teams. The list below …
Scherzer joins Seaver/J. R. Richard
Only three pitchers have ever struck out at least fourteen Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Tom Seaver was one of the greatest ever. J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era. Max Scherzer can sit easily in that company. I don’t know about you, but I’m way more impressed by a pitcher who pitches twelve innings …
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 …
Koufax perfect game rides on top
The highest game score by a LAD pitcher against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium is, of course, the perfect game by Sandy Koufax. I like this list because it has some names on it that had been missing in my other game score leaderboards. Like Hiroki Kuroda, Bill Singer, Tim Belcher, Ricky Nolasco, Rick Honeycut, …
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; …
OTDIB – May 14th – Chad Billingsley gets screwed
On this date in baseball: May 14th, 2011 Chad Billingsley didn’t have the best luck in his Dodger career and never was that more in play than on this day. For the first time since 1914, the Dodgers are defeated after allowing just one hit, losing to the visiting Diamondbacks,1-0. Chad Billingsley, the hard-luck loser, …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 