Los Angeles Dodgers Events

1959 Oct 1
to 1959 Oct 8
 1959 World Series
The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, four games to two. It was the first pennant for the...
1963 Oct 2
to 1963 Oct 6
 1963 World Series
The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games to capture their second ...
1965 Sep 9 Sandy Koufax Pitches a Perfect Game
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in Major League Baseball against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on September 9, 1965. Koufax, by retiring 27 consecutive...
1965 Oct 6
to 1965 Oct 14
 1965 World Series
The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who had won their first pennant since 1933 when the t...
1966 Oct 5
to 1966 Oct 9
 1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in four games to capture the first championshi...
1972 Jun 4 Dodger's retire Jackie Robinson's number, along with those of Roy Campanella and Sandy Koufax
The date was June 4, 1972, when the Dodgers held a pregame ceremony to retire the first three numbers in team history -- Robinson's No. 42, Roy Campanella's No. 39 and Sandy Koufax's No. ...
1974 Apr 8 Hank Aaron Hits Home Run No. 715, Breaks Babe Ruth's Record
As the 1974 season began, Aaron's pursuit of the record caused a small controversy. The Braves opened the season on the road in Cincinnati with a three-game series against the Cincinnati...
1974 Oct 12
to 1974 Oct 16
 1974 World Series
The 1974 World Series matched the two-time defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers with the A’s winning the Series in five games. Rollie Fingers figured in a...
1977 Oct 11
to 1977 Oct 18
 1977 World Series
After an embarrassing sweep by baseball's newest dynasty, the Cincinnati Reds, the American League champion New York Yankees returned to the Fall Classic determined to make amends for the...
1978 Oct 10
to 1978 Oct 17
 1978 World Series
As the World Series celebrated its 75th Anniversary, two teams that shared many chapters in its story met for a classic rematch of East vs. West. The defending champion New York Yankees h...
1981 Oct 20
to 1981 Oct 28
 1981 World Series
The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years. The Dodgers won the Series in six games for th...
1988 Oct 15
to 1988 Oct 20
 1988 World Series
The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five games (the exact opposite...
1988 Oct 15 Kirk Gibson's Pinch Hit HR wins World Series game
Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit HR wins World Series game Rick Weinberg Special to ESPN.com He could barely walk. Actually, he could barely stand without his leg wobbling and shaking. When...
1991 Jul 28 Dennis Martinez Pitches a Perfect Game
The winningest Hispanic pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball topped off his hall of fame career with this perfect game against the first place Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mike M...
2009 Apr 6 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres, 4-1
SAN DIEGO — How could that be true? "No way," Russell Martin said. "I don't believe that." How could the Dodgers' 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on opening day mark the first...
2009 Apr 7 San Diego Padres defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2
SAN DIEGO — Manny Ramirez was in the on-deck circle. It didn't matter. Orlando Hudson was determined to swing. Hudson missed a would-be ball four that would have loaded the b...
2009 Apr 8 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres, 5-2
SAN DIEGO — For six innings Wednesday night, the Dodgers were back in pre-Manny form. With men on base, they couldn't hit. With a career Mexican Leaguer on the mound for the San Diego ...
2009 Apr 9 San Diego Padres defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3
SAN DIEGO — Not enough baseball has been played to make sense of what happened to the Dodgers at Petco Park on Thursday. Were the Dodgers' shortcomings exposed in their 4-3 loss to the...
2009 Apr 10 Arizona Diamondbacks defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-4
PHOENIX — The dream that James McDonald was living on Friday night quickly turned into the nightmare. Runs were scoring. Fans in red shirts were screaming. The sound and fury could ...
2009 May 18 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Mets, 3-2
LOS ANGELES - Carlos Delgado will land on an operating table today, three days after he landed on the disabled list with a labrum tear in his right hip. Team doctor Struan Coleman is s...
2009 May 19 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Mets, 5-3
LOS ANGELES - The Mets entered the series finale in San Francisco Sunday with a chance to sweep the Giants. At stop No.2 on their three-city trip, they'll enter the series finale trying t...
2009 May 20 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Mets, 2-1
LOS ANGELES - Getting swept out of Dodger Stadium Wednesday night may be the least of the Mets' problems. Try facing a three-game weekend series at Fenway Park without Jose Reyes. Not ...
2009 May 28 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs, 2-1
CHICAGO — Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said he would like to see Manny Ramirez play in the All-Star game if fans vote him into the National League's starting lineup. Ramirez, who is ser...
2009 May 29 Chicago Cubs defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1
CHICAGO — Instead of pointing a finger of blame at the umpires, Juan Pierre pointed one back at himself and chuckled. Instead of bemoaning his misfortune, Chad Billingsley heaped prais...
2009 May 31 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs, 8-2
CHICAGO — Well, that didn't last long. The Dodgers' emergence from their three-day offensive malaise coincided with Sean Marshall's appearance on the mound, as the team with baseball's...
2009 Jul 8 New York Mets defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4
Manny Ramirez is back to being Manny. The Dodgers' controversial slugger played in his first second game in Flushing since serving his 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseba...
2009 Jul 9 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Mets, 11-2
If things continue like this, it may be more relevant for the Mets to look over their shoulders than ahead to the Phillies. So, for the record, the Mets' lead over the last-place National...
2009 Jul 10 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 12-8
Elation. Followed by disappointment. Followed by a complete and utter meltdown. The Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen failed to hold a one-run lead late in the game for the second conse...
2009 Jul 11 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-3
Bullpens can be like offensive linemen. They can go unnoticed and even unacknowledged when they do their jobs well. It becomes the norm, what they are paid to do. But let them falte...
2009 Jul 12 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-4
What a way to head into the break. With each passing inning Sunday afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers seemed more and more inept at producing offense, looking like a squad running for th...
2009 Jul 27 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1
The very public courtship of Matt Holliday began Monday night at Busch Stadium. As opening lines go, the Cardinals' 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers proved very persuasive. Wit...
2009 Jul 29 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2
The Cardinals conspired with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in a game that stretched long enough to turn goats into heroes and heroes into goats. It was a night when Manny being ...
2009 Jul 30 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3
A series in which nothing went quickly ended Thursday night with the Cardinals and an improvisational bullpen taking a 5-3, 10-inning loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium...
2009 Aug 3 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-5
Los Angeles — Momentum is a fickle thing in this game. It changes from day to day depending on the performance of your starting pitcher, or so the cliché goes. With that stated, the...
2009 Aug 4 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 17-4
Los Angeles — They gave themselves a strong chance coming into the game. They even gave themselves a chance in the middle of the game after it appeared squandered. But the Milwaukee...
2009 Aug 5 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1
Los Angeles — Never mind the buzz around for this game. It didn’t matter how much national media attention it received. What mattered for the Milwaukee Brewers was the victory, one ...
2009 Aug 17 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2
LOS ANGELES - In this corner, the visitors brought their former Cy Young Award winner riding a seven-game win streak without a blemish since June 30. In the other corner, the home team...
2009 Aug 18 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3
LOS ANGELES - There's shameless Mannywood inside the left-field corner. And in a concession to commerce over tradition, Dodger blue signage rather than the respectful murals of stars past...
2009 Aug 19 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2
LOS ANGELES - Two pitchers from two first-place teams took two very different routes to the same place in one very elongated game at Dodger Stadium Wednesday night. Continuing an impec...
2009 Aug 20 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs, 7-2
The crowd remained standing. Russell Martin ran up the stairs of the dugout and raised his helmet. In a season of countless lows, Martin had one of his few highs, belting a grand slam ...
2009 Aug 21 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs, 2-1
Randy Wolf said he would take the early birthday gifts he gave himself on Friday night -- the seven-innings of one-hit ball and the two-run double he hit in the second inning of the Dodge...
2009 Aug 23 Chicago Cubs defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1
There was no translation needed to comprehend the most unusual of sounds showered upon Manny Ramirez in the sixth inning Sunday afternoon: Boos. Dodgers fans loudly voiced their dis...
2009 Oct 7 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3
LOS ANGELES - The improbable shook Chavez Ravine on a chilled, incessantly blaring Wednesday evening. The Cardinals brought Chris Carpenter to Game 1 of the Division Series against the...
2009 Oct 8 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 3-2
Holliday drops a line drive with two out and nobody on, and the Dodgers respond with a stunning two-run rally that gives them a 3-2 victory and puts the Cards in an 0-2 hole in the Nation...
2009 Oct 10 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 5-1
OK, what was that? Where did the Cardinals go? I don't think I've ever seen a quality team fade and disappear as quickly and quietly as the 2009 Cardinals, who utterly reeked in getting s...
2009 Oct 15 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-6
The Dodgers slapped around Cole Hamels and forced him out of the game with one out in the sixth inning. That wasn't enough. They collected 14 hits and scored six runs. That w...
2009 Oct 16 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1
Destiny is not always about a fireworks show. Destiny is sometimes about a fight. It's not always about the big swing, but sometimes the straining bunt, the hard slide, the dugout chat...
2009 Oct 19 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4
PHILADELPHIA — Win -- or else. Or else the Dodgers will end their season on Wednesday. Or else they won't play another game at Dodger Stadium until April. Or else Jonathan Br...
2009 Oct 21 Philadelphia Phillies defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-4
PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard took measures to protect his eyes, donning a pair of goggles in the Philadelphia clubhouse. He never imagined he would have to worry about his underwear. ...
2010 Apr 27 New York Mets defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-5
What you notice most in this stunning turnaround at Citi Field is that, in contrast to last year, it's the other guys making the crucial mistake or the dumb plays that leave a manager sha...