Los Angeles Dodgers in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 346

• 1966-11-01 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes first 3-time winner of Cy Young Award; unanimous winner for 2nd straight year; final year only 1 award given for pitchers in both major leagues
• 1966-11-12 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
• 1966-11-18 Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to an arthritic left elbow
• 1967-04-21 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
• 1967-10-04 St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3
• 1968-07-01 Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 scoreless innings (3rd most live era) ends on wild pitch but earns 8-1 win v LA Dodgers
• 1969-04-07 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds

• 1969-11-28 Infielder Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
• 1970-03-17 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
• 1970-07-20 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
• 1971-12-02 Frank Robinson is traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers

• 1972-11-28 LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels
• 1973-05-17 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
• 1973-06-13 Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8½ years (LA Dodgers)

• 1973-12-27 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers announce their home night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8

• 1974-09-03 SF Giants' pitcher John Montefusco in his MLB debut, homers in his first at bat and pitches 9 innings in relief to earn a 9 - 5 victory over the Dodgers
• 1974-10-09 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1
• 1974-10-17 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers
• 1974-11-06 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
• 1974-11-13 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
• 1975-07-23 LA Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
• 1975-08-09 Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consecutive base without being caught
• 1975-09-03 Dodgers 1st baseman Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak in a 13-2 loss v Cincinnati Reds
• 1975-10-07 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith

• 1976-08-09 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0

• 1977-01-11 MLB Chicago Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Los Angeles Dodgers for Bill Buckner
• 1977-06-05 Los Angeles Dodgers retire future Baseball Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston's #24

• 1977-08-18 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
• 1977-10-01 New York Yankees end MLB season with 100-62 record; win 2nd consecutive AL East title; go on the win World Series 4-2 v LA Dodgers
• 1977-10-02 Dusty Baker hits his 30th homer of the season against Astros' J.R. Richard; Dodgers become the first team in MLB history to have 4 players hit 30 or more HRs; joins Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32) and Ron Cey (30)
• 1977-10-08 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
• 1977-10-08 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1

• 1977-10-18 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years

• 1978-05-17 Los Angeles Dodgers Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
• 1978-07-11 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award
• 1978-09-15 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
• 1978-10-07 LA Dodgers win the pennant
• 1978-10-07 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1

• 1978-10-13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
• 1978-10-17 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
• 1979-04-10 J. R. Richard of the Houston Astros pitches a complete game but sets a MLB record by throwing 6 wild pitches in 2-1 win over the LA Dodgers at the Astrodome
• 1979-09-29 LA Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit
• 1979-11-28 LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1980-05-04 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
• 1980-06-01 First baseman Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Brooklyn / LA Dodgers home run in a 9-5 loss at home to the Atlanta Braves
• 1980-06-27 Dodgers' Jerry Reuss no-hits SF Giants 8-0
• 1980-07-08 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
• 1980-12-03 Don Sutton, the winningest pitcher in Los Angeles Dodgers history, signs a 4-year contract with Houston; Astros career shortened by a patellar fracture; returns to Dodgers in 1988 after stints with 3 other MLB clubs

• 1981-04-22 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
• 1981-05-30 LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendance in a season in only 22 games

• 1981-10-19 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
• 1981-10-19 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 3 games to 2
• 1981-10-28 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 9-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 2; first co-MVP's: LA's Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager
• 1981-12-02 Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela becomes 3rd consecutive LA Dodgers player to be named National League Rookie of the Year; Rick Sutcliffe 1979, Steve Howe 1980
• 1982-02-08 Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey) after 8 1/2 seasons
• 1982-06-07 LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games
• 1982-08-17 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
• 1982-08-18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
• 1983-03-10 Former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1983-08-19 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart & Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
• 1983-10-08 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 1
• 1983-12-05 LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use

• 1987-04-06 Los Angeles Dodger's GM Al Campanis appears on TV program ABC News: Nightline saying Blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
• 1988-06-18 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
• 1988-08-27 Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2
• 1988-09-16 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats LA Dodgers, 1-0
• 1988-09-28 LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale's record by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
• 1988-10-12 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
• 1988-10-15 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to give Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
• 1988-10-20 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's, 5-2 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to clinch 4-1 series win: MVP: LA pitcher Orel Hershiser
• 1988-11-15 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award

• 1989-02-16 Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs $7.9M-3 year contract
• 1989-04-05 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser's consecutive scoreless streak of 59 innings ends
• 1989-06-03 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
• 1989-08-23 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR)
• 1989-08-28 Frank Viola and NY Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and LA Dodgers 1-0
• 1990-04-27 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
• 1990-05-14 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
• 1990-06-04 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
• 1990-06-09 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games

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