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1997 Los Angeles Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2

1997 Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80

1996 San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title

1996 All star MVP: Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly

1994 Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning

1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0

1993 Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59

1993 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56

1993 Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71

1993 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)

1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3

1992 Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place

1992 Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83

1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0

1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King

1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86

1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th

1990 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers

1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)

1989 Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0

1989 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR)

1989 Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)

1988 Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers

1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award

1988 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland A's in World Series 4 games to 1

1988 Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series

1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series

1988 Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0

1988 Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers

1986 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement

1984 Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72

1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut

1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame

1982 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17)

1982 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)

1982 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)

1982 Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)

1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant

1981 Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0

1981 Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0

1981 Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)

1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0

1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning

1979 Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75

1978 New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series

1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

1978 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th

1978 Yanks and Dodgers play in World Series # 75

1978 Jim Gilliam, coach (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 49

1978 Los Angeles Dodgers win the pennant

1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans

1978 All star MVP: Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers

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

1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)

1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters

1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter

1977 All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1977 Los Angeles Dodgers retire Walt Alston's #24

1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner

1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0

1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to

1975 Players' Assn, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP

1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series

1974 Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1974 Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers

1973 Los Angeles Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8

1973 Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall

1973 Ismael Valdes, born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Chan Ho Park, born in Kong Ju City, Korea, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8 years (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1973 Todd Hollandsworth, born in Dayton, Ohio, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1972 Los Angeles Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels

1972 Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 53

1972 Dodgers release and end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm

1972 Juan Castro, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1971 Raul Mondesi, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1971 Chad Fonville, born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1971 Todd Williams, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks

1970 Billy Ashley, born in Taylor, Michigan, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1970 Joey Eischen, West Covina California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1970 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers

1969 Pedro Astacio, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds

1969 Delino DeShields, Seaford DE, infielder, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 Dave Hansen, born in Long Beach, California, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 Mike Piazza, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 Hideo Nomo, born in Osaka, Japan, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 Ramon Martinez, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1968 Scott Radinsky, born in Simi Valley, California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1967 Eric Karros, Hackansack, New Jersey, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1967 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers

1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)

1967 Eddie Pye, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record

1966 Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers, in 63rd World Series

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years

1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers

1965 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year

1965 Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins

1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant

1965 Mark Guthrie, Buffalo, New York, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1965 Mike Blowers, born in Wurlzburg, Germany, infielder, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers

1964 Tom Prince, born in Kankakee, Illinois, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1964 Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg, Virginia, outfielder, Cleve Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series

1963 Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees

1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1963 New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000

1963 Jeff Treadway, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1962 Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP

1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184

1962 SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff

1962 Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down

1962 All star MVP: Maury Wills (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1962 Darryl Strawberry, born in Los Angeles, California, right fielder for the Mets, Dodgers, Yankees

1961 Greg Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1960 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year

1960 Fernando Valenzuela, Navajua Mexico, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres

1960 Dodgers Larry and Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery

1960 Steve Sax, 2nd baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394

1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant

1959 Todd Worrell, Arcadia California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1959 Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)

1959 Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4

1958 Mike Scioscia, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1958 Orel Hershiser, born in Buffalo, New York, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians

1958 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers

1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2

1958 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0

1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line

1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958

1958 Los Angeles Coliseum Commission approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility

1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc

1957 NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0

1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers

1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)

1957 Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1957 Alex Trevino, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast

1957 NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast

1957 Kirk Gibson, Michigan, outfield, Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP

1957 Jesse Orosco, born in Santa Barbara, California, pitcher, New York Mets, Orioles, Dodgers

1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958

1957 Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field

1957 Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants

1957 Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000

1956 Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000 Robinson retires

1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961

1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7

1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yanks 6-3 in opening game of World Series

1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jesey City

1956 Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs

1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium

1956 Eddie Murray, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st baseman, Orioles, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7

1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)

1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)

1955 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season

1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)

1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year

1953 Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax

1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954

1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS

1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team

1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year

1952 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series

1952 Dodgers clinch NL pennant

1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns

1952 Brooklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning and beat Cin Reds, 19-1

1951 Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers

1951 Dodgers beat Giants 10-0, in 2nd game of play-offs

1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC

1951 New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant

1951 Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7 games (Giants will win pennant)

1950 Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager

1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs

1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game

1949 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series

1949 Dusty Baker, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1948 Steve Garvey, 1st baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres

1948 Ron "Penguin" Cey, born in Tacoma, Washington, 3rd baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series

1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised

1947 Dodgers clinch NL pennant

1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon

1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)

1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0

1946 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St. Louis wins 2 games to 0)

1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)

1946 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats

1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR

1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1945 Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York

1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers

1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row

1944 Yanks, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 and Giants-0

1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0

1942 Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers

1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund

1941 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series

1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series

1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade

1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years

1941 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"

1941 Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps

1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)

1939 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers

1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York)

1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings

1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)

1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season

1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter

1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field

1938 Manny Mota, baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1937 Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak

1937 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24

1937 Jim Hickman, baseball player, Mets, Dodgers, Cubs

1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel

1936 Stan Williams, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers

1934 St. Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-0

1934 Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies

1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers

1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers

1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0

1932 Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962

1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season

1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2

1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8

1929 Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)

1928 James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953

1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4

1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat

1926 Carl Erskine, baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers

1926 Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings

1925 Ed McKeever, President (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia

1925 Charles Ebbets, President (Dodgers), dies

1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer

1924 Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets

1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th

1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14

1920 Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series

1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings

1919 [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop, Dodgers

1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0

1919 Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings

1919 Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert

1919 Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers

1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped

1918 Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers

1918 Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes and Mamaux

1917 Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman, Dodgers

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers

1917 Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn

1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series

1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit

1911 Walter Alston, baseball manager, Dodgers

1911 Van Lingle Mungo, born in South Carolina, pitcher, Dodgers, Giants

1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000

1910 Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch

1909 New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers

1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader

1908 St. Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn

1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yanks

1906 St. Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game

1906 Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game

1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning

1906 Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants

1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0

1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers

1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game

1903 Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger, .324 lifetime average

1903 Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers

1902 Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer, Yanks, Giants, Dodgers

1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies

1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers

1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers

1881 Branch Rickey, baseball executive, Dodgers



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