This Series featured the only World Series triple play, the first World Series grand slam (Cleveland’s Elmer Smith) and the first World Series home run by a pitcher (Cleveland’s Jim Bagby). Instead, Game 1 featured Kirk Gibson, hobbled on two injured legs, dramatically coming off the bench in the ninth inning to hit a game-winning two-run pinch-hit homer. Batting stars: Corey Seager hit .400 with two homers, five RBIs and seven runs scored. In game two, it started strong. The Yankees took home their 21st World Series victory and the Dodgers, newly under the management of Tommy Lasorda, went home empty handed. Memorable moment. Mickey Mantle hit three homers. Batting stars: Bucky Dent hit .417 with seven RBIs for the Yankees. For the Dodgers, Gil Hodges hit .304 and drove in eight runs. The series ended after the Soxâs decisive 5-1 win in Game 5. Bevens retired two in the ninth, but walked his ninth and 10th batters (one intentionally), then lost both his no-hitter and the game as Dodgers pinch-hitter Cookie Lavagetto doubled home Spider Jorgensen and Eddie Miksis to even the Series at 2-2. The final two games were the first two World Series contests to be played in the brand new Dodger Stadium. Babe Ruth pitched 13 of 14 shutout innings for the Sox, who would win that game and three others to take the World Series, four games to one. Houston manager A.J. After 32 years without a World Series win, the L.A. Dodgers took home the Commissionerâs Trophy after beating the Tampa Bay Rays in a tight game six against the Tampa Bay Rays. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for 2020 and subsequently fired by the Astros for their roles. For the Twins, Harmon Killebrew hit .286 with a homer and Zoilo Versalles hit .286 with a double, triple and home run. New York scored a run in the ninth, but thanks to Gionfriddo’s catch it was not enough to win the game. Pitching star: Ron Guidry, who went 25-3 on the season, gave up one run and struck out four in a complete-game victory in Game 3. The Dodgers loaded the bases with two out in the sixth, but Nettles made a diving stop of a ball hit by Lopes and threw to second for a force to end the inning. Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium on October 26-27 holds the record for the most extra innings (nine) and longest time (7 hours, 20 minutes) of any World Series game. Batting stars: Third baseman Bobby Brown hit .500 and led the Yankees with five RBIs. As the city celebrates the hard-fought (and COVID-complicated) victory, we take a look back. The Dodgers built an early 4-0 lead, but the Yankees took the lead in the fourth. Photograph courtesy of Major Leauge Baseball. Pitching stars: Yankee starter Ed Lopat was 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA, while Allie Reynolds won one game and saved another. Clayton Kershaw took heat for allowing three Boston homers, and people questioned whether heâd opt out of the last two years of his contract (he didnât). The 2020 World Series title will forever be remembered as the crowning moment for the LA Dodgers or Tampa Bay Rays in one of the most bizarre seasons in MLB history that was played during a worldwide pandemic. In 2019, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Washington Nationals in the NL Divisional Series. Finally, a World Series win for the Dodgers. Hugh Casey, who replaced Fitzsimmons in the eighth, promptly gave up two runs and lost the game. The Yankees made fairly quick business of their opponents this time around, though the Dodgers did have one thing the Yankees did not: During game five, the Dodgersâ stadium, Ebbets Field, turned on electric lights, marking the first time any World Series game would be illuminated that way. In Game 7, the score was tied, 2-2, in the sixth inning when Mickey Mantle homered off Dodgers starter Joe Black for what proved to be the Series decider, as three Yankee relievers held Brooklyn scoreless through the final four innings. The Game 5 win gave the A’s their third consecutive title, the first team to do that since the Yankees won five in a row from 1949-53. The teams entered the ninth inning of Game 3 tied, 1-1. Memorable moment: Cleveland second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns an unassisted triple play in Game 5. The Dodgers, in just their third season in California, finished the schedule tied with Milwaukee and beat the Braves in a pair of one-run playoff games to advance to the Series. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Carlos Correa hit .276 with two homers. Elmer Smith was Cleveland’s RBI leader with five. In the early 20th century, the team, then sometimes called the Brooklyn Robins after manager Wilbert Robinson, won league pennants in 1916 and 1920, losing the World Series both times, first to Boston and then Cleveland. But in the top of the ninth, Dodgers starter Ralph Branca, after loading the bases on two walks and a single, gave up another single to pinch-hitter Johnny Mize for two runs. After the White Sox won in a rout in Game 1, the Dodgers’ pitching took over, with the White Sox winning a 1-0 Game 5 squeaker with the only run coming on a double play grounder against Sandy Koufax. In Game 4, Yankee pitcher Bill Bevens, although he averaged a walk an inning, had allowed no Dodger hits and only one run entering the last of the ninth. A lot of people told us to worry about them,â utilityman Kiké Hernández said during an interview in early 2020. âWe just thought it was just rumors, but I guess not.â, In 2018, after a heartbreaker of a 2017 World Series, the Dodgers 30-year championship drought continued. You might say 1959 was aâ¦whole new ballgame. Ted Kluszewski of the White Sox hit .391 with three homers and 10 RBIs. The team moved in 1968, and then won the World Series in 1972 and 1973. New York and Brooklyn traded 1-0 wins to begin the Series. Nettles snared it and prevented at least one run from scoring. After receiving their championship rings, the players will … Another year, another Dodgers-Yankees World Seriesâand, sadly for Dodgers fans, yet another loss for the team. Outfielder Johnny Lindell led New York with seven RBIs, hitting .500. Erskine’s 14 strikeouts in Game 3. The Yankees won Game 5, but the Dodgers won a dramatic Game 6. Steve Garvey hit .381 for the Dodgers. There were three World Series MVPs named for the first time, all Dodgers: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager. Hodges drove in five runs. Moe Drabowsky pitched 6 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in Game 1, striking out 11 Dodgers and allowing only one hit. It was the first time since 2001–2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Dodgers ace Carl Erskine lasted only one inning of the opener, giving up three walks and two triples for four Yankee runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have been one of the biggest powerhouses in baseball almost since the very first day they were born as the Brooklyn Dodgers, even though they're far from being the team with most World Series wins in MLB history.. Perhaps the most consequential change in the game came when Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash pulled pitcher Blake Snell, who dominated the Dodgers in the first six innings. The Yankees won a record fifth consecutive World Series title despite being outhit by the Dodgers, .300 to .279. Memorable moment: In the eighth inning of Game 6, Mantle hit the first of his record 18 World Series homers. By beating the Dodgers in the all-California series of â74, the Aâs continued the three-year streak. The third strike that got away from catcher Mickey Owen of the Dodgers. With the World Series moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers desperately needed a win. Batting stars: Steve Garvey hit .417 for the Dodgers. That, too, provided the difference in the Yankees’ 3-2 win. The Dodgers faced a team of Yankees that included Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra. Pitching stars: Charlie Morton got the Game 7 victory and finished the series with 11 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings. For the Dodgers, Joc Pederson hit .333 with two doubles, three homers and five RBIs. Memorable moment: Reggie Jackson slams home runs in three consecutive at-bats against three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers. Batting stars: Cleveland’s Charlie Jamieson and Steve O’Neill hit .333. Two of the most memorable plays in baseball history brought the Dodgers wins in Game 4 and 6, but the Yankees stood tall when the Series ended. Batting stars: Jackson hit .450 with five homers and eight RBIs. âEverybody warned us. Reggie Jackson hit .333 with a homer for the Yankees. Weâll be over here celebrating. He also had one double, two triples, two homers and drove in eight runs. A comprehensive list of MLB World Series Champions from 1903 to the present. The Dodgers won World Series championships in 1959, 1963, and 1965 behind the clutch pitching of stars Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and the speed of base-stealing sensation Maury Wills. Jerry Coleman drove in another run before the third out was made. Brooklyn’s Sherry Smith was their standout, going 1-1 with an 0.53 ERA in two starts. Led by Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, and Gil Hodges in the infield, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo in the outfield, Roy Campanella behind the plate, and Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, and Preacher Roe on the pitcher's mound, the Dodgers won pennants in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953, only to fall to the New York Yankeesin all five of the subse… He was only 30. The Dodgersâ â60s momentum promptly ran out of gas in the 1966 World Series. Sandy Koufax did not pitch in Game 1 because of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. In 1977, the Dodgers met yet again with their old nemeses, the Yankees. Memorable moment: The Boys of Summer finally win one. The Dodgers, in one incarnation or another, were winning championships before the World Series was even invented. The Dodgers first won the World Series as the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 Seven hours and 20 minutes passed before Max Muncy launched a solo home run to end it. But, on the other hand, if you had caught the broadcast, you would have heard the voice of a new, young announcer named Vin Scully, so how mad could a Dodgers fan really be? It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Yu Darvish, with only two days of rest, started in Game 7 instead of ace Clayton Kershaw and got shelled early, giving up five runs in 1 2/3 innings pitched. 1/3 innings of his only start. Managers for the Red Sox and Robins meet at 1916 World SeriesBefore the Dodgers became the Dodgers, the team was known for a time as the Robins (they were also the Superbas, Trolley Dodgers, Bridegrooms, Grooms, Grays, and Atlantics at various points, though technically the name during this period was only ever Brooklyn Base Ball Club). In Game 3, the Dodgers had Bill North on third when Davey Lopes hit a hard liner that Nettles grabbed to save a run. The Yankees took Game 6, scoring all five of their runs in the first inning. Batting stars: Tommy Davis of the Dodgers hit .400 with two triples. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our. LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Dodgers came from behind to beat the Atlanta Braves for their third World Series berth in four years. It is also the first World Series where neither side had a complete game from a pitcher. The Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, also becoming the first team from Texas to do so. 1956: The Yankees' Don Larsen spun the only perfect game in World Series history. When manager Walter Alston came to the mound to replace him, Drysdale said, “I bet right now you wish I was Jewish, too.” After the Twins won the first two games, Dodgers pitching took over, holding Minnesota to just seven runs over the last five games, with five of those coming in the Twins’ Game 6 victory. Outfielder Charlie Keller also drove in five runs. Dodgers’ World Series rings have symbolism to go with bling Each personalized 11.0-carat ring includes nods to the franchise's history and the 2020 postseason run But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Cey hit .350 with six RBIs, Guerrero .333 with two homers and seven RBIs and Yeager hit .286 with two homers. This time, the Yankees lost the first two games, won the next three. Often voted among the top three moments in Dodgers history, this is the only time the Dodgers have won the deciding World Series game at Dodger Stadium. All three of those things happened in Game 5. At the start of the shortened 60-game season, many experts predicted the Dodgers would be in this position after reaching the Series twice in the last three seasons, losing both … Hy Myers hit a home run at the top of the first, but it would be the only time they scored in the whole game. This is the Series that cemented the legend of Reggie Jackson, when he homered off of Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa and Charlie Hough in the Series-clinching Game 6. Cash will have to deal with questions about that decision, which almost immediately resulted in a Mookie Betts home run. While the Dodgers rank sixth in all of baseball for most World Series wins in history, the Boys in Blue hadnât actually brought a Commissionerâs Trophy home to Los Angeles since 1988. The Robins lost the series, but each player on the losing team still took home a check for $2,419.60 according to Baseball Almanacâthat would be worth roughly $34,123 today. Stay on top of the latest in L.A. food and culture. Sign up for our newsletters today. In January 2020, Major League Baseball determined the Astros’ championship was aided by an illegal sign-stealing scheme. The Dodgers win the World Series in their second season in Los Angeles. Batting stars: Hatcher hit .368 with two homers and five RBIs. Or, if you want to ignore the Gibson homer, how about Mickey Hatcher sprinting around the bases after his two homers, like he was afraid they were going to call him out before he got to home plate. Games 3, 4 and 5, played at the Coliseum, are the only World Series games to draw more than 90,000 fans. Don Newcombe gave up two two-run homers to Yogi Berra and a solo shot to Elston Howard. This series included the first triple play, grand slam, and home run hit by a pitcher in World Series history. One of the most important years in Dodger history, 1947 was the season when Jackie Robinson first hit the major league field. The Dodgers used only four pitchers in the Series: Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Johnny Podres and Ron Perranoski. It was played as a best-of-nine series, as were the 1903, 1919, and 1921 championships. Batting stars: Martin hit .500 and set a six-game Series record with 12 hits. Babe Ruth throwing with the Boston Red Sox in 1916. Team Names: Los Angeles Dodgers, … The Yankees then easily won Games 4 and 5. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It marked the 11th time the Yankees and Dodgers have played in the World Series, and the final time to date. Pitching stars: Price won Game 2 and then outdueled Kershaw in the decisive Game 5 on just three days of rest. Pitching star: Ron Guidry gave up two runs and four hits in his lone start, a complete-game victory. This Series is remembered for one thing — Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike in Game 4. The Dodgers outhit New York in Game 2, and held a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the seventh, but Billy Martin tied the score with a leadoff homer, and Mickey Mantle won it with a two-run blast in the eighth. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. The Dodgers were finally in L.A., the Yankees werenât in the World Series at all. Jackson proceeds to foul off several pitches before Welch gets him to swing and miss a fastball. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This is also the first World Series the Yankees won after George Steinbrenner bought the team earlier in the decade. The Dodgers became the third team to make six errors in one World Series game. Moose Skowron, John Roseboro and Willie Davis each had three RBIs. The Dodgers played an incredible season, racking up the best winning percentage in the franchiseâs historyâa record that still stands today. Whitey Ford was 2-0 for the Yankees. The Dodgers kept doing their best, and the Yankees just kept coming out on top. The Yankees had every World Series match-up with the Dodgers since 1941, so to knock them off their pedestal in the seventh game of the â55 Series was a big moment for the Dodgers. Mickey Mantle had two homers and seven RBIs. For the Rays, Arozarena hit .364 with three homers and four RBIs. And while he might have been the most historic of players at the â47 World Series, it was an era of legends. The Dodgers dropped the first two games, but won the next three in Brooklyn. Both teams put on strong showings, but the Dodgers ultimately won, bringing a World Series victory to the West Coast for the first time in baseball history. Memorable moment: Chuck Essegian’s two pinch-hit homers, a World Series record. In the 1930s, the team officially adopted the Dodgers nickname, which had been in use since the 1890s, named after the Brooklyn pedestrians who dodged the streetcars in the city. A lot of things happened in the world while the Dodgers took their time rebuilding between 1966 and 1974, among them the move of a team known as the Kansas City Athletics to Oakland. For the Robins, Casey Stengel hit .364. The 1956 series would be the last time two New York teams met in the finals until 2000. It was all downhill from there for the A’s, who were defeated in five games in one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. Houston Mitchell is an assistant sports editor, writer of the Dodgers Dugout newsletter and editor of all of the sports newsletters for the Los Angeles Times. Future Dodgers David Price, Mookie Betts and Joe Kelly played big roles for the Red Sox in the series, with Price winning two games and outperforming Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. The Orioles, a newly ascendent team, handily beat the Dodgers in four games. And while he might have been the … Batting stars: Boston’s Duffy Lewis hit .353, Harry Hooper hit .333 and scored six runs and Gardner, while hitting only .176, had two homers and six RBIs. Mookie Betts made baseball history as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games to clinch a first World Series title since 1988.. … Pitching stars: In two starts, Dave McNally went 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA. After the wilderness years of the 1920s and 1930s, the Dodgers were rebuilt into a contending club first by general manager Larry MacPhail and then the legendary Branch Rickey. The Yankees never had the lead at any point in any game of the Series. The Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey infield finally won a World Series in their final year together. RELATED: Why Does Dodger Justin Turner Smear Dirt Across the Back of His Jersey? Major League Baseball later determined the Red Sox illegally used technology to steal signs during the 2018 season, but Commissioner Rob Manfred said he could not conclude whether the team’s cheating extended into the postseason. The Dodgers made it to the championship in back-to-back yearsâjust to lose to the Yankees in back-to-back defeats. But then they got to the World Series and the Yankees were there, and the Yankees won handily, yet again. Memorable moment: Not many, the Yankees dominated. From a baseball sense, it was the wacky ending to Game 4, when the Dodgers made two errors on thefinal play of the game, allowing Randy Arozarena, who had slipped rounding third, to basically crawl home with the winning run. Old nemesis Reggie Jackson hit .391 with two homers and eight RBIs. In the last of the ninth, Yankee closer Joe Page gave up homers to Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella, but struck out pinch-hitter Bruce Edwards for New York’s second win. … Since moving to Los Angels from Brooklyn for the 1958 season, the Dodgers have won five World Series titles. It was the teams’ third meeting in a five-year stretch in the Fall Classic, with the Yankees winning in 1977 and ’78. The series — and Houston’s win — has been tainted by the Astros sign-stealing scandal. Urías struck out 13 in seven innings. Three Yankee starters hurled complete-game wins, with each giving the Dodgers only one earned run. The Dodgers are 2020 World Series champions. Going into the â88 series, the smart money was on the Oakland Athletics. Players were leveling up their game by 1920. Choi was 1 … Batting stars: Joe DiMaggio hit two homers but batted only .231 for the Yankees. Photograph courtesy of Major League Baseball. Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run from Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Max Muncy led the team with six RBIs, while Justin Turner set a team record with four doubles. From 1969 through 1993, when the postseason consisted of two rounds (the LCS and the World Series), the best team in the regular season won the World Series just 36 percent of the time. Valenzuela rewarded his manager by getting a complete-game victory despite giving up four runs, nine hits and walking seven. Memorable moment: Babe Ruth’s 14-inning complete game in Game 2. It didnât go great for them. The teams combined for 16 home runs. Pitching star: Allie Reynolds was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two games for the Yankees. Dodgers futility in the field was best encapsulated by Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis, who committed three errors in the fifth inning of Game 2, losing one ball in the sun, dropping another and throwing another away. He retired afterward because of an arthritic left elbow. In the rest of the series, he managed to pitch his way through intense pain from arthritis in his left elbow, which would become aggressive enough to force him to retire the next year. The '86 Series had the greatest comeback percentage in World Series history, with the Mets just 0.8% likely to win at their lowest point. Brooklyn was American Association champions in 1889 and National League champions in … Ferguson then threw a 320-foot strike to catcher Steve Yeager, who blocked the plate and tagged out Sal Bando, who was trying to score from third. One of the most important years in Dodger history, 1947 was the season when Jackie Robinson first hit the major league field. Two of the most memorable plays in baseball history brought the Dodgers wins in Game 4 and 6, but the Yankees stood tall when the Series ended. Sunday night's 4 to … Photograph courtesy of Detroit Public Library Digital Collections / Ernie Harwell Sports Collection. Pitching stars: Burt Hooton had a 1.59 ERA in two starts for the Dodgers while closer Steve Howe went 1-0 with a save. Memorable moment: In Game 1, right fielder Joe Ferguson cuts in front of teammate Jimmy Wynn, who had a much weaker arm, to catch a fly ball hit by Reggie Jackson. After the 1957 season, the Dodgers would move to Los Angeles, and the third New York team, the Giants, would relocate to San Francisco; the Mets wouldnât exist until 1962. Brian Doyle, a late-season callup to replace injured Yankees second baseman Willie Randolph, hit .438. Batting stars: Oakland’s Joe Rudi hit .333 with a home run and led all batters with four RBIs. 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