Carl Erskine, a key player in the Brooklyn Dodgers team of the 1950s, passed away at the age of 97 in Anderson, Indiana. He pitched two no-hitters, had a career record of 122-78, and won 20 games in the 1953 season. Erskine was the last surviving Dodgers player from the 1955 World Series team, and he received the Buck O'Neil lifetime achievement award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2023.
Carl Daniel Erskine (December 13, 1926 – April 16, 2024), nicknamed "Oisk", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants and the 1955 World Series.During the 1953 season, Erskine won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. He was an All-Star the following season. Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s.After his baseball career ended, he was active as a business executive and an author. In particular, he involved deeply with the Special Olympics and charities which aimed at helping people with developemental difficulties such as his son Jimmy, who was born with Down Syndrome. Erskine died in 2024, the last surviving member of the "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn teams of the 1950s.
Ken Holtzman, a former pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland Athletics who pitched two no-hitters and contributed to three consecutive World Series championships for the Athletics in the 1970s, has passed away. The Cubs announced his death on April 15, 2024.
Jerry Grote, the catcher known for his role in transforming the New York Mets from perennial losers to World Series champions in 1969, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024. Grote's contributions to the team during the historic 1969 victory were significant. He was a pivotal part of the Mets' success during that season.
Don Gullett, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four World Series winning teams, has passed away at the age of 73. Gullett started his career with the Cincinnati Reds, winning back-to-back World Series titles, and later had a successful stint with the New York Yankees. He finished his career with a record of 109-50 and a 3.11 ERA in nine seasons with the Reds and the Yankees. Gullett was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2002 and was remembered by the Reds, Yankees, and Baseball Hall of Fame in social media posts.
Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog, known for winning a World Series as manager with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982, passed away at the age of 92. Herzog, renowned for his Whiteyball strategy, guided the Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s. He was described as gruff and ingenious, shaping the Cardinals' gameplay with low-scoring, nail-biting victories during his tenure as manager.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn, which in 1898 became a borough of New York City, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and assumed several other monikers before finally settling on the name Dodgers in 1932. From the 1940s through the mid-1950s, the Dodgers developed a fierce crosstown rivalry with the New York Yankees as the two clubs faced each other in the World Series seven times, with the Dodgers losing the first five matchups before defeating them to win the franchise's first title in 1955. It was also during this period that the Dodgers made history by breaking the baseball color line in 1947 with the debut of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the Major Leagues since 1884. Another major milestone was reached in 1956 when Don Newcombe became the first player ever to win both the Cy Young Award and the NL MVP in the same season.After 68 seasons in Brooklyn, Dodgers owner and president Walter O'Malley relocated the franchise to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. The team played their first four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962. The Dodgers found immediate success in Los Angeles by winning the 1959 World Series, representing the franchise's first championship since moving to Los Angeles. Success continued into the 1960s with their one-two punch ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale being the cornerstones of two more titles in 1963 and 1965. During the 1980s, Mexican phenom pitcher Fernando Valenzuela quickly became a sensation—affectionately referred to as "Fernandomania"—when he led the team as a rookie to another championship in 1981. Valenzuela became the first and, to date, the only player to ever win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season. The Dodgers were once again victorious in 1988, upsetting their heavily favored opponent in each series and becoming the first and only franchise to win multiple titles in the 1980s. After a 32-year drought, which included 12 postseason appearances in a 17-year span and eight consecutive division titles from 2013 to 2020, the Dodgers won the 2020 World Series.One of the most successful and storied franchises in MLB, the Dodgers have won seven World Series championships and a record 24 National League pennants. Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers, winning a total of 14. Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the club, winning a total of 12—by far the most of any Major League franchise. Additionally, the Dodgers boast 18 Rookie of the Year Award winners—twice as many as the next club. This includes four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five consecutive from 1992 to 1996. From 1884 through 2023, the Dodgers' all-time record is 11,334–10,004–139 (.531). Since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have an overall win–loss record of 5,710–4,724–6 (.547) through the end of 2023.Today, the Dodgers are among the most popular MLB teams, enjoying large fan support both at home and on the road; they are widely seen as one of the most dominant teams in the National League in the present day. They maintain a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants dating back to when the two clubs were based in New York City, as well as a more recent rivalry with the American League's Houston Astros due to the controversy over the Astros' sign stealing scandal in the 2017 World Series. As of 2022, Forbes ranked the Dodgers second in MLB franchise valuation at $4.075 billion.
Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg has announced on Instagram that he has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and has begun treatment. Sandberg, who played 15 seasons for the Chicago Cubs, expressed gratitude for the support of his family, medical team, and fans, and vowed to fight against the disease. The 64-year-old retired player was a 10-time All-Star and won nine Gold Glove awards. Sandberg was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
Larry Lucchino, a three-time cancer survivor and former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, passed away at the age of 78. During his tenure from 2002 to 2015, he played a crucial role in building championship-winning teams, including the organization's first World Series title in 86 years in 2004. Lucchino was also known for his work on MLB stadiums, ushering in a new era of design and improvements, notably at Fenway Park. His legacy includes assembling remarkable teams and reshaping ballpark design and fan experiences.
On April 15, Jackie Robinson was the opening day first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases and win Major League Baseball's inaugural Rookie of the Year award. The Dodgers won the National League title and went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This season was dramatized in the movie 42.
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's record. Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1934, played for the Milwaukee Braves and Atlanta Braves, retiring in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs. He was named National League MVP in 1957 and was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. Aaron held MLB records for RBI and total bases, and even without his home runs, he would have had 3,016 hits. He passed away on January 22, 2021, at the age of 86.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943. The team folded prior to the 1949 season and was merged with the New York Yankees to form the Brooklyn-New York Yankees.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco in northern California as the San Francisco Giants.The team's name derived from the reputed skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city's trolley streetcars. The name is a shortened form of one of their former names, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, and they later earned the respectful nickname Dem Bums. The Dodgers played in two stadiums in South Brooklyn, each named Washington Park, and at Eastern Park in the neighborhood of Brownsville before moving to Ebbets Field in the neighborhood of Crown Heights in 1912. The team is noted for signing Jackie Robinson in 1947 as the first black player in the modern major leagues.
The Los Angeles Dodgers played against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Key moments included Mookie Betts connecting for a single, James Outman scoring on a single by Betts, and Shohei Ohtani stealing second base for the Dodgers. The game saw pitchers Gavin Stone and Matt Waldron in action, and Dodgers' shortstop Betts making notable plays.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a major league baseball club active between 1884 and 1957.Brooklyn Dodgers may also refer to:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), an American football team in the National Football League (1930–1943), renamed Brooklyn Tigers in 1944Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), an American football team in the All-America Football Conference (1946–1948)Brooklyn Dodgers (Continental Football League), an American football team in the Continental Football League for only one year (1966)Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball), a team in the Eastern Basketball AssociationBrooklyn Italians, a soccer team formerly known as the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackson Merrill singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as the San Diego Padres edged the host Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Friday, winning a slugfest that featured a history-making moment for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani. The teams combined for eight home runs, six of them in the first three innings. One of the long balls was the 175th of Ohtani's career, which tied Hideki Matsui's MLB record for homers by a Japanese-born player. With two outs in the 11th, Merrill punched a single to left off Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia (0-2), scoring automatic runner Jose Azocar from second base. Padres closer Robert Suarez (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
On the eighth anniversary of Kobe Bryant's last NBA game, Vanessa Bryant gifted members of the Los Angeles Dodgers exclusive Nike sneakers from the late basketball star's signature line in a team color scheme. The players, including Mookie Betts, expressed gratitude and excitement for the special footwear, with Betts planning to wear them daily, and manager Dave Roberts mentioning he would proudly wear them. Bryant, known for his Black Mamba nickname, scored 60 points in his final game on April 13, 2016, and tragically passed away in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020.
In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally fulfilled the promise of many previous Dodger teams. Although the club had won several pennants in the past, and had won as many as 105 games in 1953, it had never won a World Series. This team finished 13.5 games ahead in the National League pennant race, leading the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed. In the World Series, they finally beat their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees. It was the Dodgers first and only World Series championship won while located in Brooklyn.
Former Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino, known for helping break the 'Curse of the Bambino,' has passed away at the age of 78. Lucchino had a significant impact on the Red Sox organization and also worked with the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles. He played a key role in transforming the Red Sox into a championship-winning team, breaking a long-standing World Series drought for the franchise.
Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush is a 2007 documentary film produced by HBO Sports chronicling the last ten years of the Brooklyn Dodgers' tenure in the borough of churches. The film documents how in 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the baseball racial barrier in previously segregated major league, the struggles to win what seemed an unreachable World Series title in 1955, and the issues and community feelings involved in the team's sudden departure to Los Angeles after the 1957 campaign.The documentary focuses on the Brooklyn community's identification with the ball club, and with the perennial "wait till next year" attitude of both players and fans associated with the Dodgers' repeated inability to defeat the "upper class" New York Yankees for the World Series title, despite winning several pennants. The Brooklyn players, many of whom lived within and held off-season jobs in the community, were identified with the working-class people. The film portrays the countless agonies, defeats, prayers and tension leading to the World Series title in 1955.President and general manager Branch Rickey is attributed with the development of the club through his baseball acumen and experience, and several of his innovations, such as the farm system, pitching machines, batting cages, and his decision to integrate the team. Rickey manages some Brooklyn players' resistance to integration and prepares Jackie Robinson for the portrayed shocking reactions from other teams and fans. Jackie's widow Rachel Robinson also discusses these trying times from the Robinsons' point of view. Robinson must pass through a period of isolation prior to being accepted.Walter O'Malley gains majority ownership of the team and then, following Rickey's departure, total control. With the mass movement of paying fans to the suburbs, inadequate parking and the outdated and dilapidated Ebbets Field leads to O'Malley's failed attempts to convince the power broker Robert Moses, New York City Construction Coordinator, to condemn an O'Malley's chosen Brooklyn property, nearer to transportation infrastructure, for the purpose of building a new geodesic domed stadium. Moses planned to build a stadium at an alternative location in Queens, that eventually came to fruition in the form of Shea Stadium. The failure to reach an agreement, and offers from the municipality of Los Angeles, leads to New York's loss not only of the Dodgers. O'Malley convinces majority owner, Horace Stoneham of their perennial rival New York Giants, to also move to the west coast. The film records several of Brooklyn's old fans demonizing O'Malley, whose decision to move the team gains him a free grant of 350 acres within the city of Los Angeles, where he builds his dream stadium & prospers.The documentary omits Don Larson's Perfect Game in the 1956 World Series, as well as Roy Camapanella's automobile accident in 1958, which left him paralyzed from the shoulders down.Former players, front office personnel and Brooklyn residents (including Larry King and Louis Gossett Jr.) provide commentary on the times and what it was like to be alive in the borough during New York's "Golden Age" of baseball. The film was dedicated to former Dodgers pitcher Clem Labine, who died shortly after production of the film was completed.
The Boston Red Sox honored Tim Wakefield and his wife, Stacy, during the home opener at Fenway Park. Wakefield, a former Red Sox player and a two-time World Series champion, passed away from brain cancer in October, followed by his wife Stacy losing her battle with pancreatic cancer in February. The Red Sox paid tribute to the Wakefields by having their daughter Brianna throw the first pitch and hoist the 2004 World Series trophy with her brother Trevor. The team also wore heart-shaped patches with Wakefield's number in honor of the beloved knuckleball pitcher.
Billy Wagner fell just shy of being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 73.8% of the vote, while players need 75% to be elected. Wagner has one more year left on the ballot. Next year's Hall of Fame ballot is expected to include players like Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Felix Hernandez. Suzuki is likely to be a lock for induction after surpassing 3,000 hits and becoming one of the greatest Asian stars to play in America.
The Washington Nationals faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game on April 15, 2024. Highlights included Luis Garcia Jr hitting a three-run home run, Shohei Ohtani joking with Nick Senzel, CJ Abrams safely reaching second base with a double, and members of the Washington Nationals wearing No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson. The game also saw Ohtani scoring on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith and on a ground ball by Freddie Freeman.
Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP, officially retired from baseball after playing 13 seasons with the Washington Nationals, earning three All-Star selections. He led the Nationals to the 2019 World Series title, notably with a 5-0 record and a 1.98 ERA in five postseason starts. Despite his success, Strasburg's career was marred by injuries, including Tommy John surgery, carpal tunnel surgery in 2020, and thoracic outlet syndrome since 2022.
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 as an executive.O'Neil was prominently featured in Ken Burns's 1994 documentary series Baseball. His life was documented in Joe Posnanski's 2007 book The Soul of Baseball.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits. Elections of worthy individuals to be honored by induction into the Hall of Fame commenced in 1936, although the first induction ceremonies were not held until the hall opened in 1939. Through the elections for 2024, a total of 346 people will have been inducted, including 274 former professional players, 39 executives/pioneers, 23 managers, and 10 umpires. Each is listed showing his primary position; that is, the position or role in which the player made his greatest contribution to baseball according to the Hall of Fame.According to the current rules, players must have at least 10 years of major league experience to be eligible for induction. In addition, they must be retired for at least five years if living, or deceased for at least six months. Players meeting these qualifications must pass through a screening committee, and are then voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Each writer may vote for up to 10 players; to be admitted into the Hall of Fame, a player must be approved by 75% of those casting ballots. Players receiving less than 5% approval are removed from future BBWAA ballots. The rules, as revised in July 2016, allow that all individuals eligible for induction but not for the BBWAA ballot—players who have not been approved by the BBWAA election process within 15 years of their retirement, umpires, managers, pioneers, and executives—may be considered by one of four voting bodies that have taken over the role of the former Veterans Committee, based on the era in which each individual candidate made his greatest contribution to the sport. On a few occasions, exceptions have been made to the guidelines in place at the time: Lou Gehrig was elected in 1939 following his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Roberto Clemente was elected shortly after his death in 1972; and Addie Joss was elected in 1978 even though he completed only nine seasons before his death.Between 1971 and 1977, nine players from the Negro leagues were inducted by a special Negro Leagues Committee, which was given the task of identifying worthy players who played in the Negro leagues prior to the breaking of baseball's color line. Since 1977, players from the Negro leagues have been considered by the Veterans Committee, and nine more individuals have been approved by that body. In 2005, the Hall announced the formation of a Committee on African-American Baseball, which held a 2006 election for eligible figures from the Negro leagues and earlier 19th-century teams; 17 additional Negro leagues figures were chosen in that election, including executive Effa Manley, the first woman inducted.
Jurickson Profar's three-run double in the seventh inning led the San Diego Padres to a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking two of three games in their series. The game saw notable performances from Manny Machado, Max Muncy, and James Paxton, with the Padres capitalizing on 14 walks issued by the Dodgers pitchers. Yuki Matsui earned the win for San Diego, and Robert Suarez secured his fifth save. The Dodgers, who have dropped three of their last four games, were unable to overcome the Padres' strong momentum.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field of the baseball National League's team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1945, because of financial difficulties and the increasing scarcity of major league–level players because of the war-time defense requirements at the height of World War II, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks and were known as the Yanks for that season.This old NFL franchise was not related to the earlier (second incarnation) American Football League II with a franchise that played as the Brooklyn Tigers for the first half of the 1936 season before moving to Rochester, New York and playing as the Rochester Tigers. Another NFL team that played in the Brooklyn borough was the Brooklyn Lions (which became the Brooklyn Horsemen after merging with a team from an earlier first incarnation AFL of the same name) in 1926.In 1946, co-owner and partner Dan Topping (1912–1974) pulled the Tigers team out of the old NFL and placed it in the newly established rival professional league – the All-America Football Conference, which shortly lasted until 1949, until three teams from the AAFC merged with and entered a reorganized NFL in 1950.
Dodger Stadium is a baseball stadium in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the ballpark for Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers. Opened in 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US$23 million (US$223 million in 2020 dollars). It is the oldest ballpark in MLB west of the Mississippi River, and third-oldest overall, after Fenway Park in Boston (1912) and Wrigley Field in Chicago (1914), and is the largest baseball stadium in the world by seat capacity. Often referred to as a "pitcher's ballpark", the stadium has seen 13 no-hitters, two of which were perfect games. In addition, Dodger Stadium has been deemed the most popular MLB stadium on social media.The Major League Baseball All-Star Game was hosted at the stadium in 1980 and 2022, as well as hosted the World Series ten times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017 and 2018). It also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics, as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The stadium hosted a soccer tournament on August 3, 2013, featuring four clubs: the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy, and Europe's Real Madrid, Everton, and Juventus. The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks played a regular season game in 2014 as part of the NHL Stadium Series.The stadium was also the home of the Los Angeles Angels from 1962 through 1965 and was referred to as Chavez Ravine Stadium (or just "Chavez Ravine"), after the geographic feature in which the stadium sits. It is sometimes referred to as “Blue Heaven on Earth,” a nickname coined by Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda.
The 1952 World Series featured the 3-time defending champions New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Yankees won their 4th consecutive title, tying the mark they set in 1936–1939 under manager Joe McCarthy, and Casey Stengel became the second manager in Major League history with 4 consecutive World Series championships. This was the Yankees' 15th World Series championship win, and the 3rd time they defeated the Dodgers in 6 years.In Game 7, the Yankees' second baseman Billy Martin made a great catch, preserving the Yankees' two-run lead. Also, the home run hit by Mickey Mantle during the 8th inning of Game 6 was significant because it was the first of his record 18 career World Series home runs.
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