Orel hershiser dominated on the mound, throwing a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings on. Baseball 20 mlb home run derby 2020 closer report injury report prospect rankings mlb champions. That team, featuring standout seasons from orel hershiser and kirk gibson, remains one of the. They finally captured their first championship in 1955, beating the yankees four games to three. Orel hershiser goes the distance for a completegame win to clinch the world series title for the dodgers about major league baseball. Twentyfive years ago, the dodgers won the world series in what many would call miraculous fashion. They dispatched the cubs in five games in the nlcs. Hernandezs three homers lead dodgers to first world. Sports quiz world series rosters 1988 random sports or world quiz. Oct 18, 2017 the dodgers need just one more victory to guarantee a world series date after their 61 laugher tuesday over the chicago cubs, taking a 30 lead in the bestofseven national league championship. The 1988 season was a memorable one for the dodgers as a squad that was picked to finish fourth wound up winning the world series, beating the heavily. The 1988 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1988 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Dodgers announce 25man roster for 2017 world series think.
The dodgers have not been to the world series since 1988. Staff writer tim kawakami touches base with the world series. Dodgers kids club dodger insider blog dodger insider magazine dodgers photo blog walkup music dodgers bobbleheads fantasy mlb beat the streak yahoo fantasy baseball r. In all, the dodgers have appeared in 20 world series. This is a great collection of games for the 1988 world series and a great memory of all the dodgers fan, was one of the motivate of history for the first game where kirk gisbson homered to denis eckersley in the ninth i really liked to see this series, and i hope that major league baseball kick for sale, 1981 world series, where fernando.
Kirk gibsons 1988 world series historic home runbottom of. Injured nl mvp kirk gibson limped to the plate for a. As a frame of reference, 22yearold dodgers slugger and secondgeneration player cody bellingers father clay bellinger was still 11 years away from making his professional debut the last time the dodgers were in the world series. In addition to the team roster, the bottom of the plate lists the dodgers regular season record won 94, lost 67 and scores from their playoff victories over the mets and as. The dodgers partied thursday night like it was 1988, but clayton kershaw isnt quite finished cleansing legacies and ending droughts. Kirk gibson wins game 1 of the 1988 world series for the dodgers with a dramatic tworun home run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Kirk gibson wins game 1 of the 1988 world series for the dodgers with a dramatic tworun home run in the bottom of the 9th inning updates. Seven complete games chronicle the dodgers unlikely march to 1988 world champions. The 1983 world series mvp played a big part in the 1988 dodger championship compiling what would be the best offensive season of a 24 year.
There were a few changes, most notably with the additions of corey seager who missed the entirety of the nlcs with a sprained back, and veteran righthander brandon mccarthy, who is profiling. The dodgers began play in 1884 as the brooklyn atlantics and have been known by seven nicknames since including the grays, grooms, superbas, and robins, before adopting the dodgers name for good in 1932. To help solidify their roster the dodgers went on to sign 21year veteran pitcher. Oct 26, 2017 with his glove ready in the left field pavilion, a dodgers fan cheers on the dodgers while watching game 2 of the 2017 world series at dodger stadium. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star popular quizzes today. Can you name the players who played in a world series game in 1988. For the first time since 1988, the dodgers are national league champions, having dethroned the defending world champion cubs with a lopsided 111 victory in game 5 of the nlcs at wrigley field on. Its world series or bust for dodgers after mookie betts. During teams 40 sweep over the yankees in the 1963 championship. In 1981 the dodgers acquired pitcher fernando valenzuela, who became the first player to win both cy young and rookie of the year awards in the same season, on his way to leading the dodgers to their fifth world series win, in 1981.
It marked their third meeting in the series in five years as well as a record eleventh series meeting. Apr 17, 2020 hershiser was on the mound the last time the dodgers won the world series. The 1988 season was a memorable one for the dodgers as a squad that was picked to finish fourth wound up winning the world series, beating the heavily favored new york mets and oakland athletics on the way. On october 15, 1988, the dodgers won the first game of the world series, the same year they won the pennant, but it couldnt have been done without kirk gibsons. Year winner loser result mvp manager w manager l 2017. Over the next 14 years, the dodgers would make it to the world series five times only to lose. All weve been hearing is, 1988, 1988, 1988, kershaw said after pitching the dodgers past the cubs, 111, in the national league championship series presented by camping world. Oct 24, 2017 the dodgers roster for the world series was announced via a news release tuesday morning, in advance of game 1 later in the day at dodger stadium against the houston astros.
Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Orel hershisers 1988 mvp honor for winning two games in the dodgers fivegame upset of the athletics gave him a sweep of postseason honors. Includes nlcs game 5 at shea and game 7 at dodger stadium. From kirk gibson to orel hershiser, with a variety of stunt men in between, a complete look back at the 1988 dodgers, the last team in franchise history to win the world series. The dodgers roster for the world series was announced via a news release tuesday morning, in advance of game 1 later in the day at dodger stadium against the houston astros. Veteran slugger kirk gibson joined nl cy young awardwinning pitcher orel hershiser in 1988. Only 27 out of the 50 active roster players in this series were even alive for the 1988 world series. At the end of that season, the dodgers defeated the oakland as in.
Dodgers depth puts them on brink of first world series since. Kirk gibson carried the dodger offense, winning the national league most valuable player award. The deal, which required the dodgers to send 23yearold outfielder alex verdugo to the red sox and 31yearold pitcher kenta maeda to the twins, caused l. The 1981 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1981 season. Now, for the first time since 1988, they are headed to the.