Players in the Hall who spent time with the Dodgers
I got to thinking about this when Albert joined the Dodgers. Just how many HOFer s have spent time with the Dodgers in Brooklyn or LA. The answer right now is 46. Also 7 managers and coaches, 3 executives, and 4 broadcasters. The broadcasters are Scully, Red Barber, Jaime Jarrin, and Ernie Harwell, who did most of his work in Detroit. But he worked with Barber for a while. The execs
I got to thinking about this when Albert joined the Dodgers. Just how many HOFer’s have spent time with the Dodgers in Brooklyn or LA. The answer right now is 46. Also 7 managers and coaches, 3 executives, and 4 broadcasters. The broadcasters are Scully, Red Barber, Jaime Jarrin, and Ernie Harwell, who did most of his work in Detroit. But he worked with Barber for a while. The execs are Larry McPhail, Walter O’Malley, and Branch Rickey.
Managers and coaches were Lasorda, Alston, Ned Hanlon, Ted Lyons, George Sisler, Wilbert Robinson, and Babe Ruth. Pretty heady company. Players include the likes of Jim Bunning, Gary Carter, Ricky Henderson, Billy Herman, Waite Hoyt, Greg Maddux, Juan Marichal, Frank Robinson, Joe Medwick, Eddie Murray, Piazza, Lloyd and Paul Waner, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ernie Lombardi, who was originally a Dodger and was traded after his rookie year, and Hack Wilson.
Some of those guys only spent one season with the Dodgers. Maddux spent parts of two seasons with LA as Ned Colletti traded for him twice. Some were only there for a few games, like Marichal. The ones who spent a majority or all of their careers with the Dodgers are Campy, Reese, Robinson, Drysdale, Koufax, Snider, Sutton, Dazzy Vance, Zack Wheat. Leo Durocher spent time as a player and a manager. Max Carey, Casey Stengel, Burleigh Grimes, John Montgomery Ward, also played and managed.
Names you might not know, Ki Ki Cuyler, Dan Brouthers, Billy Herman, who was also a coach, Rube Marquard, Hughie Jennings, Wee Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, George Kelly, Tony Lazzeri, Fred Lindstrom, Al Lopez, who managed against the Dodgers in the 1959 World Series, Heinie Manush, Rabbit Maranville, don’t you just love these names?? And Arky Vaughan. Lots of history there. Some good, some bad. Lindstrom was with the Giants when a ball kangarooed over his head and they lost a critical game.
Lazzeri’s nickname with the Yankees was Poosh ’em up. He is famous for being struck out by Grover Alexander when the Cards beat the Yanks in the 1926 World Series. Arky Vaughn was a career .318 hitter and spent 4 years with Brooklyn. Robinson, Frank that is, the only players to win an MVP in both leagues. Campy won 3 as a Dodger. You wonder sometimes how good Campy would have been had he come into the league sooner, and not had some nagging injuries during his outstanding career.
For me, it has always been what if, what if they had never traded Piazza. I will always blame FOX for that. There have been some borderline HOF players come through LA. Garvey, as good as he was, his numbers still fall short. Hodges belongs, pure and simple. This time the voters got it wrong. His numbers compare with Tony Perez except for the RBI’s, but Perez played longer. However, he is only a few HRs ahead of Hodges. Many say Fernando belongs. As a Cultural icon, and for what he did bringing the Latino community to games in droves, maybe. But his career stats are too weak to garner entry. I think he may get in as a broadcaster someday, or if they decide players who made contributions outside of their stats.
Albert is a lock. He will go in 5 years after he retires and there will be a StL on his cap. Some think Hershiser belongs. Again I think his career stats are just a little shy of election. But he might get in if the Veteran’s committee thinks he is good enough. Another player I think needs a look-see again is Maury Wills. Maury changed the game when he arrived and brought back the stolen base. He also was the first to break Cobb’s record of 96.
I think CK will get in. Most likely a first-ballot guy. The rest of today’s Dodgers, well, I think that only time will tell. But it is fun to look back on those who came before. Guys like Boog Powell and Rocky Colovito. Close, but just a little shy of being hall-worthy.
Only Dodger Minor League Game: OKC BOX – Kaybear with his 7th HR. LHP Justin Bruihl was promoted to OKC from Tulsa after 15 innings (1.20 ERA/0.67 WHIP). He now has 3.1 scoreless innings at OKC with 6 K’s. Watch this guy!
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I was wrong, they had a 4 man bench. I forgot there were only 8 position players in the lineup. Pujols has been pretty good as a Dodger. Watching him interact with the rest of the team when he gets on is very fun to do.
Great win.
Treinen has some absolutely filthy pitches in his arsenal.
Mookie looking a lot more like it.
So much better watching baseball with a sell out crowd, although it was a strange end to the game.
Oh yeah, two hits off rightes
BIG AL !!!!
Come on, Give me a reason to like you Bickford,, please just slow it down a little bit
Put Bickford on the bus with Raley!
I don’t want anybody on this site calling him Fat Albert anymore
Oh yeah way to go MOOKIE
So all Mookie needed was 56,000!
I don’t want to hear anybody on the site calling him Fat Albert anymore.
Oh yeah way to go mookie
Kelly 1,2,3 inning wth
I’m sorry but Luke Raley is not a major league hitter!
Wow! UGLY! Is Julio supposed to field as well as hit and pitch? Tho it was a horrible 0-2 pitch to Herrera
Urias should b a 2way player or mb just bat for Betts. What has happened here he seems to b more than lucky. Doc has found his xtra inning pinch hitter. Sorry kershaw
Julio Ohtani!!!!! Why isn’t he batting cleanup?
There u go Phil. Roberts must be reading your comments. He had Lux running on 3-2 count to get to third and scores on the ground out. Manufactured run for Dodgers! I love it!
I have said this over and over u cannot trust anything doc says about injuries. He will say oh he is day to day and they will be out for a month. I don’t know how this lineup scores but mb somebody will get hot. 3 hits last night but 2 for homers so mb we can just get lucky.
Back to the IL for Bell-il. Mitch White recalled right after Doc said 13 pitchers is enough. lol I don’t think he’s the great communicator everyone thinks he is.
Will be interesting to see how the Dodgers play against these weak teams. Elfin is an ex Dodger. Traded in the Rollins deal if I remember right. They need to beat up on these kinds of guys.
Cool technology Mark. My wife saw it and she wants to get a sensor placed at my local bar so it can detect when I’m drinking too much and can cut me off!
Opening Night
Mookie CF
Gavin SS
JT 3b
Will C
Matt LF
CT3 2b
Albert 1b
Zach RF
Julio P
More prominent players hitting the IL today as Tyler Glasnow of the Rays, and Max Scherzer are headed that way. Glasnow’s injury is the more serious of the two. We might lose Bellinger if he is not better by tomorrow.
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Anybody really believe the Giants are going to win62 per cent of their games for the full season. No way that would b around 100 wins. The Giants have not had a bad slide but they will as all teams do.
The Dodgers just need to get healthy and perform to capabilities. But they may not get healthy which might end their chances. Would we have won a World Series without this one or that one? No we we needed most everybody except mb pollock.
To win a World Series u need somebody to play over their head(Seager) a hot pitcher(Buehler Urias) somebody who makes memorable plays(Betts Bellinger) and others who keep the line moving(Muncy Smith Barnes Turner) with occasional game winning plays. So most everybody makes contributions.
Fun post Bear. Great research on a topic I would have never thought to write about. Good idea. And well executed. I love your stroll down baseball HOF history with the great photos.
* Great job by the bullpen throwing up a shutout after the 1st. The situational pitcher was excellent especially in the 3 innings where there was traffic. Holding the Phillies to 1 for 11 w/ RISP was huge. The back end looked awesome with Treinen, Nelson and KJ. You don’t win many with 3 hits without an extraordinary bullpen.
* I’m going to knit-pick again about the lack off aggressive moves by Doc in-game, that go completely unnoticed. But over the long haul they can be opportunities lost. Botton 4, Phillies up 1 – zip. Mookie walks. And I keep waiting for Doc to run early to get him to 2nd with Lux batting. It never happened. Finally at 2 & 2, I figured he has to be going to stay out of the double play, right? It’s called a “hit & run” or “ run and hit”. Dodger fans are unfamiliar with the play but other teams almost always run in that situation. Lux grounded into a force at 2nd which would have moved Mookie to 2nd had he been running on the play, and the out would have been at 1st. Mookie at 2nd with 1 out is a good thing. Lux at 1st, less good.
And it didn’t matter because Smith goes yard for a 2 run homer and all is forgotten. But to me it’s a missed opportunity to manage the game and putting more pressure on the defense. I believe that stuff pays off in the long haul.
Now I plan to get a comment from Cassidy who commented the last time I bitched about Mookie not running. He very correctly pointed out that I lacked inside information and maybe Mookie wasn’t entirely healthy and able to steal. That can certainly be true. But I’m going to assume that if he’s out there, he’s capable of running to 2nd on a hit and run. Maybe I’m wrong.
We could use some innings out of Urias tonight.
Well it sure seems like Bauer hasn’t been using the last 3-4 outings and the results speak for themselves!
Well it sure seems that Bauer hasn’t been using the last 3-4 outings and the results show it!