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title	:	The Dodgers Encyclopedia
author	:	McNeil, William.
publisher	:	Sports Publishing, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	1571671544
print isbn13	:	9781571671547
ebook isbn13	:	9780585046969
language	:	English
subject	Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--Encyclopedias, Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Encyclopedias.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	GV875.B7.M364 1997eb
ddc	:	796.357
subject	:	Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--Encyclopedias, Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Encyclopedias.

Page iii The Dodgers Encyclopedia by William F. McNeil SPORTS PUBLISHING INC. a division of Sagamore Publishing

Page iv 1997 William F. McNeil All Rights Reserved. Book Layout: Lisa J. Peretz Editor: Susan M. McKinney Statistics and facts editor: Tot Holmes Interior Design: Michelle R. Dressen Dustjacket Design: Julie L. Denzer Front Cover Photo: Christopher Rory Photography ISBN: 1-57167-154-4 Library of Congress catalog card number: 96-67358 We have made every effort to trace the ownership of copyrighted photos. If we have failed to give adequate credit, we will be pleased to make changes in future printings. Printed in the United States. SPORTS PUBLISHING INC. a division of Sagamore Publishing 804 North Neil, Suite 100 Champaign, IL 61820 http:/www.sagamorepub.com

Page v This book is dedicated to Dodger fans everywhere, and to the memory of all the outstanding baseball players who plied their trade in baseball parks named The Capitoline, Eastern Park, Washington Park, Ebbets Field, The Coliseum, and Dodger Stadium.

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 The History of ''Dodger" Baseball 1 2 Players Roll Call 27 3 Famous Dodger Managers 121 4 The Legendary Executives 127 5 Dodger Sportscasters 135 6 The World Series Experience 141 7 Pennant Races and Playoffs 239 8 A Parade of No-Hitters 295 9 Memories Through The Years 333 10 The BallparksFrom Capitoline to Chavez 399 Bibliography 413 Appendix A: Career Statistics 415 Appendix B: Team and Individual Records 435

Page ix Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the following people and organizations who provided him with valuable assistance during the preparation of this book. Tot Holmes; Shirley Mullin Rhodes; Brent Shyer, Barry Stockhamer, and John Olguin, Los Angeles Dodgers; Mark Rucker, Transcendental Graphics; Bill Burdick, National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, NY; Bill Martin, New York Daily News; Julie Moffat, Archivist, Brooklyn Public Library; John Thorn and Pete Palmer, Editors, Total Baseball V; Vince Walsh, Princeton Desktop Publishing, Inc.; Bob Carroll, Walt Wilson, Mary Brace, Brace Photo; and Yuyo Ruiz, La Esquina Del Left Field. I would also like to thank Mike Pearson, Lisa Peretz, and Susan McKinney, at Sagamore Publishing, without whose efforts, this book would still be in manuscript form.

Page x The front page of the New York Daily News spread the word from Flatbush to the Bronx. Brooklyn's beloved Bums had finally achieved the impossible. On October 4, 1955, they became champions of the whole baseball world. (Daily News L.P. Photo)

Page 1 Chapter 1 The History of ''Dodger" Baseball "Meketre winds and pitches. Menes swings and drives the ball deep to right center field. Sinuhe is off at the crack of the bat, but the ball is over his head. It rolls toward the overflow crowd ringing the outfield. The swift first baseman of the Memphis Tigers races around the bases without breaking stride, and crosses home plate with the winning run before the ball can be retrieved. Memphis wins the Upper Egypt Championship for the third straight year." The date is 2013 B.C. "Marcus Vinicius is in deep trouble. The Pompeii Panthers have the bases loaded with two men out in the last of the ninth. The underdog Rome Renegades still cling to a slim 3-2 lead in the final game of the European World Series. The dangerous Claudius Fabius, power hitting out-fielder of the Panthers is at the plate, having hit one home run already today. He works the count full against Vinicius, three balls, two strikes. Marcus takes his stretch, eyes the runners, and comes to the plate. Claudius Fabius swings. He misses. It's strike three. The game is over. Rome ends eight years of frustration, and wins its first European championship with a stirring come-from-behind victory in Game Seven." The date is A.D. 13.

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