Tommy Lasorda managed Team USA to a gold medal victory over Cuba on September 27, 2000, at the Olympic Games. Ben Sheets pitched a 4-0 shutout to end Cuba's 21-game Olympic winning...
Mike Piazza broke the MLB rookie record for home runs with 33 on September 27, 1993, surpassing previous Los Angeles Dodgers records held by Steve Garvey and Pedro Guerrero. Piazza went 2-for-4...
Sandy Koufax surpassed Christy Mathewson's National League single-season strikeout record on September 27, 1961, striking out seven batters over eight innings in a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Koufax finished the...
Mike Piazza hit a home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Darren Holmes that traveled 496 feet, hitting the left-center field billboard. The blast in the sixth inning extended the Los Angeles...
Burt Hooton set a Los Angeles Dodgers franchise record for starting pitchers with his 12th consecutive win against the Houston Astros, earning his 18th victory of the season. Hooton tossed a complete...
On September 25, 1974, Tommy John of the Los Angeles Dodgers undergoes history-making surgery on his left arm. In a revolutionary surgical operation, Dr. Frank Jobe repairs Tommy John’s damaged ulnar collateral...
On September 24, 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play the final game in the history of Ebbets Field . Grounding out, Pirates’ left-handed first baseman Dee Fondy becomes last player...
September 24, 1992 At Dodger Stadium future hall of famer Pedro Martinez makes his major league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers . Martinez pitches 2 innings in relief walking one and...
On September 24, 1971 — Al Downing becomes a 20-game winner when he blanks the Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium , 2-0. Willie Davis has three hits, one a homer, and scores...
On September 23, 1992 — Leadoff hitter Bip Roberts ties the National league record with his 10th consecutive hit, a first-inning single in the Reds’ 3-0 victory over Los Angeles at Chavez...