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The Dodgers' first five world championships won in Los Angeles preceded the Giants' first one in San Francisco, in 2010. Before 2020 , all of the Dodgers' world championships were sandwiched by the Giants' final world championship in New York ( 1954 ) and their first in San Francisco ( 2010 ).
The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics met for the first time in the 1989 World Series. This series was interrupted minutes before Game 3 on October 17, 1989, when an earthquake , measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale , struck the San Francisco Bay Area .
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers; ... San Francisco Giants: 56: 55 .505 11½ 29–24 27–31 ... Lake Worth High School: Yes 1981–1984 A 22
San Francisco Giants: Baseball: 1958 MLB: Oracle Park San Francisco 41,677 Golden State Warriors: Basketball: 1962 NBA: Chase Center San Francisco 18,064 San Jose Sharks: Ice hockey: 1991 NHL: SAP Center San Jose 16,747 San Jose Earthquakes: Soccer: 1996 MLS: PayPal Park San Jose 20,979 Bay FC: Soccer: 2024 NWSL: PayPal Park San Jose 20,979 ...
The Los Angeles Times described the Dodgers' season as a "gamut of sublime" and "ridiculous", noting their successes—such as Maury Wills' 100 stolen bases breaking Ty Cobb's single-season record, Don Drysdale's 25 wins, and Sandy Koufax's no-hitter on June 30—together with problems such as the 18 unearned runs the defense had allowed for the season behind Drysdale, and other fielding issues.
In New York, the Giants enjoyed 55 winning seasons, with only 3 losing seasons between 1903 and 1939, a stretch which included two runs of 10 or more straight winning seasons (1903–14 and 1916–1925). In San Francisco the Giants have had 39 winning seasons, including their first fourteen in the city.
Alston won the flip, opting to play the first game in San Francisco and the remaining two games in Los Angeles. [10] The Dodgers had been more successful at home in the season, holding a 53–28 (.654 winning percentage ) record there while going 47–34 (.580) on the road. [ 7 ]
It is the fourth facility in the Los Angeles area to host multiple teams from the same league as Crypto.com Arena was home to both of the city's National Basketball Association (NBA) teams from 1999 to 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, Dignity Health Sports Park hosted both the LA Galaxy and now-defunct Chivas USA of Major ...