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The rivalry began in New York City, when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn and the Yankees in the Bronx. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, the rivalry continued as the teams represented two of the largest cities on each coast of the United States. Fan support has added to the notoriety of the series as both teams are supported by two ...
April 11, 1960: Johnny Klippstein was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians. [4] May 6, 1960: Rip Repulski was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Nelson Chittum. [5] May 7, 1960: Sandy Amorós was traded by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals) to the Detroit Tigers for Gail Harris. [6]
The 1963 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1963 season.The 60th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and two-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers; the Dodgers swept the Series in four games to secure their ...
The Yankees versus the Dodgers — it’s a tale as old as 1941. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, two of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball history, face-off Friday ...
The newly styled Los Angeles Dodgers won a World Series against the Chicago White Sox in 1959 and, remarkably, swept the Yankees in four straight games in the 1963 Series behind the pitching of ...
In the "Original 16" era (1901–1960), there were 8 teams in each league and teams in each league played each other 22 times a season. [1] With the second American League incarnation of the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) and the Los Angeles Angels entering play as expansion teams in 1961, MLB increased the total number of games American League teams played to 162, which meant ...
FILE - New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio (5) slides home safely in the ninth inning to score his team's fifth and winning run in Game 4 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at ...
Herman Thomas Davis Jr. (March 21, 1939 – April 3, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and coach.He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder and third baseman from 1959 to 1976 for ten different teams, most prominently for the Los Angeles Dodgers where he was a two-time National League batting champion and was a member of the 1963 World Series winning team.