Bibliograph

Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers, seven decades of diamond dominance, Don Lechman

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers, seven decades of diamond dominance, Don Lechman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Don Lechman

Series statement

Sports history

Sub title

seven decades of diamond dominance

Summary

The Los Angeles Dodgers have always fielded one of the best pitching staffs in the Major Leagues. With Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser and closers Mike Marshall and Eric Gagne, it's hard to imagine a more sterling roster. After their 1958 arrival from Brooklyn, the Dodgers won five World Series, competed in nine and made the playoffs in eleven other seasons--by leaning on their pitchers. The Dodgers have nine Cy Young Awards, more than any other franchise. In their fifty-three years in LA, the Dodgers have led the National League in team earned run average a staggering twenty times. Join author Don Lechman, a Los Angeles newspaperman for forty years, as he recounts the history of the team's aces

Target audience

adult

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