CLOSED TODAY: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
CLOSED TODAY: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Pitcher
Pitcher
Games
Birth year
Pirates shortstop Dick Groat once claimed “Batting against Don Drysdale is the same as making a date with a dentist.”
Drysdale was a tough pitcher, who along with Sandy Koufax, formed the most dominant pitching tandem of the 1960s.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
Executive
Executive
Primary Team Or Role
Birth year
In his first week on the job as the president and principal owner of the storied Dodgers franchise, Walter O’Malley declared his philosophy in eight words: “We are going to concentrate on winning pennants.”
When asked to elaborate, he explained that he intended to build an organization to match the New York Yankees of the American League as a perennial powerhouse.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
Manager
Manager
Games
Birth year
For more than eight decades, he was the face of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tommy Lasorda will always remain the embodiment of Dodger Blue.
Lasorda, who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976-1996, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997 following a career where he won 1,599 games, two World Series and two more National League pennants – all with the Dodgers.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
Pitcher
Pitcher
Games
Birth year
When Sandy Koufax was awarded a basketball scholarship to the University of Cincinnati in 1953, his plans included a career in architecture.
Instead, Koufax made a living on a baseball diamond, becoming one of the most dominating left-handers of all time.
"Either he throws the fastest ball I've ever seen, or I'm going blind,” said Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
Manager
Manager
Games
Birth year
His big league playing career consisted of exactly one at-bat – one that ended in a strikeout.
But a little more than 46 years after his Sept. 27, 1936 debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, Walter Alston was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In between, Alston established himself as one of the best managers in major league history.
“He might be taken for a farmer who came to manage the town team on a Saturday,” wrote Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Journal.
But beneath Alston’s quiet exterior was the heart of a champion.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
Pitcher
Pitcher
Games
Birth year
“My mother used to worry about my imaginary friends ‘cause I would be out in the yard playing ball,” Don Sutton said in his Hall of Fame induction speech in 1998. “She worried because she didn’t know a Mickey, or a Whitey, or a Yogi, or a Moose, or an Elston, but I played with them every day.”
Not only would Sutton get to join many of his childhood “friends” in the major leagues, Sutton rose to their status in his 23-year career, doubtlessly becoming a player in many children’s fantasy backyard games.
Explore the archives and go deep into the lives, careers, and stories of the Hall of Fame's honorees.
