LOS ANGELES DODGERS by Marty Gitlin An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www abdopublishing com
www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher SportsZone is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 052014 092014 Editor Chrös McDougall Copy Editor Nicholas Cafarelli Interior Design and Production Kazuko Collins Cover Design Craig Hinton Photo Credits Al Behrman AP Images cover AP Images 1 4 7 9 12 15 16 19 21 24 26 28 31 42 middle bottom 43 top Bain News Service 10 42 top Hulton Archive Getty Images 23 Yarnold AP Images 32 Michael Caulfield AP Images 34 43 middle Rusty Kennedy AP Images 36 43 bottom Lenny Ignelzi AP Images 39 David J Phillip AP Images 41 David Zalubowski AP Images 44 Mark J Terrill AP Images 47 Library of Congress Control Number 2014933056 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gitlin Marty Los Angeles Dodgers by Marty Gitlin p cm Inside MLB Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-62403-474-9 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title GV875 L6G58 2015 796 357’640979494 dc23 2014933056
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Finally 4 Chapter 2 The First Dodgers 10 Chapter 3 Coming Up Short 16 Chapter 4 Bye Bye Brooklyn 24 Chapter 5 From Garvey to Manny 32 Timeline 42 Quick Stats 44 Quotes and Anecdotes 45 Glossary 46 For More Information 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
