the last time the dodgers won a world series was 2015.
when is the last time the dodgers won a world series?
2015
bullet::::- longtime los angeles dodgers' broadcaster vin scully called the 1988 world series for a national television audience on nbc with joe garagiola. unknown to the fans and the media at the time, kirk gibson was watching the game on television while undergoing physical therapy in the dodgers' clubhouse. at some point during the game, television cameras scanned the dodgers dugout and scully, observed that gibson was nowhere to be found. this spurred gibson to tell dodgers manager tommy lasorda that he was available to pinch hit. gibson immediately returned to the batting cage in the clubhouse to take practice swings. bob costas, who along with marv albert, hosted nbc's world series pregame coverage and handled postgame interviews made on-air statements that enraged many in the dodgers' clubhouse (especially manager tommy lasorda). after the dodgers won game 4, lasorda (during a postgame interview with marv albert) sarcastically said that the mvp of the world series should be bob costas. while kirk gibson was taking practice swings in the dodgers' clubhouse during game 1, orel hershiser set up the hitting tee for his teammate. along the way, costas could hear gibson's agonized-sounding grunts after every hit. costas said that the 1988 dodgers possibly had the weakest hitting line-up in world series history.
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in hodges' defense, however, it bears mentioning that numerous other players, including mathews, al kaline, billy williams and eddie murray, have been elected to the hall of fame despite never having been voted most valuable player. others, most notably tony pérez and barry larkin, have been elected despite never having led their leagues in any important offensive category in a season. (perez, like hodges, also was never voted most valuable player, and his overall career statistics are very similar to hodges'.) while hodges did post some of his best season performances in years in which the dodgers failed to win the pennant, he was nevertheless a significant contributor for the dodgers in the seasons in which they did win pennants, as well. his contributions to the dodgers' successful 1949, 1953, 1955 and 1959 campaigns are particularly noteworthy. with regard to hodges' 1952 world series slump, several hall of fame honorees, among them ty cobb, babe ruth, stan musial and ted williams, also endured severe batting slumps in world series play. more to the point, hodges' failure in the 1952 world series does not obscure his fine performances for the dodgers in the other world series they played during his tenure with the club. hodges led the dodger hitters in the 1953 world series, posting a batting average of .364. hodges' .304 mark in the 1956 series earned him a tie with duke snider for the top dodgers batting average, while his eight series rbi were good enough for the outright lead among dodgers hitters in that department. hodges shared top hitting honors for all starting position players on both teams in the 1959 fall classic with chicago's ted kluszewski, both first basemen hitting at a .391 clip. he also drove in both runs in the dodgers' decisive 2–0 victory in the seventh game of the 1955 series, which brought brooklyn its first (and only) world series title.
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