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Create your own top 5 rankings of the greatest players in Los Angeles Dodgers history from Sandy Koufax to Clayton Kershaw to Jackie Robinson
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April 30th, 2022 marked the date Clayton Kershaw became LA’s all-time leader in Strikeouts, surpassing Don Sutton to cement his spot in franchise history forever so it’s a great time to look at the top 5 greatest Los Angeles Dodgers players of all time with him officially topping the list.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the most illustrious franchises in the history of sports. The organization was very successful in Brooklyn, New York as they won five NL pennants after changing their name from the Robins to Dodgers in 1932. They finally won their first World Series Championship in 1955 with HOF’s 2B Jackie Robinson, SP Sandy Koufax, OF Duke Snider, C Roy Campanella, and SS Pee Wee Reese all leading the way before moving to LA and finding instant success.
With an all-time SP duo in Koufax and Don Drysdale, the Dodgers won three titles during their first eight years on the West Coast. While they’ve yet to repeat that level of success, the Dodgers have recently been World Series contenders on an annual basis with their all-time list of greatest players comprising of a combination of those two runs of dominance. Honorable mention includes: Zack Wheat, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, & Don Drysdale
Here are the top 5 greatest Los Angeles Dodgers of all time. Create your own rankings below!
– 8x All-Star, 3x Cy Young, 2014 MVP, 2011 Triple Crown
– 2020 WS Champ; 4x MLB ERA & 2x MLB WHIP leader
– Lowest career WHIP (1.004) in Dodgers history
One of the best pitchers to ever grace the mound, Clayton Kershaw has maintained the lowest WHIP in franchise history and surpassed the all-time Ks record (2,696) in 2022, illustrating his unmatched ability to do his job at a high level and keep runners off the bases.
Clayton Kershaw's HOF resume:
– 8x All-Star
– 3x Cy Young winner, 7x finished top-5
– 2014 NL MVP
– 2011 NL Triple Crown
– 2020 World Series Champion
– 4x MLB ERA leader
– Most Playoff Ks (207)^ in MLB history
– Most career Ks (2,700)^ in #Dodgers historypic.twitter.com/XrScQsX3jX— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) May 1, 2022
Clayton Kershaw's HOF resume:
– 8x All-Star
– 3x Cy Young winner, 7x finished top-5
– 2014 NL MVP
– 2011 NL Triple Crown
– 2020 World Series Champion
– 4x MLB ERA leader
– Most Playoff Ks (207)^ in MLB history
– Most career Ks (2,700)^ in #Dodgers historypic.twitter.com/XrScQsX3jX— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) May 1, 2022
– 7x All-Star, 3x Cy Young, ’63 MVP, 4x WS Champ (2x MVP)
– 5x NL ERA & 4x NL K leader; 3x Triple Crown
– Lowest WHIP in MLB 4 consecutive seasons (1962-66)
The first player to ever win consecutive Cy Youngs or multiple World Series MVPs, Sandy Koufax demonstrated his dominance on the mound season after season with his consistently high strikeout count and extremely low WHIP.
Sandy Koufax's HOF resume:
– 7x All-Star
– 5x NL ERA leader
– 4x World Series Champ, 2x WS MVP
– 4x MLB Ks leader
– 3x Cy Young & Triple Crown
– 2x MLB IP & CG Leader
– 1963 NL MVP
– MLB All-Century & All-Time Teams
– #32 retired by #Dodgers
pic.twitter.com/yZ0jLlrr82— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) November 19, 2021
– 1947 ROY (1st ever), 6x All-Star, 1949 MVP, 1955 WS Champ
– 1949 NL AVG (.342) & 1952 MLB OBP (.440) leader
– 2x NL SB leader; T-most All-Stars (6) among Dodgers 2B
The first African-American athlete to step foot on an MLB diamond, Jackie Robinson is not memorable solely for his monumental contribution to race relations in baseball, but also as one of the top players to ever be listed on the Dodgers roster.
Jackie Robinson’s HOF resume:
– 6x MLB All-Star
– 1st player to break MLB color barrier
– 1st MLB ROY ever
– 1949 NL MVP & Batting title
– 1955 World Series Champ
– 1949 MLB SB Leader, 1947 NL Leader
– 1952 MLB OBP Leader
– #42 retired by all 30 MLB teamspic.twitter.com/kLUvsKAF4T— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) September 17, 2021
– 4x All-Star, 5x Cy Young top-5 finisher, 1980 ERA (2.20) Title
– 3x NL WHIP leader; 2nd most Dodgers career Ks (2,696)
– Most Wins (233), SHO (52), & IP (3,816.1) in LAD history
No Dodgers pitcher has ever seen the LA mound more, leading the team in Games Started (533) and Innings Pitched (3,816.1), despite only spending part of his career there. Once on the dirt, Don Sutton was an ace at sending batters back to the bench, racking up the most Strikeouts (2,696) in Dodgers history before Clayton Kershaw surpassed him in 2022.
Don Sutton's HOF resume:
– 4x All-Star
– 4x NL WHIP leader, 1980 MLB WHIP (0.989) leader
– 1980 MLB ERA (2.20) leader
– 1972 NL H/9 (6.1) leader
– Most seasons of 200+ IP (20) or 10+ Wins (21) in MLB history
– #20 retired by #Dodgerspic.twitter.com/7BmMs6jfsV— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) May 1, 2022
– 7x All-Star, 2x WS Champ; 2x MLB Runs leader
– 1955 MLB RBI (136) & 1956 NL HR (43) leader
– Most RBI (1,271) & HR (389) in franchise history
An exemplary power hitter, Duke Snider still leads the franchise in Home Runs (389), Runs Batted In (1,271), and Extra Base Hits (814) over half of a century after ending his career, exhibiting how his greatness has stood the test of time.
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