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| 1950 | After relieving GM Branch Rickey of his duties, Walter O'Malley names PCL Oakland manager Chuck Dressen to replace the fired 65-year-old Burt Shotton, who compiled a 326-215 (.603) record during his four-year tenure as the Dodgers skipper. Dressen will spend three seasons in the Brooklyn dugout, capturing two pennants and compiling an impressive 298-166 (.642) record, but resigns after publicly demanding and not being given a three-year contract instead of the customary one-year deal the team then offered their managers. |
| 1972 | In a seven-player blockbuster deal between crosstown rivals, the Dodgers trade Bobby Valentine, Billy Grabarkewitz, Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, and Mike Strahler to the Angels for Ken McMullen and Andy Messersmith. Singer (1973) and Messersmith (1974) will become 20-game winners for their new teams. |
| 1979 | Right-hander Rick Sutcliffe, who compiled a 17-10 record on a losing Dodger team, is named on 20 of 24 writers' ballots to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Outfielders Jeffrey Leonard of the Astros and Scot Thompson of the Cubs garnered the remaining four votes. |
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