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2024 Los Angeles Dodgers Season
The 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 135th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 67th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 62nd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. Shohei Ohtani made his Dodgers debut after signing a record 10-year, $700 million contract with the club in the off-season. In his first season, Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to break the 50 homerun, 50 stolen bases barrier in a single-season. He also surpassed Shawn Green's Dodgers single-season home run record with 54 home runs. The Dodgers clinched their 12th consecutive postseason berth on September 19, which remains the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports. It also extends the longest playoff streak in franchise history. On September 26, the Dodgers won the National League West division for the third consecutive season and the 11th time in the past 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League West
The National League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos. For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games, half of the teams were put into the new National League East, East Division and half into the new West Division. Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games. Geography Despite the geography, the owners of the Chicago Cubs insisted that their team be placed into the East Division along with the teams in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Also, the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals wanted that team to be in the same division with their natural rivals of the Cubs. The league could have insisted on a purely geographical alignment like the American League did. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |