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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles, CA · 1958–1961

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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309
Games on file
1958
First
1961
Last

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was a ballpark in Los Angeles, CA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 18, 1958 and the last on September 20, 1961. The register files it under the National League.

313 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1958 and 1961. The game logs list the Los Angeles Dodgers as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 77,500. 4 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Lee Walls's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958 in 1958, Don Demeter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959 in 1959, and Bill White's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961 in 1961.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 18, 1958, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6–5. Al Worthington started for the San Francisco Giants and Carl Erskine for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tony Venzon was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 20, 1961, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 3–2. Dick Ellsworth started for the Chicago Cubs and Sandy Koufax for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tom Gorman was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 92,706, for a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers on October 6, 1959.

The major leagues also played in Los Angeles, CA at Wrigley Field (1961–1961) and Dodger Stadium (from 1962).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1958

Lee Walls's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958

Lee Walls hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 24, 1958.

1959

Don Demeter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959

Don Demeter hit three home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants on April 21, 1959.

1961

Bill White's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961

Bill White hit three home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 5, 1961.

1961

Don Demeter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961

Don Demeter hit three home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 12, 1961.

Further reading: Wikipedia