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The RecordVol. I
Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

Team

Los Angeles Dodgers

15 entries · 1966–2025

No. 1966.10.06

1966

October 6
Fielding Fiascos1966

Three Errors in One Inning

In the fifth inning of World Series Game 2, Willie Davis lost two fly balls in the sun and threw one away. Three errors, three unearned runs, and Jim Palmer's shutout.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Baltimore Orioles

No. 1974.10.13

1974

October 13
Front Office & Trades1974

Herb Washington Is Picked Off

Charlie Finley signed a world-class sprinter who had never played baseball and used him only as a pinch runner. In the World Series, Mike Marshall picked him off.

Oakland Athletics · Los Angeles Dodgers

No. 1985.10.16

1985

October 16
Managerial Decisions1985

Lasorda Pitches to Clark

With first base open in the ninth of the 1985 NLCS, Tommy Lasorda let Tom Niedenfuer pitch to Jack Clark. Clark hit the first pitch into the left-field seats.

Los Angeles Dodgers · St. Louis Cardinals

No. 1993.11.19

1993

November 19
Front Office & Trades1993

Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields

The Dodgers needed a second baseman and traded Pedro Martinez to Montreal to get one. Pedro became one of the great pitchers of the era.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Montreal Expos

Yordan Alvarez batting for Houston on September 21, 2019, his first major-league season. This is not the August 1, 2016 trade, which came before he had played in the United States.
Front Office & Trades2016

Alvarez for Fields

On the 2016 trade deadline the Dodgers sent Yordan Alvarez, 19 and still without a professional game in the United States, to Houston for reliever Josh Fields.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Houston Astros

Clayton Kershaw, July 9, 2019 (the same season). Not NLDS Game 5.
Managerial Decisions2019

Kershaw, Then Kelly

Dave Roberts brought Clayton Kershaw in to protect a two-run lead, and Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto homered back to back. Joe Kelly then pitched a second inning, and Howie Kendrick hit a grand slam.

Washington Nationals · Los Angeles Dodgers

Mookie Betts with the Red Sox on August 10, 2018. The photograph is a season and a half before Boston traded him.
Front Office & Trades2020

Betts to the Dodgers

Boston sent Mookie Betts and David Price to Los Angeles for Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs, and Connor Wong. A three-team version of the deal had already collapsed over a medical file.

Boston Red Sox · Los Angeles Dodgers · Minnesota Twins

Brett Phillips with the Omaha Storm Chasers, April 2019. Not the 2020 World Series Game 4 play.
Fielding Fiascos2020

Phillips, Taylor, and the Relay

With two outs in the ninth of World Series Game 4, Brett Phillips singled, Chris Taylor bobbled the ball, and the relay home never got there. Randy Arozarena tripped on the way and still scored.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Tampa Bay Rays

Blake Snell in a Rays uniform (Mother's Day game, Camden Yards), May 13, 2018. Not the 2020 World Series.
Managerial Decisions2020

Cash Pulls Snell

Blake Snell led Game 6 of the World Series on 73 pitches when Kevin Cash took him out after a one-out single. Nick Anderson allowed the tying and go-ahead runs. The Dodgers won the championship.

Tampa Bay Rays · Los Angeles Dodgers

Umpire Gabe Morales, May 2015. Not the 2021 game.
Umpire Controversies2021

The Check Swing

With the tying run on base in the ninth of a winner-take-all game, Wilmer Flores held up on an 0–2 slider. First-base umpire Gabe Morales ruled that he had swung. The Giants' season ended.

Los Angeles Dodgers · San Francisco Giants

Max Scherzer with the Mets, April 7, 2023, 12 days before the ejection. Not the moment.
Rules & Quirks2023

Scherzer's Hand

In the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium, the umpires checked Max Scherzer's hand and glove, ruled them too sticky, and threw him out. Major League Baseball suspended him ten games. He said it was rosin and sweat.

New York Mets · Los Angeles Dodgers

Ippei Mizuhara (with Shohei Ohtani) at Angel Stadium, June 8, 2019. Taken years before the scandal, not the moment.
Personalities & Off-field2024

Mizuhara's Debts

During the Seoul Series, the Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's interpreter. Mizuhara had stolen about $17 million from Ohtani's account to pay illegal gambling debts. He pleaded guilty. Prosecutors cleared Ohtani.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Mookie Betts with the Dodgers at Nationals Park, April 2024. Not the World Series fan-interference play.
Fan & Crowd Moments2024

The Ball in Betts's Glove

Mookie Betts caught Gleyber Torres's foul against the right-field wall. Two fans grabbed his glove and tried to take the ball. Torres was called out for interference, and the fans were barred from the next game.

Los Angeles Dodgers · New York Yankees

Gerrit Cole, August 18, 2024. Not World Series Game 5.
Fielding Fiascos2024

The Yankees' Fifth Inning

The Yankees led Game 5 of the World Series by five runs. Aaron Judge dropped a fly ball, Anthony Volpe bounced a throw, and Gerrit Cole did not cover first. The Dodgers scored five unearned runs and won the championship.

Los Angeles Dodgers · New York Yankees

Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the Dodgers at Nationals Park, April 2024. Portrait, not the June 19, 2025 inning.
Umpire Controversies2025

Hudson and the Immaculate Inning

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one called strike from an immaculate inning when Marvin Hudson ruled a 96-mph fastball a ball. Yamamoto struck out the side anyway. The inning was no longer immaculate.

San Diego Padres · Los Angeles Dodgers