Tuesday Dodger Trivia

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 5:00 AM PDT in Trivia

Since Opening Day is less than two weeks away, let's look at how the Los Angeles Dodgers have done on opening day in Los Angeles.

Who holds the longest Opening Day hitting streak in Los Angeles Dodger history? That is, from 1958-2008, what Dodger had hits in the most consecutive opening days?

Answer to come later Tuesday evening, although this one is easy especially relative to previous questions.

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Maury Wills

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 12:49 PM PDT reply actions

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Wills would have had a 7-game opening day hit streak — which would be the longest — if it weren’t for his 0 for 3 in the first game at Dodger Stadium, in 1962.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

MAURY WILLS FIELD TO BE DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON , D.C.

Dodger legend will be honored by his Alma Mater, Cardozo High School
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that former shortstop and current Dodger instructor Maury Wills will have the home field for Cardozo High School in Washington , D.C. , formerly known as Banneker Recreation Field, re-named "Maury Wills Field" in his honor. Wills graduated from Cardozo in 1950.

"I’m truly humbled by this dedication," said Wills. "This honor makes me reflect on how a measure of success is based on not how far you go, but from how far you’ve come. I think back to that day when I was eight-years-old, one of 13 children, and a Major League player came to visit me at my school and right then I knew I had direction and wanted to be a ballplayer. I love this game with a passion and always have."

by meercatjohn on Mar 24, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Davey Lopes

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions

Nope

Lopes only got hits on three opening days as a Dodger (1974, 1975, 1978).

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Brett Butler

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions

Steve Garvey

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions

I like lamp

Are you just saying anything you see? :)

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

I got no idea. I’m just going with guys on the all-time Dodger lineup ballot.

Is there some wa I’m supposed to be able to deduce it?

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I used the Play Index

On Baseball-Reference.com.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Ohhhh!!!

You want me to look it up? But what would be the fun in that?

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions

The answer

is Ron Cey, who had a 6-game opening day Dodger hitting streak. He got at least one hit each opening day from 1974-1979. He hit .292/.357/.542 in 28 PA in those six games.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:17 PM PDT reply actions

He was my next guess

;-)

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Eric and I differ on Trivia questions

If you don’t know the answer in your head then you are cheating when you look it up. He’s yet to ask a trivia question that you could answer without looking it up. Probably because I grew up in the day when we would have had no way to answer these questions.
These questions are for people who know how to manipulate baseball-reference not for people who already know Dodger trivia.

by meercatjohn on Mar 24, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$8,500,000	arb
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	37	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP		Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$114,662,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
62	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
33	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 19 For more info, click here.

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