Now that the Dodgers are finished with the Arizona portion of spring coaching, they’re again dwelling in Southern California for one more decades-long custom — the Freeway Series towards the Angels.
The Freeway Series began in 1962 with a single game in Palm Springs earlier than settling into the largely annual routine of video games in Los Angeles and Anaheim ever since. The two groups assembly was a novelty for a very long time, as National League and American League groups didn’t meet aside from the World Series for many of baseball history.
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But the Dodgers and Angels have performed one another within the common season yearly since 1997, which removes a variety of the shine the exhibition Freeway Series. Given the few breaks within the spring coaching matchups — no Freeway Series from 1965-68, 1972, 1980, and 2000-02 — there have been extra years the Dodgers and Angels have performed within the common season (29) than years when the exhibition Freeway Series was their solely matchup (27).
Knowing the Dodgers and Angels will meet six occasions through the common season — May 15-17 in Anaheim, and June 5-7 in Los Angeles — means people received’t actually be bursting at the seams for these three exhibition video games. But in case you had been questioning, listed below are the stats for the history of the Freeway Series.
The Dodgers are 60-79-6 all-time within the exhibition Freeway Series, with the final tie coming in 2017.
The Angels received that first sport in Palm Springs, 6-5. The Dodgers are 33-37-3 at Dodger Stadium in these video games, and 27-41-3 in Anaheim. Here are the splits by decade:
|
Decade |
Record |
Runs scored |
Runs allowed |
|
Sixties |
1-6 |
18 |
28 |
|
Seventies |
14-11-1 |
128 |
96 |
|
Eighties |
13-14 |
109 |
103 |
|
Nineteen Nineties |
12-14 |
92 |
88 |
|
2000s |
4-9-3 |
67 |
85 |
|
2010s |
9-17-2 |
97 |
132 |
|
2020s |
7-8 |
66 |
65 |
|
Totals |
60-79-6 |
577 |
597 |
Sunday night time’s sport is at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, with Monday and Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.