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==Historic events== ===1963 World Series=== The Dodgers won the 1963 World Series over the New York Yankees, sweeping the Yankees by winning game 4 by a score of 2–1. As of the 2024 season, this remains the only time the Dodgers ever clinched a World Series at Dodger Stadium. ===1988 National League Championship Series=== Until 1988, Dodger Stadium had never hosted a seventh game of a postseason series. The Dodgers won Game 7 of the 1988 National League Championship Series over the New York Mets, 6–0. ===2020 postseason games=== In keeping with the decision of Major League Baseball to schedule postseason games for neutral, "bubble" sites in light of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], Dodger Stadium hosted all games between the [[Houston Astros]] and the [[Oakland Athletics]] in the [[2020 American League Division Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/houston-astros-disappoint-cardboard-fans-dodger-stadium-advance-alcs-1537684|title=Houston Astros Disappoint Cardboard Fans at Dodger Stadium, Advance to ALCS|work=[[Newsweek]]|first=Scott|last=McDonald|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=October 27, 2020}}</ref> The [[2020 World Series]], which pitted the Dodgers against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], was played in the neutral site of [[Globe Life Field]] in [[Arlington, Texas]]. To accommodate local fans, Dodger Stadium staff set up two {{cvt|60|ft|adj=on}} high HD video screens in the parking lot and allowed up to 950 cars to enter for each World Series game. An entrance fee of $75 per car was charged, with no more than 6 occupants per car. Audio play-by-play was broadcast over an FM station. No food or drink was sold, and participants were prohibited from bringing alcohol or "partying away from their car". An estimated 2,000 fans attended each game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30198976/los-angeles-dodgers-fans-get-next-best-thing-world-series-drive-in|title=Los Angeles Dodgers fans get 'next best thing' with World Series drive-in|first=Kelly|last=Cohen|publisher=ESPN|date=October 27, 2020|access-date=October 27, 2020}}</ref> ===No-hitters in Dodger Stadium=== (*-Perfect game) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="{{Baseball primary style|Los Angeles Dodgers}};|Date ! style="{{Baseball primary style|Los Angeles Dodgers}};|Pitcher ! style="{{Baseball primary style|Los Angeles Dodgers}};|Team ! style="{{Baseball primary style|Los Angeles Dodgers}};|Opponent ! style="{{Baseball primary style|Los Angeles Dodgers}};|Box score |- | May 5, 1962 | [[Bo Belinsky]] | [[1962 Los Angeles Angels season|Angels]] | [[1962 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B05050LAA1962.htm] |- | June 30, 1962 | [[Sandy Koufax]] | [[1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1962 New York Mets season|Mets]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B06300LAN1962.htm] |- | May 11, 1963 | Sandy Koufax | [[1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1963 San Francisco Giants season|Giants]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B05110LAN1963.htm] |- | [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game|September 9, 1965]]* | Sandy Koufax | [[1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1965 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1965/B09090LAN1965.htm] |- | July 20, 1970 | [[Bill Singer]] | [[1970 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1970 Philadelphia Phillies season|Phillies]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B07200LAN1970.htm] |- | June 29, 1990 | [[Fernando Valenzuela]] | [[1990 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1990 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B06290LAN1990.htm] |- | [[Dennis Martínez's perfect game|July 28, 1991]]* | [[Dennis Martínez]] | [[1991 Montreal Expos season|Expos]] | [[1991 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1991/B07280LAN1991.htm] |- | Aug. 17, 1992 | [[Kevin Gross]] | [[1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1992 San Francisco Giants season|Giants]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1992/B08170LAN1992.htm] |- | April 8, 1994 | [[Kent Mercker]] | [[1994 Atlanta Braves season|Braves]] | [[1994 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/B04080LAN1994.htm] |- | July 14, 1995 | [[Ramón Martínez (pitcher)|Ramón Martínez]] | [[1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[1995 Florida Marlins season|Marlins]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1995/B07140LAN1995.htm] |- | June 18, 2014 | [[Clayton Kershaw]] | [[2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [[2014 Colorado Rockies season|Rockies]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B06180LAN2014.htm] |- | August 30, 2015 | [[Jake Arrieta]] | [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] | [[2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_chrono.htm] |- | June 24, 2021 | ''Combined'' | [[2021 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] | [[2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] | [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN202106240.shtml] |- |} ===Home runs out of Dodger Stadium=== Seven home runs have been hit completely out of Dodger Stadium. Outfielder [[Willie Stargell]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] hit two of those home runs. Stargell hit a {{convert|507|foot|adj=on}} home run off the Dodgers' [[Alan Foster (baseball)|Alan Foster]] on August 5, 1969, that completely cleared the right field pavilion and struck a bus parked outside the stadium. Stargell then hit a {{convert|470|foot|adj=on}} home run off [[Andy Messersmith]] on May 8, 1973, that landed on the right field pavilion roof and bounced into the parking lot. Dodger catcher [[Mike Piazza]] hit a {{convert|478|foot|adj=on}} home run off Frank Castillo of the [[Colorado Rockies]] on September 21, 1997, that landed on the left field pavilion roof and skipped under the left field video board and into the parking lot. On May 22, 1999, [[St. Louis Cardinals]] first baseman [[Mark McGwire]] cleared the left field pavilion with a {{convert|483|foot|adj=on}} home run off the Dodgers' [[Jamie Arnold (baseball)|Jamie Arnold]]. On May 12, 2015, [[Giancarlo Stanton]] of the [[Miami Marlins]] hit a {{convert|478|foot|adj=on}} home run over the left-field roof off [[Mike Bolsinger]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Giancarlo Stanton hits a ball out of Dodger Stadium|url=https://nypost.com/2015/05/12/giancarlo-stanton-hits-a-ball-out-of-dodgers-stadium/|access-date=13 May 2015|work=[[New York Post]]|date=May 12, 2015}}</ref> On September 30, 2021, [[Fernando Tatís Jr.]] hit a ball out of the stadium off the top of the left field pavilion roof.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tatis' 42nd HR leaves Dodger Stadium|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-home-run-out-of-dodger-stadium|access-date=30 September 2021|work=Major League Baseball}}</ref> Most recently, on July 21, 2024, [[Shohei Ohtani]] hit a ball 473 feet out over the right field pavilion into the center field plaza.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ohtani's 473-foot moonshot lands 'where people don't go'|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-hits-473-foot-home-run-vs-red-sox|access-date=22 July 2024|work=Major League Baseball}}</ref> [[Image:WBC11.jpg|thumb|right|Dodger Stadium hosts the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]]. The top of a ten-story elevator shaft bears the World Baseball Classic logo.]] [[File:Dodger Stadium Upper Seating.jpg|thumb|Dodger Stadium upper seating on 6/15/18 vs. the [[San Francisco Giants]].]]
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