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Third Base Was Once A Black Hole

When the Dodgers moved west, they were a mixture of the old and the new. Some of the stars from Brooklyn remained. Some had retired or in Campy’s case, been injured. Jackie Robinson refused the trade to the Giants and retired after the 1956 season. Campy was injured in a car wreck in his hometown.

Pee Wee, Duke, Gil Hodges were all still there. As baseball dawned in Los Angeles, some new names were added to the mix. Until Ron Cey took over the job in 1973, only two players played more than 100 games at 3rd base for the Dodgers in all those years.