Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,,Los Angeles,CA,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 04/18/1958 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Giants: 04/18/1958
Final Score 6-5 (LAN)
Attendance – 78,672
Starting Pitchers Al Worthington (SFN); Carl Erskine (LAN)
First Batter – Jim Davenport (SFN) Result – Singled to LF
First Hits – Jim Davenport (SFN),Singled to LF (1)
First Run – Jim Davenport (SFN)
First RBI – Daryl Spencer (SFN)
First Homerun – Hank Sauer (SFN) vs. Carl Erskine (LAN) on 04/18/1958 (4th inning)
First Grandslam – Willie Mays (SFN) vs. Ed Roebuck (LAN) on 05/12/1958 (5th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Don Demeter (LAN) vs. Dom Zanni (SFN) on 04/21/1959 (3rd inning)
First No Hitter – None

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Cubs: 09/20/1961, Final Score – 3-2 (LAN)
Attendance – 12,068
Starting Pitchers – Dick Ellsworth (CHN); Sandy Koufax (LAN), Winning Pitcher – Sandy Koufax (LAN) Losing Pitcher – Barney Schultz (CHN)
Last Batter – Ron Fairly (LAN), result – Singled to CF
Last Hit – Ron Fairly (LAN), Singled to CF (13)
Last Run – Wally Moon (LAN), Last RBI – Ron Fairly (LAN)
Last HR – Norm Sherry (LAN) vs. Dick Ellsworth (CHN) on 09/20/1961 (8th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Don Drysdale (LAN) vs. Don Nottebart (ML1) on 08/09/1961 (2nd inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Wally Moon (LAN) vs. Robin Roberts (PHN) on 06/10/1961 (4th inning)
Last No Hitter – None

TRIVIA –
Demeter’s homer was the first of three he hit on 04/21/1959, and his three-homer game was the first of two he enjoyed in his career.