2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
| 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers | |
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| National League West Champions | |
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| Results | |
| Record | 92–70 (.568) |
| Divisional place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | Guggenheim Baseball Management |
| General manager(s) | Ned Colletti |
| Manager(s) | Don Mattingly |
| Local television |
Prime Ticket KCAL-TV (Vin Scully, Eric Collins, Steve Lyons) |
| Local radio |
KLAC (Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Rick Monday) KTNQ (Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela) |
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The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the Dodgers' 124th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 56th season in Los Angeles. The Dodgers dealt with a series of injuries to key players during the first half of the season and on June 21 were 31-42, 9 1/2 games back in last place in the NL West. Beginning with a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres on June 22, the return of the injured players, and the emergence of rookie Yasiel Puig, they went 46-10 through August 23 as the rest of the division collapsed. On September 19, they clinched the Western Division title. This was the earliest the Dodgers had ever clinched a title and the largest deficit they had ever overcome to win the division. They opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series and advanced to the NL Championship Series. In the NLCS, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in six games.
The Dodgers fired hitting coach Dave Hansen after the 2012 season but retained the rest of their coaching staff for 2013. On November 7, the Dodgers hired Mark McGwire to be the new hitting coach. On November 13, the Dodgers promoted bullpen coach Ken Howell to assistant pitching coach and named Chuck Crim as the new bullpen coach. They also named John Valentin as assistant hitting coach.
After the 2012 season several Dodgers players became free agents: pitchers Joe Blanton, Randy Choate, Brandon League and Jamey Wright, infielder Adam Kennedy and outfielders Shane Victorino and Bobby Abreu. The Dodgers also declined the 2013 contract options for pitcher Todd Coffey, backup catcher Matt Treanor and outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera, making them free agents.
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