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Dodgers: Top 5 Players that you Forgot Played for the Dodgers

By Hector Ponce

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: Jimmy Rollins #11 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after being struck out in the third inning against Matt Harvey #33 of the New York Mets during game three of the National League Division Series at Citi Field on October 12, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: Jimmy Rollins #11 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after being struck out in the third inning against Matt Harvey #33 of the New York Mets during game three of the National League Division Series at Citi Field on October 12, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 13: Fans entering the ball park walk a statue former San Francisco Giants pitcher and MLB Hall of Famer Juan Marichal prior to the start of the game between the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants on Opening Day at AT&T Park on April 13, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

Number 1: Juan Marichal

The Dominican sensation Marichal is known for tormenting the Dodgers while he spent nearly his entire career with the rival San Francisco Giants. He was one of the greatest Giants of all-time. Marichal spent 14 seasons with the Giants, and over those 14 seasons, he would make earn himself a spot in Cooperstown.

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Marichal was an absolute workhorse with the Giants. He managed to eclipse the 300 innings pitched mark 3 times during his career and one season he came just one out short of that mark which would be 4. That is something that is unheard of nowadays with 100 pitches serving as a hard cap for pitchers in a game today.

While in the bay, Marichal would collect 10 all-star game appearances, an all-star game MVP and an NL pitching title. He was and still is beloved by the folks up north. As mentioned before, Marichal spent 14 seasons in San Francisco. It looked like he would be a Giant for life. That was until he was purchased by the Boston Red Sox prior to the 1974 season.

Marichal would make just 11 appearances before he was released by Boston during the 1974 season. He would be signed the following season by the Dodgers. In Los Angeles, he would make just 2 appearances. Which is exactly why most fans will forget he was ever a Dodger.

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I’m sure Giants hate the fact that he ever wore blue. Marichal is arguably the greatest Giants pitcher ever. So it’d be like Sandy Koufax wearing a Giants uniform to Dodger fans. Marichal was a great pitcher. He was a lifetime Giant but put on the Dodgers uniform for two games. Dodger fans may not remember it, and Giants fans purposely forget it, but Marichal was at one point a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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