Dodgers’ playoff history vs every 2022 NL postseason team

Dodgers vs Mets playoff history:

• Series played: 3


• Series record: 1-2


• Overall record: 6-9

The 1988 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets was perhaps the best postseason series in franchise history for Los Angeles. While some would point to that year’s World Series and Kirk Gibson’s heroic walk-off home run, none of that was possible without the ’88 NLCS.

The Mets were absolutely dominant that season and were the favorites to win the World Series heading into the playoffs. Virtually nobody gave the Dodgers a chance against the daunting Mets, especially considering the team was 1-10 against New York in the regular season that year.

However, the Dodgers were able to take New York to seven games and, behind the heroics of Orel Hershiser, were able to shock New York and eventually create MLB history in the World Series. As a potential NLDS opponent, the 2022 Dodgers are hoping for an easier series this year.

The last time Los Angeles and New York faced off in the NLDS, though, it was not pretty for the Dodgers. Daniel Murphy decided to go from a slightly above-average left-handed hitter to the second coming of Ted Williams in the 2015 playoffs, essentially beating the Dodgers single-handedly.

The only other series between these two teams was less eventful as the Mets secured the three-game sweep in the 2006 NLDS.