Players who played for the Dodgers and Padres | Immaculate Grid Answers for Grid 124 August 4, 2023

Are you hooked on Immaculate Grid, the daily trivia game from Baseball Reference? We sure are! We’ll warn you right now—this blog post contains spoilers. But if you’re looking for a little help with today’s grid (or you already filled it out and want to know who else qualified) read on.

To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose a player who played for both the Dodgers and Padres. There were 119 players who played with Los Angeles and San Diego. Here are some examples:

Steve Garvey

Steve Garvey won the 1974 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award as well as the National League MVP Award and capped off his Dodger career with a World Series championship in 1981. He was signed by the San Diego Padres as a free agent after the 1982 season. From 1975 to 1983, he played in a National League record 1,207 consecutive games. Garvey was often mentioned as a potential candidate for elected office after he retired, but the revelation that he had several illegitimate children dashed any political ambitions.

Adrián González

Adrián González was the first overall pick in the 2000 amateur draft, drafted by the Florida Marlins. He was signed by scout David Finley and made his pro debut that summer. However, he never played for the Fish. In 2003, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Ugueth Urbina, who helped lead the Marlins to a World Series title. With the Rangers, Gonzalez received little playing time, playing only 16 games in 2004 and 43 games in 2005 while completing his minor league apprenticeship.

Matt Kemp

Matt Kemp was drafted in the sixth round of the 2003 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was signed by scout Mike Leuzinger and debuted that year with the GCL Dodgers, hitting .270/.298/.346. A year later, he hit .288/.330/.499 for the Columbus Catfish and moved up to the Vero Beach Dodgers, where he batted .351/.405/.568 in 11 contests. In 2004-2005, he was second in the Arizona Fall League with a .383 batting average.

Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza was arguably the best offensive catcher in baseball history. Ten times during his career he hit over .300. He was famously drafted in the 62nd round of baseball’s 1988 Amateur Draft, as a favor to Piazza’s father, who was a close friend to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, both of whom were born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Gary Sheffield

Gary Sheffield is the nephew of Dwight Gooden. Gooden and Sheffield are also neighbors, living on the same block in Tampa, Florida. Sheffield was a highly touted “can’t miss” prospect from the time he was in high school.

In the 1980 Little League World Series, Sheffield played for the Tampa team that set a new Little League World Series record for average (.449). His teammates included Derek Bell and Ty Griffin. Sheffield set a Series record with four doubles. In the finale, Sheffield hit third and went 1 for 3 with a run in a 4-3 loss to Taiwan’s Hualien County. He had two passed balls at catcher.

All 119 Players

You can see all 119 players who played with Los Angeles and San Diego on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!

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