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In 1958 Los Angeles joined the ranks of major league baseball cities when the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League, using the Los Angeles Coliseum as their home field, played the city's first major league game against the San Francisco Giants on April 18, 1958. In the 1959 season, after an inspiring home stretch drive, the Los Angeles Dodgers finished first in the National League standings and went on to win the World Series in six games against the Chicago White Sox. During the fifth game of that World Series, Los Angeles set a new world record for baseball attendance of 92,706.
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