Career years, comebacks highlight Dodgers’ clutch ’16

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers won the National League West an unprecedented fourth consecutive season, but for an even bigger reason, 2016 was an unforgettable year.

From the first game until the last, it was the final season of legendary announcer Vin Scully, who has been broadcasting Dodgers games since Harry Truman was president. The Dodgers won with a Charlie Culberson walk-off in Scully’s emotional final home broadcast, but they fell two wins shy of reaching the World Series in what would have truly been a fitting sendoff into retirement for the Hall of Famer.

2016 Year in Review Final 2016 MLB stats Final 2016 MLB standings Hot Stove Tracker Select a team ¬–AL East ¬BaltimoreBostonNew YorkTampa BayToronto–AL Central ¬ChicagoClevelandDetroitKansas CityMinnesota–AL West ¬HoustonLos AngelesOaklandSeattleTexas–NL East ¬AtlantaMiamiNew YorkPhiladelphiaWashington–NL Central ¬ChicagoCincinnatiMilwaukeePittsburghSt. Louis–NL West ¬ArizonaColoradoLos AngelesSan DiegoSan FranciscoFull coverage ¬–PostseasonAll-Star GameDraftStatcastOpening DayHall of Fame inductionsJackie Robinson DayRoberto Clemente DayFort Bragg GameTrade DeadlineWinter MeetingsAwardsFeats, tributes ¬–Ichiro reaches 3,000 hitsArrieta’s second career no-hitterScherzer strikes out 20Scully retires after legendary careerBig Papi calls it a careerJose Fernandez: 1992-2016Monte Irvin: 1919-2016Ralph Branca: 1926-2016

In contrast to the end of the Scully Era, the season ushered in a couple new ones. In his first full season in the Major Leagues, Corey Seager unleashed a Rookie of the Year campaign for the ages, while Dave Roberts won NL Manager of the Year and also was the first rookie Dodgers manager to win a division title since Tommy Lasorda in 1977.

Under Roberts, the Dodgers displayed the grit to overcome an eight-game deficit and 32 stints on the disabled list — including ace Clayton Kershaw’s, …

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