List of Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers

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For the Opening Day starting pitchers before 1958, see List of Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers.
Clayton Kershaw holds the Dodgers' record for most Opening Day starts with nine (2011–2018 & 2021).

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losses and 10 no decisions.[3][4]

The Dodgers started playing in Los Angeles in 1958, after moving from Brooklyn.[5] The first Opening Day game for the Dodgers in Los Angeles was played in San Francisco against the San Francisco Giants on April 15, 1958.[3] California native Don Drysdale was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Dodgers lost 8–0.[3][6] Dodgers starting pitchers won both of their Opening Day starts in their first home ballpark in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[3][4]

wins as an Opening Day starter, with five wins. They both also have two losses.[3]

Koufax (1964), Chan Ho Park (2001), Brad Penny (2008), Hiroki Kuroda (2009) and Julio Urías (2023) are the only Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers to have won all their Opening Day decisions, Martinez and Derek Lowe share the Los Angeles Dodgers record for most Opening Day losses, with three.[3] The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series championship in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 and 2020. Drysdale (1959, 1963 and 1965), Fernando Valenzuela (1981 and 1988) and Dustin May (2020) were the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitchers those years.[3] The Dodgers' starting pitcher won the Opening Day game in 1963, 1965 and 1981, but lost in 1959 and 1988. In 2020 the starter did not factor in the decision.[8][9][10][11][12]

Key

Dodger Stadium has been the Los Angeles Dodgers' home field since 1962. Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitchers have a record there of nine wins, ten losses and five no decisions.
Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular Dodgers season.
Pitcher (#) Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Dodgers
W Win
L Loss
ND (W) No decision by starting pitcher; Dodgers won game
ND (L) No decision by starting pitcher; Dodgers lost game
Final score Game score with Dodgers runs listed first
Location Stadium in italics for home game
* Advanced to the post-season
** NL Champions
† World Series Champions

Pitchers

Hiroki Kuroda was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher in 2009.
Brad Penny was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher in 2008.
Orel Hershiser made four Opening Day starts for the Dodgers in the 1980s and 1990s.
Chan Ho Park was the Dodgers' Opening Day starter in 2001.
Hideo Nomo made two Opening Day starts for the Dodgers in 2003 and 2004.
Season Pitcher Decision Final
score 		Opponent Location Ref(s)
1958 Don Drysdale L 0–8 San Francisco Giants Seals Stadium [13]
1959† Don Drysdale (2) L 1–6 Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field [8]
1960 Don Drysdale (3) W 3–2 Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [14]
1961 Don Drysdale (4) W 6–2 Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [15]
1962 Johnny Podres L 3–6 Cincinnati Reds Dodger Stadium [9]
1963† Don Drysdale (5) W 5–1 Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field [16]
1964 Sandy Koufax W 4–0 St. Louis Cardinals Dodger Stadium [17]
1965† Don Drysdale (6) W 6–1 New York Mets Shea Stadium [10]
1966** Claude Osteen W 3–2 Houston Astros Dodger Stadium [18]
1967
Bob Miller
 		L 1–6 Cincinnati Reds Crosley Field [19]
1968 Claude Osteen (2) L 0–2 Philadelphia Phillies Dodger Stadium [20]
1969 Don Drysdale (7) W 3–2 Cincinnati Reds Dodger Stadium [21]
1970 Claude Osteen (3) L 0–4 Cincinnati Reds Dodger Stadium [22]
1971 Bill Singer L 2–5 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [23]
1972 Don Sutton W 3–1 Cincinnati Reds Riverfront Stadium [24]
1973 Don Sutton (2) L 2–4 San Diego Padres San Diego Stadium [25]
1974** Don Sutton (3) W 1–2 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [26]
1975 Don Sutton (4) ND (L) 1–2 Cincinnati Reds Riverfront Stadium [27]
1976 Don Sutton (5) L 2–4 San Francisco Giants Candlestick Park [28]
1977** Don Sutton (6) W 5–1 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [29]
1978** Don Sutton (7) W 13–4 Atlanta Braves Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium [30]
1979 Burt Hooton ND (L) 3–4 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [31]
1980 Burt Hooton (2) L 2–3 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [32]
1981† Fernando Valenzuela W 2–0 Houston Astros Dodger Stadium [11]
1982 Jerry Reuss ND (W) 4–3 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [33]
1983* Fernando Valenzuela (2) ND (W) 16–7 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [34]
1984 Fernando Valenzuela (3) L 7–11 St. Louis Cardinals Dodger Stadium [35]
1985* Fernando Valenzuela (4) L 1–2 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [36]
1986 Fernando Valenzuela (5) W 2–1 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [37]
1987 Orel Hershiser L 3–4 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [38]
1988† Fernando Valenzuela (6) L 1–5 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [12]
1989 Tim Belcher L 4–6 Cincinnati Reds Riverfront Stadium [39]
1990 Orel Hershiser (2) ND (W) 4–2 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [40]
1991 Tim Belcher (2) W 6–4 Atlanta Braves Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium [41]
1992 Ramón Martínez L 1–8 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [42]
1993 Orel Hershiser (3) L 3–6
Florida Marlins
Joe Robbie Stadium
 [43]
1994 Orel Hershiser (4) ND (W) 4–3
Florida Marlins
 Dodger Stadium [44]
1995* Ramón Martínez (2) W 8–7
Florida Marlins
Joe Robbie Stadium
 [45]
1996* Ramón Martínez (3) W 4–3 Houston Astros
Astrodome
 [46]
1997 Ramón Martínez (4) L 0–3 Philadelphia Phillies Dodger Stadium [47]
1998 Ramón Martínez (5) L 0–6 St. Louis Cardinals Busch Memorial Stadium [48]
1999 Kevin Brown ND (W) 8–6 Arizona Diamondbacks Dodger Stadium [49]
2000 Kevin Brown (2) W 10–4 Montreal Expos Olympic Stadium [50]
2001 Chan Ho Park W 1–0 Milwaukee Brewers Dodger Stadium [51]
2002 Kevin Brown (3) L 2–9 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [52][53]
2003 Hideo Nomo W 8–0 Arizona Diamondbacks
Bank One Ballpark
 [54][55]
2004* Hideo Nomo (2) L 2–8 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [56][57]
2005 Derek Lowe L 2–4 San Francisco Giants
SBC Park
 [58][59]
2006* Derek Lowe (2) L 10–11 Atlanta Braves Dodger Stadium [60][61]
2007 Derek Lowe (3) L 1–7 Milwaukee Brewers
Miller Park
 [62][63]
2008* Brad Penny W 5–0 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [64][65]
2009* Hiroki Kuroda W 4–1 San Diego Padres Petco Park [4]
2010 Vicente Padilla L 5–11 Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park [66]
2011 Clayton Kershaw W 2–1 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [67]
2012 Clayton Kershaw (2) ND (W) 5–3 San Diego Padres Petco Park [68]
2013* Clayton Kershaw (3) W 4–0 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [69]
2014* Clayton Kershaw (4) W 3–1 Arizona Diamondbacks Sydney Cricket Ground [70]
2015* Clayton Kershaw (5) ND (W) 6–3 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [71]
2016* Clayton Kershaw (6) W 15–0 San Diego Padres Petco Park [72]
2017** Clayton Kershaw (7) W 14–3 San Diego Padres Dodger Stadium [73]
2018** Clayton Kershaw (8) L 0 –1 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [74]
2019 * Hyun-jin Ryu W 12 –5 Arizona Diamondbacks Dodger Stadium [75]
2020 † Dustin May ND (W) 8 –1 San Francisco Giants Dodger Stadium [76]
2021 * Clayton Kershaw (9) L 5 –8 Colorado Rockies Coors Field [77]
2022 * Walker Buehler W 5 –3 Colorado Rockies Coors Field [78]
2023 * Julio Urías W 8 –2 Arizona Diamondbacks Dodger Stadium [79]
2024 Tyler Glasnow ND (W) 5 –2 San Diego Padres Gocheok Sky Dome [80]

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