The Freeway Series is a

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(MLB) interleague

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played between the

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and the

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. The Angels are members of the

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(AL)

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division, and the Dodgers are members of the

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(NL)

division. The series takes its name from the massive

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system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams; one could travel from one team's stadium to the other simply by driving along the Santa Ana Freeway (

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). The term is akin to '' Subway Series'' which refers to meetings between New York City baseball teams The Yankees and The Mets. The term "''Freeway Series''" also inspired the official name of the region's

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rivalry between the

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and the

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: the '' Freeway Face-Off''.

Background

The rise of

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as a major region of the United States brought about a significant economic rivalry between neighboring Los Angeles and Orange counties. To many living outside of Southern California, the entire region is often simply referred to as "LA", associating Los Angeles and Orange counties with the same stereotypes and preconceptions. However, the two counties differ sharply in political ideology, socioeconomic status, and demographics.

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is considered more liberal, and is represented by a more ethnically diverse population, while Orange County was known to be one of the most conservative areas in the state. This divide led to the Los Angeles/Orange county line being colloquially referred to as the Orange Curtain. This can be somewhat misleading, though, because the older, more urban, cities of northern and central Orange County (

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, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Buena Park, etc.) are much more in tune with Los Angeles County cities than their southern Orange County counterparts. These older Orange County cities are much less homogeneous than the south, and the income levels and demographics represent this. In recent years, coinciding with the postseason success of the Dodgers and the growing postseason drought for the Angels, gameday experiences for each team have drastically changed (with a Dodgers game costing much more money to attend than an Angels game) because of this the economic situations of each fanbase have experienced a sort of role reversal. Another contributing factor of the changing fanbases of both franchises is the ownership of the Angels by

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(the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States) which has led to a significant growth of its

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fanbase. This has even become a contributing factor toward players such as

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choosing to sign with the Angels over that of the Dodgers. Following the addition of

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to the Angels in 2018 and the Dodgers in 2023, both teams saw an increase in both Asian and

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fans, particularly Japanese and

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fans.

History

The Freeway Series began as a pre-season exhibition series regularly played between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers at their respective regular season ballparks during the final days of each pre-season. The first exhibition game between the two clubs took place on April 2, 1962, which saw the Angels beat the Dodgers 6–5 in

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, at the time the

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home of the Angels. The first pre-season series was played at

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, at the time the home ballpark of both teams April 6–7, 1963. The Angels won both of the two games played. The Dodgers and Angels continued playing spring training exhibition games against one another in 1964. On the eve of the Angels' 1966 move to Anaheim Stadium, the series paused for the 1965 pre-season and did not resume until the 1969 pre-season. The exhibition Freeway Series has mostly persisted since its 1969, with only occasional skipped years in 1972, 1980 and 2000-02 pre-seasons, the latter of which was the result of bad blood that developed between the teams' front offices following the Dodgers' late cancellation of the 2000 pre-season Freeway Series to play the

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, which left the Angels to scramble to find a last minute replacement club to play. While the novelty and transition of the exhibition Freeway Series lost much of its luster following MLB's adoption of regular season interleague play, the exhibition Freeway Series continues to this day. Generally, the exhibition Freeway Series is two or three games, with at least one game played at each of

and

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between the end of the

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and

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, and is extremely well attended for preseason games (for example, the average attendance for the 2023 preseason Freeway Series was 36,108. In anticipation of the Angels moving to Anaheim for the 1966 season, the Angels renamed as the "California Angels". They would keep this name from late-1965 to 1996 and rename as the "Anaheim Angels" from 1997 to 2004. After the Angels added ''Los Angeles'' to their official name in 2005 (as the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"), the rivalry took on renewed interest, as the series took on a more intracity atmosphere. Throughout the 2005 season, Dodger Stadium listed the Angels as "ANA" on its out-of-town scoreboard and team schedules, as it was prior to Angels' name change. However, the Dodgers now post "LAA" on both their scoreboard and schedules. Dodger broadcaster

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refers to the team as just the Angels when mentioning them on the air. Dodgers tickets still refer to the Angels as the "Anaheim Angels." As of the 2011 season, however, the Angels' out-of-town scoreboard in right field still lists the Dodgers by their pre-2005 "LA" abbreviation instead of "LAD". The Angels' name change was largely opposed by the Dodgers organization, city and county of Los Angeles, Anaheim, every other city in Orange County, and fans on both sides. The prevailing argument was that the Angels did not play within Los Angeles county limits, and that adding LA to the name inaccurately represented the location and background of the team's fans. The Angels' ownership countered that bringing the Los Angeles name to the American League was beneficial to the entire region and organization. Furthermore, the Census Bureau's definition of

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includes Orange County in its definition, and the Angels have always used Los Angeles stations to broadcast their TV and radio games. The adding of the "Los Angeles" to the Angels name still causes some resentment in the minds of both Angel and Dodger fans today. Regular- and post-season games between the two teams take place at either

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. The two stadiums are located approximately apart, and take approximately 40–50 minutes to travel via Metrolink or

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from their closest stations,

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and the Anaheim Station. At one point, both teams were owned by major media conglomerates: the Angels had been owned by

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, and the Dodgers were owned by

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(each company owned one of the MLB broadcast partners, with News Corporation changing its name to

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in 2013, and subsequently being purchased by

in 2019). Both teams have been sold in recent years. During the

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, there was a moment of peace in the rivalry as a result of the nightmares the Dodgers and their fans were facing because the Angels played the

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, the fierce in-state rivals of the Dodgers. ''The Los Angeles Times'' called the series "the Dodgers' 'Nightmare Series.'" The ''New York Post'' called it "the worst-scenario World Series for the Dodgers." ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' called the series "a Dodger fan's worst nightmare." The Dodgers and their fans, including Chairman Bob Daly and former manager Tommy Lasorda, rooted for the eventual champions and attended their games in Anaheim. Lasorda was at Game 2 and stood behind the batting cage and said that he's a big fan of Angels manager

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(Scioscia had spent his entire 13 year playing career with the Dodgers). Daly attended Game 7 and sat near the Angels dugout, as a fan of late Angels owner

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. This series was the Angels first championship, while the Dodgers' most recent title came in the

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. History was made in when two MVPs were chosen from the same metropolitan area with the Angels outfielder Mike Trout winning the

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and Dodger pitcher

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winning National League MVP for the year. This occurred again in when the Angels' Trout and Dodgers' Cody Bellinger won their league's respective MVP awards. Another recent point of contention between the two fanbases occurred on December 9, 2023, when Angels’ star

signed with the Dodgers for $700 million. Ohtani's decision to leave the Angels to sign with the Dodgers led to some Angels fans dubbing him a "traitor" and "sell-out". Following the firing of Ippei Mizuhara in 2024 due to his theft of $4.5 million from Ohtani for

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, animosity towards Ohtani's departure from Angels fans only grew. The first regular season meetings between the two teams since the signing took place on June 21, 2024 at

and on September 3, 2024 at

Club success

Note: Dodgers records only from 1958 when they moved to Los Angeles.
As of January 16, 2025.

Summary of results

Updated to most recent meeting, May 18, 2025.

Season-by-season results

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was introduced in the season, marking the first time the Angels and Dodgers played each other in the regular season.
As a result of

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, Angels change name from "California Angels" to "Anaheim Angels".
First time Dodgers sweep the Angels. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 3–1 , style=";" , Angels, 2–0 , Tie, 1–1 , style=";" , Dodgers
5–3 , , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers
95 , First year of 6-game home-and-away format.
Starting with their loss to the Dodgers on July 16, Angels go on a 11-game losing streak. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers 11–9 , , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , Tie
1313 , , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , Tie
1616 , Angels advance to the American League playoffs as the Wild Card.
Angels win

. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 30 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels
2018 , , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
2321 , Angels win 6 games in a row against the Dodgers, their longest winning streak against the Dodgers.
On June 25 at Dodger Stadium, Angels defeat the Dodgers 13-0, their most runs scored in a game against the Dodgers and their largest victory against the Dodgers with a 13-run differential.
Both teams make the postseason for the first time. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 51 , style=";" , Angels, 30 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
2822 , Angels rename to "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" (see

for more information.)
Angels win American League West Division title and finish as runner-up in their respective league championship series. , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 2–1 , style=";" , Dodgers, 30 , style=";" , Angels
3026 , On May 19 at Dodgers Stadium, Dodgers defeat the Angels 16–3, their most runs scored in a game against the Angels and their largest victory against the Angels with a 13-run differential.
Dodgers advance to the National League playoffs as the Wild Card, Angels finished second in the American League West Division standings. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 51 , style=";" , Angels, 30 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
3527 , Angels win their first of three consecutive American League West Division titles. , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels
3830 , Angels finish with the best record in the league (100-62).
Both teams win their respective divisions.
Dodgers finish as runner-up in their National league championship series. , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
4133 , Both teams win their respective divisions and finish as runners-ups in their respective league championship series. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 51 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 30 , style=";" , Angels
4634 , First Angels sweep at Dodger Stadium. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
5036 , , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 42 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Angels
5438 , , - , , Tie , 22 , style=";" , Angels, 2–0 , style=";" , Dodgers, 2–0 , style=";" , Angels
56–40 , Series changed to four-game format with two in each city, except in years the AL West plays the NL West (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Dodgers win their first of eight consecutive National League West Division titles (current).
Dodgers finish as runner-up in their National league championship series. , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 31 , style=";" , Dodgers, 20 , Tie, 11 , style=";" , Angels
5743 , Angels finish with the best record in the league (98-64).
Both teams win their respective divisions. , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 51 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 30 , style=";" , Angels
5848 , Dodgers win 7 games in a row against the Angels.
Dodgers win National League West Division. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 31 , style=";" , Angels, 20 , Tie, 11 , style=";" , Angels
6149 , Angels name reverts to "Los Angeles Angels"
Dodgers win National League West Division and finish as runner-up in their National league championship series. , - , , Tie , 22 , Tie, 11 , Tie, 11 , style=";" , Angels
6351 , On June 26, Angels' win against the Dodgers snapped the Dodgers' 10-game winning streak.
Dodgers finish with the best record in the league (104–58).
Dodgers win National League West Division and lose 2017 World Series. , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels
6654 , Dodgers win National League West Division and lose

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. , - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 40 , style=";" , Angels, 20 , style=";" , Angels, 20 , style=";" , Angels
7054 , First season series sweep by the Angels and first by either team since 1997, the first year with interleague play.
Dodgers win National League West Division. , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 60 , style=";" , Dodgers, 30 , style=";" , Dodgers, 30 , style=";" , Angels
7060 , Season shortened to 60 games due to

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.
Second season series sweep by the Dodgers.
Dodgers finish with the best record in the league (43–17)
Dodgers win National League West Division, National league pennant, and

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, their first World Series championship since the 1988 season. , - , , Tie , 33 , style=";" , Angels, 21 , style=";" , Dodgers, 21 , style=";" , Angels
7363 ,

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signs with the Dodgers after being released by the Angels on May 17. , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 40 , style=";" , Dodgers, 20 , style=";" , Dodgers, 20 , style=";" , Angels
7367 , Third season series sweep by the Dodgers.
Dodgers finish with the best record in the league (111–51). , - , , style=";" , Dodgers , style=";" , 40 , style=";" , Dodgers, 20 , style=";" , Dodgers, 20 , style=";" , Angels
7371 , All MLB teams start playing each other annually. Four-game format (two games at each ballpark) used for interleague rivals. Fourth season series sweep by the Dodgers.
Dodgers finish the longest win streak of the series, a 10-game winning streak. , - , , Tie , 22 , Tie, 11 , Tie, 11 , style=";" , Angels
7573 ,

signs with the Dodgers after six seasons with the Angels.
Dodgers win National League West Division, National League pennant, and

, - , , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 30 , ''Upcoming August 1113'' , style=";" , Angels, 30 , style=";" , Angels
7873 , Return of six-game format with each team hosting a three-game series , - , Overall Regular Season , style=";" , Angels , style=";" , 7873 , style=";" , Angels, 4331 , style=";" , Dodgers, 4235 ,

Postseason series

As of , the two sides have never met in the postseason. To meet in the postseason would require that they both advance to the

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in the same year. To date, the two teams have made the playoffs in the same season four times: 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2014. In 2009, both teams advanced to their respective

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. The Angels lost the ALCS 4–2 to the eventual champion

, while the Dodgers lost the

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to the

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, 4–1. This would be the only time each team qualified for its League Championship Series in the same season. The Angels won their only World Series appearance in . The Dodgers have seen eight World Series titles and seven in Los Angeles, most recently winning in .

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