The Los Angeles Dodgers presented the fifth annual Tommy Lasorda I Bleed Dodger Blue Award to Charlie Hough and Joe Amalfitano on Sunday.
The honor is bestowed every season to members of the Dodgers community who embodies the passion, enthusiasm and love for the team that former Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda possessed.
Hough and Amalfitano were recognized during an on-field ceremony before the series finale against the San Francisco Giants. Laura Lasorda, Tommy’s daughter, presented the awards with the ceremony taking place two days before what would have been her father’s 99th birthday.
Charlie Hough
Hough has now spent 46 years in the Dodgers organization as a player, coach or special assistant in the baseball operations department. The Dodgers drafted Hough in the eighth round of the 1966 MLB Draft.
Hough went on to make his MLB debut with the team in 1970, and pitched for the Dodgers in 11 of his astounding 25 seasons. While with L.A., the right-hander went 47-46 with a 3.50 ERA and 60 saves over 401 games (16 starts).
Hough retired after making 21 starts for the then-Florida Marlins in 1994. He was 46 years old at the time.
Overall in his career, Hough finished with a 216-216 record and a 3.75 ERA in 858 games (440 starts).
Joe Amalfitano
Amalfitano, 92, served 14 seasons as third base coach on Lasorda’s Dodgers staff from 1983-96. He also was a senior adviser in baseball operations from 2002-04. Overall, Amalfitano amassed 67 seasons in professional baseball as a Major League player with the New York/San Francisco Giants, Houston Colt .45s and Chicago Cubs (1954-67).
Amalfitano’s baseball career also included serving as manager with the Cubs (1979-81) and a front office executive. As a player, Amalfitano collected 418 hits across 10 seasons in the Majors.
Tommy Lasorda Bleed Dodger Blue Award history
The inaugural Tommy Lasorda Award went to Rosalind Wyman, who was the key figure in bringing the Dodgers to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958.
She additionally was influential in helping the Giants relocate from New York while also helping the Lakers move to Los Angeles from Minneapolis.
The second annual Tommy Lasorda Bleed Dodger Blue Award went to John Shoemaker in 2023, and Steve Yeager was the recipient in 2024.
For 2025, the Dodgers presented the Tommy Lasorda I Bleed Dodger Blue Award to longtime public relations executive Steve Brener and Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín (2025). Coincidentally, Hough joined Laura for the on-field ceremony to celebrate Brener and Jarrín.
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