Los Angeles Dodgers

Brooklyn's old club, now in Los Angeles.

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The Dodgers play in the National League West and are one of MLB's most successful clubs, with nine World Series titles and a record 26 NL pennants. Founded in Brooklyn in 1883, they joined the NL in 1890 and took the Dodgers name in 1932, then moved to Los Angeles under owner Walter O'Malley before the 1958 season.

Quick Facts

League: NL West
World series titles: 9
Ballpark: Dodger Stadium

Lore & Background

In 1947 they broke baseball's color line with Jackie Robinson. They met the Yankees in a record 12 World Series and won their only Brooklyn title in 1955. Dodger Stadium has been home since 1962. Stars have included Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Fernando Valenzuela, and with Shohei Ohtani, signed in 2024, they won consecutive titles. Guggenheim Baseball Management bought the club for $2.15 billion in 2012 after the McCourts' 2011 bankruptcy filing.