History of the Los Angeles Dodgers
From an 1883 Brooklyn club to nine-time World Series champions in Los Angeles.
The franchise now called the Los Angeles Dodgers was formed in Brooklyn in 1883, joined the American Association in 1884 and the National League in 1890, and moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1883, Brooklyn
- Moved to los angeles
- 1958
- World series titles
- 9 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024, 2025)
- Rookies of the year
- 18
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Background
In Brooklyn the club went through a string of press nicknames, among them the Atlantics, Grays, Bridegrooms or Grooms, Superbas and Robins, before Dodgers (from 'Trolley Dodgers') stuck. It won the American Association title in 1889 and twelve National League championships in Brooklyn, but only one World Series there, in 1955. Jackie Robinson's debut in 1947 broke baseball's color line, and the club played its last game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh.
Walter O'Malley then took the team west: on April 18, 1958 the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Giants 6-5 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of 78,672 fans, and they played four seasons there before Dodger Stadium opened in 1962. Titles followed in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988, and later in 2020, 2024 and 2025, for nine in all. Club players have won 12 Cy Young Awards, more than any other franchise, and 18 Rookie of the Year awards, including four straight from 1979 to 1982 and five straight from 1992 to 1996.
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