National League Pennant 1949
Nine World Series titles and a legacy of sustained excellence.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball franchise that competes in the National League. The Dodgers have won nine World Series, 27 pennants (including one from their days in the American Association), and 23 National League West titles.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- League
- National League
- Manager
- Burt Shotton
- Key player
- Jackie Robinson
- Regular season record
- 97-57
- Games behind second place
- 12
- World series outcome
- Lost to New York Yankees
Lore & Background
The franchise’s first successful period, between 1947 (Jackie Robinson’s first season) through 1966 (Sandy Koufax's final season), featured four championships (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965), ten World Series appearances (1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966), and only two seasons with 71 or more losses.
Reader's Guide
The Dodgers have made the Major League Baseball postseason thirty-nine times in their history, the first being in 1916 and the most recent in 2025.
Did You Know?
- The Dodgers' worst season was 1992, when their record was 63 wins and 99 losses.
- The most wins the Dodgers ever had in a season was 111, which occurred in 2022.
- The 1988 championship was highlighted by Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run in Game 1 of the World Series, which was named the greatest moment in team history by the Los Angeles Times.
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