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Lore & Background

One of the most successful and storied franchises in MLB, the Dodgers have won nine World Series championships and a record 26 National League pennants. Founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and used other names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. The Dodgers broke the baseball color line in 1947 with the debut of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the Major Leagues since 1884. After 68 seasons in Brooklyn, Dodgers owner and president Walter O'Malley moved the franchise to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. The team played their first four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962.

In Their Own Story

Eight of the players honored were members of NCAA championship teams, and seven of the players were coached by Wooden. Although Hazzard's No. 42 was retired, he allowed Kevin Love (2007–2008) to wear it. Johnson's retired No. 54 was worn by his sons, Kris (1994–1998) and Josiah (2001–2005). In 2014, UCLA announced that No. 42 would be retired across all the university's sports in honor of Jackie Robinson, a four-sport star at UCLA who went on to a Hall of Fame career in Major League Baseball after breaking the baseball color line. While Robinson wore several different numbers while at the school from 1939 to 1941, UCLA chose to honor the iconic No. 42 that he wore during his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The announcement had no impact on the men's basketball program, since the number was already retired for Hazzard, who had requested No. 42 as his college number to follow in the footsteps of Robinson, his childhood idol. Robinson also played basketball for the Bruins, but he wore No. 18.

Reader's Guide

The Dodgers have won World Series titles in 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024, and 2025. Thirteen players have been named NL MVP with the Dodgers. Eight Dodger pitchers have won a total of 12 Cy Young Awards—by far the most of any MLB franchise. The Dodgers boast 18 Rookie of the Year Award winners, twice as many as the next club. The O'Malley family owned the Dodgers for 48 years before selling the club to Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group in 1998. Frank and Jamie McCourt bought the team in 2004; amid their divorce and the franchise's debts, Major League Baseball took over day-to-day operations and the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011. Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased the club in 2012 for $2.15 billion.

Did You Know?

• The Dodgers have won nine World Series championships and a record 26 National League pennants.
• Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1947 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• The Dodgers have a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants that has spanned over a century.
• Shohei Ohtani joined the Dodgers in 2024 and helped the team win consecutive World Series titles in 2024 and 2025.
• Forbes ranked the Dodgers second in MLB franchise valuation at $7.8 billion as of 2026.