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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn, which in 1898 became a borough of New York City, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and assumed several other monikers before finally settling on the name Dodgers in 1932.[5][6][7] From the 1940s through the mid-1950s, the Dodgers developed a fierce crosstown rivalry with the New York Yankees as the two clubs faced each other in the World Series seven times, with the Dodgers losing the first five matchups before defeating them to win the franchise's first title in 1955. It was also during this period that the Dodgers made history by breaking the baseball color line in 1947 with the debut of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the Major Leagues since 1884.[8] Another major milestone was reached in 1956 when Don Newcombe became the first player ever to win both the Cy Young Award and the NL MVP in the same season.[9]

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Los Angeles Dodgers

After 68 seasons in Brooklyn, Dodgers owner and president Walter O'Malley relocated the franchise to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.[10] The team played their first four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962.[11] The Dodgers found immediate success in Los Angeles by winning the 1959 World Series, representing the franchise's first championship since moving to Los Angeles. Success continued into the 1960s with their one-two punch ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale being the cornerstones of two more titles in 1963 and 1965. During the 1980s, Mexican phenom pitcher Fernando Valenzuela quickly became a sensation—affectionately referred to as "Fernandomania"—when he led the team as a rookie to another championship in 1981. Valenzuela became the first and, to date, the only player to ever win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season.[12] The Dodgers were once again victorious in 1988, upsetting their heavily favored opponent in each series and becoming the first and only franchise to win multiple titles in the 1980s.[13] After a 32-year drought, which included 12 postseason appearances in a 17-year span and eight consecutive division titles from 2013 to 2020, the Dodgers won the 2020 World Series.[14]


One of the most successful and storied franchises in MLB, the Dodgers have won seven World Series championships and a record 24 National League pennants. Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers, winning a total of 14. Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the club, winning a total of 12—by far the most of any Major League franchise. Additionally, the Dodgers boast 18 Rookie of the Year Award winners—twice as many as the next club. This includes four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five consecutive from 1992 to 1996. From 1884 through 2023, the Dodgers' all-time record is 11,334–10,004–139 (.531). Since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have an overall win–loss record of 5,710–4,724–6 (.547) through the end of 2023.[15]


Today, the Dodgers are among the most popular MLB teams, enjoying large fan support both at home and on the road;[16][17][18] they are widely seen as one of the most dominant teams in the National League in the present day.[19][20] They maintain a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants dating back to when the two clubs were based in New York City, as well as a more recent rivalry with the American League's Houston Astros due to the controversy over the Astros' sign stealing scandal in the 2017 World Series. As of 2022, Forbes ranked the Dodgers second in MLB franchise valuation at $4.075 billion.[21]

First baseball team to win championships in different leagues in consecutive years (1889–1890)

First television broadcast (1939)

First use of batting helmets (1941)

First MLB team to employ and start an African-American player in the 20th century (, 1947)

Jackie Robinson

First MLB team to have numbers on the front of their uniforms (1952)

First West Coast team (1958) – along with the San Francisco Giants

First Western team to win a World Series (1959)

First MLB team to allow a female sports journalist into a locker room (, 1974)

Anita Martini

First MLB team to establish a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic when they opened the doors to Campo Las Palmas (1987)

Largest home-opener attendance: 78,672 (1958) (since broken by the in 1993)

Colorado Rockies

Largest single game attendance: 93,103 (1959) and 115,300 (2008) *World Record

First MLB team to open an office in Asia (1998)

Longest MLB record for home start going 13–0 (2009)

North American record for the buying of a sports team ($2 billion, 2012)

Most (26)

no-hitters

Most winners (12)

Cy Young award

First MLB team to employ a female lead trainer (Sue Falsone, 2012)

11,000 franchise wins 8-30-2020 (vs Texas)

Most runs scored in a single inning of a postseason game (11 runs in 2020 NLCS Game 3, 2020)

Most Rookie of the Year awards (18)

First team to draw 3 million fans

First team to have a pair of two-slam games in a season (2021)

Owner

Mark Walter

President/chief executive officer:

Stan Kasten

President of Baseball Operations:

Andrew Friedman

General Manager:

Brandon Gomes

1938–1941

Leo Durocher

1950–1958

Pee Wee Reese

1962

Duke Snider

1963–1966

Maury Wills

1978–1979

Davey Lopes

(1883–1897)

Charlie Byrne

(1898–1925)

Charles Ebbets

(1925, interim)

Edward McKeever

(1925–1929)

Wilbert Robinson

(1930–1932)

Frank B. York

(1933–1938)

Stephen McKeever

(1939–1942)

Larry MacPhail

(1943–1950)

Branch Rickey

(1950–1970)

Walter O'Malley

(1970–1997)

Peter O'Malley

(1998–2004)

Bob Graziano

(2004–2009)

Jamie McCourt

(2009–2010)

Dennis Mannion

(2012–present)

Stan Kasten

1994 in baseball

Dodger Dog

List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters

List of Los Angeles Dodgers managers

List of Los Angeles Dodgers seasons

Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster

Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players

Roy Campanella Award

Los Angeles Dodgers official website

Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Reference.com

by Steve Treder, November 10, 2004. Article on the 1960s Los Angeles Dodgers in The Hardball Times.

"The 1960s Dodgers: Two Parts Patience, One Part Creative Insanity"