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The Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers are an active team. -
Dodgers move to Los Angeles
On May 28, 1957, Major League Baseball's National League voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles. -
Dodger Stadium finally opens!
The 56,000-seat Dodger Stadium opened on April 10, 1962 after playing at the LA Coliseum for four seasons. They opened with a game against the Cincinnati Reds. The sparkling new venue did wonders for the Dodgers as they won a Los Angeles record 102 games and tied San Francisco, which won a playoff, two games to one. -
First World Series Win!
The Dodgers win their first World Series against the Yankees. -
Peter O'Malley becomes club president
Peter O'Malley was named club president on March 17, 1970 and his father, Walter O'Malley, assumed the position of Chairman of the Board. -
World Championship Win
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Pope John Paul II comes to Dodger Stadium
On September 16, 1987, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at Dodger Stadium. -
100th Anniversary
The 1990 season celebrated the Dodgers' 100th anniversary in the National League. -
99 losses for The Dodgers
The Dodgers posted a club-record 99 losses en route to a last-place finish in 1992. -
New Management
In 2001, the Dodgers turned over the managerial reins to Tracy, who had served as the bench coach the previous two seasons. Under Tracy, the Dodgers once again won 86 games but finished just six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. -
Sale of The Dodgers to McCourt
On Jan. 29, 2004, Major League Baseball unanimously approved the sale of the Dodgers to Frank McCourt, opening up a new chapter in the history of the Dodgers. Paul DePodesta was named general manager, replacing Dan Evans, and quickly acquired center fielder Milton Bradley, just in time for Opening Day. -
Losing record in five years!
The Dodgers in 2010 finished fourth with their first losing record in five years and it was enough to convince Joe Torre to step down and turn over the reins to protégé Don Mattingly. The team went 12 games below .500 after the All-Star break and Torre said the young nucleus needed a new, younger voice. -
First National League win in 29 years
For the first time in 29 years, the Dodgers won the National League pennant and took a record-breaking season into November before dropping the first World Series Game 7 in Dodger Stadium history to Houston. The Dodgers won an unprecedented fifth consecutive NL West title with a 104-58 regular season record, the best in MLB in 2017 and the franchise's best since 1953. -
The Dodgers win a franchise-record
The Dodgers won a franchise-record 106 games and their seventh consecutive National League West crown. They went a NL-best 59-22 (.728) at home, the top mark in Los Angeles history and second-best in franchise history (60-17, .779 in 1953).
