MLB | 08/27 17:35 | - | [2] LA Dodgers v BOS Red Sox [7] | W | 7-4 | |
MLB | 08/26 20:10 | - | [3] LA Dodgers v BOS Red Sox [11] | L | 5-8 | |
MLB | 08/25 23:10 | - | [3] LA Dodgers v BOS Red Sox [11] | W | 7-4 | |
MLB | 08/24 20:20 | - | [3] LA Dodgers - Game 2 v CLE Guardians [21] | W | 9-3 | |
MLB | 08/24 16:10 | - | [2] LA Dodgers v CLE Guardians [11] | W | 6-1 | |
MLB | 08/22 23:10 | - | [3] LA Dodgers v CLE Guardians [21] | L | 3-8 | |
MLB | 08/20 01:10 | - | [15] MIA Marlins v LA Dodgers - Game 2 [2] | W | 1-3 | |
MLB | 08/19 19:00 | - | [13] MIA Marlins v LA Dodgers - Game 1 [3] | W | 1-3 | |
MLB | 08/19 02:10 | - | [3] MIA Marlins v LA Dodgers [1] | L | 11-3 | |
MLB | 08/18 02:10 | - | [10] MIL Brewers v LA Dodgers [2] | W | 0-1 | |
MLB | 08/17 02:10 | - | [8] MIL Brewers v LA Dodgers [3] | W | 1-7 | |
MLB | 08/16 02:10 | - | [8] MIL Brewers v LA Dodgers [3] | W | 2-6 | |
MLB | 08/13 20:10 | - | [28] COL Rockies v LA Dodgers [3] | W | 3-8 | |
MLB | 08/13 01:10 | - | [5] COL Rockies v LA Dodgers [1] | W | 1-4 | |
MLB | 08/12 02:10 | - | [15] COL Rockies v LA Dodgers [2] | W | 1-6 | |
MLB | 08/11 02:10 | - | [28] COL Rockies v LA Dodgers [3] | W | 1-2 | |
MLB | 08/10 01:40 | - | [5] LA Dodgers v ARI Diamondbacks [18] | W | 2-0 | |
MLB | 08/09 01:40 | - | [5] LA Dodgers v ARI Diamondbacks [18] | W | 5-4 | |
MLB | 08/07 20:10 | - | [5] LA Dodgers v SD Padres [20] | W | 13-7 | |
MLB | 08/06 23:10 | - | [5] LA Dodgers v SD Padres [20] | W | 8-2 | |
MLB | 08/06 00:40 | - | [5] LA Dodgers v SD Padres [20] | L | 3-8 | |
MLB | 08/05 01:40 | - | [1] LA Dodgers v SD Padres [4] | W | 10-5 | |
MLB | 08/04 02:10 | - | [30] OAK Athletics v LA Dodgers [5] | W | 2-8 | |
MLB | 08/03 02:10 | - | [30] OAK Athletics v LA Dodgers [4] | W | 1-10 | |
MLB | 08/02 02:10 | - | [15] OAK Athletics v LA Dodgers [2] | W | 3-7 | |
MLB | 07/30 20:10 | - | [10] CIN Reds v LA Dodgers [4] | L | 9-0 | |
MLB | 07/30 01:10 | - | [11] CIN Reds v LA Dodgers [5] | W | 2-3 | |
MLB | 07/29 02:10 | - | [12] CIN Reds v LA Dodgers [5] | L | 6-5 | |
MLB | 07/26 20:10 | - | [7] TOR Blue Jays v LA Dodgers [4] | L | 8-1 | |
MLB | 07/26 02:10 | - | [7] TOR Blue Jays v LA Dodgers [5] | W | 7-8 |
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. Founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and used other monikers before settling as the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. 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. 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. 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.
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. The Dodgers found immediate success in Los Angeles, winning the 1959 World Series. Success continued into the 1960s; their ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale were the cornerstones of titles in 1963 and 1965. In 1981, rookie Mexican phenom pitcher Fernando Valenzuela became a sensation and led the team to a championship; he is the only player to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season. The Dodgers were once again victorious in 1988, upsetting their heavily favored opponent in each series and becoming the only franchise to win multiple titles in the 1980s. Next came a 32-year championship drought, despite 12 postseason appearances in a 17-year span and eight consecutive division titles from 2013 to 2020. It was broken when the Dodgers won the 2020 World Series. The Dodgers signed global sensation Shohei Ohtani in 2024, who set league and franchise records with the team en route to their eighth World Series title that season.
One of the most successful and storied franchises in MLB, the Dodgers have won eight World Series championships and a record 25 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. 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 2024, the Dodgers' all-time record is 11,432–10,068–139 (.532). Since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have a win–loss record of 5,808–4,778–6 (.549) through the end of 2024.
Today, the Dodgers are among the most popular MLB teams, enjoying large fan support both at home and on the road; they are widely seen as one of National League's most dominant teams. They maintain a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants dating back to the two clubs' start 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 2024, Forbes ranked the Dodgers second in MLB franchise valuation at $5.45 billion.
Although the team had no official nickname until 1932, they were informally nicknamed the Bridegrooms in the team's earliest years, then the Superbas around the turn of the century, and then the Robins (named after manager Wilbert Robinson). In the early 1900s, sportswriter Charles Dryden nicknamed the team the Trolley Dodgers after the Brooklyn pedestrians who dodged streetcars in the city, and the Dodgers nickname was used contemporaneously with Superbas and Robins. In 1932, the team allowed the Brooklyn baseball writers to select a permanent name, and the writers chose Dodgers on January 22, 1932. The only other nickname seriously considered by the writers was Kings.
In 1941, the Dodgers captured their third National League pennant, only to lose to the New York Yankees. This marked the onset of the Dodgers–Yankees rivalry, as the Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances. Led by Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era; and three-time National League Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella, also signed out of the Negro leagues, the Dodgers captured their first World Series title in 1955 by defeating the Yankees for the first time, a story notably described in the 1972 book The Boys of Summer.
Following the 1957 season the team left Brooklyn. In just their second season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won their second World Series title, beating the Chicago White Sox in six games in 1959. Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, the Dodgers captured three pennants in the 1960s and won two more World Series titles, sweeping the Yankees in four games in 1963, and edging the Minnesota Twins in seven in 1965. The 1963 sweep was their second victory against the Yankees, and their first against them as a Los Angeles team. The Dodgers won four more pennants in 1966, 1974, 1977, and 1978, but lost in each World Series appearance. They went on to win the World Series again in 1981, thanks in part to pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela.
The early 1980s were affectionately dubbed "Fernandomania". In 1988, another pitching hero, Orel Hershiser, again led them to a World Series victory, aided by one of the most memorable home runs of all time by their star outfielder Kirk Gibson coming off the bench, despite having injuries to both knees, to pinch-hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 1, in his only appearance of the series. The Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 for the first time since their world series victory in 1988, aided by a Justin Turner walk-off home run on the same night of Gibson's iconic walk-off home run 29 years earlier. They went on to face the Houston Astros and lost in 7 games; however, the series became embroiled in controversy due to the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The Dodgers won the pennant in 2018 for a second year in a row, moving on to lose to the Boston Red Sox in 5 games. They went on to win the World Series again in 2020 by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in 6 games, after playing a season shortened to 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dodgers share a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants, dating back to when the two franchises played in New York City. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season. The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in the World Series 22 times, while the New York/San Francisco Giants have appeared in the World Series 20 times. The Dodgers and Giants are tied with (8) World Series titles. When the two teams were based in New York, the Giants won five World Series championships, and the Dodgers one. After the move to California, the Dodgers have won seven World Series while the Giants have won three.
In Brooklyn, the Dodgers won the NL pennant twelve times (1890, 1899, 1900, 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956) and the World Series in 1955. After moving to Los Angeles, the team won National League pennants in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2024 with World Series championships in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020 and 2024. In all, the Dodgers have appeared in 22 World Series: nine in Brooklyn and 13 in Los Angeles.