Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers or LA Dodgers are the professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They complete in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team played in the West Division of the National League. They play in Dodger Stadium. The team began play in Brooklyn, New York, starting in 1883. The team had several informal nicknames over the years, including the "Atlantics", the "Bridegrooms", the "Superbas" and the "Robins". The name "Dodgers" was first used in the 1890s. It was short for "Trolley Dodgers".

The Brooklyn Dodgers played in several ballparks. The most famous of them was Ebbets Field, their home from 1913 through 1957. In 1958 they moved to Los Angeles. They played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four years. In 1962 they opened Dodger Stadium, and have played there ever since.

The Dodgers have been to the World Series 22 times, and won it eight times: 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024 and 2025. Most recently, they were in the World Series in 2017, 2018, and 2020 and lost the first two times to the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox, respectively. They defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series. They defeated the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in 2025 World Series.

Many famous baseball players have played for the Dodgers, including:

Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in the modern Major Leagues
Roy Campanella
Don Newcombe
Maury Wills
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Pee Wee Reese
Fernando Valenzuela
Kirk Gibson
Steve Garvey
Dusty Baker
Orel Hershiser
Darryl Strawberry
Mike Piazza
Pedro Martinez
Gary Sheffield
Adrian Beltre
Dave Roberts
Fred McGriff
Shawn Green
Eric Gagne
Luis Gonzolez
Andre Ethier
Manny Ramirez
Carl Crawford
Yasiel Puig
Matt Kemp
Hanley Ramirez
Adrian Gonzalez 
Clayton Kershaw
Mookie Betts
Shohei Ohtani

 Other websites 

 Official  website of the Los Angeles Dodgers
 Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day Lineups 
 Dodgers Blog 
 Photograph of Boys of Summer  that appeared in SPORT magazine.
 Los Angeles Team Building - Dodger's Mentoring
 Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Reference