Thursday, 9 October 2014

Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers


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Los Angeles Dodgers
 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Established1883
Based in Los Angeles since 1958
Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.pngLA Dodgers.svg
Team logoCap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
NLW-Uniform-LAD.PNG
Retired numbers1 · 2 · 4 · 19 · 20 · 24 ·32 · 39 · 42 · 53
Colors
  • Dodger blue, white
         
Name
  • Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–present)
(1932 is the first year in which the nickname appeared on the uniforms of the Brooklyn Base Ball Club).
Other nicknames
  • The Boys in Blue, The Blue Crew, The Bums, Los Doyers
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (6)1955195919631965,19811988
NL Pennants (21)1890, 1899, 1900, 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988
AA Pennants (1)1889
West Division titles (13) [1]1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Wild card berths (2)1996, 2006
[1] In 1994, a players' strike wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. Los Angeles was in first place by three and a half games in the West Division when play was stopped. No official titles were awarded in 1994.
Front office
Owner(s)Guggenheim Baseball Management
ManagerDon Mattingly
General ManagerNed Colletti
Jeff Pfeffer, 1916 Brooklyn Robins
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team located in Los AngelesCalifornia. The Dodgers are members of theNational League West division of Major League Baseball (MLB). Established in 1883, the team originated in BrooklynNew York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers definitively by 1932.[1][2] The team moved toLos Angeles before the 1958 season.[3] They played their first four seasons in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseumbefore moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, the third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball (after Fenway Park andWrigley Field).
The Dodgers have won six World Series titles and 21 National League pennants. Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the Dodgers, winning a total of eleven Cy Young Awards (both MLB records). The team has also produced 12 Rookie of the Year Awardwinners, including four consecutive from 1979–1982 and five consecutive from 1992–1996, the longest consecutive streaks in MajorLeague Baseball.

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