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Also Known As Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers • Brooklyn Grays • Brooklyn Robins • Brooklyn Dodgers • Brooklyn Bridegrooms • Brooklyn Atlantics • Brooklyn Superbas • Dodgers
Awards And Honors World Series (2025) • World Series (2024) • World Series (2020) • World Series (1988) • World Series (1981) • World Series (1965) • World Series (1963) • World Series (1959) • World Series (1955)
Date 1883 - present
Headquarters Los Angeles
Areas Of Involvement Baseball
Related People Hack Wilson • Tony Lazzeri • Orel Hershiser • Jim Bunning • Max Scherzer • Darryl Strawberry • Vin Scully • Freddie Freeman • Jackie Robinson • Clayton Kershaw • Tommy Lasorda • Mookie Betts • Manny Ramirez • Sandy Koufax • Duke Snider

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Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wearing jersey number 22, winds up to pitch during a game at Dodger Stadium.
Jackie Robinson
Duke Snider, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform and glove, poses in a ready fielding stance on a baseball field in the 1950s.
Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers in mid-pitch during a Major League Baseball game, wearing a Dodgers uniform and cap, with a crowd in the background.
Mookie Betts wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform and cap, smiling at the camera with a gold chain, against a plain background.
Freddie Freeman, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform and cap, poses with arms crossed against a plain background.
Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wearing a white uniform and helmet, watches his hit while holding a bat during a game at Dodger Stadium.
Shohei Ohtani
Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers stands at bat in a white Dodgers uniform with number 99, preparing to swing during a game at Dodger Stadium.
Jackie Robinson, wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and cap, stands outdoors holding a baseball bat in a batting stance, looking intently ahead.
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