Editing Los Angeles Dodgers (section)

==History==
[[File:Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1954.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Jackie Robinson]], who grew up in [[Pasadena, California]], broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers]]
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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holmes |first=Thomas |date=January 23, 1932 |title=Brooklyn Baseball Club Will Officially Nickname Them 'Dodgers' |pages=14 |work=[[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chase|first=Chris|title=Strange-but-true origin stories of 19 sports team names|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/how-nfl-teams-got-nickname-mlb-nba-nhl-origin|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=October 25, 2015|archive-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105013228/http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/how-nfl-teams-got-nickname-mlb-nba-nhl-origin|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 [[1955 World Series|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 (book)|The Boys of Summer]]''.
[[File:Lockheed L-188A Electra, Private JP6984856.jpg|thumb|left|"World Champions" team aircraft, [[Los Angeles International Airport]] 1964]]

Following the [[1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season|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]].

[[File:Fernando Valenzuela in bullpen.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|[[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 would go back to win the World Series again in 2024, defeating the New York Yankees in 5 games. This became their second championship in 5 seasons, and the first championship in a full season since 1988.

The Dodgers share a fierce [[Dodgers–Giants rivalry|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.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-owners-allow-dodgers-and-giants-to-move | title =Baseball owners allow Dodgers and Giants to move | publisher =[[History (U.S. TV network)]] | date =August 21, 2018 | access-date =May 15, 2019 | archive-date =August 8, 2019 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190808095422/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-owners-allow-dodgers-and-giants-to-move | url-status =live }}</ref> 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 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season|1890]], [[1899 Brooklyn Superbas season|1899]], [[1900 Brooklyn Superbas season|1900]], [[1916 Brooklyn Robins season|1916]], [[1920 Brooklyn Robins season|1920]], [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1941]], [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1947]], [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1949]], [[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1952]], [[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1953]], [[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1955]], [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1956]]) and the World Series in 1955. After moving to Los Angeles, the team won National League pennants in [[1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1959]], [[1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1963]], [[1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1965]], [[1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1966]], [[1974 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1974]], [[1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1977]], [[1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1978]], [[1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1981]], [[1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1988]], [[2017 Los Angeles Dodgers season|2017]], [[2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season|2018]], [[2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season|2020]] and [[2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season|2024]] with World Series championships in [[1959 World Series|1959]], [[1963 World Series|1963]], [[1965 World Series|1965]], [[1981 World Series|1981]], [[1988 World Series|1988]], [[2020 World Series|2020]] and [[2024 World Series|2024]]. In all, the Dodgers have appeared in 22 World Series: nine in Brooklyn and 13 in Los Angeles.