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===Los Angeles Dodgers===
{{Main|Dodgers–Giants rivalry}}
The '''Giants-Dodgers rivalry''' is one of the longest-standing rivalries in team sports.<ref name="forbes.com"/>

The Giants-Dodgers feud began in the late 19th century when both clubs were based in New York City, with the Dodgers based in [[Brooklyn]] and the Giants playing at the [[Polo Grounds]] in upper [[Manhattan]]. After the 1957 season, Dodgers owner [[Walter O'Malley]] decided to move the team to Los Angeles primarily for financial reasons.<ref name=MoveToCalifornia>{{cite book|title=After many a summer: the passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a golden age in New York baseball|first=Robert|last=Murphy|year=2009|location=New York|publisher=Sterling|isbn=978-1-4027-6068-6|url=https://archive.org/details/aftermanysummerp0000murp}}</ref> Along the way, he managed to convince Giants owner [[Horace Stoneham]] (who was considering moving his team to [[Minnesota]]) to preserve the rivalry by taking his team to San Francisco as well.<ref name=MoveToCalifornia/> New York baseball fans were stunned and heartbroken by the move.<ref name=MoveToCalifornia/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Dodgers move west: the transfer of the Brooklyn baseball franchise to Los Angeles|first=Neil J.|last=Sullivan|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1987|isbn=0-19-504366-9|url=https://archive.org/details/dodgersmovewest00sull}}</ref> Given that the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have long been competitors in economic, cultural and political arenas, their new California venues became fertile ground for transplantation of the ancient rivalry. In the wake of the Giants' and Dodgers' leaving New York, a new ballclub was born in 1962 in Queens: The New York Mets. The team's colors (blue and orange) were an homage to the recently departed teams.

Both teams' having endured for over a century while leaping across an entire continent, as well as the rivalry's growth from cross-city to cross-state, have led to its being considered one of the greatest in sports history.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 10 greatest rivalries|url=https://www.espn.com/endofcentury/s/other/bestrivalries.html|date=January 3, 2000|work=ESPN|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-date=October 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025044126/http://espn.go.com/endofcentury/s/other/bestrivalries.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Caple|first=Jim|title=Giants-Dodgers best rivalry in baseball|url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/caple_jim/1432476.html|date=September 16, 2002|work=ESPN|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-date=May 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530112719/http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/caple_jim/1432476.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beard |first=Donald |title=Giants-Dodgers Covers a Lot of Ground |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8285-2005Mar28?language=printer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628232226/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8285-2005Mar28?language=printer |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |date=March 30, 2005 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=H05}}</ref>

The Giants-Dodgers rivalry has seen both teams enjoy periods of success at the expense of the other. While the Giants have more total wins and head-to-head wins in their overall franchise histories, the Dodgers have more total wins and head-to-head wins since the two teams moved to California in 1958. The Dodgers have also won the [[National League West]] 14 more times than the Giants since the start of division play in 1969. Both teams have made the postseason as a [[Major League Baseball wild card|National League wild card]] three times. The Giants won their first world championship in California in 2010, while the Dodgers won their most recent world title in 2024. As of the end of the 2024 baseball season, the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] lead the San Francisco Giants in California [[World Series]] triumphs, 7–3, whereas in 20th-century New York, the Giants led the Dodgers in World Series championships, 5–1. Overall, the two franchises are tied 8–8 in total World Series championships.