Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco in northern California as the San Francisco Giants.
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |
|---|---|
Brooklyn Dodgers/Superbas logo from 1910 through 1913 | |
| Information | |
| League | National League (1890–1957) |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field (1913–1957) |
| Established | 1883 |
| Folded | 1957 (moved to Los Angeles, California in 1958) |
| Nickname(s) | Dem Bums |
| National League pennant | 12 (1890, 1899, 1900, 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956) |
| World Series championships | 1 (1955) |
| Former name(s) | |
| Former league(s) | American Association (1884–1889) |
| Former ballparks | |
| Colors | Dodger blue, white, red |
| Manager | See list |
The team's name derived from the reputed skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city's trolley streetcars. The name is a shortened form of their old name, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. The Dodgers played in two stadiums in South Brooklyn, each named Washington Park, and at Eastern Park in the neighborhood of Brownsville before moving to Ebbets Field in the neighborhood of Crown Heights in 1912. The team is noted for signing Jackie Robinson in 1947 as the first black player in the modern major leagues.