The

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are the second most successful franchise in the

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and the third-most successful and second-most wealthy in Major League Baseball after

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. The franchise was formerly based in

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and known originally as the "Grays" or "Trolley Dodgers" after the trams which supporters had to avoid to enter games.Arlott, John (editor); ''The Oxford Companion to Sports and Games''; p. 125. Later it became known successively as the "Bridegrooms", "Superbas", "Dodgers" and "Robins"; the present "Dodgers" was firmly established in

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. The franchise has won seven

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, twenty-four pennants, and won the their division twenty times. Like the Yankees and

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, the Dodgers have not lost 100 games in a season since

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, with their worst record being in

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with 63 wins and 99 losses. The following year, the Dodgers finished at .500 for the only time in 138 seasons. The most wins the Dodgers ever had in a season was 111, which they did in

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, their most recent season. The Dodgers have multiple periods of sustained excellence throughout their history. Their most successful period, between 1947 ( Jackie Robinson’s first season) through 1966 ( Sandy Koufax's final season), featured four championships, ten World Series appearances, and only two seasons with 71 or more losses. Their other period of sustained success was from 1973-1988, which was overseen by the end of Walter Alston’s managerial career (manager from 1954-1976) and of most of Tommy Lasorda’s (1976-1996). During this fifteen-year period, the team won two championships (tied for first during this stretch), five pennants, and won their division seven times. The two consecutive 89-loss seasons in and was followed by an improbable World Championship in 1988, highlighted by Kirk Gibson's walk-off homerun in Game 1 of the World Series, which was voted by the

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as the greatest moment in team history. Currently, the Dodgers are in a stretch where they have won a

title, three National League pennants, while reaching the postseason ten straight seasons and winning nine

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titles (eight in a row from 2013-2020). This stretch of success coincided when

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brought the team shortly before the 2012 season for $2.15 billion. Since moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers played for four seasons at the

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before moving to their current home of

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in . In Brooklyn, they played predominantly at Washington Park (1898-1912) and historic

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(1913-1957).

Season-by-season records

All-time records

Record by decade

The following table describes the Dodgers' MLB win–loss record by decade. These statistics are from

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's ''Los Angeles Dodgers History & Encyclopedia'', and are current as of October 13, 2022.

Opening Day starting lineups

This is a chart of the

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Starting Lineup for the

References

External links

Baseball-Reference.com
Dodgers team index {{DEFAULTSORT:Los Angeles Dodgers Seasons * Major League Baseball teams seasons

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