History of the Los Angeles Dodgers
The history of the Los Angeles Dodgers begins in the 19th century when the team was based in Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn Dodgers history
The franchise now known as the Dodgers was originally formed in 1883 as a member of the minor league
The Brooklyn Dodgers had several Hall of Fame players on their rosters during this era including Roy Campanella, Leo Durocher, Burleigh Grimes, Willie Keeler, Pee Wee Reese, Wilbert Robinson, Duke Snider, Dazzy Vance, Zack Wheat and Jackie Robinson. Robinson, the first African American to play in MLB in the Modern Era (1901– ), made his debut as a Dodger in 1947 and won the first Rookie of the Year award.
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 2–0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Alston years
On April 18, 1958, the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game in LA, defeating the former New York and now new San Francisco Giants, 6–5, before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] Sadly, catcher Roy Campanella, left partially paralyzed in an off-season accident, was never able to play for Los Angeles.
The process of building Walter O'Malley's dream stadium soon began in semi-rural Chavez Ravine, in the hills just north of downtown L.A. There was some political controversy, as the residents of the ravine, mostly Hispanic and mostly poor, resisted the eminent domain removal of their homes (land which had been previously condemned for a public housing project, Elysian Park Heights) and gained some public sympathy. Still, O'Malley and the city government were determined, and construction proceeded. The resistance of the residents against their removal was known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine.
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In the meantime, the Dodgers played their home games from 1958 to 1961 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a gargantuan football and track-and-field stadium that had been built in 1923, and then expanded to host the 1932 Summer Olympics. The Coliseum's dimensions were not optimal for baseball, and the best way to fit a baseball diamond into the oval-shaped stadium was to lay the third-base line parallel to the short axis of the oval, and the first-base parallel to the long axis. This resulted in a left-field fence that was only about 250 feet (76 m) from home plate. A 40-foot (12 m) high screen was erected to prevent home runs from becoming too trivial to hit. Still, the 1958 season saw 182 home runs hit to left field in the home games, whereas just three were hit to center field, and only eight to right field. The Dodgers outfielder Wally Moon, newly acquired for the 1959 season, became adept at launching lazy fly balls over or onto the screen, which became known as "Moon shots". He led the National League with triples in 1959.
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City. In a lively World Series, the Dodgers defeated the "Go-Go" White Sox in six games, thoroughly cementing the bond between the baseball team and its new Southern California fans.
Commemorating their 50th year in Los Angeles, the Dodgers would play one more game in the Memorial Coliseum on March 29, 2008 – an exhibition game to benefit a cancer research charity. The crowd of 115,300, the largest in baseball history in any country, any league, saw the Dodgers lose to the
Despite the passage of 60-plus years since departing from Brooklyn, many in the borough, and the nation, continue efforts to encourage a move back east. Many of these efforts take the shape of letter writing campaigns, online petitions and nostalgic articles.
There were occasional attempts to move the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. State Senator Thomas J. Bartosiewicz tried hard to persuade them in the early 1980s, but was rebuffed. A stronger chance was in 1998, when the O'Malley family sold up to Rupert Murdoch's Fox company. In the course of bidding, a committee convened by the City and State of New York (including Roger Kahn, author of Boys of Summer) made an offer to the club which was turned down, despite being larger than the eventual sale price.
Construction on Dodger Stadium was completed in time for Opening Day 1962. With its clean, simple lines and its picturesque setting amid hills and palm trees, the ballpark quickly became an icon of the Dodgers and their new California lifestyle, and it remains one of the most highly regarded stadiums in baseball even today. Despite the fact that the Dodgers have played in Dodger Stadium longer than they had played in Ebbets Field, the stadium remains surprisingly fresh. O'Malley was determined that there would not be a bad seat in the house, achieving this by cantilevered grandstands that have since been widely imitated. More importantly for the team, the stadium's spacious dimensions, along with other factors, gave defense an advantage over offense, and the Dodgers moved to take advantage of this by assembling a team that would excel with its pitching.
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The core of the team's success in the 1960s was the dominant pitching tandem of
The 1962 pennant race ended in a tie, and the Dodgers were defeated by the archrival
The Dodgers again won the pennant in 1966, but the team was running out of gas, and it was swept in the World Series by the upstart Baltimore Orioles. Koufax retired that winter, with his career cut short by arthritis in the elbow of his pitching arm, and Maury Wills was traded away. Don Drysdale continued to be effective, setting a record with six consecutive shutouts in 1968, but he finished with just a 14–12 record due to the Dodgers' poor hitting that year.
While the Dodgers were sub-par for several seasons thereafter, a new core of young talent was developing in their
The late 1970s: The early Lasorda years
For 23 years, beginning in 1954, the Dodgers had been managed by Walter Alston, a quiet and unflappable man who commanded great respect from his players. Alston's tenure is the third-longest in baseball history for a manager with a single team, after Connie Mack and John McGraw. His retirement near the end of the 1976 season, after winning 7 pennants and 4 World Series titles over his career, cleared the way for an entirely different personality to take the helm of the Dodgers.
Another transition had recently occurred, higher up in the Dodgers management. Walter O'Malley passed control of the team to his son Peter, who would continue to oversee the Dodgers on his family's behalf through 1998.
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New blood had also been injected into the team on the field. The core of the team was now the infield, composed of
The Dodgers also had a string four consecutive players take home Rookie of the Year awards from 1979 to 1982: Rick Sutcliffe won in 1979, Steve Howe in 1980, Fernando Valenzeula in 1981, and Steve Sax in 1982.
The 1980s: Fernandomania and the Bulldog
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The Dodgers hosted the 1980 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium for the first time. The Opening Day starting pitcher for 1981 was a 20-year-old rookie from Mexico: Fernando Valenzuela. Pressed into service due to an injury to
The Dodgers won
After seven years of high
1988 World Series Championship Team
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The
1990s: Rookies, end of the Lasorda era and the new ownership
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After 1988, the Dodgers did not win another postseason game until 2004, though they did reach the playoffs in 1995 and 1996, narrowly missed in 1991 and 1997, and led the NL West when the end of the 1994 season was cancelled by a strike. Hershiser, like Valenzuela before him, suffered an arm injury in 1990, and he never regained the production he had earlier in his career. From 1992 to 1996, five consecutive Dodgers were named Rookie of the Year: Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raúl Mondesí, Hideo Nomo, and Todd Hollandsworth, which is a record. After nearly 20 years at the helm, Lasorda retired in 1996, though he still remained with the Dodgers as an executive vice-president. He was replaced as manager by longtime Dodgers shortstop Bill Russell.
Nearly a half-century of unusual stability (only two managers 1954–1996, owned by a single family 1950–1998) finally came to an end. After Los Angeles city officials rejected a proposal to bring an
The McCourts and the Sabermetric experiment
In 2004, the Dodgers were returned to family ownership, as News Corp sold the team to
During the winter of 2004–05, the team parted ways with several more longtime players, including Beltré and Green. Their replacements included starting pitcher
Colletti and Little
Newly hired Colletti was responsible for a tangible change in attitude and guided the Dodgers' resurgence in the 2006 season. He hired former Red Sox manager Grady Little to lead the team and also traded oft-troubled Milton Bradley for Oakland Athletics prospect Andre Ethier. His off season acquisitions also included former Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal and former Red Sox third baseman Bill Mueller. Coletti also signed former All-Star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, even though the team already had two other former All-Star shortstops (Furcal and the then-injured César Izturis). Garciaparra agreed to play first base and adjusted quite well in the field and remained productive at the plate, producing several key hits in Dodger victories.
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Due to the crowded infield, untimely injuries and several players' lack of production, the team was rebuilt during the season. The flurry of trading saw César Izturis go to the
After a heated pennant race, in which the most memorable moment occurred when the Dodgers hit four consecutive home runs on September 18 to tie the score in the ninth inning and then won the game on a tenth-inning walk-off homer by Nomar Garciaparra, the Dodgers entered the 2006 playoffs in the National League's Wild Card spot, having tied the San Diego Padres for the division lead but having lost 13 of 18 head-to-head meetings with the Padres. They were eventually swept, 3–0, by the New York Mets in the 2006 National League Division Series.
In 2007, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent three players (
Mannywood
At the start of the 2008 season, Joe Torre found himself with a whole new team, including new players Andruw Jones and Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. To add to his troubles, Don Mattingly was unable to perform his hitting coach duties, and third basemen Nomar Garciaparra and Andy LaRoche were out with injuries, leaving the starting third base position to rookie Blake DeWitt, who had never played above level A ball in the minor leagues. DeWitt stepped up early, when Nomar went down again with a calf injury. The team suffered a serious blow when star player Rafael Furcal was injured in the midst of the best start of his career. Many substitutions were used, including rookies Chin-Lung Hu and Luis Maza, but could not duplicate Furcal's offense. Staff ace Brad Penny and slugger Jones began to underperform, leading to trips to the DL for both. Despite the problems with the roster, as well as their record, the Dodgers were only behind first-place Arizona by one game at the All-Star break. The season saw progress in the teams prospects, including a call-up for top prospect Clayton Kershaw, as well as comebacks from veteran pitchers, most notably Chan Ho Park. Chad Billingsley quickly grew to be the team's ace, being one of the leaders in strikeouts and ERA and being the first pitcher on the Dodgers to get double-digit wins. For the majority of the season, the club hovered around a .500 record. To bolster a lineup of mostly young players, Ned Colletti made trades for shortstop Ángel Berroa, third-baseman Casey Blake, and on July 31, 2008, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired outfielder Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox in a 3-way deal that sent third baseman Andy LaRoche and single-A prospect pitcher Bryan Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates and all-star outfielder Jason Bay to the Red Sox. Ramirez brought an energy to the team that it had lacked previously and also energized the fanbase. After playing more than 140 games of catch-up, the Dodgers swept Arizona to take first place in the last series of the season for the two teams on September 7 after being 4 games behind the week before. The Dodgers clinched the 2008 National League Western Division title on September 25 as the Arizona Diamondbacks were eliminated by losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 12–3. On October 4, 2008, they beat the Cubs 3–0 to sweep the 2008 NLDS and moved on to the NLCS, where they faced the Philadelphia Phillies and were eliminated, losing the series in five games. In 2009, however, Manny was suspended for taking a performing-enhancing substance. Despite the 50-game suspension, the Dodgers repeated as National League West Champions and once again faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series [NLCS] after sweeping [3–0] the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series [NLDS]. They once more lost to Philadelphia [1–4]. The following season, a procession of injuries caused the Dodgers to fall out of the race by late summer. Manny Ramirez was traded to the Chicago White Sox in August and in September Joe Torre announced his decision to retire as Dodgers manager, to be replaced by Don Mattingly.
Divorce, scandal, bankruptcy and the end of the McCourt era
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On October 14, 2009, it was announced the McCourts would be separating after nearly 30 years of marriage.[6] While speculation was raised on the impact upon the McCourt family Dodger ownership, a spokesperson for Jamie McCourt said the following day that "the focus of the Dodgers is on the playoffs and the World Series". Jamie was fired from her position as Dodgers CEO on Thursday, October 22, 2009, the day after the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs, thus ending the reign of the self-proclaimed "First Female CEO of a Baseball Team".[6] She officially filed for divorce shortly thereafter. Frank claimed that the divorce would have "no bearing on the team whatsoever".[7] Despite that assertion, media speculation continued that the team was in financial difficulty.
On March 31, 2011, after the Opening Day game against the San Francisco Giants, a Giants fan was attacked by two men wearing Dodgers attire in the Dodger Stadium parking lot.[8] He suffered serious injuries and was diagnosed with brain damage. In response, the Dodgers and Giants held a joint fundraiser to benefit the victim, a reward was offered for the capture of the attackers and security was beefed up at the stadium.
On April 20, Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced that MLB would be appointing a representative to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Dodgers. His statement said that he took that action because of his "deep concerns for the finances and operations" of the Dodgers.[9]
On June 27, one week after the commissioner refused to approve a proposed television contract that would have pumped much needed funding into the club, the Dodgers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[10] After much legal wrangling between McCourts lawyers and MLB lawyers in bankruptcy court, he reached a deal with the league to put the team up for sale.[11]
On March 27, 2012, it was announced that an agreement had been reached on the sale of the Dodgers between Frank McCourt and Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC, a group of investors fronted by Guggenheim CEO Mark Walter and including former Los Angeles Lakers player Magic Johnson, baseball executive Stan Kasten and film mogul Peter Guber.[12] The total sale price for the Dodgers (which includes Dodger Stadium) exceeded $2 billion, making the sale the largest for a professional sports team in history, exceeding the approximately $1.5 billion purchase of Manchester United F.C. by Malcolm Glazer in 2005.[13] On the same day, it was also announced that the members of the group will partner McCourt in purchasing the property surrounding the stadium.[14] The sale price of the Dodgers was considered to be far higher than what the team was actually worth at the time of sale. Estimates made by Forbes placed the value of the Dodgers at approximately $1.4 billion, and the winning bid was more than 30% higher than the next highest bid.[15] On April 13, the sale was approved by the bankruptcy court[16] and it officially closed on May 1, 2012.[17]
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On the field, the Dodgers would have a fall off from their 2008 and 2009 form and not make the playoffs in 2010 and 2011. However, the 2011 season featured two breakout performances; Matt Kemp hit .324, the highest batting average for a Dodger since Mike Piazza in 1997, to go along with 39 home runs, 40 stolen bases, and 126 runs batted in. For his effort, he finished 2nd in MVP voting, behind Ryan Braun. On the pitching side, Clayton Kershaw would also win his first of three Cy Young awards.
Guggenheim takes over and Free spending
The Guggenheim group did not waste any time upgrading the team's roster. In a departure from the McCourt years, the Dodgers started acquiring big contracts in trades. They traded for third baseman/shortstop Hanley Ramírez from the Miami Marlins, outfielder Shane Victorino from the Philadelphia Phillies and, in what was described as the "biggest August trade in MLB history" Adrián González, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford from the Boston Red Sox.[18] In their first season of ownership, the Dodgers new owners added $431 million in salary commitments.[19] Despite the efforts, the Dodgers missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
In the offseason the Dodgers went out and signed free agent starter Zack Greinke and Korean pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu to bolster their rotation. However, injuries to star players including Greinke, Ramírez and Matt Kemp got the team off to a slow start in 2013. On June 21 they were in last place in the division, 9+1⁄2 games behind the first place Arizona Diamondbacks. They turned things around in a hurry as players got healthy, made Kenley Jansen the closer, and Cuban defector Yasiel Puig joined the roster. The team went on a 46–10 run from June 22 through August 23 and moved past all the other teams in their division. On September 19 they clinched the division title, the earliest the team had ever clinched. The deficit they overcame was the largest in franchise history and they were just the fourth team in MLB history to win the division after being in last place on July 1. The team advanced to the 2013 National League Championship Series but lost in six games to the St. Louis Cardinals.
The 2014 season saw the emergence of
In 2015, journalist Molly Knight published a book named Best Team Money Can Buy, chronicling the team's 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons. The book goes inside-the-clubhouse story of tumultuous years when the team was re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and colorful teams in baseball.
Roberts and Friedman era and return to the World Series
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Following the disappointing end of the 2014 season, the Dodgers entered
2017 World Series
Following the 2016 season, the Dodgers re-signed free agents Justin Turner, Kenley Jansen, and Rich Hill. During the season, the Dodgers received surprise performances from utility man Chris Taylor and relief pitcher Brandon Morrow and rookie first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger, all three whom started the season in the minor leagues. At the trade deadline, they traded for established ace Yu Darvish and also added left-handed relievers Tony Watson and Tony Cingrani. The team raced off to a 91–36 record through August 25, where many wondered if this was one of the best teams in MLB history.[21][22] However, a late season slump, in which the team lost 20 of 25 games (highlighted by 11 straight losses), led to questions about whether the Dodgers would succeed in the postseason. Despite the slump, the team recovered to win eight of its final ten regular season games, securing their fifth consecutive National League West title and home field advantage throughout the MLB playoffs. Bellinger would be honored as the National League's Rookie of the Year for 2017, marking the third time the Dodgers had their players take home back-to-back Rookie of the Year honors in their history.
In the postseason, the Dodgers swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series and defeated the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series in five games to advance to the World Series against the Houston Astros. The Dodgers lost the series in seven games. In January 2020, MLB confirmed that the Astros engaged in an elaborate and illegal sign stealing system during the 2017 regular season and postseason, during which they beat the Dodgers in the World Series.
2018 World Series
Despite a 16–26 start to the season, which saw the team lose shortstop
2019 season: Dodgers set the franchise record for wins, upset by Washington
In the 2018–2019 off-season, the Dodgers lost GM
Following a July 3, 2019 walk-off home run from Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers set a franchise and major league record for most consecutive walk-offs with 5.[25] A few weeks earlier, they also became the first team to have three consecutive walk-offs from rookies – Matt Beaty, Alex Verdugo and Will Smith.[26] For the third straight year they broke the Dodgers record for home runs in a season. Additionally, on September 4, they broke the National League record for most home runs in a season with 250th homer (breaking the old mark set by the 2000 Houston Astros).[27] For the second straight season, Los Angeles led the NL in runs scored and lowest runs allowed.
The Dodgers clinched the
2020 season: Mookie Betts arrives, COVID-19, 7th championship
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On February 10, 2020, the Dodgers traded outfielder Alex Verdugo and minor leaguers Connor Wong and Jeter Downs to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Mookie Betts, starting pitcher David Price and cash considerations.[28] They also traded starting pitcher Kenta Maeda, minor leaguer Jaír Camargo and cash considerations to the Minnesota Twins for pitcher Brusdar Graterol, outfielder Luke Raley and the 67th pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[29] On July 22, the Dodgers signed Mookie Betts to a 12-year contract extension, through the 2032 season. The deal was worth $365 million and also included a $65 million signing bonus, making it the richest contract in Dodgers history.[30]
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[31] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[32] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 Opening Day.[33] On July 4, newly acquired David Price announced he would opt out of playing in the 2020 season due to the pandemic.
The 2020 Dodgers started the season 30–10, matching the best 40-game start in franchise history. The last such Dodgers start came in 1977, along with the Brooklyn teams in 1888 and 1955. This was also the best 40-game start in the majors since the 116-win Mariners began 31–9 in 2001.[34] The Dodgers finished the regular season 43–17 and won their 8th straight division title and swept both the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2020 National League Wild Card Series and the San Diego Padres in the 2020 National League Division Series. They then defeated the Atlanta Braves in the 2020 National League Championship Series, coming back from down 3 games to 1 to advance to the 2020 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, their third World Series appearance in the last four years and their 24th pennant in franchise history, surpassing the San Francisco Giants for the most in the National League. The Dodgers would then go on to defeat the Rays in six games, winning their first World Series since 1988, their sixth since moving to Los Angeles, and the seventh in franchise history.
2021–present: Early Postseason Exits
The Dodgers began the 2021 season on an extremely uplifting note, winning 13 of their first 15 games. However, the Dodgers then lost 14 of their next 18 games. Throughout the season, the team battled injuries to key players as Bellinger and Kershaw both missed extensive time on the injured list. Betts also had lingering issues with his back and shoulder all season, Dustin May missed the entire season with Tommy John Surgery, Corey Seager also missed a portion of the season due to a hand injury. Due to these woes (and a suspension to their big free agent pick-up, Trevor Bauer), the Dodgers traded for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner at the trade deadline for prospects. They also signed both future Hall of Fame hitter Albert Pujols after he was released from the Angels. The Dodgers won 106 games, tying a franchise record in wins, and finished just one game behind the Giants in the division, making their ninth straight playoff appearance. They beat the Giants in the 2021 National League Division Series but were defeated by the Atlanta Braves in the 2021 National League Championship Series.
In 2022, the Dodgers lost Corey Seager to free agency but replaced him by signing all-star first baseman Freddie Freeman to a six-year contract. The rotation lost Walker Buehler in mid-June to Tommy John surgery, but Julio Urías led the league in earned run average, Clayton Kershaw had a strong comeback season, and Tony Gonsolin and Tyler Anderson had breakout seasons. The Dodgers won 111 games, a new franchise record and the most in the National League since the 1906 Chicago Cubs, and finished 22 games ahead of the San Diego Padres in the division race. Despite that, they were upset by the Padres in the Division Series.
The Dodgers entered the 2023 season with the longest active playoff streak in major North American sports. They went 100–62 during the regular season, winning 100 games for the fourth time in a row for a full season, but lost to the Diamondbacks in the NLDS.
In December 2023, the Dodgers signed free agent two-way player and two-time American League MVP Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million deal, the largest deal in professional sports.[35] Ohtani's record-breaking deal included structuring in such a way that $68 million per season was deferred until after the conclusion of the deal to be paid out from 2034 to 2043.[36] That same month, the Dodgers signed Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year, $325 million contract, which included a $50.625 million posting fee to Yamamoto's previous team, the Orix Buffaloes.[37]
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