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The Brooklyn Dodgers had an overall win–loss record of 5,624–5,290–133 (.515) during their 68 years in Brooklyn. Eight former Brooklyn Dodgers players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame .
Brooklyn Dodgers (1946–1948) Brooklyn Eagles (1935) Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn , New York . It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913–1957).
The following decade would see an upturn in fortunes, however. After winning the pennant in 1941, the Dodgers would win six pennants in 10 years between 1947 and 1956, spurred on by the likes of ...
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.
After 45 seasons of Dodgers baseball, the stadium -- located in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood -- was demolished in 1960. A public housing project rose in its place.
Economic push and pull factors caused many teams to move, and the emergence of cities in the new frontier allowed baseball teams to pop up across the country. The moves of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to California in 1958 opened the West Coast to the market of baseball. Since 1960, the National and American Leagues have added 14 teams.
The then-Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the first major league baseball teams to conduct spring training in Florida, establishing their operations in this quiet beachside town in 1948. Previously an abandoned Naval base, the complex was transformed for the Dodgers. Historic Dodgertown and Holman Stadium served as their spring home for more than ...
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out eight batters in just 4 ⅓ innings, left the game with a 5-2 lead, and once again the bullpen absolutely dominated. The Dodgers are now 7-1 against ...