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Merger of Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Brooklyn Ward's Wonders [1] 3: Charles Ebbets and Ferdinand Abell: 1897–1898: Byrne dies, his shares & Chauncey's bought by Ebbets & Abell [1] 4: Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon: 1899–1904: Merger of Brooklyn Superbas and Baltimore Orioles [1] 5
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 2–0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. On April 18, 1958 , the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game in L.A., defeating the former New York and newly moved and renamed San Francisco Giants , 6–5, before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles ...
When Rickey's good friend Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Larry MacPhail enlisted in the army to serve in World War II after the 1942 season, the Dodgers hired Rickey to replace him as president and general manager, ending a tenure of over two decades with the Cardinals. In 1945, the Dodger ownership reorganized, with Rickey acquiring 25% of ...
The feud between the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants began in the late 19th century when both clubs were based in New York City, with the Dodgers playing in Brooklyn and the Giants playing at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan. After the 1957 season, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley moved the team to Los Angeles for financial and other reasons. [54]
In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball to the West Coast, moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles despite the Dodgers being the second most profitable team in baseball from 1946 to 1956, and coordinating the move of the New York Giants to San Francisco at a time when there were no teams west of Kansas City ...
But Brooklyn again bowed to the Yankees in the World Series, this time in only five games. Despite Shotton's two pennants in three seasons, he continually faced criticism from Durocher loyalists on the Dodgers, who claimed that Shotton was a poor game strategist and lacked Durocher's competitive intensity.
Having convinced New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham to move to San Francisco in order to preserve the rivalry, O’Malley and the Dodgers announced the move on October 7, 1957.
James Ausley Mulvey (April 23, 1899 – December 3, 1973) was an American motion picture industry executive and a co-owner of the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball from 1938 until his death. He derived his stake in the Dodgers from his marriage to Marie "Dearie" McKeever, daughter of one of the franchise's longtime co ...