answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The LA Dodgers were once the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the late 1950s, both the Dodgers and Giants (then a New York team) moved to California.

Yes, they were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers when the team was in Brooklyn. They were also known as The Brooklyn Bums or just 'Da Bums. They were the working man's team as opposed to the mighty Yankees who were known as the elitist man's team: the blue collar vs. the white collar teams.

During the period from the '30's through the early 50s, the Dodgers were also refered to as the Robins.

In the 19th Century, before they were re-named the Dodgers, they were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

The Dodgers were known as the Robins out of respect to their Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson during the 1910s and 1920s.

Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 1890-1898

Brooklyn Superbas, 1899-1910

Brooklyn Dodgers, 1911-1913

Brooklyn Robins, 1914-1931

Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932-1957

Los Angeles Dodgers, 1958-present

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Did the team have another name before it was called the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Why is the Los Angeles basketball team named the Dodgers?

The NBA team in Los Angeles, CA is called the Los Angeles Lakers. The Major League Baseball team is called the Dodgers.


How the dodgers got named?

Well, actually the dodgers were originally from Brooklyn, New York and were called the trolley dodgers because back then in Brooklyn when u walked in the streets you had to DODGE the trolley cars. then they were called the grooms because some of there players were getting married that year. then they were finally called the Brooklyn dodgers until they moved to LA in 1955 (my town GO DODGERS!!!) and have been since then called the LOS ANGELES DODGERS!!! [Actually, the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to LA before the beginning of the 1958 season]


What are the dogers colors?

The Los Angeles Dodgers were founded in 1883, and were originally called the Brooklyn Atlantics. They moved to Los Angeles for the 1958 season and their colors are blue and white, with a red number.


What major league baseball player was called the penguin?

Ron Cey - 3rd baseman -Played for Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs


Draft dodgers are also called what?

draft dodgers are also called what


What was the dodgers first name?

In Brooklyn, the Dodgers were first called the Trolley Dodgers, then the name was shortened to Dodgers.


What was the name of the Brooklyn team before it was the dodgers?

They were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms because most of the team members had wives.


Why is Los Angeles's baseball team called the Dodgers?

The team's original home, Brooklyn, had many trolleys on its streets that pedestrians had to dodge. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, the team was known in the late 19th century as the Brooklyn Superbas. Because Brooklyn had so many trolley cars, fans nicknamed the team "the trolley dodgers." The name Dodgers stuck, and the team officially adopted it in 1913. They brought it along with them when they moved to Los Angeles in 1958.


Why are the giants and dodgers rivals?

It all started back in the 1900's, the Yankees just started to fight with the better team because they wanted to injure them, they knew they couldn't beat them so they tried to take them out.


What is the name of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium?

It's just Dodger Stadium (as of 2009 the naming rights to the stadium have never been sold, although there is talk of that happening sometime in the near future). It's one of only 7 current MLB parks that are 100% privately owned by the teams that play in them (and one of an even smaller list that was not originally financed with public funds).


What are the words called that come before or after another word?

never


What was all the Losangeles Angels names of all the stadium they played baseball in?

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim played in a stadium called Wrigley Field (not the same one as in Chicago) for 1 year in 1961 then they shared the Dodger Stadium (aka Chavez Ravine) with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a few years before moving into the current Stadium that they're still currently in today (as of 2009) which is called "Angel Stadium of Anaheim" even though Angel Stadium of Anaheim's previous names were Anaheim Stadium and Edison International Field.