after the '57 season
The Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles and the New York Giants moved to San Francisco to begin play in 1958.
The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
Hi there - the Brooklyn Dodgers seem to have been founded in 1883.
The Brooklyn Dodgers became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1957. As the LA Dodgers, they won the World Series in 1988, 1981, 1965, 1963, 1959. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the 1955 World Series.
after the '57 season
I think it was in the 1940s or early 1950s when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to California.
The Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 baseball season.
The Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles and the New York Giants moved to San Francisco to begin play in 1958.
What was important about California baseball in 1958 was the Brooklyn Dodgers became the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was a historic move for the team.
The famous Brooklyn Dodgers were a baseball team.
The team was set up as the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1883, and remained in Brooklyn until the 1957 season. The club became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958, and moved to Dodger Stadium in 1962.
The Yankees did not move in 1957. Following the 1957 World Series, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers left for California. Leaving the Yankees as the only New York baseball team.
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
The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
No. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (But not actually in Brooklyn). The "Brooklyn" Dodgers played in LA.
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