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Here are some quick facts Deluxe Rent A Car Los Angeles have compiled about the Los Angeles Dodgers:

• The Los Angeles Dodgers a Major League Baseball team that are in the Western Division of the National League based in Los Angeles, California.
• Originally, the team was founded in Brooklyn in 1883 and then was moved to Los Angeles for the 1958 season.
• In 1884, the team moved up to the American Association from the minor Inter-State League. In 1890, the team transferred to the National League.
• Manager: Jim Tracy
• General Manager: Paul DePodesta
• Owner: Frank McCourt
• The Los Angeles Dodgers were formerly known as: The Brooklyn Dodgers.
• Home ballpark: Dodger Stadium (1962-present), also known as "Chavez Ravine", after the name of the locale prior to the stadium's construction. Previous home ballparks include the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1958-1961), and Ebbets Field in Brooklyn (1913-1957). Prior to 1913, the Brooklyn Dodgers played in Washington Park (1883-1890), Eastern Park (1891-1897), and a second Washington Park (1898-1912).
• Uniform colors: "Dodger blue" and White; some Red
• Logo design: handwritten "Dodgers" on top of a red streaming baseball

Championships, pennants and titles

• World Series championships won (6): 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988
• National League pennants won (21): 1890, 1899, 1900, 1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988
• American Association pennants won (1): 1889
• Division titles won (10): 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994 (unofficial), 1995, 2004
• National League wild card (1): 1996

Nicknames

The team didn’t have an official nickname until 1933. Before then, sportswriters and fans came up with several suggestions, including the Brooks, the Atlantics and the Bridegrooms (in reference to several players getting married before 1888).

Deluxe Rent A Car Los Angeles notes that at the same time Brooklyn had streetcars set up, writers began calling the team and city by the term “Trolley Dodgers” – which was truncated to “Dodgers.”

Over the years, with the change of managers, the team nickname also changed. When the team was under Ned Hanlon’s management, the team became known as the “Superbas.” The “Superbas” was a popular acrobatic troupe called “Hanlon’s Superbas.”

Under manager Wilbert Robinson, the team was known as the Robins, though newspapers used Robins and Dodgers interchangeably. Team uniforms had “Brooklyn” or a stylized “B”, but uniforms didn’t contain any nicknames until 1933, on which the word Dodgers appeared.

Rivalry with the Giants
For more than a century, the Dodgers and the Giants have had a heated rivalry. This rivalry began when both clubs played in New York City (Giants were based out of Manhattan). Both franchises moved to California in 1958 (Giants are now based out of San Francisco). The rivalry continued in economic, political and cultural arenas.

Longest serving broadcaster
For the past 55 years, Vin Scully has been the play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers. He has served the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single club in professional sports history. Deluxe Rent A Car Los Angeles asks if you knew that the Dodgers fans chose Scully as the Most Memorable Personality (on the field or off) in the team’s history.

Deluxe Rent A Car Los Angeles has listed the Baseball Hall of Famers who played with the LA Dodgers over the years.

• Walter Alston
• Dave Bancroft
• Dan Brouthers
• Jim Bunning
• Roy Campanella
• Max Carey
• Don Drysdale
• Leo Durocher
• Burleigh Grimes
• Billy Herman
• Waite Hoyt
• Hughie Jennings
• Willie Keeler
• Joe Kelley
• George Kelly
• Sandy Koufax
• Tommy Lasorda
• Tony Lazzeri
• Freddie Lindstrom
• Ernie Lombardi
• Al Lopez
• Heinie Manush
• Rabbit Maranville
• Juan Marichal
• Rube Marquard,/li>
• Tommy McCarthy
• Joe McGinnity
• Joe Medwick
• Pee Wee Reese
• Jackie Robinson
• Frank Robinson
• Duke Snider
• Casey Stengel
• Don Sutton
• Dazzy Vance
• Arky Vaughan
• Paul Waner
• Lloyd Waner
• (John) Monte Ward
• Zack Wheat
• Hoyt Wilhelm