13 Facts About Brooklyn Dodgers

1. The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game on September 24, 1957, and the Los Angeles Dodgers their first on April 18, 1958.

2. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers made a decision that changed baseball forever.

3. The Brooklyn Dodgers won their second straight NL West championship but lost again to the Cardinals in the Division Series.

4. At this point, the Brooklyn Dodgers trailed the San Diego Padres by 1½ games in the wild card slot, and the Arizona Diamondbacks by 3½ games.

5. The Brooklyn Dodgers rebounded from losing the first two games, with Koufax pitching shutouts in Games five and seven to win the crown and the World Series MVP Award.

6. The Brooklyn Dodgers had a heated rivalry with the Cincinnati Reds during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.

7. In 2014, the Brooklyn Dodgers introduced an alternate road jersey: a gray version with the "Dodgers" script instead of the city name.

8. In 1970, the Brooklyn Dodgers removed the city name from the road jerseys and had "Dodgers" on both the home and away uniforms.

9. The blue background used by the Brooklyn Dodgers, would be adopted by the Mets, honoring their New York NL forebears with a blend of Dodgers blue and Giants orange.

10. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 and 2018, but lost the World Series to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox respectively.

11. The Brooklyn Dodgers won four more pennants in 1966, 1974, 1977 and 1978, but lost in each World Series appearance.

12. Los Angeles Brooklyn Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

13. The name "Trolley Brooklyn Dodgers" implied the dangers posed by trolley cars in Brooklyn generally, which in 1892, began the switch from horse-power to electrical power, which made them much faster, and were hence regarded as more dangerous.