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(1932 is the first year in which the nickname appeared:replace: on the uniforms of the Brooklyn Base Ball Club.)

[1] - In 1981, a players' strike in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. Los Angeles had the best record in the West Division when play was stopped and was declared the first-half division winner. The Dodgers had the second best record in the division when considering the entire season, four games behind Cincinnati.

[2] - In 1994, a players' strike wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. Los Angeles was in first place by three and a half games in the West Division when play was stopped. No official titles were awarded in 1994.

The Los Angeles Dodgersare a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming the Dodgersdefinitively by 1932.The team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.They played their first four seasons in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball.

The Dodgers captured their first National League pennant in 1941, only to lose to the New York Yankees. This marked the onset of the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry, as the Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances. Led by Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era, the Dodgers captured their first World Series title in 1955 after defeating the Yankees for the first time. After just one season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won their second World Series title in 1959. Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers......Full Article