A professional minor league team played its first season in Brooklyn in 1883. This same team joined the National League in 1890. By 1895 one of their unofficial nicknames was the "Trolley Dodgers," a somewhat perjorative term for residents of Brooklyn. Other nicknames were used over the years, including Robins, Superbas, Grays, and Bridegrooms. By 1932, the team had OFFICIALLY adopted the name of "Dodgers."
So take your pick: 1883, 1890, 1895, or 1932.
The Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947.
In Brooklyn, the Dodgers were first called the Trolley Dodgers, then the name was shortened to Dodgers.
Don Newcombe of the the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954.
1957 was the final year of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley moved the club to Los Angeles during the winter of 1957, the team became the Los Angeles Dodgers starting with the 1958 season.
The Dodgers signed Robinson to a minor league contract with their Montreal farm club in 1945. In 1946 his first year at Montreal he lead the team to victory in the International league World Series. He was called up to the Dodgers in April 1947 and played in his first major league game (first major league game by a negro (as hey were then called in the twentieth century) on opening day, April 15, 1947.
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Robinson's final year was 1956. The Brooklyn Dodgers lost the World Series to the New York Yankees four games to three that season.
The 1947 Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers
The famous Brooklyn Dodgers were a baseball team.
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