Brooklyn Dodgers (1890–1957)

Brooklyn Dodgers: the seasons in brief

The Brooklyn Dodgers played 68 seasons under BRO, beginning in 1890 and ending in 1957. The first season, 1890, finished 86-43, 1st; the most recent, 1957, finished 84-70, 3rd. In 1954 the Brooklyn Dodgers went 92-62 (.597), 2nd in the National League. In 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers went 98-55 (.641), 1st in the National League. In 1956 the Brooklyn Dodgers went 93-61 (.604), 1st in the National League. Season by season the name changes, from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1890), the Brooklyn Grooms (1891 to 1895), the Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1896 to 1898), the Brooklyn Superbas (1899 to 1910), and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1911 to 1912). The League column reads NL, the National League, throughout. The strongest season by Win% was 1899: 101-47, .682. The weakest year was 1905, 48-104.

The most wins in one season came in 1953, with 105. Hundred-win seasons: 1899, 1941, 1942, and 1953. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series in 1955. Pennants without a Series title: 1956, 1953, 1952, 1949, 1947, 1941 and earlier years back to 1890. The club finished second in 1902, 1924, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1951, and 1954. From 1945 through 1957, every season ended with more wins than losses. The longest stretch of losing records ran from 1904 to 1914. The franchise these seasons belong to has its own page: Los Angeles Dodgers. Each year in the table opens its own team-season page carrying the roster, leaders and league comparison, starting from 1957.