The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the National League Western Division. The Dodgers began play in 1884 as the Brooklyn Atlantics and have been known by seven nicknames since (including the Grays, Grooms, Superbas, and Robins), before adopting the Dodgers name for good in 1932.Los Angeles Dodgers Team History & Encyclopedia They played in Brooklyn, New York until their move to Los Angeles in 1958. During the team's existence, they have employed 32 different managers.Los Angeles Dodgers Managers The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.
Table key A running total of the number of Dodgers managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.Number of postseason games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie gamesNumber of regular season wins in games managedNumber of regular season losses in games managedWinning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managedPlayoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffsPlayoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffsPlayoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffsLeague Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the managerWorld Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the managerElected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Managers # Image Name Term Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref14064.384 21522.405 3–174172.503 4–268138.660 5†–156135.536 6–264257.507 7–7691.455 813.250 93868.358 10†–511488.512 11–184270.405 125598.360 13–251355.428 14†–1,3751,341.506 15†–146161.476 16†–208251.461 17†–131171.434 18†–703528.571 19201.000 209260.605 †3537.486 21101.000 –234155.601 22–298166.642 23†–2,0401,613.558 24†–1,5991,439.526 25–173149.537 264741.534 27–163161.503 28–427383.527 29–170154.525 30†–259227.533 31–446363.55132–present1,000605.623106545
Footnotes A running total of the number of Dodgers managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once. Tommy Lasorda won the Manager of the Year Award in and .
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