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Brooklyn Superbas Team History

Brooklyn Superbas Primary Logo 1910
Los Angeles Dodgers Primary Logo 2012 - Present
Brooklyn Dodgers Primary Logo 1952 - 1957
Brooklyn Robins Primary Logo 1931
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    Brooklyn Team Formation and Many Nicknames

    The Dodgers were originally founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Atlantics, taking the name of a defunct team that had played in Brooklyn before them. The team joined the American Association in 1884 and won the AA championship in 1889 before joining the National League in 1890. They promptly won the NL Championship their first year in the League. The team was known alternatively as the Bridegrooms, Grooms, Superbas, Robins, and Trolley Dodgers before officially becoming the Dodgers in the 1930s.

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In the 1898-1899 offseason, a remarkable thing happened, the ownership groups in Baltimore and Brooklyn swapped part shares in each other’s clubs, the Orioles effectively merged with the Dodgers, with the class of the two ball clubs going to Brooklyn and the dregs staying in Baltimore — with the exception of star Baltimore third baseman John McGraw, who refused to leave. The super-team in Brooklyn, formerly called the Trolley Dodgers, became known as the “Superbas.”

Established
1889

City
Brooklyn – Los Angeles

League History
2000 – Present  Major League Baseball
1889 – 1999  National League

Nickname
Superbas – “Superba” was the title of an 1890s entertainment spectacle brought forth by the Hanlon family. When Ned Hanlon (no relation) managed the Brooklyn club in 1899, his team was called “Hanlon’s Superbas.” Hanlon was let go as manager in 1905. The Brooklyn team would continue to be called the Superbas until 1910.

Team History
1958 – Present  Los Angeles Dodgers
1932 – 1957  Brooklyn Dodgers
1914 – 1931  Brooklyn Robins
1911 – 1912  Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
1899 – 1910, 1913  Brooklyn Superbas

Championship
World Series  0
1988, 1981, 1965, 1963, 1959, 1955

Stadium
1962 – Present  Dodger Stadium
1958 – 1961  Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

*Brooklyn*
1913 – 1957  Ebbets Field
1898 – 1912  Washington Park II
1899 – 1897  Eastern Park

Owner
2012 – Present  Guggenheim Baseball Partners
2005 – 2012  Frank McCourt
1998 – 2005  News Corporation
1970 – 1997  Peter O’Malley
1950 – 1970  Walter O’Malley

1945 – 1950  Branch Rickey, Walter O’Malley, Andrew J. Schmitz
1925 – 1945  Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
1912 – 1925  Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
1907 – 1912  Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
1905 – 1906  Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Henry Medicus, Ned Hanlon
1899 – 1904  Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon

Retired Number
1 Pee Wee Reese
2 Tommy Lasorda
4 Duke Snider
19 Jim Gilliam
20 Don Sutton
24 Walter Alston
32 Sandy Koufax

39 Roy Campanella
42 Jackie Robinson
53 Don Drysdale

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Brooklyn Superbas Team History
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Brooklyn Superbas Team History
Team Description
The super-team in Brooklyn, formerly called the Trolley Dodgers, became known as the “Superbas.”
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Brooklyn Superbas

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