The Dodgers came into the 2024 season with World Series aspirations. Los Angeles is now one win away from playing for an MLB championship.
It’s been over a decade now that the Dodgers have been contenders every single season. The NL West powerhouse has frequented the postseason scene and has played for the World Series multiple times.
In 2024, Los Angeles is hoping to secure another win for the franchise. In the first season of the Shohei Ohtani era, the Dodgers won the NL West after a 98-win campaign, with the Japanese sensation putting up a ridiculous, MVP-worthy season.
With Ohtani at the helm, this the year that Los Angeles adds another trophy to its case?
Here’s a look at the last time the Dodgers won the World Series and who was on that historic team.
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When was the last time the Dodgers won a World Series?
The Dodgers last won the World Series just four years ago, in 2020.
During the shortened 2020 COVID season, Los Angeles went 43-17, winning the NL West for the eighth time in a row. The Dodgers defeated the Rays in six games to win the World Series that season.
The last time the Dodgers won a World Series in a full 162-game campaign was in 1988.
Until 2020, the Los Angeles crew struggled to translate its success from the regular season to the playoffs, falling in the World Series in 2017 and 2018 to the Astros and Red Sox, respectively. However, after acquiring Mookie Betts in the 2020 offseason, the Dodgers finally reached the top of the baseball world.
After the Dodgers went out and landed star Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles could do the same thing it did four years ago, and win a championship in a new superstar’s first season in Los Angeles — a true Hollywood script.
How many championships do the Dodgers have?
The Dodgers have won seven championships during the franchise’s time in the MLB. That’s the sixth-most in the league.
Los Angeles has just one since the turn of the century, winning it all in 2020.
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Here are the seven years in which the Dodgers won the World Series:
- 1955
- 1959
- 1963
- 1965
- 1981
- 1988
- 2024
2020 Dodgers roster
Los Angeles went out and landed one of the best players in baseball the winter heading into the 2020 season, acquiring star Mookie Betts from the Red Sox for Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs, and Connor Wong
Here was the Dodgers’ 28-man World Series roster in 2020:
| Position | Player |
| C | Austin Barnes |
| C | Will Smith |
| 1B | Max Muncy |
| 2B | Enrique Hernandez |
| SS | Corey Seager |
| 3B | Justin Turner |
| INF | Matt Beaty |
| OF | Edwin Rios |
| OF | Cody Bellinger |
| OF | Chris Taylor |
| OF | AJ Pollock |
| DH | Joc Pederson |
| UTIL | Mookie Betts |
| P | Clayton Kershaw |
| P | Dustin May |
| P | Julio Urias |
| P | Walker Buehler |
| P | Tony Gonsolin |
| P | Pedro Baez |
| P | Dylan Floro |
| P | Alex Wood |
| P | Victor Gonzalez |
| P | Brusdar Graterol |
| P | Kenley Jansen |
| P | Joe Kelly |
| P | Adam Kolarek |
| P | Jake McGee |
| P | Blake Treinen |