The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the richest franchise histories in baseball. In their honor, please memorize their team and individual hitting and pitching records.

A Brief History of the Dodgers

They began as the Brooklyn Atlantics in a league that failed in 1891. Lucky for them, however, the Brooklyn baseball team jumped to the stable National League in 1890. Lo and behold, in the ensuing decades, the Dodgers would move from struggling wanna-be to perrenial pennant winner. In fact, between 1947 and 1966, the Men in Blue won 10 National League pennants and four World Series crowns.

Then, after a brief rebuilding period, the Dodgers dominated the National League in the 1970s. They won the National League four times from 1974 through 1981 and took home the World title in that strike-shortened season.

In the 1988 World Series, largely fueled by Kirk Gibson's walk-off homer in Game 1, the Dodgers hammered the heavily-favored Oakland A's, 4 Games to 1.

The franchise that began as the Brooklyn Atlantics and evolved into the Los Angeles Dodgers has won 21 National League pennants, most recently in 1988. The Dodgers have won also six World Series titles, in the following seasons: 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, and 1988.

What follows is a summary of the hitting and pitching records, and major award winners, for the Dodgers.

Hitting Records

Single Season Records

Batting Average: Babe Herman -.390 (1930)

Base Hits: Babe Herman - 241 (1930)

Doubles: Johnny Frederick - 52 (1929)

Triples: Hy Myers - 22 (1920)

Home Runs: Shawn Green - 49 (2001)

Runs Batted In: Tommy Davis - 153 (1962)

Runs Scored: Babe Herman - 143 (1930)

Stolen Bases: Maury Wills - 104 (1962)

Career Hitting Records

Batting Average: Willie Keeler - .354

Base Hits: Zack Wheat - 2,804

Doubles: Zack Wheat - 464

Triples: Zack Wheat - 171

Home Runs: Duke Snider - 389

Runs Batted In: Duke Snyder - 1,293

Runs Scored: Pee Wee Reese - 1,338

Stolen Bases: Maury Wills - 490

Pitching Records

Single Season Records

*Modern Wins: (28) by Dazzy Vance in 1924. The all-time record is 40, set by Bob Caruthers in 1889.

Strikeouts - 382 (1965) by Sandy Koufax

Season ERA: 1.58 (1916) by Rube Marquard

WHIP: 0.855 (1965) by Sandy Koufax

Career Records

Wins: Don Sutton - 233

Strikeouts: Don Sutton - 2,696

ERA: Jeff Pfeffer - 2.31

WHIP: Kevin Brown - 1.100

* The Modern Era begun when both current major leagues existed, which is 1901.

Dodgers' Most Valuable Player Award Winners

• Jake Daubert (1913)
• Dazzy Vance (1924)
• Dolph Camilli (1941)
• Jackie Robinson (1949)
• Roy Campanella (1951, 1953, 1955)
• Don Newcombe (1956)
• Maury Wills (1962)
• Sandy Koufax (1963)
• Steve Garvey (1974)
• Kirk Gibson (1988)

Dodgers' Cy Young Award Winners

• Don Newcombe (1956)
• Don Drysdale (1962)
• Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965, 1966)
• Mike Marshall (1974)
• Fernando Valenzuela (1981)
• Orel Hershiser (1988)
• Eric Gagne (2003)

Dodgers' Rookie of the Year Award Winners

• Jackie Robinson (1947)
• Don Newcombe (1949)
• Joe Black (1952)
• Frank Howard (1960)
• Jim LeFebrve (1965)
• Ted Sizemore (1969)
• Rick Sutcliffe (1979)
• Steve Howe (1980)
• Fernando Valenzuela (1981)
• Steve Sax (1982)
• Eric Karros (1992)
• Mike Piazza (1993)
• Raul Mondesi (1994)
• Hideo Nomo (1995)
• Todd Hollandsworth (1996)