<P> Following the 1957 season the team left Brooklyn . In just their second season in Los Angeles , the Dodgers won their second World Series title , beating the Chicago White Sox in six games in 1959 . Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale , the Dodgers captured three pennants in the 1960s and won two more World Series titles , sweeping the Yankees in four games in 1963 , and edging the Minnesota Twins in seven in 1965 . The 1963 sweep was their second victory against the Yankees , and their first against them as a Los Angeles team . The Dodgers won four more pennants in 1966 , 1974 , 1977 and 1978 , but lost in each World Series appearance . They went on to win the World Series again in 1981 , thanks in part to pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela . The early 1980s were affectionately dubbed `` Fernandomania . '' In 1988 , another pitching hero , Orel Hershiser , again led them to a World Series victory , aided by one of the most memorable home runs of all time , by their injured star outfielder Kirk Gibson coming off the bench to pinch hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 1 , in his only appearance of the series . The Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 and 2018 , but lost the World Series to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox respectively . </P>
<P> Following the 1957 season the team left Brooklyn . In just their second season in Los Angeles , the Dodgers won their second World Series title , beating the Chicago White Sox in six games in 1959 . Spearheaded by the dominant pitching style of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale , the Dodgers captured three pennants in the 1960s and won two more World Series titles , sweeping the Yankees in four games in 1963 , and edging the Minnesota Twins in seven in 1965 . The 1963 sweep was their second victory against the Yankees , and their first against them as a Los Angeles team . The Dodgers won four more pennants in 1966 , 1974 , 1977 and 1978 , but lost in each World Series appearance . They went on to win the World Series again in 1981 , thanks in part to pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela . The early 1980s were affectionately dubbed `` Fernandomania . '' In 1988 , another pitching hero , Orel Hershiser , again led them to a World Series victory , aided by one of the most memorable home runs of all time , by their injured star outfielder Kirk Gibson coming off the bench to pinch hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 1 , in his only appearance of the series . The Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 and 2018 , but lost the World Series to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox respectively . </P>
when was the last time the dodgers went to the world series
when was the last time the dodgers went to the world series
2018
2018