The team won pennants in 1938, 1943, 1944, and 1947, with the 1943 team being considered among the best in league history.
The franchise history after leaving Los Angeles includes stays in Spokane, Washington as the "Indians" from 1958-1971 and Albuquerque, New Mexico (where it assumed the name Albuquerque Dukes, a venerable baseball franchise name in the "Duke City") from 1972 to 2000.