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Dodgers & Giants, tied after 136 years together
TL;DR
The Dodgers and Giants are tied in their historic rivalry after 136 years, with each team winning 1,288 games. This season marks their 137th year of competition, now representing Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Key points
- Dodgers and Giants are tied with 1,288 wins each.
- This is their 137th season of competition.
- The teams originally played in New York before moving to California.
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(Original Caption) Brooklyn's Duke Snider, (L) and Willie Mays of the Giants, two friendly rivals, do some bat measuring before tonight's Brooklyn-Giant clash at the Polo Grounds. The hottest baseball argument in New York this season is: Who's the better centerfielder--the fabulous Duke or the sparkplug "Say Hey" Kid.
This is the 137th season the Dodgers and Giants have played against one another in the National League. The first 69 of those years came in New York when they played in Brooklyn and Manhattan, with Tuesday night starting their 68th season representing Los Angeles and San Francisco.
This three-game series is a tiebreaker of sorts, because in all of those regular season games against one another, the Dodgers have beaten the Giants 1,288 times and the Giants have beaten the Dodgers 1,288 times.
It took a while for the Dodgers to get back to even, as the Giants were a good team much earlier than the Dodgers, and owned the rivalry. In January 1934, Giants manager Bill Terry famously said of the sixth-place Dodgers, “Is Brooklyn still in the league?”
The Dodgers last season beat the Giants nine of out 13 times, and in their penultimate matchup finally overtook the all-time series lead between the two teams, before San Francisco won the final matchup to leave them tied heading into this season. Sarah Langs at MLBcom pointed out that the previous time the Dodgers led their all-time rivalry against the Giants came :
Q&A
How many games have the Dodgers and Giants each won against each other?
Both the Dodgers and Giants have won 1,288 games against each other in their rivalry.
What year did the Dodgers and Giants first start playing against each other?
The Dodgers and Giants first played against each other in 1884, marking 137 years of competition.
Where did the Dodgers and Giants originally play before moving to Los Angeles and San Francisco?
The Dodgers originally played in Brooklyn and the Giants in Manhattan before relocating to Los Angeles and San Francisco.