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The Early Dodgers

  • Their fans call them The Bums!
  • They finish last in NYC. . .
       . . .attendance,     1901-1929
  • Outdraw Giants for
       First time in 1930!
    • The Brooklyn Dodgers

  • Early history: Can't beat Giants on the field. . .
  • . . . And can't beat 'em at the gate!

  • Later history: Can't beat Yankees on the field. . .
  • . . . And can't beat 'em at the gate!

    • The Later Dodgers

  • Win 7 pennants in 17 years!
  • Face Yankees each time!
  • Yankees win 6 World Series
  • Dodgers win just one!
  • No wonder fans call them Bums!
    • Years in which
    Yankees and Dodgers
    BOTH win pennant

        1941, 1947, 1949, 1952
        1953, 1955, 1956
       
    Other Yankee pennnants

        1932, 1936, 1937, 1938,
        1939, 1942, 1943, 1950,
        1951, 1957

    Other Dodger pennnants

        None

  • Best Dodger Attendance: 1947
       (Year of Jackie Robinson's debut)

  • Best Yankee Attendance: 1948
       (Yanks in tight pennant race)

    • 1941's Leo Durocher Dodgers

    OUTDRAW

    The Joe-DiMaggio-56-Game
    Hitting-Streak Yankees

    & OUTDRAW
    Yanks 4 other times
    between 1939 & 1945

    BUT

    The Jackie Robinson-Duke
    Snider-Roy Campanella-
    Reese-Furillo-and-Hodges Dodgers

    Never once
    OUTDRAW

    Casey Stengel's Berra-
    Mantle-and-Ford Yankees

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