Dodger or Dodgers may refer to:

Sports teams

Baseball

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, Californ ...

, a Major League Baseball team (1911–1957), relocated to Los Angeles ** Cambridge Dodgers, a minor league affiliate **

Nashua Dodgers The Nashua Dodgers was a farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers, operating in the class-B New England League between 1946 and 1949. It is believed to be the first professional baseball team based in the United States in the twentieth century to play wit ...

, a farm club **

Newport News Dodgers The Newport News Dodgers were a minor league baseball affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1944 and 1955. They played in the Piedmont League and were based in Newport News, Virginia. The teams played at Peninsula War Memorial Stadium on Pem ...

, a minor league affiliate **

Greenwood Dodgers The Greenwood Dodgers were a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers that was based in Greenwood, Mississippi. They played in the Cotton States League and operated from 1934–1940 and 1947 and 1952. The team won the leag ...

, an affiliate ** Lamesa Dodgers, an affiliate **

Newport Dodgers The Newport Dodgers were a Northeast Arkansas League baseball team based in Newport, Arkansas, USA that played from 1936 to 1941. They were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1936 to 1937, the Detroit Tigers in 1939 and the Brooklyn Dodge ...

, an affiliate **

Ponca City Dodgers The Ponca ( Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced ) are a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the ...

, an affiliate **

Thomasville Dodgers Thomasville, Georgia was home to several minor league baseball teams from 1913 to 1963, most of them in the Georgia–Florida League. History The Thomasville Hornets played from 1913 to 1915 in the Empire State League, Georgia–Florida Lea ...

, an affiliate ** Union City Dodgers, an affiliate *

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brookly ...

, a Major League Baseball team (1958–present) **

Arizona League Dodgers The Arizona Complex League Dodgers are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix, Arizona. The team is comp ...

, an affiliate ** Artesia Dodgers, a former affiliate **

Dominican Summer Dodgers The Dominican Summer Dodgers are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica Northwest division and is affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American profess ...

, an affiliate in the Dominican Summer League ** Green Bay Dodgers, a former affiliate **

Lethbridge Expos __NOTOC__ The Lethbridge Dodgers were a team in Minor League Baseball based in Lethbridge, Alberta, that competed from 1975 to 1983. After the 1983 season, the team relocated to Idaho and became the Pocatello Gems. History The Dodgers arrived in ...

, known as the Lethbridge Dodgers while affiliated with the Los Angeles team ** Medford Dodgers, a former affiliate **

Odessa Dodgers The Odessa Dodgers were a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They played in the Sophomore League from 1959 to 1960 and represented Odessa, Texas. The Dodgers manager was Roy Hartsfield. Originally, the city of Odes ...

, a former affiliate **

Oklahoma City Dodgers The Oklahoma City Dodgers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and play their hom ...

, current Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League **

Omaha Dodgers The Omaha Dodgers were a Minor League Baseball team of the American Association and the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 to 1962. They were located in Omaha, Nebraska. The team was Omaha's second American Association fran ...

, a former affiliate **

Orangeburg Dodgers The Orangeburg Dodgers were a minor league baseball team based in Orangeburg, South Carolina that played in the Western Carolinas League in 1974. They were an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers and were managed by Bart Shirley. They finished in ...

, a former affiliate ** Salisbury Dodgers a former affiliate **

Vero Beach Devil Rays The Vero Beach Devil Rays, originally the Vero Beach Dodgers, were a minor league baseball team based in Vero Beach, Florida. They played in the Class A-Advanced Florida State League from 1980–2008, at which point they relocated to Port Charlott ...

, formerly Dodgers, a former affiliate **

Waterbury Dodgers Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, southwest of Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut. According to the 2020 US Census, in 202 ...

, a former affiliate Former minor league affiliates of both Major League teams: *

Danville Dodgers Danville or Dansville may refer to: ;Canada *Danville, Quebec ;United States * Danville, Alabama *Danville, Arkansas *Danville, California * Danville, Georgia *Danville, Illinois *Danville, Indiana * Danville, Iowa *Danville, Kansas *Danville, Ken ...

Kokomo Dodgers The Kokomo Dodgers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Kokomo, Indiana, between 1955 and 1961. The 1956 Dodgers were a charter member of the Midwest League, as the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League changed names. Kokomo was an affiliate of t ...

Macon Dodgers Macon may refer to: Places Belgium *Macon, Belgium France *Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâ ...

Pueblo Dodgers The Pueblo Dodgers were a Class A minor league baseball team that was located in Pueblo, Colorado and played in the Western League from 1947 to 1958. History An affiliate of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-1957 and the Chicago Cubs (1958 ...

Santa Barbara Dodgers The Santa Barbara Dodgers was the main nickname of minor league baseball teams in the Class A California League based in the Pacific Ocean coastal resort city of Santa Barbara, California. History The Santa Barbara Dodgers were an affiliate of t ...

Other: *

Hornell Dodgers The New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, National Amateur Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball. Each NYC ...

, a collegiate summer team in the New York Collegiate Baseball League *

Jamestown Dodgers Jamestown often refers to: *Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas Jamestown may also refer to Places Australia * Jamestown, South Australia Barbados *Holetown, Saint James, Barbados; sometimes called its f ...

, in the New York-Penn League (1966) *

Kingston Dodgers Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Th ...

, in the North Atlantic League (1947) * Leesburg Dodgers, in the Florida State League (1949) * Oshawa Dodgers, an independent minor league team based in Ontario, Canada (2002-2009)

Basketball

Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York that was a member of the Eastern Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball L ...

, in the Eastern Basketball Association (1977-1978)

American football

Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) The Brooklyn Dodgers was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943. The team ...

, in the All-America Football Conference (1946-1948) *

Brooklyn Dodgers (Continental Football League) The Brooklyn Dodgers were a football team that played one season in the minor Continental Football League in 1966. They were not related to the former National Football League or All-America Football Conference clubs of that name. Origins The franc ...

(1966) *

Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field of the baseball National League's team, the Br ...

(1930-1943)

Hockey

Weston Dodgers The Weston Dodgers are a defunct Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Weston, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The franchise was previously known as the Woodbridge Dodgers from 1953 to 1962, a ...

, a defunct junior "A" hockey team in Ontario, Canada

Fictional characters

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Artful Dodger Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist''. The Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that occupation. He is the leader of the gang of child criminals ...

, in the 1838 Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist'' *Dodger, the eponymous hero of the 2012 Terry Pratchett novel '' Dodger'' *Dodger, a dog in the Disney film ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Charl ...

'' *

Duck Dodgers Duck Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros., featuring Daffy Duck in the role of a science fiction hero. He first appeared in the 1953 cartoon short '' Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century'', directe ...

, a cartoon parody of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, "played" by Daffy Duck *

Roger the Dodger Roger "the Dodger" Dawson is a comic strip character from the comic magazine ''The Beano''. He first appeared in his eponymous comic strip in 1953, and is one of the longest-running characters, known for his tactics of avoiding responsibility a ...

, in the British comic strip ''The Beano'' *

Dodger Savage Mark "Dodger" Savage is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 serial drama, ''Hollyoaks'', played by Danny Mac. He made his first on-screen appearance on 7 April 2011 and was introduced as part of the Savage family by creator Paul Marq ...

, from the British teen soap opera ''Hollyoaks''

Personal nicknames

Dodger Whysall William Wilfrid Whysall (31 October 1887 – 11 November 1930), generally known as "Dodger" Whysall, was an English professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1910 to 1930, and in four Test matches for England ...

(1887–1930), English cricketer *"Dodger", an alias used by American video game designer and writer

Michael Stout Michael "Mike" Stout (born 1980) is an American video game designer best-known for his work on '' Resistance: Fall of Man'', as the lead multiplayer designer. ''Resistance: Fall of Man'' received significant critical praise, much of which focus ...

(born 1980)

Boats

* USS ''Dodger II'' (SP-46), a United States Navy patrol boat *

Dodger (sailing) {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A dodger (also known as a spray-hood) is a frame-supported canvas (usually with clear vinyl windows) structure partially protecting a helmsman and other occupants of a sailboat from harsh weath ...

, a sailboat part

Other uses

* ''Dodger'' (novel), by Terry Pratchett * "Dodger" (''Arrow''), a television episode