text: what year did brooklyn dodgers move to los angeles?   "on october 8, 1957, o'malley announced that after 68 seasons in brooklyn, the dodgers would be moving to los angeles. in a move to bring baseball to all parts of the country, o'malley also convinced giants owner horace stoneham to move his giants the same year to san francisco. just a little more than six months later, on april 18, 1958, the dodgers played their first game in los angeles, defeating the giants 6-5 before 78,672 fans at the coliseum." - patrick spreng