what years have the dodgers won the world series?
1988 World Series 1959 World Series 1963 World Series 1965 World Series 1981 World Series
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 The Dodgers ' win earned the franchise its 10th playoff berth , the first since the team moved to Los Angeles the previous year . In the playoffs they faced the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series which they won in six games . The Dodgers faced another tie @-@ breaker in 1962 , but lost to the Giants , who would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1962 World Series in seven games . The Dodgers have appeared in five of the eight NL tie @-@ breakers , more tie @-@ breaker appearances than any franchise in either league . The Dodgers ' most recent playoff appearance came in 2009 where they lost in the League Championship Series to the Philadelphia Phillies . 

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 This was the first World Series appearance for the Cardinals , and the first of eleven World Series championships in Cardinals history , while the Yanks were in their fourth World Series in six years , winning one for the first time in 1923 . They would play in another 36 World Series ( and win 26 of those ) through the end of the 2012 season . 

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 The Dodgers returned to the 1965 World Series . Alston could not start his number one pitcher , Koufax , in the opening game of that series because Koufax was observing Yom Kippur . Instead , Alston turned to Drysdale , who struggled , lasting 2 2 ⁄ 3 innings and surrendering seven runs . When Alston came to the mound to remove him , Drysdale said to his manager , " I bet right now you wish I was Jewish , too . " The team recovered from losing that first game and they won the World Series in seven games . Koufax appeared in three games during the series , registering two shutouts . 

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 The New York Giants , an American football team which currently plays in the NFL 's National Football Conference , have qualified for the postseason seven times since 1994 . With the retirement of Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor — two of the most important figures in franchise history – after the 1993 season , the Giants entered a new era . 

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 The Dodgers won the 1963 World Series . This series represented the first time that the New York Yankees had lost a World Series in four games . Alston 's pitchers excelled , as Koufax struck out 23 batters over two games and Drysdale threw a shutout in Game 3 . Over the four games , Alston employed only three starting pitchers and one relief pitcher in the series . In 1964 , the team finished 80 @-@ 82 in its first losing season in several years . Alston used the team 's 1964 performance to motivate them moving forward . In spring training before the 1965 season , he said that he would not let his team forget the difficulties they had in the previous season . 
