Which owner moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles after 1957?

Walter O'Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.

O'Malley became the Dodgers' principal owner in the 1950s and clashed with Brooklyn officials over a replacement for aging Ebbets Field. When the city could not provide the stadium site he wanted, he relocated the franchise to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers began play in 1958.

The move was part of a historic shift in Major League Baseball. O'Malley also helped coordinate the New York Giants' move to San Francisco, bringing National League baseball to the West Coast. The Dodgers temporarily played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving into Dodger Stadium in 1962.

A common mix-up is confusing O'Malley with Horace Stoneham, who owned the Giants and moved that team west. Branch Rickey was a major Dodgers executive, but he was not the owner responsible for the relocation. O'Malley's decision helped make California a major center of professional baseball.