MLB: 1961-2017
(57 seasons)
Joined the American League as an expansion team to begin the 1961 season.
Left Los Angeles and relocated to Anaheim to begin the 1966 season.
MLB: 1884-2018
(135 seasons)
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1890 season.
Left Brooklyn and relocated to Los Angeles to begin the 1957 season.
Franchise currently exists as the Los Angeles Dodgers.
NBA: 1971-2018
(48 seasons)
NBA: 1947-2018
(72 seasons)
NHL: 1994-2018
(25 seasons)
NHL: 1968-2018
(51 seasons)
Defunct Teams
11 teams have folded or moved away from the Los Angeles area
NFL: 1982-1994
(13 seasons)
NFL: 1946-1994
(49 seasons)
WHA: 1973-1974
(2 seasons)
ABA: 1968-1970
(3 seasons)
ABL3: 1962-1963
(2 seasons)
ABL3: 1962-1962
(1 season)
Team disbanded midway through their only season, on Jan 10, 1962.
AFL: 1960-1960
(1 season)
AAFC: 1946-1949
(4 seasons)
APFL: 1937-1939
(3 seasons)
AFLG: 1926-1926
(1 season)
C. C. Pyle
NFL: 1926-1926
(1 season)