the dodgers have been to the world series 22 times, and won it six times: 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 and 2020. most recently, they were in the world series in 2017, 2018, and 2020 and lost the first two times to the houston astros and the boston red sox, respectively. they defeated the tampa bay rays in the 2020 world series.