1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1955
misc = 1955 World Series Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = National League
y2 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Walter Alston
television = WOR-TV
radio = WMGM
Vin Scully,Connie Desmond, Andre Baruch|

The Dodgers won the 1955 World Series against the New York Yankees four games to three. It was the Dodgers first and only World Series championship won while located in Brooklyn. On May 10, 1955, Duke Snider hit the 200th HR of his career. The opposing pitcher was Warren Hecker and the home run was hit at Wrigley Field. [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php] In 1955, Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe would be the first black pitcher to win twenty games in one season. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.198, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

1955 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Game 2

September 29, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Game 5

October 2, 1955 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

1955 Awards

*1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Duke Snider starter
**Roy Campanella reserve
**Gil Hodges reserve
**Don Newcombe reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Roy Campanella
*World Series Most Valuable Player
**Johnny Podres
*TSN Manager of the Year Award
**Walter Alston
*TSN Executive of the Year Award
**Walter O'Malley
*TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
**Duke Snider
*TSN National League Player of the Year Award
**Duke Snider
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Don Newcombe
**Roy Campanella
**Duke Snider

1955 Transactions

*October 8: Traded Ray Moore to the Baltimore Orioles for Chico Garcia
*December 13: Traded Billy Cox and Preacher Roe to the Baltimore Orioles for Johnny Jancse, Harry Schwegeman and cash
*March 17: Traded Erv Palica to the Baltimore Orioles for Frank Kellert and cash
*June 7: Traded Ron Negray to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Cole and cash
*June 9: Traded Joe Black to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Borkowski and cash
*September 12: Sold Glenn Cox to the Kansas City Athletics

1955 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Greg Mulleavy) - International League
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Max Macon) - American Association
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Tommy Holmes) - Texas League
*AA Mobile Bears (managed by Clay Bryant) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by Ray Hathaway)- Eastern League
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by Goldie Holt) - Western League
*B: Asheville Tourists (managed by Earl Naylor) - Tri-State League
*B: Cedar Rapids Raiders (managed by Ray Perry) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*B: Newport News Dodgers (managed by George Scherger) = Piedmont League
*C: Bakersfield Indians (managed by Doc Alexson) - California League
*C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Pioneer League
*D: Hornell Dodgers (managed by Boyd Bartley)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Shawnee Hawks (managed by Jack Banta) - Sooner State League
*D: Thomasville Dodgers (managed by Pete Reiser)- Georgia-Florida League
*D: Union City Dodgers (managed by Joe Hauser)- Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1955_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=875 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1955.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1955&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]


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