1949 World Series

Infobox World Series Expanded


year = 1949
champion = New York Yankees (4)
champion_manager = Casey Stengel
champion_games = 97-57, .630, GA: 1
runnerup = Brooklyn Dodgers (1)
runnerup_manager = Burt Shotton
runnerup_games = 97-57, .630, GA: 1
date = October 5–October 9
MVP = Joe Page
television = NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont
announcers = Jim Britt
radio_network = Mutual.
radio_announcers = Mel Allen and Red Barber.
umpires = Cal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Art Passarella (AL), Lou Jorda (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL: outfield only), George Barr (NL: outfield only)
HOFers = Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizutto.
Dodgers: Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson.
ALCS =
NLCS =

The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the 12^th championship in team history. This victory would start a record run of five consecutive World Series championships by the Yankees.

History was made in the 9^th inning of Game 5, when the Ebbets Field lights were turned on, making it the first World Series game finished under artificial lights. The first scheduled Series night game would not be held until 1971.

Both teams finished the regular season with the exact same records and winning their respective leagues by exactly one game.

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AL New York Yankees (4) vs NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, October 5, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=2|RE=0
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=1|HH=5|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Allie Reynolds (1-0)|LP=Don Newcombe (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Tommy Henrich (1)|

Don Newcombe of the Dodgers threw a complete game, 5-hitter allowing only one run in a 1-0 losing effort. He struck out 11 New York Yankees during that game to tie the record for most strikeouts during a World Series game by a losing pitcher.

Game 2

Thursday, October 6, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=7|RE=2
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=6|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Preacher Roe (1-0)|LP=Vic Raschi (0-1)|SV=|

Game 3

Friday, October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=3|RR=4|RH=5|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=3|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Joe Page (1-0)|LP=Ralph Branca (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Pee Wee Reese (1), Luis Olmo (1), Roy Campanella (1)|

Game 4

Saturday, October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=3|R5=3|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=4|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=9|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Eddie Lopat (1-0)|LP=Don Newcombe (0-2)|SV=Allie Reynolds (1)|

Game 5

Sunday, October 9, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=2|R2=0|R3=3|R4=1|R5=1|R6=3|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=10|RH=11|RE=1
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=4|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=11|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Vic Raschi (1-1)|LP=Rex Barney (0-1)|SV=Joe Page (1)
RoadHR=Joe DiMaggio (1)|HomeHR=Gil Hodges (1)|

Composite Box

1949 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)Linescore
Road=New York Yankees
R1=2|R2=0|R3=4|R4=4|R5=4|R6=3|R7=0|R8=0|R9=4|RR=21|RH=37|RE=3
Home=Brooklyn Dodgers
H1=0|H2=1|H3=1|H4=1|H5=0|H6=5|H7=4|H8=0|H9=2|HR=14|HH=34|HE=5Total Attendance: 236,710 Average Attendance: 47,342Winning Player’s Share: – $5,627 Losing Player’s Share – $4,273cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml|title=World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares|accessdate=2008-05-07|publisher=Baseball Almanac] |

Notes

References

*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 225-229)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2157. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
*cite web |author=Forman, Sean L. |title=1949 World Series |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1949_WS.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-09

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1949_WS.shtml 1949 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1949 1949 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1949ws.shtml 1949 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/YPS_1949.htm 1949 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]
* [http://otr.net/r/spor/21.ram Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 1]
* [http://otr.net/r/spor/22.ram Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 2]
* [http://otr.net/r/spor/23.ram Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 3]
* [http://otr.net/r/spor/24.ram Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 4]