- 1955 World Series
Infobox World Series Expanded
year = 1955
champion = Brooklyn Dodgers (4)
champion_manager =Walt Alston
champion_games = 98-55, .641, GA: 13½
runnerup =New York Yankees (3)
runnerup_manager =Casey Stengel
runnerup_games = 96-58, .623, GA: 3
date =September 28 –October 7
MVP =Johnny Podres
television =NBC . This was the first World Series televised in color.
announcers =Mel Allen andVin Scully
radio_network = Mutual.
radio_announcers =Al Helfer and Bob Neal.
umpires =Bill Summers (AL),Lee Ballanfant (NL),Jim Honochick (AL),Frank Dascoli (NL),Red Flaherty (AL: outfield only),Augie Donatelli (NL: outfield only)
HOFers = Dodgers:Walt Alston (mgr.),Roy Campanella ,Sandy Koufax (dnp),Pee Wee Reese ,Jackie Robinson ,Duke Snider .
Yankees:Casey Stengel (mgr.),Yogi Berra ,Whitey Ford ,Mickey Mantle ,Phil Rizutto .
ALCS =
NLCS =
The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the
New York Yankees , with the Dodgers winning the Series in 7 games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn (the team relocated to Los Angeles after the 1957 season). The last time theBrooklyn franchise won a World Championship was in 1900. The team was called theBrooklyn Superbas , the event was called theChronicle-Telegraph Cup , and the opponent was their fellowNational League Pittsburgh Pirates .The two teams were meeting in a World Series for the fifth time in nine years, with the Yankees having won in 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953.
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NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL
New York Yankees (3)Matchups
Game 1
Wednesday,
September 28 ,1955 atYankee Stadium inBronx, New York Linescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=2|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=5|RH=10|RE=0
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=2|H3=1|H4=1|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=6|HH=9|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Whitey Ford (1-0)|LP=Don Newcombe (0-1)|SV=Bob Grim (1)
RoadHR=Carl Furillo (1),Duke Snider (1)|HomeHR=Elston Howard (1),Joe Collins 2 (2)|The Yankees took Game 1 behind homers from
Joe Collins (2) and one by rookieElston Howard in his first World Series at bat.Carl Furillo homers for Brooklyn andDuke Snider hits his first of the series, all of which will eventually help establish a new HR record for a 7-game series (17).Jackie Robinson steals home, but Whitey Ford wins with relief help in the 9th from Bob Grim.Game 2
Thursday,
September 29 ,1955 atYankee Stadium inBronx, New York Linescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=5|RE=2
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=4|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=4|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Tommy Byrne (1-0)|LP=Billy Loes (0-1)|SV=|Tommy Byrne tosses a 5-hit complete game victory and singles in New York's final run during the Yank's big 4-run 4th inning, putting New York up 2-0.
Game 3
Friday,
September 30 ,1955 atEbbets Field inBrooklyn, New York Linescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=7|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=2|H2=2|H3=0|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=X|HR=8|HH=11|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Johnny Podres (1-0)|LP=Bob Turley (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Mickey Mantle (1)|HomeHR=Roy Campanella (1)|Johnny Podres goes all the way and wins with home run help from
Roy Campanella . A limpingMickey Mantle hits his only home run of the series.Game 4
Saturday,
October 1 ,1955 atEbbets Field inBrooklyn, New York Linescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=1|R2=1|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=3|H5=3|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=8|HH=14|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Clem Labine (1-0)|LP=Don Larsen (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Gil McDougald (1)|HomeHR=Roy Campanella (2),Gil Hodges (1),Duke Snider (2)|Brooklyn evens the series at 2-2 as Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Duke Snider all hit home runs.
Game 5
Sunday,
October 2 ,1955 atEbbets Field inBrooklyn, New York Linescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=1|R9=0|RR=3|RH=6|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=2|H3=1|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=5|HH=9|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Roger Craig (1-0)|LP=Bob Grim (0-1)|SV=Clem Labine (1)
RoadHR=Bob Cerv (1),Yogi Berra (1)|HomeHR=Sandy Amoros (1),Duke Snider 2 (4)|Duke Snider hits two home runs (four in the series) and Sandy Amoros helps the Dodgers beat the Yankees for the third straight day. Dodgers rookie Roger Craig wins in his first World Series start. Bob Cerv and Yogi Berra hit Yankee homers off Craig and reliever Clem Labine.
Snider became the first and only player from either league with four home runs in two different Series.
Game 6
Monday,
October 3 ,1955 atYankee Stadium inBronx, New York Linescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=5|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=5|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Whitey Ford (2-0)|LP=Karl Spooner (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Bill Skowron (1)|Whitey Ford holds the Dodgers to four hits and a single run while striking out eight as the Yankees even the series even at 3-3. New York scored all 5 runs in the first inning, led by Bill Skowron's 3-run blast.
Game 7
Tuesday,
October 4 ,1955 atYankee Stadium inBronx, New York Linescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=5|RE=0
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=8|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Johnny Podres (2-0)|LP=Tommy Byrne (1-1)|SV=|The Dodgers scored one run in the 4th and 6th innings on a single and sac fly, both by
Gil Hodges .With runners on first and second and one out,
Left fielder Sandy Amorós made a dramatic game-saving catch of a deep fly ball down the left field line off the bat ofYogi Berra in the 6th inning of Game 7, to start adouble play (as Amoros threw toPee Wee Reese toGil Hodges , who tagged YankeeGil McDougald before making it back to first.) and stymie the Yankees' best chance of the day. Amorós, who was left-handed, had just been inserted in left field forJim Gilliam ; it is doubtful Gilliam could have made the catch as he was right-handed.This would be the only World Series game
Jackie Robinson did not play in during his career.Don Hoak played third base in place of Robinson.For the first time in Series history, an MVP was selected -
Johnny Podres (winning Games 3 and 7). He was 2-0, with 2 complete games and an ERA of 1.00, Game 7 was a shutout.Composite Box
1955 World Series (4-3): Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.) over
New York Yankees (A.L.)Linescore
Road=Brooklyn Dodgers
R1=2|R2=6|R3=3|R4=8|R5=5|R6=1|R7=3|R8=3|R9=0|RR=31|RH=58|RE=6
Home=New York Yankees
H1=6|H2=5|H3=1|H4=7|H5=0|H6=4|H7=2|H8=1|H9=0|HR=26|HH=55|HE=2Total Attendance: 362,310 Average Attendance: 51,759 |Winning Player’s Share: – $9,768 Losing Player’s Share – $5,599cite 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] eries quotes
Notes
References
*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 254-258)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2163. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
*cite web |author=Forman, Sean L. |title=1955 World Series |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1955_WS.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-09External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1955_WS.shtml 1955 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1955 1955 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1955ws.shtml 1955 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/25moments/18.html Kodak Presents - Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Brooklyn wins the World Series]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/10.04.html NY Times article, "For Brooklyn, This Is Next Year," by John Drebinger, October 4, 1955 - includes a great photo of Amoros' catch from the left-field stands]
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