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The 1955 World Series was the championship series to conclude the 1955 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The Series matched the National League (NL) pennant winner Brooklyn Dodgers against the American League (AL) pennant winner New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in ...
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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL).
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The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in 7 games to capture the first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn, as the team would relocate to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. The two teams were meeting in a World Series...
Game 1
September 28, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York The Yankees took Game 1 behind two homers from Joe Collins and one by rookie Elston Howard in his first World Series at bat. Carl Furillo homered for Brooklyn and Duke Snider hit his first of the series, all of which would eventually help establish a new home run record for a 7-game series, with 17. Jackie Robinson stole home, but Whitey Ford won with relief help in the 9th from Bob Grim.
Game 2
September 29, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York Tommy Byrnetossed a 5-hit complete game victory and singled in New York's final run during the Yanks' big 4-run 4th inning, putting New York up 2-0.
Game 3
September 30, 1955 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Johnny Podres went all the way and won with home run help from Roy Campanella. A limping Mickey Mantlehit his only home run of the series.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are the champions of the world." - Vin Scully, announcing that the Dodgers had won the World Series."In Brooklyn that day, it was the Liberation of Paris, Vee Jay Day, New Years Day all rolled into one." - Peter Vesceyon Brooklyn the day the Dodgers wonJackie Robinson did not play in the seventh game of this World Series. Don Hoakplayed third base in place of Robinson.When Duke Sniderwent deep during the 3rd and 5th inning of Game 5, he became the first and only player from either league with four home runs in two different Series.The last time the Brooklyn franchise won a World Championship was in 1900. The team was called the Brooklyn Superbas, the event was called the Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, and the opponent was their fe...David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed., St MartinsPress, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 254-258.Thomas Oliphant: Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love for the Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2005.1955 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)Surely 1955 would be the year, Brooklyn partisans reasoned. The Dodgers won 10 consecutive games to start the season, built a 22-2 record in the first four weeks and cruised to the National League pennant with a 13 1/2-game spread over the second-place Milwaukee Braves.
The pitchers were lean, dark, hawk-faced Tommy Byrne, who had crowned his comeback from the minor leagues with a victory over the Dodgers in the second game; and blond, blue-eyed youthful Johnny...
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May 30, 2024 · The New York Yankees hold the record with 27 championships, while the St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 and the Boston Red Sox have won nine. Other teams like the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles...
