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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 ...
- September 28–October 4
- Johnny Podres (Brooklyn)
1955 World Series. Brooklyn Dodgers. over. New York Yankees. (4-3) 1954 WS 1956 WS. Dates: September 28 - October 4, 1955. WS MVP: Johnny Podres.
The 1955 World Series by Baseball Almanac with a detailed description, complete rosters, cumulative statistics, and box scores!
Nov 16, 2009 · On October 4, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series at last, beating the New York Yankees 2-0. They’d lost the championship seven times already, and they’d lost five times just to...
Aug 7, 2018 · With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game Seven of the 1955 World Series, Elston Howard grounds to Dodgers shortstop and captain Pee Wee Reese, who throws to first baseman Gil Hodges for the third out, sealing a 2-0 win and the first and only World Series title for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 World Series ring. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Campanella and Reese were the only Dodgers to score in Game 7, both driven in by Gil Hodges in the fourth and sixth innings respectively – but two runs was all that Brooklyn would need.
Now, at last, it seemed that it could be done: the Yankees could lose; and more, the Dodgers could win. The seventh inning belonged to Pee Wee Reese, the captain of the team, the veteran shortstop...
