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1949 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (97-57) over Brooklyn Dodgers (97-57)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1949 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Newcombe
              NYY - Reynolds

               WP - Allie Reynolds
	       LP - Don Newcombe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Henrich

  ATTENDANCE: 66,224

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1949 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Roe
              NYY - Raschi, Page (9)

               WP - Preacher Roe
	       LP - Vic Raschi
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 70,053

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  3     4  5  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2     3  5  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Byrne, Page (4)
              BRO - Branca, Banta (9)

               WP - Joe Page
	       LP - Ralph Branca
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - Campanella, Olmo, Reese

  ATTENDANCE: 32,788

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    3  3  0    0  0  0     6 10  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0     4  9  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Lopat, Reynolds (6)
              BRO - Newcombe, Hatten (4), Erskine (6), Banta (7)

               WP - Ed Lopat
	       LP - Don Newcombe
             SAVE - Allie Reynolds

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,934

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1949 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  3    1  1  3    0  0  0    10 11  1
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  1    0  0  1    4  0  0     6 11  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Raschi, Page (7)
              BRO - Barney, Banta (3), Erskine (6), Hatten (6), Palica (7), Minner (9)

               WP - Vic Raschi
	       LP - Rex Barney
             SAVE - Joe Page

   HOME RUNS: NYY - DiMaggio
              BRO - Hodges

  ATTENDANCE: 33,711

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hank Bauer          3   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 301  82 10  .272  .786   2
*Yogi Berra          4  16  2  1  0  0  0   1  1  3  .063  .118  .063  0 | 415 115 20  .277  .803   2
*Bobby Brown         4  12  4  6  1  2  0   5  2  2  .500  .571  .917  0 | 343  97  6  .283  .758   4
*Tommy Byrne         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  83  16  0  .193  .501   0
 Jerry Coleman       5  20  0  5  3  0  0   4  0  4  .250  .250  .400  0 | 447 123  2  .275  .725   8
 Joe DiMaggio        5  18  2  2  0  0  1   2  3  5  .111  .238  .278  0 | 272  94 14  .346 1.055   0
*Tommy Henrich       5  19  4  5  0  0  1   1  3  0  .263  .364  .421  0 | 411 118 24  .287  .942   2
 Billy Johnson       2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .143  .143  .143  1 | 329  82  8  .249  .722   1
 Johnny Lindell      2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .143  .143  .143  0 | 211  51  6  .242  .724   3
*Ed Lopat            1   3  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .667  0 |  76  20  1  .263  .733   0
*Cliff Mapes         4  10  3  1  1  0  0   2  2  4  .100  .250  .200  0 | 304  75  7  .247  .747   6
*Johnny Mize         2   2  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |+411 108 19  .263  .794   1
 Gus Niarhos         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  43  12  0  .279  .828   0
*Joe Page            3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  40   7  0  .175  .370   0
 Vic Raschi          2   5  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .200  .333  .200  0 |  83  13  0  .157  .464   0
 Allie Reynolds      2   4  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .750  0 |  78  17  0  .218  .638   0
 Phil Rizzuto        5  18  2  3  0  0  0   1  3  1  .167  .286  .167  1 | 614 169  5  .275  .710  18
 Charlie Silvera     1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 130  41  0  .315  .734   2
 Snuffy Stirnweiss   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 157  41  0  .261  .718   3
*Gene Woodling       3  10  4  4  3  0  0   0  3  0  .400  .538  .700  0 | 296  80  5  .270  .793   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 164 21 37 10  2  2  20 18 27  .226  .302  .348  2 |        115  .269  .758  58

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Jack Banta          3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  46   5  0  .109  .293   0
 Rex Barney          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  47  10  0  .213  .463   0
 Ralph Branca        1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62   5  0  .081  .294   0
 Tommy Brown         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  89  27  3  .303  .774   0
 Roy Campanella      5  15  2  4  1  0  1   2  3  1  .267  .389  .533  0 | 436 125 22  .287  .883   3
 Billy Cox           2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 390  91  8  .233  .641   5
 Bruce Edwards       2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 | 148  31  8  .209  .716   0
 Carl Erskine        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  26   3  0  .115  .230   0
 Carl Furillo        3   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .125  .222  .125  0 | 549 177 18  .322  .874   4
 Joe Hatten          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  67  12  0  .179  .397   0
*Gene Hermanski      4  13  1  4  0  1  0   2  3  3  .308  .438  .462  0 | 224  67  8  .299  .918  12
 Gil Hodges          5  17  2  4  0  0  1   4  1  4  .235  .278  .412  0 | 596 170 23  .285  .813  10
*Spider Jorgensen    4  11  1  2  2  0  0   0  2  2  .182  .308  .364  0 | 134  36  1  .269  .719   0
 Mike McCormick      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 139  29  2  .209  .583   1
 Eddie Miksis        3   7  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  .286  .286  .429  0 | 113  25  1  .221  .559   3
*Paul Minner         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  14   3  0  .214  .428   0
*Don Newcombe        2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  22  0  .229  .538   0
 Luis Olmo           4  11  2  3  0  0  1   2  0  2  .273  .273  .545  0 | 105  32  1  .305  .726   2
 Erv Palica          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  19   3  0  .158  .449   0
*Marv Rackley        2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+185  56  1  .303  .726   2
 Pee Wee Reese       5  19  2  6  1  0  1   2  1  0  .316  .381  .526  1 | 617 172 16  .279  .806  26
 Jackie Robinson     5  16  2  3  1  0  0   2  4  2  .188  .350  .250  0 | 593 203 16  .342  .960  37
 Preacher Roe        1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  70   8  0  .114  .309   0
*Duke Snider         5  21  2  3  1  0  0   0  0  8  .143  .143  .190  0 | 552 161 23  .292  .854  12
*Dick Whitman        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  49   9  0  .184  .469   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 162 14 34  7  1  4  14 15 38  .210  .281  .340  1 |        152  .274  .769 117

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Vic Raschi          2   4.30 1-1  0  0 14.7 15  7  5 11 | 21-10 275  3.34  1.40 124   
 Allie Reynolds      2   0.00 1-0  1  1 12.3  2  0  4 14 | 17-6  214  4.00  1.51 105  1
*Joe Page            3   2.00 1-0  1  0  9.0  6  2  3  8 | 13-8  135  2.59  1.32  99 27
*Ed Lopat            1   6.35 1-0  0  0  5.7  9  4  1  4 | 15-10 215  3.26  1.35  70  1
*Tommy Byrne         1   2.70 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  1  2  1 | 15-7  196  3.72  1.55 129   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.80 4-1  2  1 45.0 34 14 15 38 |            3.69 1.490   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Don Newcombe        2   3.09 0-2  0  1 11.7 10  4  3 11 | 17-8  244  3.17  1.21 149  1
*Preacher Roe        1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  0  0  3 | 15-6  213  2.79  1.15 109  1
 Ralph Branca        1   4.15 0-1  0  0  8.7  4  4  4  6 | 13-5  187  4.39  1.46 109  1
 Jack Banta          3   3.18 0-0  0  0  5.7  5  2  1  4 | 10-6  152  3.37  1.27  97  3
 Rex Barney          1  16.88 0-1  0  0  2.7  3  5  6  2 |  9-8  141  4.41  1.40  80  1
 Erv Palica          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  1  1 |  8-9   97  3.62  1.46  44  6
 Carl Erskine        2  16.20 0-0  0  0  1.7  3  3  1  0 |  8-1   80  4.63  1.49  49   
*Joe Hatten          2  16.20 0-0  0  0  1.7  4  3  2  0 | 12-8  187  4.18  1.40  58  2
*Paul Minner         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  0 |  3-1   47  3.80  1.42  17  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.30 1-4  0  2 44.0 37 21 18 27 |            3.80 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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