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1955 World Series (4-3): Brooklyn Dodgers (98-55) over New York Yankees (96-58)

 1954 WS /  1956 WS
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 28, 1955 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BRO - Newcombe, Bessent (6), Labine (8)
              NYY - Ford, Grim (9)

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Don Newcombe
             SAVE - Bob Grim

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Furillo, Snider
              NYY - Collins (2), Howard

  ATTENDANCE: 63,869

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 29, 1955 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BRO - Loes, Bessent (4), Spooner (5), Labine (8)
              NYY - Byrne

               WP - Tommy Byrne
	       LP - Billy Loes
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 64,707

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 30, 1955 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Turley, Morgan (2), Kucks (5), Sturdivant (7)
              BRO - Podres

               WP - Johnny Podres
	       LP - Bob Turley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle
              BRO - Campanella

  ATTENDANCE: 34,209

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 1, 1955 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  1  0    1  0  2    0  0  0     5  9  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  1    3  3  0    1  0  x     8 14  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Larsen, Kucks (5), Coleman (6), Morgan (7), Sturdivant (8)
              BRO - Erskine, Bessent (4), Labine (5)

               WP - Clem Labine
	       LP - Don Larsen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - McDougald
              BRO - Campanella, Hodges, Snider

  ATTENDANCE: 36,242

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1955 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Grim, Turley (7)
              BRO - Craig, Labine (7)

               WP - Roger Craig
	       LP - Bob Grim
             SAVE - Clem Labine

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra, Cerv
              BRO - Amoros, Snider (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 36,796

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1955 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BRO - Spooner, Meyer (1), Roebuck (7)
              NYY - Ford

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Karl Spooner
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Skowron

  ATTENDANCE: 64,022

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1955 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BRO - Podres
              NYY - Byrne, Grim (6), Turley (8)

               WP - Johnny Podres
	       LP - Tommy Byrne
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 62,465

Series MVP - Johnny Podres

Series Batting Stats

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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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Sandy Amoros        5  12  3  4  0  0  1   3  4  4  .333  .529  .583  0 | 388  96 10  .247  .749  10
 Don Bessent         3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  20   2  0  .100  .200   0
 Roy Campanella      7  27  4  7  3  0  2   4  3  3  .259  .333  .593  0 | 446 142 32  .318  .978   2
 Roger Craig         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  26   2  0  .077  .188   0
 Carl Erskine        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  74  15  1  .203  .481   0
 Carl Furillo        7  27  4  8  1  0  1   3  3  5  .296  .387  .444  0 | 523 164 26  .314  .891   4
#Jim Gilliam         7  24  2  7  1  0  0   3  8  1  .292  .469  .333  1 | 538 134  7  .249  .696  15
 Don Hoak            3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  0  .333  .600  .333  0 | 279  67  5  .240  .712   9
 Gil Hodges          7  24  2  7  0  0  1   5  3  2  .292  .357  .417  0 | 546 158 27  .289  .877   2
 Frank Kellert       3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  80  26  4  .325  .960   0
 Clem Labine         4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  31   3  3  .097  .563   0
 Billy Loes          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  44   4  0  .091  .240   1
#Russ Meyer          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  27   1  0  .037  .145   0
*Don Newcombe        1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 117  42  7  .359 1.027   1
*Johnny Podres       2   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 |  60  11  0  .183  .451   0
 Pee Wee Reese       7  27  5  8  1  0  0   2  3  5  .296  .367  .333  0 | 553 156 10  .282  .774   8
 Jackie Robinson     6  22  5  4  1  1  0   1  2  1  .182  .250  .318  1 | 317  81  8  .256  .741  12
 Ed Roebuck          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   2  0  .111  .222   0
*George Shuba        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  51  14  1  .275  .795   0
*Duke Snider         7  25  5  8  1  0  4   7  2  6  .320  .370  .840  0 | 538 166 42  .309 1.046   9
 Karl Spooner        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  28   8  0  .286  .797   0
 Don Zimmer          4   9  0  2  0  0  0   2  2  5  .222  .333  .222  0 | 280  67 15  .239  .732   5
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 223 31 58  8  1  9  30 33 38  .260  .358  .426  2 |        201  .271  .803  79

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

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

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          6  14  1  6  0  0  0   1  0  1  .429  .429  .429  0 | 492 137 20  .278  .821   8
*Yogi Berra          7  24  5 10  1  0  1   2  3  1  .417  .500  .583  0 | 541 147 27  .272  .819   1
*Tommy Byrne         3   6  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 |  78  16  1  .205  .555   0
 Andy Carey          2   2  0  1  0  1  0   1  0  0  .500  .500 1.500  0 | 510 131  7  .257  .691   3
 Tom Carroll         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   2  0  .333  .666   0
 Bob Cerv            5  16  1  2  0  0  1   1  0  4  .125  .125  .313  0 |  85  29  3  .341  .952   4
 Jerry Coleman       3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  22  0  .229  .602   0
*Rip Coleman         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   2  0  .200  .533   0
*Joe Collins         5  12  6  2  0  0  2   3  6  4  .167  .444  .667  1 | 278  65 13  .234  .753   0
*Whitey Ford         2   6  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .143  .000  0 |  86  14  1  .163  .456   0
 Bob Grim            3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  25   3  0  .120  .305   0
 Elston Howard       7  26  3  5  0  0  1   3  1  8  .192  .222  .308  0 | 279  81 10  .290  .813   0
 Johnny Kucks        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  40   2  0  .050  .125   0
 Don Larsen          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  41   6  2  .146  .539   0
#Mickey Mantle       3  10  1  2  0  0  1   1  0  2  .200  .200  .500  0 | 517 158 37  .306 1.042   8
 Billy Martin        7  25  2  8  1  1  0   4  1  5  .320  .346  .440  0 |  70  21  1  .300  .725   1
 Gil McDougald       7  27  2  7  0  0  1   1  2  6  .259  .310  .370  0 | 533 152 13  .285  .768   6
 Tom Morgan          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   4  0  .222  .500   0
*Irv Noren           5  16  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .063  .118  .063  0 | 371  94  8  .253  .706   5
 Phil Rizzuto        7  15  2  4  0  0  0   1  5  1  .267  .450  .267  2 | 143  37  1  .259  .691   7
*Eddie Robinson      4   3  0  2  0  0  0   1  2  1  .667  .833  .667  0 | 173  36 16  .208  .849   0
 Bill Skowron        5  12  2  4  2  0  1   3  0  1  .333  .333  .750  0 | 288  92 12  .319  .893   1
*Tom Sturdivant      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   1  0  .083  .166   0
 Bob Turley          3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  82  11  0  .134  .383   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 222 26 55  4  2  8  25 22 39  .248  .321  .392  3 |        175  .260  .756  55

    * - 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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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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Johnny Podres       2   1.00 2-0  0  2 18.0 15  2  4 10 |  9-10 159  3.95  1.36 114   
 Clem Labine         4   2.89 1-0  1  0  9.3  6  3  2  2 | 13-5  144  3.24  1.22  67 11
 Roger Craig         1   3.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  4  2  5  4 |  5-3   91  2.78  1.37  48  2
 Russ Meyer          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.7  4  0  2  4 |  6-2   73  5.42  1.60  26   
 Don Newcombe        1   9.53 0-1  0  0  5.7  8  6  2  4 | 20-5  234  3.20  1.11 143   
 Billy Loes          1   9.82 0-1  0  0  3.7  7  4  1  5 | 10-4  128  3.59  1.27  85   
*Karl Spooner        2  13.50 0-1  0  0  3.3  4  5  3  6 |  8-6   99  3.65  1.22  78  2
 Don Bessent         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  3  0  1  1 |  8-1   63  2.70  1.14  29  3
 Carl Erskine        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  3  2  3 | 11-8  195  3.79  1.28  84  1
 Ed Roebuck          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  0  0 |  5-6   84  4.71  1.43  33 12
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.75 4-3  1  2 60.0 55 25 22 39 |            3.68 1.290   

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

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

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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Whitey Ford         2   2.12 2-0  0  1 17.0 13  4  8 10 | 18-7  254  2.63  1.19 137  2
*Tommy Byrne         2   1.88 1-1  0  1 14.3  8  3  8  8 | 16-5  160  3.15  1.40  76  2
 Bob Grim            3   4.15 0-1  1  0  8.7  8  4  5  8 |  7-5   92  4.19  1.33  63  4
 Bob Turley          3   8.44 0-1  0  0  5.3  7  5  4  7 | 17-13 247  3.06  1.40 210  1
 Don Larsen          1  11.25 0-1  0  0  4.0  5  5  2  2 |  9-2   97  3.06  1.36  44  2
 Tom Morgan          2   4.91 0-0  0  0  3.7  3  2  3  1 |  7-3   72  3.25  1.33  17 10
 Johnny Kucks        2   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  2  1  1 |  8-7  127  3.41  1.31  49   
 Tom Sturdivant      2   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  5  2  2  0 |  1-3   68  3.16  1.32  48   
*Rip Coleman         1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  5  1  0  1 |  2-1   29  5.28  1.93  15  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.20 3-4  1  2 60.0 58 28 33 38 |            3.23 1.350   

    * - 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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