1956 World Series - New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)

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1956 World Series (4-3): New York Yankees (97-57) over Brooklyn Dodgers (93-61)

1955 WS / 1957 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 3, 1956 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Kucks (4), Morgan (6), Turley (8)
              BRO - Maglie

               WP - Sal Maglie
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle, Martin
              BRO - Hodges, Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 34,479

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 5, 1956 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  5  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     8 12  2
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  6  1    2  2  0    0  2  x    13 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Larsen, Kucks (2), Byrne (2), Sturdivant (3), Morgan (3), Turley (5), McDermott (6)
              BRO - Newcombe, Roebuck (2), Bessent (3)

               WP - Don Bessent
	       LP - Tom Morgan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra
              BRO - Snider

  ATTENDANCE: 36,217

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 6, 1956 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: BRO - Craig, Labine (7)
              NYY - Ford

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Roger Craig
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Martin, Slaughter

  ATTENDANCE: 73,977

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 7, 1956 at Yankee Stadium I (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  1     2  6  0
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    2  0  1    2  0  x     6  7  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Erskine, Roebuck (5), Drysdale (7)
              NYY - Sturdivant

               WP - Tom Sturdivant
	       LP - Carl Erskine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Bauer, Mantle

  ATTENDANCE: 69,705

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium I (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  0  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Maglie
              NYY - Larsen

               WP - Don Larsen
	       LP - Sal Maglie
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Mantle

  ATTENDANCE: 64,519

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 9, 1956 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Turley
              BRO - Labine

               WP - Clem Labine
	       LP - Bob Turley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,224

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 10, 1956 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Kucks
              BRO - Newcombe, Bessent (4), Craig (7), Roebuck (7), Erskine (9)

               WP - Johnny Kucks
	       LP - Don Newcombe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra (2), Howard, Skowron
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,782

Series MVP - Don Larsen

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hank Bauer	7	32	3	9	0	0	1	3	0	5	.281	.281	.375	.656	1	0	147	539	96	130	26	84	4	.241	.761
Yogi Berra	7	25	5	9	2	0	3	10	4	1	.360	.448	.800	1.248	0	0	140	521	93	155	30	105	3	.298	.911
Tommy Byrne	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	44	52	8	14	3	10	0	.269	.796
Andy Carey	7	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	0	0	132	422	54	100	7	50	9	.237	.649
Bob Cerv	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	54	115	16	35	3	25	0	.304	.926
Jerry Coleman	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	80	183	15	47	0	18	1	.257	.600
Joe Collins	6	21	2	5	2	0	0	2	2	3	.238	.304	.333	.638	0	0	100	262	38	59	7	43	3	.225	.661
Whitey Ford	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	78	9	17	0	4	0	.218	.542
Elston Howard	1	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	.400	.400	1.200	1.600	0	0	98	290	35	76	5	34	0	.262	.674
Johnny Kucks	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	77	7	11	0	1	0	.143	.379
Don Larsen	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	45	79	10	19	2	12	0	.241	.674
Mickey Mantle	7	24	6	6	1	0	3	4	6	5	.250	.400	.667	1.067	1	0	150	533	132	188	52	130	10	.353	1.169
Billy Martin	7	27	5	8	0	0	2	3	1	6	.296	.321	.519	.840	0	0	121	458	76	121	9	49	7	.264	.708
Mickey McDermott	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	46	52	4	11	1	4	0	.212	.586
Gil McDougald	7	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	6	.143	.240	.143	.383	0	0	120	438	79	136	13	56	3	.311	.848
Tom Morgan	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	41	13	1	2	0	0	0	.154	.368
Norm Siebern	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	54	162	27	33	4	21	1	.204	.619
Bill Skowron	3	10	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	3	.100	.100	.400	.500	0	0	134	464	78	143	23	90	4	.308	.910
Enos Slaughter	6	20	6	7	0	0	1	4	4	0	.350	.440	.500	.940	0	0	*115	306	52	86	2	27	2	.281	.746
Tom Sturdivant	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	32	64	5	20	0	5	0	.313	.667
Bob Turley	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	46	5	8	0	3	0	.174	.442
George Wilson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*64	80	6	11	1	2	0	.138	.403
Totals	80	229	33	58	6	0	12	33	21	43	.253	.313	.437	.750	2	0	154	5312	857	1433	190		51	.270	.781

Brooklyn Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Sandy Amoros	6	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	.053	.143	.053	.195	0	0	114	292	53	76	16	58	3	.260	.902
Don Bessent	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	38	18	0	2	0	1	0	.111	.216
Roy Campanella	7	22	2	4	1	0	0	3	3	7	.182	.259	.227	.487	0	1	124	388	39	85	20	73	1	.219	.727
Gino Cimoli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	73	36	3	4	0	4	1	.111	.274
Roger Craig	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	35	61	1	1	0	1	0	.016	.119
Don Drysdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	26	4	5	1	1	0	.192	.568
Carl Erskine	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	66	1	8	0	0	0	.121	.258
Carl Furillo	7	25	2	6	2	0	0	1	2	3	.240	.296	.320	.616	0	0	149	523	66	151	21	83	1	.289	.824
Jim Gilliam	7	24	2	2	0	0	0	2	7	3	.083	.290	.083	.374	1	1	153	594	102	178	6	43	21	.300	.794
Gil Hodges	7	23	5	7	2	0	1	8	4	4	.304	.407	.522	.929	0	0	153	550	86	146	32	87	3	.265	.861
Randy Jackson	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	101	307	37	84	8	53	2	.274	.780
Clem Labine	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	62	23	0	2	0	1	0	.087	.247
Sal Maglie	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*30	70	1	9	0	2	0	.129	.269
Dale Mitchell	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*57	54	5	11	0	7	0	.204	.517
Charlie Neal	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	62	136	22	39	2	14	2	.287	.736
Don Newcombe	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	52	111	13	26	2	16	1	.234	.654
Pee Wee Reese	7	27	3	6	0	1	0	2	2	6	.222	.276	.296	.572	0	0	147	572	85	147	9	46	13	.257	.667
Jackie Robinson	7	24	5	6	1	0	1	2	5	2	.250	.379	.417	.796	0	0	117	357	61	98	10	43	12	.275	.793
Ed Roebuck	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	18	3	6	0	1	0	.333	.778
Duke Snider	7	23	5	7	1	0	1	4	6	8	.304	.433	.478	.912	0	0	151	542	112	158	43	101	3	.292	.997
Rube Walker	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	54	146	5	31	3	20	0	.212	.574
Totals	82	215	25	42	8	1	3	24	32	47	.195	.296	.284	.580	1	2	154	5098	720	1315	179		65	.258	.761

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tommy Byrne	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	3.000	37	8	3.36	7	3	6	109.2	108	72	52	1.641
Whitey Ford	2	2	5.25	1	1	0	1	12.0	14	7	2	8	1.333	31	30	2.47	19	6	1	225.2	187	84	141	1.201
Johnny Kucks	3	1	0.82	1	0	0	1	11.0	6	1	3	2	0.818	34	31	3.85	18	9	0	224.1	223	72	67	1.315
Don Larsen	2	2	0.00	1	0	0	1	10.2	1	0	4	7	0.469	38	20	3.26	11	5	1	179.2	133	96	107	1.275
Mickey McDermott	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	3	3	1.667	23	9	4.24	2	6	0	87.0	85	47	38	1.517
Tom Morgan	2	0	9.00	0	1	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	3	2.500	41	0	4.16	6	7	11	71.1	74	27	20	1.416
Tom Sturdivant	2	1	2.79	1	0	0	1	9.2	8	3	8	9	1.655	32	17	3.30	16	8	5	158.1	134	52	110	1.175
Bob Turley	3	1	0.82	0	1	0	1	11.0	4	1	8	14	1.091	27	21	5.05	8	4	1	132.0	138	103	91	1.826
Totals	16	7	2.48	4	3	0	5	61.2	42	17	32	47	1.200	154	154	3.627	97	57		1382.0	1285	652	732	1.402

Brooklyn Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Don Bessent	2	0	1.80	1	0	0	0	10.0	8	2	3	5	1.100	38	0	2.50	4	3	9	79.1	63	31	52	1.185
Roger Craig	2	1	12.00	0	1	0	0	6.0	10	8	3	4	2.167	35	32	3.71	12	11	1	199.0	169	87	109	1.286
Don Drysdale	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	1	1	1.500	25	12	2.64	5	5	0	99.0	95	31	55	1.273
Carl Erskine	2	1	5.40	0	1	0	0	5.0	4	3	2	2	1.200	31	28	4.25	13	11	0	186.1	189	57	95	1.320
Clem Labine	2	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	12.0	8	0	3	7	0.917	62	3	3.35	10	6	19	115.2	111	39	75	1.297
Sal Maglie	2	2	2.65	1	1	0	2	17.0	14	5	6	15	1.176	*30	26	2.89	13	5	0	196.0	160	54	110	1.092
Don Newcombe	2	2	21.21	0	1	0	0	4.2	11	11	3	4	3.000	38	36	3.06	27	7	0	268.0	219	46	139	0.989
Ed Roebuck	3	0	2.08	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	1	0	5	0.231	43	0	3.93	5	4	1	89.1	83	29	60	1.254
Totals	16	7	4.72	3	4	0	3	61.0	58	32	21	43	1.295	154	154	3.571	93	61		1368.2	1251	441	772	1.236

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