1955 World Series
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| Dates | September 28 – October 4 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Johnny Podres (Brooklyn) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Bill Summers (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Frank Dascoli (NL), Red Flaherty (AL: outfield only), Augie Donatelli (NL: outfield only) | ||||||||||||
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Dodgers: Walt Alston (mgr.), Roy Campanella, Sandy Koufax (dnp), Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Tom Lasorda (dnp)‡.. Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto. |
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| Television | NBC. This was the first World Series televised in color. | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | ||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Al Helfer and Bob Neal | ||||||||||||
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers (4) | Walt Alston | 98–55, .641, GA: 13 1⁄2 | |
| New York Yankees (3) | Casey Stengel | 96–58, .623, GA: 3 |
The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn (the team relocated to Los Angeles after the 1957 season).
This was the fifth time in nine years that the Yankees and the Dodgers met in the World Series, with the Yankees having won in 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953; the Yankees would also win in the 1956 rematch.
This Series also marked the end of a long period of invulnerability for the Yankees in World Series. It was the Yankees' first loss in a World Series since 1942 and only their second since 1926. While the Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances during that time, they would lose again in 1957, 1960, 1963, and 1964, for a record of 4–5 in World Series over the next decade.
NL Brooklyn Dodgers (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)
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 HR record for a seven-game series (17). Jackie Robinson stole home, but Whitey Ford won with relief help in the ninth from Bob Grim.
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