Johnny Podres
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Bronze sculpture of Podres at the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Born: September 30, 1932 Witherbee, New York |
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Died: January 13, 2008 (aged 75) Glens Falls, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 7, 1953, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 21, 1969, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 148–116 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.68 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,435 | ||
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John Joseph "Johnny" Podres (September 30, 1932 – January 13, 2008) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. He is perhaps best remembered for being named the Most Valuable Player of the 1955 World Series, pitching a shutout in Game 7 against the New York Yankees to help bring the Dodgers their only World Series title in Brooklyn before their move to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. He later led the National League in earned run average and shutouts in 1957, and in winning percentage in 1961. He was of Lithuanian-Polish descent.
Podres helped the Dodgers win World Series championships in 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1965, although he did not pitch in the 1965 World Series itself. In the 1955 series, after the Dodgers lost the first two games to the New York Yankees, Podres pitched a complete game, seven-hit victory on his 23rd birthday in Game 3. In the climactic Game 7, Podres pitched a 2–0 shutout to bring Brooklyn its only World Series championship. Podres was given the first-ever World Series MVP Award by Sport magazine and presented with a red two-seater Corvette. Later he was honored as the Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine.
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