1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
1955 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1955 Information
Owner(s) Walter O'Malley
General Manager(s) Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s) Walter Alston
Local television WOR-TV
Local radio WMGM
Vin Scully,Connie Desmond, Andre Baruch

The Dodgers won the 1955 World Series against the New York Yankees four games to three. It was the Dodgers first and only World Series championship won while located in Brooklyn.

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[edit] Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers 98 55 -- .641
Milwaukee Braves 85 69 13.5 .552
New York Giants 80 74 18.5 .519
Philadelphia Phillies 77 77 21.5 .500
Cincinnati Redlegs 75 79 23.5 .487
Chicago Cubs 72 81 26 .471
St. Louis Cardinals 68 86 30.5 .442
Pittsburgh Pirates 60 94 38.5 .390

[edit] 1955 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Jim Gilliam Second Baseman
Pee Wee Reese Shortstop
Duke Snider Centerfielder
Gil Hodges First Baseman
Sandy Amoros Leftfielder
Jackie Robinson Third Baseman
Carl Furillo Rightfielder
Roy Campanella Catcher
Carl Erskine Starting Pitcher
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers roster
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Roster
Starting Pitchers

Relief Pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager


Coaches

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Don Newcombe 34 31 233.7 20-5 3.20 38 143 17
Carl Erskine 31 29 194.7 11-8 3.79 64 84 7
Johnny Podres 27 24 159.3 9-10 3.95 57 114 5
Billy Loes 22 19 128.0 10-4 3.59 46 85 6
Russ Meyer 18 11 73.0 6-2 5.42 31 26 2

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Ed Roebuck 47 0 84.0 5-6 4.71 24 33 12
Clem Labine 60 8 144.3 13-5 3.24 55 67 11
Jim Hughes 24 0 42.7 0-2 4.22 19 20 6
Don Bessent 24 2 63.3 8-1 2.70 21 29 3
Karl Spooner 29 14 98.7 8-6 3.65 41 78 2
Roger Craig 21 10 90.7 5-3 2.78 43 48 2
Sandy Koufax 12 5 41.7 2-2 3.02 28 30 0
Joe Black 6 0 15.3 1-0 2.93 5 9 0
Chuck Templeton 4 0 4.7 0-1 11.57 5 3 0
Tommy Lasorda 4 1 4.0 0-0 13.50 6 4 0

[edit] Batting Stats

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Roy Campanella C 123 446 .318 81 142 32 107 2
Rube Walker C 48 103 .252 6 26 2 13 1
Dixie Howell C 16 42 .262 2 11 0 5 0
Gil Hodges 1B/OF 150 546 .289 75 158 27 102 2
Jim Gilliam 2B/OF 147 538 .249 110 134 7 40 15
Pee Wee Reese SS 145 553 .282 99 156 10 61 8
Jackie Robinson 3B/OF/1B/2B 105 317 .256 51 81 8 36 12
Don Zimmer 2B/SS/3B 88 280 .239 38 67 15 50 5
Don Hoak 3B 94 279 .240 50 67 5 19 9
Frank Kellert 1B 39 80 .325 12 26 4 19 0
Carl Furillo OF 140 523 .314 83 164 26 95 4
Duke Snider OF 148 538 .309 126 166 42 136 9
Sandy Amoros OF 119 388 .247 59 96 10 51 10
George Shuba OF 44 51 .275 8 14 1 8 0
Bob Borkowski OF 9 19 .105 2 2 0 0 0
Walt Moryn OF 11 19 .263 3 5 1 3 0
Bert Hamric OF 2 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] 1955 World Series

Brooklyn Dodgers win the 1955 World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers win the 1955 World Series

[edit] Game 1

September 28, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 0
New York (A) 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 x 6 9 1
W: Whitey Ford (1-0)   L: Don Newcombe (0-1)   S: Bob Grim (1)
HR: BRO – Carl Furillo (1), Duke Snider (1)    NYY – Elston Howard (1), Joe Collins (1, 2)

[edit] Game 2

September 29, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
New York (A) 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 4 8 0
W: Tommy Byrne (1-0)   L: Billy Loes (0-1)


[edit] Game 3

September 30, 1955 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0
Brooklyn (N) 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 x 8 11 1
W: Johnny Podres (1-0)  L: Bob Turley (0-1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1)    BRO – Roy Campanella (1)


[edit] Game 4

October 1, 1955 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 0
Brooklyn (N) 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 x 8 14 0
W: Clem Labine (1-0)  L: Don Larsen (0-1)
HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1)    BRO – Roy Campanella (2), Gil Hodges (1), Duke Snider (2)


[edit] Game 5

October 2, 1955 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 0
Brooklyn (N) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 x 5 9 2
W: Roger Craig (1-0)  L: Bob Grim (0-1)   S: Clem Labine (1)
HR: NYY – Bob Cerv (1), Yogi Berra (1)    BRO – Sandy Amoros (1), Duke Snider (3, 4)

[edit] Game 6

October 3, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
New York (A) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 8 0
W: Whitey Ford (2-0)   L: Karl Spooner (0-1)
HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (1)


[edit] Game 7

October 4, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
W: Johnny Podres (2-0)   L: Tommy Byrne (1-1)

[edit] 1955 Awards

[edit] 1955 Transactions

[edit] 1955 Minor League Teams

[edit] External links

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1955 All-Star Game • 1955 World Series
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New York Giants
1954		 National League Championship Season
1955		 Succeeded by
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1956
Preceded by
New York Giants
1954		 World Series Champions
Brooklyn Dodgers
1955		 Succeeded by
New York Yankees
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Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 World Series roster