| 1955 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 28–October 4 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Yankee Stadium (New York) Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Dodgers: Walt Alston (manager) Roy Campanella Gil Hodges Sandy Koufax (DNP) Pee Wee Reese Jackie Robinson Duke Snider Yankees: Casey Stengel (manager) Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle Phil Rizzuto | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC This was the first World Series televised in color.[1] | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | |||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Neal and Al Helfer | |||||||||
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The 1955 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1955 season. The 52nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Dodgers against the American League (AL) champion 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 while based in Brooklyn, as 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 the World Series. It was the Yankees' first loss in a World Series since 1942 and only their second since 1926. The Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances prior to the start of the 1956 season. The 1955 run would start a new run of Series appearances for New York that saw them reach the Series eight more times in the span of ten seasons, where they lost four times (1957, 1960, 1963, and 1964).
- ^ Wennergren, Earl (September 27, 1955). "Looking In: TV Fans Can Watch World Series In Both Color, Black and White". The Rocky Mountain News. p. 47. Retrieved August 15, 2024.