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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.
The 1955 World Series proved to the only title the Dodgers won in Brooklyn. After losing the 1956 World Series to the Yankees, the team would move to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. [10] With the death of Carl Erskine in April 2024, Sandy Koufax became the last surviving player from the 1955 team. [11]
He became the only World Series Most Valuable Player to be selected from the losing team when he won the award for his play in the 1960 World Series. In 1962, he led the American League (AL) in hits with 209 and snared a line drive off the bat of Willie McCovey to win the 1962 World Series for the Yankees.
His 22 consecutive World Series scoreless innings streak is the fourth-longest in World Series history and ninth-longest in postseason history. [ 153 ] He was selected as an All-Star for six consecutive seasons and made seven out of eight possible All-Star Game appearances those seasons.
As the Mets' 2023 season spiraled into disrepair, the team's trade deadline sell-off included Scherzer, who had signed a two-year, $86.6 million deal with the Mets, with a third-year player option ...
In 43 postseason games, including 2 World Series (1980, 1985), he batted .337 (56-for-166) with 10 home runs and 23 RBI. [ 35 ] A photo in the July 1976 edition of National Geographic showing Brett signing baseballs for fans with his team's name emblazoned across his shirt was the inspiration for New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde 's 2013 song ...
Yankees stay alive in World Series, Dodgers aim to clinch championship in Game 5 | Baseball Bar-B-Cast. Jake Mintz. October 30, 2024 at 3:41 AM. ... 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube.
He appeared in eleven World Series games (1949–52–53-55-56), and made the NL All-Star team in 1954. Erskine's 14 strikeouts as the winner of Game 3 of the 1953 Fall Classic – including striking out the side in the ninth inning – broke the Series record of 13 held by Howard Ehmke ( 1929 , Game 1), and stood for 10 years until Sandy ...