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In 1955, Podres went 9–10, and the Dodgers won the NL pennant. [1] After the Dodgers lost the first two games of the 1955 World Series to the New York Yankees, Podres pitched a complete game, seven-hit victory on his 23rd birthday in game 3. The series went to a deciding seventh game, with Podres getting the start.
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 was the first time a black pitcher had won 20 games in a season. The 22-year-old Johnny Podres was only 9–10 but became the hero of the 1955 World Series by shutting out the Yankees in the seventh game.
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres is lifted by catcher Roy Campanella after the team's win over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series. (Associated Press) The Dodgers are the ...
1955 World Series. Dodgers 4, Yankees 3. ... ending their 0-5 October streak against the Yanks with Johnny Podres' 2-0 shutout in Game 7. ...
Willie Stargell was named MLB MVP, LCS MVP, and World Series MVP in 1979. Six pitchers have won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). The Cy Young Award was initiated in 1956, as one award for ...
Pitcher Johnny Podres had shut out the Yankees in Game 3, and he did it again in the final game to earn World Series MVP honors. ... Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, and the 1955 World Series.
The defining moment of Amorós' career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was one of the memorable events in World Series history. It was the sixth inning of the decisive Game 7 of the 1955 World Series. The Dodgers had never won a World Series and were now trying to hold a 2–0 lead against their perennial rivals, the New York Yankees.