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Postseason Recaps, Line Scores, Stats & Records World Champions 1955 World Champions For the Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1955 World Series was not just a chance to win a championship, but an opportunity to avenge five previous World Series failures at the hands of their chief rivals, the New York Yankees. Even with their ace Don Newcombe on the mound, the Dodgers seemed to be doomed from the start, as three Yankee home runs set back Newcombe and the rest of the team in their opening 6-5 loss. Game 2 had the same result, as New York's southpaw Tommy Byrne held Brooklyn to five hits in a 4-2 victory. With the Series heading back to Brooklyn, Johnny Podres was given the start for Game 3. The Dodger lefty stymied the Yankees' offense over the first seven innings by allowing one run on four hits en route to an 8-3 victory. Podres gave the Dodger faithful a hint as to what lay ahead in the series with his complete-game, six-strikeout performance. Game 4 at Ebbets Field turned out to be an all-out slugfest. After falling behind early, 3-1, the Dodgers used the long ball to knot up the series. Future Hall of Famers Roy Campanella and Duke Snider each homered and Gil Hodges collected three of the club’s 14 hits, including a home run in the 8-5 triumph. Snider's third and fourth home runs of the Series provided the support needed for rookie Roger Craig and the Dodgers took Game 5 by a score of 5-3. However, a Yankee five-run first inning in Game 6 was all Whitey Ford needed to win 5-1 and send the Fall Classic to a decisive Game 7. Podres and Byrne matched up in the finale, both coming off of complete-game victories. An RBI single and a sacrifice fly from Hodges was all the offense Podres required to capture Brooklyn’s first and only World Championship, as he would throw his second complete game of the series and win in a 2-0 shutout on his way to garnering MVP honors. Game 1, Wednesday, Sept. 28 at New York 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BROOKLYN 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 0 NEW YORK 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 x 6 9 1 Newcombe (L), Bessent, Labine and Campanella Ford (W), Grim and Berra HR: Furillo, Howard, Snider, Collins 2 T: 2:31, A: 63,869 Game 2, Thursday, Sept. 29 at New York 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BROOKLYN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 NEW YORK 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 4 8 0 Loes (L), Bessent, Spooner, Labine and Campanella Byrne (W) and Berra HR: None T: 2:28, A: 64,707 Game 3, Friday, Sept. 30 at Brooklyn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NEW YORK 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0 BROOKLYN 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 x 8 11 1 Turley (L), Morgan, Kucks, Sturdivant and Berra Podres (W) and Campanella HR: Campanella, Mantle T: 2:20, A: 34,209 Game 4, Saturday, Oct. 1 at Brooklyn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NEW YORK 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 0 BROOKLYN 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 x 8 14 0 Larsen (L), Kucks, R. Coleman, Morgan, Sturdivant and Berra Erskine, Bessent, Labine (W) and Campanella HR: McDougald, Campanella, Hodges, Snider T: 2:57, A: 36,242 Game 5, Sunday, Oct. 2 at Brooklyn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NEW YORK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 0 BROOKLYN 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 x 5 9 2 Grim (L), Turley and Berra Craig (W), Labine and Campanella HR: Amoros, Snider 2, Cerv, Berra T: 2:40, A: 36,796 Game 6, Monday, Oct. 3 at New York 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BROOKLYN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 NEW YORK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 8 0 Spooner (L), Meyer, Roebuck and Campanella Ford (W) and Berra HR: Skowron T: 2:34, A: 64,022 Game 7, Tuesday, Oct. 4 at New York 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BROOKLYN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Podres (W) and Campanella Byrne (L), Grim, Turley and Berra HR: None T: 2:44, A: 62,465 DODGERS BATTING STATISTICS DODGERS PITCHING STATISTICS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BA G IP H R ER BB SO W L ERA Amoros 5 12 3 4 0 0 1 3 .333 Meyer 1 5.2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0.00 Kellert 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Bessent 3 3.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 Hoak 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Roebuck 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Snider 7 25 5 8 1 0 4 7 .320 Podres 2 18.0 15 3 2 4 10 2 0 1.00 Reese 7 27 5 8 1 0 0 2 .296 Labine 4 9.1 6 3 3 2 2 1 0 2.89 Furillo 7 27 4 8 1 0 1 3 .296 Craig 1 6.0 4 2 2 5 4 1 0 3.00 Gilliam 7 24 2 7 1 0 0 3 .292 Erskine 1 3.0 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 9.00 Hodges 7 24 2 7 0 0 1 5 .292 Newcombe 1 5.2 8 6 6 2 4 0 1 9.53 Campanella 7 27 4 7 3 0 2 4 .259 Loes 1 3.2 7 4 4 1 5 0 1 9.82 Zimmer 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 .222 Spooner 2 3.1 4 5 5 3 6 0 1 13.50 J. Robinson 6 22 5 4 1 1 0 1 .182 Totals 7 60.0 55 26 25 22 39 4 3 3.75 Podres 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 7 223 31 58 8 1 9 30 .260 1959 World Champions After advancing to the World Series in only their second season in Los Angeles, the Dodgers' opportunity to seize their first West Coast championship came against the Chicago White Sox. In Game 1, Chicago showed its dominance on the mound as veteran and future Hall of Famer Early Wynn held the Dodgers scoreless over seven innings en route to an 11-0 victory. Game 2 at Comiskey Park started like the first, with Johnny Podres falling behind Bob Shaw 2-0. With the Dodgers behind 2-1 in the 7th inning Chuck Essegian, who had only homered once all year, pinch-hit for Podres and hit a two-out blast to knot the game at 2-2. Two batters later Charlie Neal hit his second home run of the day and the Dodgers never looked back as Larry Sherry went the final three innings to pick up the save in the 4-3 Dodger victory. In front of all-time record crowds of over 92,000 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Dodgers were able to capture Games 3 and 4 by scores of 3-1 and 5-4 respectively, due to a clutch two-run pinch-hit single by Carl Furillo in Game 3, and a tie-breaking home run in the 8th inning of Game 4 by Gil Hodges. Larry Sherry proved to be the hero on the mound, as he pitched two innings in each game, picking up the save in Game 3 and the win in Game 4. Game 5 proved to be a classic pitcher’s duel as Bob Shaw outlasted Sandy Koufax in the White Sox’ 1-0 victory. The game’s lone run on a Sherm Lollar double-play ground out. Game 6 back in Chicago was all Dodgers, as Duke Snider, Charlie Neal, and Wally Moon combined for six hits, two home runs, and six RBI. Game 1, Thursday, Oct. 1 at Chicago 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOS ANGELES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 CHICAGO 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 x 11 11 0 Craig (L), Churn, Labine, Koufax, Klippstein and Roseboro Wynn (W), Staley and Lollar HR: Kluszewski 2 T: 2:35, A: 48,013 Game 2, Friday, Oct. 2 at Chicago 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOS ANGELES 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 9 1 CHICAGO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 0 Podres (W), Sherry (S) and Roseboro Shaw (L), Lown, and Lollar HR: Neal 2, Essegian T: 2:21, A: 47,368 Game 3, Sunday, Oct. 4 at Los Angeles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CHICAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 0 LOS ANGELES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 x 3 5 0 Donovan (L), Staley, and Lollar Drysdale (W), Sherry (S) and Roseboro HR: None T: 2:33, A: 92,394 Game 4, Monday, Oct.