Major League Baseball Season Recap 1955 World Series – Brooklyn /didgers NL over New York Yankees AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Johnny Podres Babe Ruth Award – Johnny Podres Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award Cy Young Award National League Cy Young Award American League MVP Awards – NL Roy Campanella AL Yogi Berra…
On October 4, 1955, after more than half a century of futility, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally win a World Championship, thanks to Johnny Podres’ 2-0 shutout of the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The turning point of the historic contest proves to be an outstanding catch by defensive replacement Sandy Amoros in the sixth inning…
1955 – In Game 3 of the World Series, the Dodgers’ Johnny Podres defeats Bob Turley who fails to last 2 innings against the Bums. C Roy Campanella leads the attack with 3 hits and 3 RBI, as Brooklyn wins 8 – 3.
June 3, 1955 At Ebbets Field, Stan Musial hits the 300th home run of his career off Johnny Podres in a 12-5 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
On April 17, 1955, At Forbes Field, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 20-year-old rookie Roberto Clemente makes his major league debut, playing both ends of a doubleheader, ironically but perhaps fittingly, against the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team that first signed him but left him unprotected in the 1954 Rule V draft. In his first at-bat, the future Hall of Famer rifles one back through the originator, Johnny Podres, and…
Billy Loes, Johnny Podres, Karl Spooner and Sandy Koufax at spring training in Vero Beach, Florida – 1955.
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