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…
October 3, 1955 In Game 6, the Yankees scored all five of their runs in the first off Karl Spooner. After two walks, back-to-back RBI singles by Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer put them up 2–0 before Bill Skowron capped the scoring with a three-run home run. Whitey Ford pitched a complete game, allowing one…
After losing the first two contests in the Bronx, the Dodgers even the World Series at a pair of games apiece when they defeat the Yankees at Ebbets Field, 8-5. Brooklyn will make it three victories in a row tomorrow with a 5-3 win over the Bronx Bombers, but it will take a dramatic Game 7 for the ‘Bums’ to capture their first World Championship.
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.
1955 – Whitey Ford continues his mastery with his second consecutive one-hitter, beating the A’s, 2 – 1. Jim Finigan hits a 2-out single in the 7th for the A’s only hit. Ford is the 5th major league pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters.
On August 15, 1955, At Yankee Stadium Mickey Mantle ties a major league mark by switch-hitting home runs for the second time in his career. Mantle’s pair of homers help lift the Yankees to a 12-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Mantle homers off Art Schallock in the 6th and Ray Moore. Rip Collins gets…
Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5 – 3 loss to the Yankees.
Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit with a first-inning bloop single off Bob Turley in the team’s 5-3 loss at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox outfielder will finish his 19-year Hall of Fame career with 2654 hits.
After a 12-17 record in July, the Yankees are in a four-team race. Tiger Frank Lary beats New York, 4 – 2, in the first game, and New York then earns a critical, 3 – 2, 10-inning win on a Mickey Mantle homer off Babe Birrer. The Yanks finish the day in a virtual tie with Chicago, a half-game ahead of Cleveland, and 11 and a half games ahead of Boston.
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