1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season





































1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

1955 World Series Champions
National League champions
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1890)


  • National League (since 1890)

Location

  • Ebbets Field (since 1913)

  • Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)

Other information
Owner(s)
Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mrs. John L. Smith
General manager(s) Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s) Walter Alston
Local television WOR-TV
Local radio
WMGM
Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Andre Baruch, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
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In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally fulfilled the promise of many previous Dodger teams. Although the club had won several pennants in the past, and had won as many as 105 games in 1953, it had never won a World Series. This team finished 13.5 games ahead in the National League pennant race, leading the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed. In the 1955 World Series, they finally beat their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees. It was the Dodgers first and only World Series championship won while located in Brooklyn.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 MVP controversy


    • 2.2 Season standings


    • 2.3 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.4 Opening Day lineup


    • 2.5 Notable transactions


    • 2.6 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 1955 World Series


    • 4.1 Game 1


    • 4.2 Game 2


    • 4.3 Game 3


    • 4.4 Game 4


    • 4.5 Game 5


    • 4.6 Game 6


    • 4.7 Game 7




  • 5 Awards and honors


    • 5.1 All-Stars


    • 5.2 League top five finishers




  • 6 Farm system


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Offseason



  • October 8, 1954: Ray Moore was traded by the Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for Chico García.[1]

  • December 13, 1954: Billy Cox and Preacher Roe were traded by the Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for Johnny Jancse, Harry Schwegeman and cash.[2]

  • March 17, 1955: Erv Palica was traded by the Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for Frank Kellert and cash.[3]



Regular season




Sandy Koufax earned his first major league win with the Dodgers on August 27, 1955.


This season was basically a culmination of the careers of many legendary Dodger players. Catcher Roy Campanella won the 1955 National League Most Valuable Player award, his third in five years. Center fielder Duke Snider led the league in runs batted in and was second in the MVP voting. He also hit his 200th career home run on May 10. Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, both 36 years old, could still play. Gil Hodges, 31, hit 27 home runs (and drove in both Dodger runs in the seventh game of the Series), while Carl Furillo, 33, hit 26 home runs with a .314 batting average.


The pitching staff was anchored by Don Newcombe, who was 20–5. 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.



MVP controversy


Duke Snider finished second to teammate Campanella in the MVP voting by just five points, 226–221, with each man receiving eight first place votes. The voting then as now was conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Each voting member, one from each major league city, filled out a ballot selecting ten men. A player receiving a first place vote got 14 points, 9 points for second, and then values of 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for those in places 3 through 10. A writer from Philadelphia who was sick and who had become hospitalized had turned in a ballot with Campanella listed in position number 1 as well as position number 5. The assumption had been that the writer had meant to write Snider's name into one of those slots. Unable to get a clarification from the ill writer the BBWAA, after considering disallowing the ballot, decided to accept it, count the first place vote for Campanella and count the fifth place vote as though it were left blank. Had the ballot been disallowed, the vote would have been won by Snider by three points. Had Snider gotten the fifth place vote, the final vote would have favored Snider 227–226. Duke did, however, win the Sporting News National League Player of the Year Award for 1955 and the Sid Mercer Award.[4][5]



Season standings






















































































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  • t

  • e


National League
W
L
Pct.
GB
Home
Road

Brooklyn Dodgers
 98 55
 0.641
 —
 56–21
 42–34

Milwaukee Braves
 85 69
 0.552
 13½
 46–31
 39–38

New York Giants
 80 74
 0.519
 18½
 44–35
 36–39

Philadelphia Phillies
 77 77
 0.500
 21½
 46–31
 31–46

Cincinnati Redlegs
 75 79
 0.487
 23½
 46–31
 29–48

Chicago Cubs
 72 81
 0.471
 26
 43–33
 29–48

St. Louis Cardinals
 68 86
 0.442
 30½
 41–36
 27–50

Pittsburgh Pirates
 60 94
 0.390
 38½
 36–39
 24–55




Record vs. opponents








































































































1955 National League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
 BR
 CHC
 CIN
 MIL
 NYG
 PHI
 PIT
 STL

Brooklyn
 — 14–7–1 12–10 15–7 13–9 16–6 14–8 14–8
Chicago 7–14–1 — 11–11 7–15 12–10 10–12 11–11 14–8
Cincinnati 10–12 11–11 — 9–13 9–13 11–11 14–8 11–11
Milwaukee 7–15 15–7 13–9 — 14–8 14–8 11–11 11–11
New York 9–13 10–12 13–9 8–14 — 10–12 17–5 13–9
Philadelphia 6–16 12–10 11–11 8–14 12–10 — 15–7 13–9
Pittsburgh 8–14 11–11 8–14 11–11 5–17 7–15 — 10–12
St. Louis 8–14 8–14 11–11 11–11 9–13 9–13 12–10 —




Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Jim Gilliam
Second baseman
Pee Wee Reese
Shortstop
Duke Snider
Center fielder
Gil Hodges
First baseman
Sandy Amorós
Left fielder
Jackie Robinson
Third baseman
Carl Furillo
Right fielder
Roy Campanella
Catcher
Carl Erskine
Starting pitcher


Notable transactions



  • June 7, 1955: Ron Negray was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Cole and cash.[6]

  • June 9, 1955: Joe Black was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Borkowski and cash.[7]

  • September 12, 1955: Glenn Cox was purchased from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Athletics.[8]



Roster














1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers


  • 46 Don Bessent


  • 49 Joe Black


  • 40 Roger Craig


  • 17 Carl Erskine


  • 18 Jim Hughes


  • 32 Sandy Koufax


  • 41 Clem Labine


  • 27 Tommy Lasorda


  • 30 Billy Loes


  • 34 Russ Meyer


  • 36 Don Newcombe


  • 45 Johnny Podres


  • 37 Ed Roebuck


  • 48 Karl Spooner


  • 28 Chuck Templeton

Catchers


  • 39 Roy Campanella


  • 54 Dixie Howell


  • 10 Rube Walker


Infielders




  • 19 Jim Gilliam


  • 43 Don Hoak


  • 14 Gil Hodges


  • 12 Frank Kellert


  •  1 Pee Wee Reese


  • 42 Jackie Robinson


  • 23 Don Zimmer

Outfielders


  • 15 Sandy Amorós


  • 27 Bob Borkowski


  •  6 Carl Furillo


  • 51 Bert Hamric


  • 49 Walt Moryn


  •  8 George Shuba


  •  4 Duke Snider

Manager

  • 24 Walter Alston

Coaches




  • 33 Joe Becker


  • 22 Billy Herman


  • 31 Jake Pitler


Player stats



Batting



Starters by position


Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases















































































































Pos
 Player
 G
 AB
 R
 H
 Avg.
 HR
 RBI
 SB
C Roy Campanella 123 446 81 142 .318 32 107 2
1B Gil Hodges 150 546 75 158 .289 27 102 2
2B Jim Gilliam 147 538 110 134 .249 7 40 15
SS Pee Wee Reese 145 553 99 156 .282 10 61 8
3B Jackie Robinson 105 317 51 81 .256 8 36 12
LF Sandy Amorós 119 388 59 96 .247 10 51 10
CF Duke Snider 148 538 126 166 .309 42 136 9
RF Carl Furillo 140 523 83 164 .314 26 95 4


Other batters


Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

















































































































Player
 G
 AB
 R
 H
 Avg.
 HR
 RBI
 SB
Don Hoak 94 279 50 67 .240 5 19 9
Don Zimmer 88 280 38 67 .239 15 50 5
Rube Walker 48 103 6 26 .252 2 13 1
Frank Kellert 39 80 12 26 .325 4 19 0
George Shuba 44 51 8 14 .275 1 8 0
Dixie Howell 16 42 2 11 .262 0 5 0
Walt Moryn 11 19 3 5 .263 1 3 0
Bob Borkowski 9 19 2 2 .105 0 0 0
Bert Hamric 2 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0


Pitching



Starting pitchers


Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts































































Player
 G
 GS
 CG
 IP
 W
 L
 ERA
 BB
 SO
Don Newcombe 34 31 17 233.2 20 5 3.20 38 143
Carl Erskine 31 29 7 194.2 11 8 3.79 64 84
Johnny Podres 27 24 5 159.1 9 10 3.95 57 114
Billy Loes 22 19 6 128 10 4 3.59 46 85


Other pitchers


Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts











































































Player
 G
 GS
 CG
 IP
 W
 L
 ERA
 BB
 SO
Karl Spooner 29 14 2 98.2 8 6 3.65 41 78
Roger Craig 21 10 3 90.2 5 3 2.78 43 48
Russ Meyer 18 11 2 73 6 2 5.42 31 26
Sandy Koufax 12 5 2 41.2 2 2 3.02 28 30
Tommy Lasorda 4 1 0 4 0 0 13.50 6 4


Relief pitchers


Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
















































































Player
 G
 IP
 W
 L
 SV
 ERA
 BB
 SO
Clem Labine 60 144.1 13 5 11 3.24 55 67
Ed Roebuck 47 84 5 6 12 4.71 24 33
Don Bessent 24 63.1 8 1 3 2.70 21 29
Jim Hughes 24 42.2 0 2 6 4.22 19 20
Joe Black 6 15.1 1 0 0 2.93 5 9
Chuck Templeton 4 4.2 0 1 0 11.57 5 3


1955 World Series


Main article: 1955 World Series


Game 1


September 28, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York


















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
Brooklyn (N)
 0 2 1
 0 0 0
 0 2 0
 5 10
0

New York (A)
 0 2 1
 1 0 2
 0 0 x
 6 9
1

W: Whitey Ford (1–0)   L: Don Newcombe (0–1)   S: Bob Grim (1)

HR: BRO – Carl Furillo (1), Duke Snider (1)    NYY – Elston Howard (1), Joe Collins (1, 2)


Game 2


September 29, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York

















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
Brooklyn (N)
 0 0 0
 1 1 0
 0 0 0
 2 5
2

New York (A)
 0 0 0
 4 0 0
 0 0 x
 4 8
0

W: Tommy Byrne (1–0)   L: Billy Loes (0–1)


Game 3


September 30, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
New York (A)
 0 2 0
 0 0 0
 1 0 0
 3 7
0

Brooklyn (N)
 2 2 0
 2 0 0
 2 0 x
 8 11
1

W: Johnny Podres (1–0)  L: Bob Turley (0–1)

HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1)    BRO – Roy Campanella (1)


Game 4


October 1, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
New York (A)
 1 1 0
 1 0 2
 0 0 0
 5 9
0

Brooklyn (N)
 0 0 1
 3 3 0
 1 0 x
 8 14
0

W: Clem Labine (1–0)  L: Don Larsen (0–1)

HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1)    BRO – Roy Campanella (2), Gil Hodges (1), Duke Snider (2)


Game 5


October 2, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
New York (A)
 0 0 0
 1 0 0
 1 1 0
 3 6
0

Brooklyn (N)
 0 2 1
 0 1 0
 0 1 x
 5 9
2

W: Roger Craig (1–0)  L: Bob Grim (0–1)   S: Clem Labine (1)

HR: NYY – Bob Cerv (1), Yogi Berra (1)    BRO – Sandy Amorós (1), Duke Snider (3, 4)


Game 6


October 3, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York


















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E
Brooklyn (N)
 0 0 0
 1 0 0
 0 0 0
 1 4
1

New York (A)
 5 0 0
 0 0 0
 0 0 x
 5 8
0

W: Whitey Ford (2–0)   L: Karl Spooner (0–1)

HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (1)


Game 7


October 4, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York

















































Team
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 R
 H
 E

Brooklyn (N)
 0 0 0
 1 0 1
 0 0 0
 2 5
0
New York (A)
 0 0 0
 0 0 0
 0 0 0
 0 8
1

W: Johnny Podres (2–0)   L: Tommy Byrne (1–1)


Awards and honors




  • National League Most Valuable Player
    • Roy Campanella



  • World Series Most Valuable Player
    • Johnny Podres



  • TSN Manager of the Year Award
    • Walter Alston



  • TSN Executive of the Year Award
    • Walter O'Malley



  • TSN Major League Player of the Year Award
    • Duke Snider



  • TSN National League Player of the Year Award
    • Duke Snider




All-Stars




  • 1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


    • Duke Snider starter


    • Roy Campanella reserve


    • Gil Hodges reserve


    • Don Newcombe reserve




  • TSN Major League All-Star Team

    • Don Newcombe

    • Roy Campanella

    • Duke Snider





League top five finishers


Roy Campanella


  • #4 in NL in batting average (.318)

Jim Gilliam



  • #5 in NL in runs scored (110)

  • #5 in NL in stolen bases (15)


Clem Labine


  • #3 in NL in saves (11)

Don Newcombe



  • #2 in NL in wins (20)

  • #2 in NL in ERA (3.20)

  • #2 in NL in complete games (17)

  • #5 in NL in strikeouts (143)


Ed Roebuck


  • #2 in NL in saves (12)

Duke Snider



  • MLB leader in RBI (136)

  • MLB leader in runs scored (126)

  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.418)

  • #2 in NL in slugging percentage (.628)

  • #3 in NL in doubles (34)

  • #3 in NL in bases on balls (104)

  • #4 in NL in home runs (42)



Farm system



































































































Level
 Team
 League
 Manager

AAA
Montreal Royals
International League
Greg Mulleavy

AAA
St. Paul Saints
American Association
Max Macon

AA
Ft. Worth Cats
Texas League
Tommy Holmes

AA
Mobile Bears
Southern Association
Clay Bryant

A
Elmira Pioneers
Eastern League
Ray Hathaway

A
Pueblo Dodgers
Western League
Goldie Holt

B
Asheville Tourists
Tri-State League
Earl Naylor

B
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League
Ray Perry

B
Newport News Dodgers
Piedmont League
George Scherger

C
Bakersfield Indians
California League
 Doc Alexson

C
Great Falls Electrics
Pioneer League
Lou Rochelli

D
Hornell Dodgers
Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League
Boyd Bartley

D
Shawnee Hawks
Sooner State League
Jack Banta

D
Thomasville Dodgers
Georgia–Florida League
Pete Reiser

D
Union City Dodgers
Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League
Joe Hauser


Notes





  1. ^ Ray Moore at Baseball-Reference


  2. ^ Billy Cox at Baseball-Reference


  3. ^ Erv Palica at Baseball-Reference


  4. ^ The Duke of Flatbush by Duke Snider and Bill Gilbert


  5. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com


  6. ^ Ron Negray at Baseball-Reference


  7. ^ Joe Black at Baseball-Reference


  8. ^ Glenn Cox at Baseball-Reference




References



  • Baseball-Reference season page

  • Baseball Almanac season page



External links



  • 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform

  • Brooklyn Dodgers reference site

  • Acme Dodgers page

  • Retrosheet


  • Hometown Piece for Messrs. Alston and Reese by Marianne Moore













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