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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.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Tigers rallied from a 3–1 deficit to win the series. First Game 7 loss by the Cardinals in the World Series. 1971 [31] Pittsburgh Pirates: Baltimore Orioles: 2–1: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore: The home team won all games of the series, except for Game 7. 1972 [32] Oakland Athletics: Cincinnati Reds: 3–2: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
The 1955 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1955. The regular season ended on September 25, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 52nd World Series on September 28 and ended with Game 7 on ...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, ESPN will launch multi-month programming next week to The post ESPN plans video series to commemorate ...
Robinson, then 36 years old, [184] missed 49 games and did not play in Game 7 of the World Series. [171] He missed the game because manager Walter Alston decided to play Gilliam at second and Don Hoak at third base. That season, the Dodgers' Don Newcombe became the first black major league pitcher to win twenty games in a year. [185]
The team went on to win six pennants during Robinson's 10 years and in 1955 they won the World Series. Robinson retired from baseball just two years later and became the first African American to ...
Jackie Robinson prepares to throw out the first ball at the second game of the World Series in Cincinnati on Oct. 15, 1972, his last public appearance. To his right is Baseball Commissioner Bowie ...