Oct 23, 2018 a game program was produced in anticipation of a 1946 world series matchup between the boston red sox and the brooklyn dodgers at ebbets field. Dodgers world series matchup has television executives across the country preemptively salivating it would be the countrys. On october 3, 1956 game 1 1956 world series sal maglie and the brooklyn dodgers defeat the yankees, 6 3. The brooklyn dodgers won 1 world seires title in 8 world series appearances. Three batters into the game, the yankees led 20 on a mickey mantle home run. In 1947, jackie robinson, a brooklyn dodger, desegregated major league baseball. The new york yankees are the heavy favorites for the american league after picking up gerrit cole and are entering the season with their players healthy. Based on the information above, we have to rule that the dodgers are most likely hoping to meet the yankees in the world series.
Yankees manager bucky harris won the series for the first time since managing the washington senators to their only title in 1924. Would yankees or astros be a better matchup for the dodgers. New york yankees 4 brooklyn dodgers 3 september 30 october 6, 1947. The dodgers were faced with falling into a 31 deficit in game 4, as they were being no hit by bill bevens with two outs in the 9th inning. New york yankees 3 at brooklyn dodgers 2, f a classic subway series, oldschool style. Welcome to s 1941 world series online information database where the new york yankees defeated the brooklyn dodgers to become the 1941 world series champions. The dodgers made it three straight in game 5, and again they made it look easy, topping the yankees 63. Eleven times the yankees and dodgers have met in the world series yankees vs. Would yankees or astros be a better matchup for the.
The brooklyn dodgers beat the new york yankees in the 1955 world series oct 01, 2015 9. New york yankees over brooklyn dodgers 43 statheads want to know. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. The brooklyn dodgers defeated the new york yankees and the box score is ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye. The 1947 world series matched the new york yankees against the brooklyn dodgers. Chicago film studios major league baseball productions major league baseball properties, inc. The yankees won their 16th title in 20 tries while the dodgers had then lost all seven of the world series in which they played but two years later that would change for the one and only time in brooklyn s history. The yankees won the series in seven games for their first title since 1943, and their eleventh world series championship in team history. Buy this officially licensed 1955 world series commemorative pin dodgers vs. For dem bums, however, 1955 proved to be a different. The dodgers would not need a nl tiebreaker, as they would win 94 games enroute to their 4th trip to the world series, to land in a second subway series match up against the new york yankees. The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on october 4, 1955 at yankee stadium. For the first time in world series history, a racially integrated tea.
See more ideas about dodgers, dodgers baseball and world series. Brooklyn struck back with a jackie robinson homer in the second inning and a threerun gil hodges shot in the third, then won behind sal maglies. Gil hodges and duke snider provided much of the offense with two and threerun homers, respectively. The yankees and the dodgers have faced each other 11 times in the world series, starting in 1941, when the dodgers still played in brooklyn. Coming into the 1941 world series, the yankees had won 11 pennants and brooklyn just two, one in 1916 and the other in 1920. Brooklyn reliever hugh casey broke off a nasty curveball to strike out yankee rightfielder tommy henrich for the apparent final out, but dodgers. It makes sense that these two powerhouses were rivals. Berra still maintained more than five decades later. Byron buxton minnesota twins bobblehead nothing falls but raindrops no box.
The dodgers made a huge splash last night when they acquired former al mvp mookie betts from the red sox in a monster trade the dodgers sent alex verdugo to boston and kenta maeda to the twins while receiving betts and david price along with cash. Courtesy of ievenlostmycat from san diego, ca, usa, via wikimedia commons. The 1941 world series matched the new york yankees against the brooklyn dodgers, with the yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall the name subway series arose for a world series played between two new york city teams. This is a weekend to dream on, a collision of two teams who happen to share an october history unlike any other. Dodgers is the most common matchup in world series history with new york holding an. In the 1952 subway series the new york yankees won the fourth of what would prove to be a record setting five world series championships in a row under casey stengel. The brooklyn dodgers beat the new york yankees in the 1955 world series. Each pin is individually numbered and measures at 1. The two teams have met 11 times in the world series. How many times have the dodgers been to the world series. Next 1949 the yankees pound the brooklyn dodgers, 10 6, to win the world series in five games. Pinch hitter and third baseman bobby brown is the hitting hero, batting. Leading the series 32, brooklyn rookie billy loes battled yankee veteran vic raschi zero for zero for.
We are still in the league division series phase of the playoffs. Based on the information above, we have to rule that the dodgers are most likely hoping to meet the yankees in. The phrase became a euphemism for a baseball season gone awry and nowhere did it receive greater play than in the 1940s and 1950s with the brooklyn dodgers and their longsuffering fans. They faced each other in the world series several times 41, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56 while both teams were in ny, and this was during a time when baseball was still a big deal and was truly the national pastime it has since been eclipsed by football. Dodgers is the most common matchup in world series history with new york holding an 83 series edge. Few teams looked forward to facing the dreaded new york yankees juggernauts of the 1950s. Yankees world series mentioned previously, the brooklyn robins lost in 1916 to the boston red sox, 4 games to 1, and in 1920 they lost to the cleveland indians, 5 games to 2.
Boston red sox 4, brooklyn robins 1 game 1red sox 6, robins 5 game 2red sox 2, robins 1 14. Chicago film studios major league baseball productions major league baseball properties, inc it was the new york yankees and brooklyn dodgers again, as both clubs dominated the competition on their way to winning their. We use professional grade, thick 235 gram, 100 year archival quality canvas. But have yet to meet since 1981 in which the dodgers came away victorious with a 42 series victory. Before that however, the 1921 world series between the giants and yankees. Brooklyn dodgers over new york yankees 43 are you a stathead. A game program was produced in anticipation of a 1946 world series matchup between the boston red sox and the brooklyn dodgers at ebbets field. The 1955 world series matched the brooklyn dodgers against the new york yankees, with the dodgers winning the series in seven games to capture their first. New york yankees world series ticket stubs full run lot of 7. Brooklyns robinson broke baseballs color barrier, hitting. New york yankees 4 at brooklyn dodgers 2, f gene woodling and mickey mantle homered, and billy martin made a gamesaving grab of an. Its the most any two teams have faced each other in the the history of the fall classic. The yankees won their 16th title in 20 tries while the dodgers had then lost all seven of the world series in which they played but two years later that would change for the one and only time in brooklyns history.
The rivalry between the yankees and brooklyn dodgers began when the teams first met in the 1941 world series. The loss was the yankees first since 1942 and their second since 1926, giving them a 152 series record. The yankees won their 4th consecutive title, tying the mark they set in 19361939 under manager joe mccarthy, and casey stengel became the second manager in major league history with 4 consecutive world series. The dodgers are a member club of the national league nl west division, and the yankees are a member club of the american league al east division.
We have compiled as much data as possible on the new york yankees 1941 world series victory but due to some of the difficulties in trying to find data on the older games. Obviously its yankees vs dodgers and its not even close. The brooklyn dodgers, for the first time in a halfdozen championship encounters with the intracity rival new york yankees, would go on to win the 55 world series six games later, triumphant at last. Sep 25, 2010 new york yankees 3 at brooklyn dodgers 2, f a classic subway series, oldschool style. The 1955 world series matched the brooklyn dodgers against the new york yankees, with the dodgers winning the series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. The dodgers are definitely going to be favorites of the national league, so is this the year since 1979 we see a. Game 1 1956 world series sal maglie and the brooklyn. Dodgers world series matchup has television executives across the country preemptively salivating it would be the countrys biggest markets on the national stage, featuring two. How many world series titles did the brooklyn dodgers win. This amazing piece is an enlarged replica of a 1962 san francisco giants world series program. Meanwhile, for the first time in the decade of the fifties the opponent of the bronx bombers was the brooklyn dodgers, who had just missed winning the national league pennants in.
Dodgers broadcaster vin scully said that although the dodgers won four world series titles in 10 years, he said that this championship was the biggest of those four because the ultimate was not only beating the yankees but sweeping them in four, but said that to new york fans it was still the old brooklyn dodgers and there was a lot of. Of the dodgers seven world series setbacks, the last five had come at the hands of the yankees. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Yankees and add it to your world series history commemorative pin set. However, this year, the bums from brooklyn won ten consecutive games to start the season, managed a 222 record in the first four weeks and cruised to the national league pennant with a. The 1952 world series featured the 3time defending champions new york yankees beating the brooklyn dodgers in seven games. Aug 23, 2019 eleven times the yankees and dodgers have met in the world series yankees vs. And brooklyn evened the series at two apiece with an 85 victory in game 4. New york yankees over brooklyn dodgers 41 statheads want to know. The brooklyn dodgers beat the new york yankees in the 1955. Brooklyn dodgers win first world series as next year finally arrives. The rivalry between the dodgers and yankees is one of the most wellknown rivalries in major league baseball. The 1947 world series was the first to involve an africanamerican player, jackie robinson. The yankees, conversely, ranked 18th, per baseball savant.
This world series history pin set has been development for years and is finally being released and will no doubt be the most popular sort after mlb pins on the planet. Aug 20, 2019 the brooklyn dodgers, for the first time in a halfdozen championship encounters with the intracity rival new york yankees, would go on to win the 55 world series six games later, triumphant at last. The dodgers are definitely going to be favorites of the national league, so is this the year since 1979 we see a yankees vs. The series was punctuated by the dodgers mickey owens dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball a. The brooklyn dodgers had already squared off against the yanks four times previously, between 1947 and 1953.