1956 World Series

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1956 World Series

Team / Wins	Manager	Season
New York Yankees (4)	Casey Stengel	97-57, .630, GA: 9
Brooklyn Dodgers (3)	Walt Alston	93-61, .604, GA: 1

Dates:

October 3–October 10

MVP:

Don Larsen

Television:

NBC (Note: In 2006 it was announced that a nearly complete kinescope recording of the Game 5 telecast (featuring Larsen's perfect game) had been preserved and discovered by a collector.)

TV announcers:

Mel Allen and Vin Scully

Radio network:

Mutual

Radio announcers:

Bob Wolff and Bob Neal.

Umpires:

Babe Pinelli (NL), Hank Soar (AL), Dusty Boggess (NL), Larry Napp (AL), Tom Gorman (NL: outfield only), Ed Runge (AL: outfield only)

Future Hall of Famers:

Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Enos Slaughter.
Dodgers: Walt Alston (mgr.), Roy Campanella, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax (dnp), Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider

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The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers (representing the National League) during the month of October 1956. The Series was a rematch of the 1955 World Series. It was the last all-New York Series until 2000, due to the Dodgers and Giants relocating after the 1957 season).

The Yankees won the Series in seven games, 4 games to Brooklyn's 3, capturing their 17th championship. Brooklyn won games one and two, but New York pitchers threw five consecutive complete games (Games 3-7) to cap off the comeback. The highlight was Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5, the only no-hitter in the history of major league post-season play. Larsen was named the Series MVP for his achievement.

This was the last World Series to date not to have scheduled off days (although Game 2 was postponed a day due to rain).

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite Box
4 Series quotes
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Yankees - 3, Brooklyn Dodgers - 6	October 3	Ebbets Field	34,479^[1]
2	New York Yankees - 8, Brooklyn Dodgers - 13	October 5	Ebbets Field	36,217^[2]
3	Brooklyn Dodgers - 3, New York Yankees - 5	October 6	Yankee Stadium	73,977^[3]
4	Brooklyn Dodgers - 2, New York Yankees - 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,705^[4]
5	Brooklyn Dodgers - 0, New York Yankees - 2	October 8	Yankee Stadium	64,519^[5]
6	New York Yankees - 0, Brooklyn Dodgers - 1 (10 innings)	October 9	Ebbets Field	33,224^[6]
7	New York Yankees - 9, Brooklyn Dodgers - 0	October 10	Ebbets Field	33,782^[7]

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, October 3, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Brooklyn	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	6	9	0

WP: Sal Maglie (1-0) LP: Whitey Ford (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

[edit] Game 2

Friday, October 5, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	2
Brooklyn	0	6	1	2	2	0	0	2	X	13	12	0

WP: Don Bessent (1-0) LP: Tom Morgan (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Yogi Berra (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1)

[edit] Game 3

Saturday, October 6, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	1
New York	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	5	8	1

WP: Whitey Ford (1-1) LP: Roger Craig (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Enos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2)

[edit] Game 4

Sunday, October 7, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
New York	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	X	6	7	2

WP: Tom Sturdivant (1-0) LP: Carl Erskine (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Hank Bauer (1), Mickey Mantle (2)

[edit] Game 5

Monday, October 8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2	5	0

WP: Don Larsen (1-0) LP: Sal Maglie (1-1)
HRs: NYY – Mickey Mantle (3)

Larsen, working in an unusual style, without a windup, pitched the first and only post-season perfect game (also the only post-season no-hitter) in Game 5. Of several close moments, the best remembered is Gil Hodges' fifth-inning fly ball toward Yankee Stadium's "death valley" in left-center, snared by center fielder Mickey Mantle with a running catch.

A reporter asked Yankees manager Casey Stengel if this was the best game Larsen had ever pitched. Stengel diplomatically answered, "So far!" For Larsen, this was an especially satisfying performance, as he had acquired perhaps a better reputation as a night owl than as a pitcher. Stengel once said of Larsen, "The only thing he fears is sleep!"

Sports cartoonist Willard Mullin drew an illustration of a happy Larsen painting a canvas titled The Perfect Game, observed by Mullin's classic "Brooklyn Bum." Referencing the old saw "I don't know much about art but I know what I like," the disgusted-looking Bum came up with a variation: "I don't care if it is art—I don't like it!"

The perfect game set the record for most consecutive hitless innings in a World Series; the Brooklyn Dodgers failed to record a hit in 11 consecutive innings.

[edit] Game 6

Tuesday, October 9, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0

WP: Clem Labine (1-0) LP: Bob Turley (0-1)

[edit] Game 7

Wednesday, October 10, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	10	0
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

WP: Johnny Kucks (1-0) LP: Don Newcombe (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Yogi Berra 2 (3), Bill Skowron (1), Elston Howard (1)

[edit] Composite Box

1956 World Series (4-3): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York Yankees	6	6	2	6	0	5	6	1	1	0	33	58	6
Brooklyn Dodgers	0	9	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	25	42	2
Total Attendance: 345,903 Average Attendance: 49,415
Winning Player’s Share: – $8,715 Losing Player’s Share – $6,934^[8]

[edit] Series quotes

So far!

—Casey Stengel's response upon being asked by a seemingly dim-witted reporter whether his perfect game was the best game Larsen had ever pitched.

I'll guarantee that nobody, but nobody, has left his ballpark... and if anyone did manage to leave early, man, he's missin' ...the greatest! ... Two strikes and a ball... Mitchell, waiting, stands deep, feet close together... Larsen is ready, gets the sign... Two strikes, ball one, here comes the pitch... Strike three! A no-hitter, a perfect game for Don Larsen! Yogi runs up there, he leaps on Larsen and he's mobbed by his teammates! Listen to this crowd roar!

—Radio call by Bob Wolff, superstitiously avoiding saying "no-hitter" until it was a fait accompli.

[edit] Notes

^ 1956 World Series Game 1 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 2 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 3 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 4 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 5 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 6 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ 1956 World Series Game 7 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
^ World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

[edit] References

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 259-264)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2164. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. 1956 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

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