1956 World Series

1956 Major League Baseball championship series

Baseball championship series

1956 World Series

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New York Yankees (4)|  Casey Stengel|  97–57, .630, GA: 9
Brooklyn Dodgers (3)|  Walter Alston|  93–61, .604, GA: 1
Dates| October 3–10
Venue(s)| Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
Yankee Stadium (New York)
MVP| Don Larsen (New York)
Umpires| Babe Pinelli (NL), Hank Soar (AL), Dusty Boggess (NL), Larry Napp (AL), Tom Gorman (NL: outfield only), Ed Runge (AL: outfield only)
Hall of Famers| Yankees:
Casey Stengel (manager)
Yogi Berra
Whitey Ford
Mickey Mantle
Enos Slaughter
Dodgers:
Walt Alston (manager)
Roy Campanella
Don Drysdale
Gil Hodges
Sandy Koufax (DNP)
Pee Wee Reese
Jackie Robinson
Duke Snider
Broadcast
Television| NBC
TV announcers| Vin Scully and Mel Allen
Radio| Mutual
Radio announcers| Bob Wolff and Bob Neal
| ← 1955 | World Series | 1957 →

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The 1956 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1956 season. The 53rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion and defending World Series champion Brooklyn Dodgers. A rematch of the 1955 series, it was also the final Subway Series in the Fall Classic until 44 years later in 2000, as the Dodgers and the New York Giants moved to California following the 1957 season.

The Yankees won the series in seven games, capturing their 17th championship. Brooklyn won Games 1 and 2, 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, during which he struck out seven batters. Despite his shaky start in Game 2, in which he allowed four unearned runs off one hit, Larsen was named the Series MVP for his perfect game. The Dodgers scored 19 runs in the first two games, but only six in the remaining five games, with just one in the final three games.

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

As of March 2020, four original television broadcasts from this series (Game 2 partial, Games 3 and 5 complete, Game 7 partial) had been released on DVD.[1]

## Summary

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1956 World Series program featuring Casey Stengel and Walter Alston

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

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1 | October 3 | New York Yankees – 3, Brooklyn Dodgers – 6 | Ebbets Field | 2:32 | 34,479[2]
2 | October 5† | New York Yankees – 8, Brooklyn Dodgers – 13 | Ebbets Field | 3:26 | 36,217[3]
3 | October 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers – 3, New York Yankees – 5 | Yankee Stadium | 2:17 | 73,977[4]
4 | October 7 | Brooklyn Dodgers – 2, New York Yankees – 6 | Yankee Stadium | 2:43 | 69,705[5]
5 | October 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers – 0, New York Yankees – 2 | Yankee Stadium | 2:06 | 64,519[6]
6 | October 9 | New York Yankees – 0, Brooklyn Dodgers – 1 (10) | Ebbets Field | 2:37 | 33,224[7]
7 | October 10 | New York Yankees – 9, Brooklyn Dodgers – 0 | Ebbets Field | 2:19 | 33,782[8]

†: postponed from October 4 due to rain

## Matchups

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### Game 1

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Gil Hodges October 3, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
NYY: Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1)
BRO: Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

Three batters into the game, the Yankees led 2–0 on a Mickey Mantle home run. Brooklyn struck back with a Jackie Robinson homer in the second inning and a three-run Gil Hodges shot in the third, then won behind Sal Maglie's complete game.

### Game 2

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Duke Snider October 5, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
NYY: Yogi Berra (1)
BRO: Duke Snider (1)

Neither starting pitcher survived the second inning, Don Newcombe giving up a Yogi Berra grand slam, and Don Larsen giving up four unearned runs. Little-known pitcher Don Bessent worked the final seven innings for the win.

Game 2 set a number of peculiar records in World Series history, which are either matched or comparable with similar World Series records and performances, in limited instances:

* Game 2 is the first of three World Series games in history in which a grand slam-hitting team failed to win the game. The 1988 Oakland Athletics would produce a grand slam in Game 1, lose that game, and furthermore lose that series. The 2021 Atlanta Braves benefited from a first-inning grand slam in Game 5 but lost the game; the Braves recovered to clinch the series in six games.
* The number of Yankee runs put up in the game, eight, is the largest number of runs accumulated in a World Series game, by a team which lost the game, yet went on to win the series. This record is shared in common only with Game 3 of 1947, also a Yankee/Dodgers series.
* The combined run count of both teams in the game (21) was the most since Game 2 of the 1936 Series, in which the Yankees and Giants combined for 22. Both were not eclipsed until Game 4 of the 1993 Series.

### Game 3

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Enos Slaughter October 6, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
BRO: None
NYY: Billy Martin (2), Enos Slaughter (1)

Whitey Ford pitched a complete game, scattering eight hits, and got the support he needed from an Enos Slaughter three-run homer in the sixth that gave the Yankees a 4–2 lead; they never trailed in the game afterwards.

### Game 4

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Hank Bauer October 7, 1956 2:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
BRO: None
NYY: Mickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1)

Hank Bauer's two-run homer in the seventh off Don Drysdale, pitching in relief, put the game away for the Yankees, who got a complete-game six-hitter from Tom Sturdivant. Mantle hit a home run off Ed Roebuck in the previous inning.

### Game 5

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Main article: Don Larsen's perfect game

Don Larsen October 8, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
BRO: None
NYY: Mickey Mantle (3)

In Game 5, Don Larsen, displaying an unusual "no-windup" style and "working the curveball beautifully",[9] pitched the only postseason perfect game, and the only World Series no-hitter until 2022. While striking out seven Dodgers, Larsen had only one at-bat reach a three-ball count (against Pee Wee Reese, in the first inning).

Of several close moments, the best remembered is Gil Hodges' fifth-inning line drive toward Yankee Stadium's famed "Death Valley" in left-center, snared by center fielder Mickey Mantle with a spectacular running catch. In addition to that, Yankees fielders had to record three more lineouts, and shortstop Gil McDougald had to make a play on a ball that caromed off third baseman Andy Carey’s glove.

Brooklyn's Sal Maglie gave up only two runs on five hits and was perfect himself until a fourth-inning home run by Mantle broke the scoreless tie. The Yankees added an insurance run in the sixth as Hank Bauer's single scored Carey, who had opened the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second by Larsen.

The final out of the game came on a called third strike against Dale Mitchell and generated one of the most iconic images in sports history, when catcher Yogi Berra leaped into Larsen's arms.

When a reporter asked Yankees manager Casey Stengel afterward if this was the best game Larsen had ever pitched, Stengel diplomatically answered, "So far!" For Larsen, it 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!" Larsen's perfect game was also the last game that umpire Babe Pinelli called behind the plate.[10]

Sports cartoonist Willard Mullin drew an illustration of a happy Larsen painting a canvas titled The Master Piece, observed by a group of fawning art critics and 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: "It may be art...but I don't like it!"[11]

Brooklyn starter Sal Maglie appeared on the game show What's My Line? the night before the game, with former Yankee Phil Rizzuto as one of the panel members.[12][13]

### Game 6

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Jackie Robinson October 9, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E

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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)

In a 10-inning scoreless pitching duel with both starters going all the way, Jackie Robinson's walk-off single to left in the bottom of the 10th won the game for Clem Labine and kept the Dodgers' championship hopes alive. Tough-luck loser Bob Turley gave up a 10th-inning walk to Jim Gilliam, a sacrifice bunt by Pee Wee Reese and intentional pass to Duke Snider before the decisive hit. Game 6 is one of only three games in World Series history to be scoreless through nine innings, the others being Game 2 in 1913 and Game 7 in 1991.

### Game 7

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Yogi Berra October 10, 1956 1:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
Home runs:
NYY: Yogi Berra 2 (3), Elston Howard (1), Bill Skowron (1)
BRO: None

Yogi Berra's two homers led New York to an unexpectedly easy 9–0 title-clinching victory. Yankee pitcher Johnny Kucks struck out Jackie Robinson to end the Series. It would be Robinson's final at-bat, as he retired at the season's end.

After belting the Yankee pitching staff for 19 runs and 21 hits in the first two games, the Dodger bats went silent in the next five games, scoring only six runs on 21 hits, batting only .142 (21–for–148). New York outscored Brooklyn 22–6 in Games 3–7, the Yankees winning their 17th World Series.

## Composite line score

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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

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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[14]

## Broadcasting

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NBC televised the Series, with announcers Mel Allen (for the Yankees) and Vin Scully (for the Dodgers). In 2006, it was announced that a nearly-complete kinescope recording of the Game 5 telecast (featuring Larsen's perfect game) had been discovered by a collector. That kinescope recording aired during the MLB Network's inaugural night on the air on January 1, 2009, supplemented with interviews of both Larsen and Yogi Berra by Bob Costas.[15] The first inning of the telecast is still considered lost and was not aired by the MLB Network or included in a subsequent DVD release of the game.

The Mutual network aired the Series on radio, with Bob Wolff and Bob Neal announcing. This was the final World Series broadcast for Mutual, which had covered the event since 1935; NBC's radio network would gain exclusive national rights to baseball the following season.

## Notes

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1. ^ "Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events". www.raresportsfilms.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
2. ^ "1956 World Series Game 1 – New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ^ "1956 World Series Game 2 – New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ^ "1956 World Series Game 3 – Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
5. ^ "1956 World Series Game 4 – Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
6. ^ "1956 World Series Game 5 – Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
7. ^ "1956 World Series Game 6 – New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
8. ^ "1956 World Series Game 7 – New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
9. ^ Comment made by Bob Neal during the game broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System
10. ^ Nemec, David; Flatow, Scott (April 2008). Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures (2008 ed.). New York: Penguin Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0.
11. ^ Lukas, Paul (September 10, 2013). "Uni Watch Book Club: 'Willard Mullin's Golden Age of Baseball'". Uni Watch. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
12. ^ "Sal Maglie; Ann Miller; Phil Rizutto [panel]". What's My Line?. Episode 331. October 7, 1956. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
13. ^ "What's My Line? (1950-67 Daly)". Kent's Game Show Trading Page. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
14. ^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
15. ^ Sandomir, Richard (January 1, 2009). "Fans who can't get enough get more". The New York Times.

## See also

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* 1956 Japan Series
* 1956 Global World Series

## References

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* Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, David S. (1990). The World Series: Complete Play-By-Play of Every Game, 1903–1989. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 259–264\. ISBN 0-312-03960-3.
* Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). Macmillan Publishing. p. 2164\. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.

## External links

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* 1956 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com
* 1956 World Series at Baseball Almanac
* 1956 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
* The 1956 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
* History of the World Series - 1956 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006.
* Kodak Presents – Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Don Larson's Perfect Game Archived April 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
* The Deadball Era Audio – Jackie Robinson drives in the winning run in Game 6
* The Deadball Era Audio – Final Out of Don Larson's Perfect Game

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23 Tommy Byrne
28 Tom Morgan
29 Charlie Silvera
30 Rip Coleman
32 Elston Howard
36 Norm Siebern
39 George Wilson
41 Bob Cerv
42 Jerry Coleman
47 Tom Sturdivant
53 Johnny Kucks
55 Bob Grim

Manager
37 Casey Stengel

Coaches
2 Frankie Crosetti
31 Jim Turner
33 Bill Dickey

Regular season
Dodgers–Yankees rivalry
Subway Series

* v
* t
* e

New York Yankees

* Established in 1903
* Formerly the New York Highlanders
* Based in The Bronx, New York

Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards
* Players
* Managers
* Coaches
* Owners and executives
* Broadcasters
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* Team captains
* Members of the Hall of Fame
* First-round picks
* YES Network

Ballparks|

* Hilltop Park
* Polo Grounds
* Yankee Stadium (opened 1923)
* Events
* Shea Stadium
* Yankee Stadium (opened 2009)
* Spring training: Bolton Street Park
* Whittington Park
* West End Park
* Barrs Field
* Bader Field
* Al Lang Stadium
* Fort Lauderdale Stadium
* George M. Steinbrenner Field

Culture|

* Monument Park
* Museum
* Old-Timers' Day
* Bleacher Creatures
* Yankees Universe
* Eddie Layton
* Jim Hall
* Logos and uniforms
* Appearance policy
* "Holy Cow!"
* Robert Merrill
* John Sterling
* Ronan Tynan
* "Here Come the Yankees"
* "New York, New York"
* "God Bless America"
* The Pride of the Yankees
* The Babe Ruth Story
* Damn Yankees
* musical
* 1958 film
* 1967 film
* The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
* Safe at Home!
* Babe Ruth
* The Babe
* 61*
* The Bronx is Burning
* Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning
* The Bronx Is Burning
* The Big Fella
* The Bronx Zoo
* The Last Boy
* Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
* The Scout
* Bronx Bombers
* Everyone's Hero
* Four Days in October
* Henry & Me
* The Captain
* It Ain't Over
* Ed Lucas
* Gene Monahan
* Dandy
* Freddy Sez
* George Costanza
* Paul Olden
* Yankee Stadium Legacy
* Yankees HOPE Week
* Yankeeography
* Yankees Classics

Lore|

* Curse of the Bambino
* Johnny Sylvester
* Murderers' Row
* Babe Ruth's called shot
* Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak
* Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
* M&M Boys
* Harmonica Incident
* 1978 AL East tie-breaker game
* Pine Tar Incident
* 1995 ALDS Game 5
* Jeffrey Maier
* The Yankee Years
* Core Four
* Perfect games
* Don Larsen
* David Wells
* David Cone
* Domingo Germán
* 2019 MLB London Series
* MLB at Field of Dreams

Rivalries|

* Boston Red Sox
* Subway Series
* New York Mets
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Francisco Giants

Key personnel|

* Owners: Yankee Global Enterprises
* Hal Steinbrenner
* General Manager: Brian Cashman
* Manager: Aaron Boone

Championships (27)|

* 1923
* 1927
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1941
* 1943
* 1947
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1956
* 1958
* 1961
* 1962
* 1977
* 1978
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2009

American League
Pennants (41)|

* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1947
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1981
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2003
* 2009
* 2024

Division titles (21)|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1980
* 1981
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2009
* 2011
* 2012
* 2019
* 2022
* 2024

Wild Card titles (7)|

* 1995
* 1997
* 2007
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2021

Minors|

* Triple-A
* Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
* Double-A
* Somerset Patriots
* High-A
* Hudson Valley Renegades
* Single-A
* Tampa Tarpons
* Rookie
* FCL Yankees
* DSL Yankees

Seasons (125)

1900s|

* 1900·1901·1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* v
* t
* e

Los Angeles Dodgers

* Established in 1884
* Formerly the Brooklyn Robins and the Brooklyn Dodgers
* Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise|

* History
* in Brooklyn
* Seasons
* Award winners
* Records
* No-hitters
* Players
* First-round draft picks
* Managers
* Owners and executives
* Coaches
* Broadcasters
* Radio network
* SportsNet LA
* Hall of Famers
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Washington Park
* Eastern Park
* Ridgewood Park
* Washington Park
* Ebbets Field
* Roosevelt Stadium
* Proposed domed stadium
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Dodger Stadium
* Spring training:
* Latta Park Baseball Field
* Whittington Park
* Majestic Park
* Barrs Field
* Tinker Field
* Clearwater Athletic Field
* City Island Ball Park
* Gran Stadium de La Habana
* Miami Stadium
* Payne Park
* Holman Stadium
* Camelback Ranch

Culture|

* Dodger Dog
* The Boys of Summer
* Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush
* Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
* The Last Innocents
* Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
* "I Love L.A."
* It's Good to Be Alive
* "Kernkraft 400"
* The First
* Battle of Chavez Ravine
* Chavez Ravine
* Dodger blue
* Roy Campanella Award
* Historic Dodgertown
* SportsNet LA
* KLAC
* 2011 team ownership dispute
* It Happened in Flatbush
* The Jackie Robinson Story
* 42
* Dodgers infield
* The Sound of the Dodgers

| Notable figures|

* Nancy Bea Hefley
* Hilda Chester
* Gladys Goodding
* Nobe Kawano
* Robert Mitchell
* Allan Roth
* Dieter Ruehle

|

Lore|

* Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
* Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Boston Braves 1 (26 innings)
* Tri-Cornered Baseball Game
* "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
* 1955 World Series
* Relocation to Los Angeles
* "Battle of Candlestick"
* Sandy Koufax's perfect game
* Koufax–Drysdale holdout
* Fernandomania
* Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run
* Orel Hershiser's scoreless innings streak
* MLB China Series
* MLB Tokyo Series 2025
* NL tie-breaker games/series
* 1946 NL tie-breaker series
* 1951 NL tie-breaker series
* 1959 NL tie-breaker series
* 1962 NL tie-breaker series
* 1980 NL West tie-breaker game
* 2018 NL West tie-breaker game

Rivalries|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Los Angeles Angels
* New York Yankees
* Subway Series (historically)
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants
* St. Louis Cardinals

Key personnel|

* Owner: Guggenheim Baseball Management
* President: Stan Kasten
* President of Baseball Operations: Andrew Friedman
* General Manager: Brandon Gomes
* Manager: Dave Roberts

World Series
Championships (8)|

* 1955
* 1959
* 1963
* 1965
* 1981
* 1988
* 2020
* 2024

League pennants
(26)|

* American Association: 1889
* National League: 1890
* 1899
* 1900
* 1916
* 1920
* 1941
* 1947
* 1949
* 1952
* 1953
* 1955
* 1956
* 1959
* 1963
* 1965
* 1966
* 1974
* 1977
* 1978
* 1981
* 1988
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2024

Division titles (22)|

* 1974
* 1977
* 1978
* 1981 (first half)
* 1983
* 1985
* 1988
* 1995
* 2004
* 2008
* 2009
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Wild card berths (3)|

* 1996
* 2006
* 2021

Minor league affiliates|

* Triple-A: Oklahoma City Comets
* Double-A: Tulsa Drillers
* High-A: Great Lakes Loons
* Single-A: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
* Rookie: Arizona Complex League Dodgers
* Dominican Summer League Dodgers
* Minor League Rosters

Seasons (142)

1880s|

* 1880 · 1881 · 1882 ·  1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889

1890s|

* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

1900s|

* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* v
* t
* e

Subway Series

Teams|

| American Association|

* Brooklyn Bridegrooms

|

American League|

* New York Yankees

National League|

* Brooklyn Dodgers
* New York Giants
* New York Mets

Stadiums|

| Dodgers|

* Ebbets Field

|

Giants|

* Polo Grounds

Mets|

* Shea Stadium
* Citi Field

Yankees|

* Yankee Stadium (I)
* Yankee Stadium (II)

Rivalries|

* Dodgers–Giants
* Giants–Yankees
* Dodgers–Yankees
* Mets–Yankees

World Series|

| Bridegrooms–Giants|

* 1889

|

Giants–Yankees|

* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1936
* 1937
* 1951

Dodgers–Yankees|

* 1941
* 1947
* 1949
* 1952
* 1953
* 1955
* 1956

Mets–Yankees|

* 2000

Histories|

* Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Dodgers
* New York Giants
* New York Mets
* New York Yankees

Related articles|

* Interleague play
* New York City Subway
* Major League Baseball rivalries

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