1949 World Series

Team (Wins) Manager Season New York Yankees (4) Casey Stengel 97–57, .630, GA: 1 Brooklyn Dodgers (1) Burt Shotton 97–57, .630, GA: 1
Dates:	October 5–9
Television:	NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont
TV announcers:	Jim Britt
Radio:	Mutual
Radio announcers:	Mel Allen and Red Barber
Umpires:	Cal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Art Passarella (AL), Lou Jorda (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL: outfield only), George Barr (NL: outfield only)
Hall of Famers:	Umpire: Cal Hubbard Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizzuto Dodgers: Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson
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The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the twelfth championship in team history. This victory would start a record run of five consecutive World Series championships by the Yankees, and was also the first of 14 AL pennants in 16 years (1949–1964 except for 1954 and 1959) for the Yankees.

History was made in the ninth inning of Game 5, when the Ebbets Field lights were turned on, making it the first World Series game finished under artificial lights. The first scheduled Series night game would not be held until 1971.

Both teams finished the regular season with exactly the same records and winning their respective leagues by exactly one game.

Summary[edit]

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)

Matchups[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Wednesday, October 5, 1949 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York

Don Newcombe of the Dodgers threw a complete game, five-hitter allowing only one run in a 1–0 losing effort. He struck out eleven Yankees during that game to tie the record for most strikeouts during a World Series game by a losing pitcher. Tommy Henrich led the bottom of the ninth tagging Newcombe for a walk-off homer to win the game.

Game 2[edit]

Thursday, October 6, 1949 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York

Preacher Roe pitched a six-hit shutout, getting the only run he needed early when Jackie Robinson doubled and Gil Hodges singled. Yankee Stadium came alive in the ninth with Joe DiMaggio's leadoff hit, but Roe retired the next three Yankees for the win, the second straight 1-0 result of the Series.

Game 3[edit]

Friday, October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

A wild ninth inning ended with Joe Page the winning pitcher, even though he gave up two homers in the inning. The game had stood 1-1 until the ninth, when Johnny Mize delivered a two-run pinch single. Brooklyn starter Ralph Branca was then replaced by Jack Banta, who gave up an RBI hit to Jerry Coleman that made it 4-1. It seemed safe until Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella both homered in the bottom of the ninth, but Page hung on for the win after 5.2 innings of relief.

Game 4[edit]

Saturday, October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Cliff Mapes broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a two-run double. Yankee pitcher Eddie Lopat aided his own cause with an RBI double, and the advantage ballooned to 6-0 after a bases-loaded Bobby Brown triple scored three more in the fifth. A seven-single inning chased Lopat and cheered Ebbets Field's fans in the sixth, bringing the Dodgers back to within 6-4. After that, though, Allie Reynolds held the home team scoreless and hitless.

Game 5[edit]

Sunday, October 9, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

A shaky start by Rex Barney, including two walks and an error on a pickoff play, proved costly for Brooklyn. He was lifted in the third after a Jerry Coleman two-run single, and the Yankees padded their lead with a Joe DiMaggio homer in the fourth and a Bobby Brown two-run triple in the sixth. It was 10-2 by then, so Gil Hodges's three-run homer for the Dodgers in the seventh was too little, too late.

Composite box[edit]

1949 World Series (4–1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• 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. 225–229. ISBN 0-312-03960-3. 
• Reichler, Joseph (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). Macmillan Publishing. p. 2157. ISBN 0-02-579010-2. 

External links[edit]

• 1949 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1949 World Series at Baseball Almanac
• 1949 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• The 1949 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
• History of the World Series - 1949 at The SportingNews. Archived from the original on 2008.
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 1
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 2
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 3
• Audio: Game 3 radio broadcast, part 4

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