1949 World Series

1949 World Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
New York Yankees (4) Casey Stengel 97–57, .630, GA: 1
Brooklyn Dodgers (1) Burt Shotton 97–57, .630, GA: 1
DatesOctober 5–9
VenueYankee Stadium (New York)
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
UmpiresCal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Art Passarella (AL), Lou Jorda (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL: outfield only), George Barr (NL: outfield only)
Hall of FamersUmpire:
Cal Hubbard
Yankees:
Casey Stengel (mgr.)
Yogi Berra
Joe DiMaggio
Johnny Mize
Phil Rizzuto
Dodgers:
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Duke Snider
Pee Wee Reese
Jackie Robinson
Broadcast
TelevisionNBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont
TV announcersJim Britt
RadioMutual
Radio announcersMel Allen and Red Barber
← 1948 World Series 1950 →

The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the 12th championship in team history. This victory would start a record run of five straight 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.

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

With improvements in the then-infant television medium, the broadcast of the World Series could now be seen east of the Mississippi River.[1] For the second consecutive season, the games were open to any channel with an affiliation with one of the national broadcast networks: NBC, CBS, ABC, or DuMont.[2]

  1. ^ Buttefield, C.E. (September 19, 1949). "World Series Via Video Destined for 45 Stations". The St. Petersburg Independent. Associated Press. p. 8.
  2. ^ Drebinger, John (October 5, 1949). "Reynolds to Face Newcombe (Maybe) in Opener of Series Today". The New York Times. p. 38.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search