1955 World Series

1955 World Series
1955 World Series
Dates	September 28–October 4
Venue	Yankee Stadium (New York); Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
MVP	Johnny Podres (Brooklyn)
Umpires	Bill Summers (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Frank Dascoli (NL), Red Flaherty (AL: outfield only), Augie Donatelli (NL: outfield only)
Hall of Famers	Dodgers: ; Walt Alston (manager); Roy Campanella; Gil Hodges; Sandy Koufax (DNP); Pee Wee Reese; Jackie Robinson; Duke Snider; Yankees:; Casey Stengel (manager); Yogi Berra; Whitey Ford; Mickey Mantle; Phil Rizzuto
Broadcast
Television	NBC. This was the first World Series televised in color[citation needed].
TV announcers	Mel Allen and Vin Scully
Radio	Mutual
Radio announcers	Bob Neal and Al Helfer

The 1955 World Series was the championship series to conclude the 1955 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The Series matched the National League (NL) pennant winner Brooklyn Dodgers against the American League (AL) pennant winner New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won while based in Brooklyn, as the team relocated to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. This was the fifth time in nine years that the Yankees and the Dodgers met in the World Series, with the Yankees having won in 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953; the Yankees would also win in the 1956 rematch.

This Series also marked the end of a long period of invulnerability for the Yankees in the World Series. It was the Yankees' first loss in a World Series since 1942 and only their second since 1926. While the Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances during that time, they would lose again in 1957, 1960, 1963, and 1964, for a record of 4–5 in World Series over the next decade.