$Unique_ID{BAS00119} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1949} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1949 New York Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1949 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 1 GAME 1 AT NY OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- BRO 000 000 000 0 2 0 NY 000 000 001 1 5 1 Pitchers: NEWCOMBE vs REYNOLDS Home Runs: Henrich-NY Attendance: 66,224 GAME 2 AT NY OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- BRO 010 000 000 1 7 2 NY 000 000 000 0 6 1 Pitchers: ROE vs RASCHI Attendance: 70,053 GAME 3 AT BRO OCT 7 ---------------------------------------- NY 001 000 003 4 5 0 BRO 000 100 002 3 5 0 Pitchers: Byrne, PAGE (4) vs BRANCA, Banta (9) Home Runs: Reese-BRO, Olmo-BRO, Campanella-BRO Attendance: 32,788 GAME 4 AT BRO OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- NY 000 330 000 6 10 0 BRO 000 004 000 4 9 1 Pitchers: LOPAT, Reynolds (6) VS NEWCOMBE, Hatten (4), Erskine (6), Banta (7) Attendance: 33,934 GAME 5 AT BRO OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- NY 203 113 000 10 11 1 BRO 001 001 400 6 11 2 Pitchers: RASCHI, Page (7) vs BARNEY, Banta (3), Erskine (6), Hatten (6), Palica (7), Minner (9) Home Runs: DiMaggio-NY, Hodges-BRO Attendance: 33,711 Casey Stengel, in the first of his twelve years as Yankee manager, edged his team past the Boston Red Sox for his first of ten American League pennants, then past the Dodgers for his first of seven world championships. New York and Brooklyn traded 1-0 wins to begin the Series. In Game One Yankee Allie Reynolds dueled Dodger rookie Don Newcombe scorelessly through 8 1/2 innings--until Tommy Henrich led off the last of the ninth with a Yankee home run. Dodger Jackie Robinson scored after doubling off Vic Raschi in the second inning of Game Two for that game's only score, while Dodger ace Preacher Roe permitted the Yankees just six scattered hits--never more than one per inning. The teams entered the ninth inning of Game Three tied 1-1. But in the top of the ninth, Dodger starter Ralph Branca, after loading the bases on two walks and a single, gave up another single to pinch hitter Johnny Mize for two runs. Jerry Coleman's single off reliever Jack Banta drove in another run before the third out was made. In the last of the ninth, Yankee fireman Joe Page (who had held Brooklyn scoreless since coming on with the bases loaded in the fourth) finally weakened. But after yielding solo homers to Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella, he struck out pinch hitter Bruce Edwards for New York's second win. The Yankees' victory in Game Four came a little easier. They scored first, driving out starter Don Newcombe with three runs in the fourth, and rapping reliever Joe Hatten for three more runs an inning later. Brooklyn retaliated in the sixth, sending Yankee starter Ed Lopat to the showers with seven singles for four runs. But Allie Reynolds came on for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit relief to preserve the Yankees lead--and his Series 0.00 earned run average. After four closely contested games, the Yankees erupted in Game Five for ten runs in the first six innings as Brooklyn was held to just two. In the last of the seventh, the Dodgers came back, driving out starter Vic Raschi with a four-run rally, capped by Gil Hodges' three-run homer. But Joe Page came on to get the final out of the seventh, and held the Dodgers scoreless over the final two innings to bring the Yankees' world titles to an even dozen. NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hank Bauer, of .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yogi Berra, c .063 4 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Bobby Brown, 3b-3 .500 4 12 4 6 1 2 0 5 2 2 0 Tommy Byrne, p 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Coleman, 2b .250 5 20 0 5 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 Joe Di Maggio, of .111 5 18 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 Tommy Henrich, 1b .263 5 19 4 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 Billy Johnson, 3b .143 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Johnny Lindell, of .143 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ed Lopat, p .333 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cliff Mapes, of .100 4 10 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 Johnny Mize, ph 1.000 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Gus Niarhos, c .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Page, p .000 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Vic Raschi, p .200 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Allie Reynolds, p .500 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Phil Rizzuto, ss .167 5 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 Charlie Silvera, c .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Snuffy Stirnweiss, ph .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Woodling, of .400 3 10 4 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 TOTAL .226 164 21 37 10 2 2 20 18 27 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tommy Byrne 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 2 1 Ed Lopat 1 0 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 9 4 1 4 Joe Page 1 0 2.00 3 0 0 1 0 9.0 6 2 3 8 Vic Raschi 1 1 4.30 2 2 0 0 0 14.2 15 7 5 11 Allie Reynolds 1 0 0.00 2 1 1 1 1 12.1 2 0 4 14 TOTAL 4 1 2.80 9 5 1 2 1 45.0 34 14 15 38 BRO (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Banta, p .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rex Barney, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Branca, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Tommy Brown, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Roy Campanella, c .267 5 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 Billy Cox, 3b-1 .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bruce Edwards, ph .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carl Erskine, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Furillo, of-2 .125 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Hatten, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Hermanski, of .308 4 13 1 4 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 Gil Hodges, 1b .235 5 17 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 Spider Jorgensen, 3b-3 .182 4 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Mike Mc Cormick, of .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Miksis, 3b-2 .286 3 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Paul Minner, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Don Newcombe, p .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Luis Olmo, of .273 4 11 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 Erv Palica, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marv Rackley, of .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Pee Wee Reese, ss .316 5 19 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 Jackie Robinson, 2b .188 5 16 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 Preacher Roe, p .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Duke Snider, of .143 5 21 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 Dick Whitman, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL .210 162 14 34 7 1 4 14 15 38 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Banta 0 0 3.18 3 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 1 4 Rex Barney 0 1 16.88 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 5 6 2 Ralph Branca 0 1 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 4 4 4 6 Carl Erskine 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 1 0 Joe Hatten 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 3 2 0 Paul Minner 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 Don Newcombe 0 2 3.09 2 2 1 0 0 11.2 10 4 3 11 Erv Palica 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 Preacher Roe 1 0 0.00 1 1 1 0 1 9.0 6 0 0 3 TOTAL 1 4 4.30 14 5 2 0 1 44.0 37 21 18 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------