1956 World Series
The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees of the American League and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League in October 1956. The series was a rematch of the 1955 World Series. It was 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. Additionally, it was the last time a New York City team represented the National League in a World Series until 1969, when the New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles in five games.
| 1956 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3–10 | |||||||||
| Venue | 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 | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Vin Scully and Mel Allen | |||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Wolff and Bob Neal | |||||||||
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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. Larsen was named the Series MVP for his achievement. 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.