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1956 World Series (4-3): New York Yankees (97-57) over Brooklyn Dodgers (93-61)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1956 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  9  1
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  2  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     6  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Kucks (4), Morgan (6), Turley (8)
              BRO - Maglie

               WP - Sal Maglie
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle, Martin
              BRO - Hodges, Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 34,479

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1956 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  5  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     8 12  2
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  6  1    2  2  0    0  2  x    13 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Larsen, Kucks (2), Byrne (2), Sturdivant (3), Morgan (3), Turley (5), McDermott (6)
              BRO - Newcombe, Roebuck (2), Bessent (3)

               WP - Don Bessent
	       LP - Tom Morgan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra
              BRO - Snider

  ATTENDANCE: 36,217

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1956 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  0     3  8  1
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  3    0  1  x     5  8  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Craig, Labine (7)
              NYY - Ford

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Roger Craig
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Martin, Slaughter

  ATTENDANCE: 73,977

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1956 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     2  6  0
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    2  0  1    2  0  x     6  7  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Erskine, Roebuck (5), Drysdale (7)
              NYY - Sturdivant

               WP - Tom Sturdivant
	       LP - Carl Erskine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Bauer, Mantle

  ATTENDANCE: 69,705

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1956 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  0  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Maglie
              NYY - Larsen

               WP - Don Larsen
	       LP - Sal Maglie
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Mantle

  ATTENDANCE: 64,519

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1956 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     0  7  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1     1  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Turley
              BRO - Labine

               WP - Clem Labine
	       LP - Bob Turley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,224

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1956 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  2    1  0  0    4  0  0     9 10  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Kucks
              BRO - Newcombe, Bessent (4), Craig (7), Roebuck (7), Erskine (9)

               WP - Johnny Kucks
	       LP - Don Newcombe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Berra (2), Howard, Skowron
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,782

Series MVP - Don Larsen

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hank Bauer          7  32  3  9  0  0  1   3  0  5  .281  .281  .375  1 | 539 130 26  .241  .761   4
*Yogi Berra          7  25  5  9  2  0  3  10  4  1  .360  .448  .800  0 | 521 155 30  .298  .912   3
*Tommy Byrne         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  52  14  3  .269  .796   0
 Andy Carey          7  19  2  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  .158  .200  .158  0 | 422 100  7  .237  .649   9
 Bob Cerv            1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 115  35  3  .304  .926   0
 Jerry Coleman       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 183  47  0  .257  .600   1
*Joe Collins         6  21  2  5  2  0  0   2  2  3  .238  .304  .333  0 | 262  59  7  .225  .660   3
*Whitey Ford         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  78  17  0  .218  .543   0
 Elston Howard       1   5  1  2  1  0  1   1  0  0  .400  .400 1.200  0 | 290  76  5  .262  .674   0
 Johnny Kucks        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  77  11  0  .143  .380   0
 Don Larsen          2   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  79  19  2  .241  .674   0
#Mickey Mantle       7  24  6  6  1  0  3   4  6  5  .250  .400  .667  1 | 533 188 52  .353 1.169  10
 Billy Martin        7  27  5  8  0  0  2   3  1  6  .296  .321  .519  0 | 458 121  9  .264  .707   7
*Mickey McDermott    1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  52  11  1  .212  .586   0
 Gil McDougald       7  21  0  3  0  0  0   1  3  6  .143  .240  .143  0 | 438 136 13  .311  .848   3
 Tom Morgan          2   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  13   2  0  .154  .368   0
*Norm Siebern        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 162  33  4  .204  .619   1
 Bill Skowron        3  10  1  1  0  0  1   4  0  3  .100  .100  .400  0 | 464 143 23  .308  .910   4
*Enos Slaughter      6  20  6  7  0  0  1   4  4  0  .350  .440  .500  0 |+306  86  2  .281  .746   2
*Tom Sturdivant      2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  64  20  0  .313  .667   0
 Bob Turley          3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  46   8  0  .174  .441   0
*George Wilson       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 80  11  1  .138  .404   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 229 33 58  6  0 12  33 21 43  .253  .313  .437  2 |        190  .270  .780  51

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Sandy Amoros        6  19  1  1  0  0  0   1  2  4  .053  .143  .053  0 | 292  76 16  .260  .902   3
 Don Bessent         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .500  .667  .500  0 |  18   2  0  .111  .216   0
 Roy Campanella      7  22  2  4  1  0  0   3  3  7  .182  .259  .227  0 | 388  85 20  .219  .727   1
 Gino Cimoli         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  36   4  0  .111  .274   1
 Roger Craig         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  61   1  0  .016  .119   0
 Don Drysdale        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  26   5  1  .192  .568   0
 Carl Erskine        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66   8  0  .121  .257   0
 Carl Furillo        7  25  2  6  2  0  0   1  2  3  .240  .296  .320  0 | 523 151 21  .289  .824   1
#Jim Gilliam         7  24  2  2  0  0  0   2  7  3  .083  .290  .083  1 | 594 178  6  .300  .795  21
 Gil Hodges          7  23  5  7  2  0  1   8  4  4  .304  .407  .522  0 | 550 146 32  .265  .861   3
 Randy Jackson       3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 307  84  8  .274  .779   2
 Clem Labine         2   4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .500  0 |  23   2  0  .087  .247   0
 Sal Maglie          2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 70   9  0  .129  .270   0
*Dale Mitchell       4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 54  11  0  .204  .517   0
 Charlie Neal        1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 136  39  2  .287  .735   2
*Don Newcombe        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 111  26  2  .234  .654   1
 Pee Wee Reese       7  27  3  6  0  1  0   2  2  6  .222  .276  .296  0 | 572 147  9  .257  .666  13
 Jackie Robinson     7  24  5  6  1  0  1   2  5  2  .250  .379  .417  0 | 357  98 10  .275  .794  12
 Ed Roebuck          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   6  0  .333  .777   0
*Duke Snider         7  23  5  7  1  0  1   4  6  8  .304  .433  .478  0 | 542 158 43  .292  .997   3
*Rube Walker         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 146  31  3  .212  .574   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 215 25 42  8  1  3  24 32 47  .195  .296  .284  1 |        179  .258  .761  65

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Whitey Ford         2   5.25 1-1  0  1 12.0 14  7  2  8 | 19-6  226  2.47  1.20 141  1
 Johnny Kucks        3   0.82 1-0  0  1 11.0  6  1  3  2 | 18-9  224  3.85  1.32  67   
 Bob Turley          3   0.82 0-1  0  1 11.0  4  1  8 14 |  8-4  132  5.05  1.83  91  1
 Don Larsen          2   0.00 1-0  0  1 10.7  1  0  4  7 | 11-5  180  3.26  1.27 107  1
 Tom Sturdivant      2   2.79 1-0  0  1  9.7  8  3  8  9 | 16-8  158  3.30  1.17 110  5
 Tom Morgan          2   9.00 0-1  0  0  4.0  6  4  4  3 |  6-7   71  4.16  1.42  20 11
*Mickey McDermott    1   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  1  3  3 |  2-6   87  4.24  1.52  38   
*Tommy Byrne         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  1 |  7-3  110  3.36  1.64  52  6
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.48 4-3  0  5 61.7 42 17 32 47 |            3.63 1.400   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Sal Maglie          2   2.65 1-1  0  2 17.0 14  5  6 15 |+13-5  196  2.89  1.09 110   
 Clem Labine         2   0.00 1-0  0  1 12.0  8  0  3  7 | 10-6  116  3.35  1.30  75 19
 Don Bessent         2   1.80 1-0  0  0 10.0  8  2  3  5 |  4-3   79  2.50  1.18  52  9
 Roger Craig         2  12.00 0-1  0  0  6.0 10  8  3  4 | 12-11 199  3.71  1.29 109  1
 Carl Erskine        2   5.40 0-1  0  0  5.0  4  3  2  2 | 13-11 186  4.25  1.32  95   
 Don Newcombe        2  21.21 0-1  0  0  4.7 11 11  3  4 | 27-7  268  3.06  0.99 139   
 Ed Roebuck          3   2.08 0-0  0  0  4.3  1  1  0  5 |  5-4   89  3.93  1.25  60  1
 Don Drysdale        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  2  1  1 |  5-5   99  2.64  1.27  55   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.72 3-4  0  3 61.0 58 32 21 43 |            3.57 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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