1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers / Franchise: Los Angeles Dodgers / BR Team Page

Record: 93-61, Finished 1st in National League (1956 NL)

Clinched Pennant: September 30, 1956, vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Managed by Walter Alston

Coaches: Joe Becker, Billy Herman and Jake Pitler

Ballpark: Ebbets Field and Roosevelt Stadium

Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: Roy Campanella, Jim Gilliam, Clem Labine and Duke Snider
• NL MVP: Don Newcombe
• Cy Young Award: Don Newcombe

World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 6	October 3	Ebbets Field	34,479
2	Yankees – 8, Dodgers – 13	October 5	Ebbets Field	36,217
3	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 5	October 6	Yankee Stadium	73,977
4	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,705
5	Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2	October 8	Yankee Stadium	64,519
6	Yankees – 0, Dodgers – 1 (10 innings)	October 9	Ebbets Field	33,224
7	Yankees – 9, Dodgers – 0	October 10	Ebbets Field	33,782

Further Reading

• Thomas J. Brown Jr.: "September 30, 1956: Brooklyn Dodgers win NL pennant on final day of season" SABR
• John Burbridge: "The Brooklyn Dodgers in Jersey City", in The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 39, Number 1 (Summer 2010), pp. 18-26.
• Roger Kahn: The Era, 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2002 (originally published in 1993). ISBN 0803278055
• Rudy Marzano: The Last Years of the Brooklyn Dodgers: A History, 1950-1957, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7864-3006-2

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