1949 WORLD SERIES

The '1949 World Series' featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the 12^th championship in team history. This victory would start a record run of five consecutive World Series championships by the Yankees.
History was made in the 9^th inning of Game 5, when the Ebbets Field lights were turned on, making it the first World Series game finished under artificial lights. The first scheduled Series night game would not be held until 1971.
'Records:' New York Yankees (W: 97, L: 57, Pct: .630, GA: 1) - Brooklyn Dodgers (W: 97, L: 57, Pct: .630, GA: 1)
'Managers:' Casey Stengel (New York), Burt Shotton (Brooklyn)
'Umpires:' Cal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Art Passarella (AL), Lou Jorda (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL: outfield only), George Barr (NL: outfield only)
'Television:' NBC (Jim Britt announcing)

Contents

Summary

Matchups

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Composite Box

Trivia

Reference(s)

External links

Summary

'AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1)'

Game	Score	Date	Attendance
1	'New York 1', Brooklyn 0	October 5	66,224
2	'Brooklyn 1', New York 0	October 6	70,053
3	'New York 4', Brooklyn 3	October 7	32,788
4	'New York 6', Brooklyn 4	October 8	33,934
5	'New York 10', Brooklyn 6	October 9	33,711

Matchups

Game 1

October 5, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Game 2

October 6, 1949 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Game 3

October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Game 4

October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Game 5

October 9, 1949 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Composite Box

1949 World Series '(4-1): New York Yankees (A.L.)' over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
'New York Yankees '	2	0	4	4	4	3	0	0	4	'21'	'37'	'3'
'Brooklyn Dodgers '	0	1	1	1	0	5	4	0	2	'14'	'34'	'5'
'Total Attendance': 236,716   'Average Attendance': 47,343
'Winning Player’s Share': – $5,627   'Losing Player’s Share' – $4,273

Trivia

★ Both teams finished the regular season with the exact same records and winning their respective leagues by exactly one (1) game: New York Yankees (W: 97, L: 57, Pct: .630, GA: 1) - Brooklyn Dodgers (W: 97, L: 57, Pct: .630, GA: 1)

★ Joe Page of the New York Yankees was presented with the first ever Babe Ruth Award during the Series. This award is similar to the MVP, but started out for offensive players only. It has since been discontinued.

★ During game one of the series, Don Newcombe of the Dodgers threw a complete game, 5-hitter allowing only one run in a 1-0 losing effort. He struck out 11 New York Yankees during that game to tie the record for most strikeouts during a World Series game by a losing pitcher.

Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. ''The World Series.'' 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 225-229)

External links

★ 1949 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com

★ 1949 World Series at ''WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)''

★ 1949 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com

★ 1949 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org