BRO @ NYA

October 03, 1955

Final Score: BRO 1 - NYA 5

Game Information

Ballpark
Yankee Stadium I
Attendance
64,022
Game Duration
154 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Whitey Ford
Losing Pitcher
Karl Spooner

Umpires

Home Plate
Lee Ballanfant
First Base
Jim Honochick
Second Base
Frank Dascoli
Third Base
Bill Summers

Line Score

BRO @ NYA — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BRO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
NYA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 8 0

BRO Batting

BRO @ NYA — BRO Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sandy Amoros 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Roy Campanella 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Carl Furillo 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Jim Gilliam 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Gil Hodges 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Kellert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Russ Meyer 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pee Wee Reese 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Jackie Robinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ed Roebuck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Duke Snider 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Karl Spooner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Don Zimmer 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 30 1 4 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 .133

NYA Batting

BRO @ NYA — NYA Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Hank Bauer 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Yogi Berra 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Bob Cerv 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Joe Collins 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Whitey Ford 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Elston Howard 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Billy Martin 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Gil McDougald 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Irv Noren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phil Rizzuto 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Bill Skowron 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500
Team Totals 32 5 8 5 4 5 0 0 1 1 .250

BRO Pitching

BRO @ NYA — BRO Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Russ Meyer - 5.2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0.00
Ed Roebuck - 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Karl Spooner (L) L 0.1 3 5 5 2 1 1 135.00
Team Totals 8.0 8 5 5 4 5 1 5.62

NYA Pitching

BRO @ NYA — NYA Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Whitey Ford (W) W 9.0 4 1 1 4 8 0 1.00
Team Totals 9.0 4 1 1 4 8 0 1.00

Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Yankees, October 3, 1955

This box score records a 5-1 win for the New York Yankees over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium I, October 3, 1955 in the World Series. Retrosheet records attendance of 64,022, a game time of 154 minutes, and a day start for this game. The Brooklyn Dodgers' only run came in the fourth inning. The New York Yankees scored 5 in the first and nowhere else. Hits were 4 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and 8 for the New York Yankees, with 1 and 0 errors. Whitey Ford was the winning pitcher, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits in 9.0 innings. The loss was charged to Karl Spooner after 0.1 innings and 5 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Whitey Ford, who had 8. The Brooklyn Dodgers used Russ Meyer, Ed Roebuck, and Karl Spooner on the mound. For the New York Yankees, Hank Bauer went 3 for 4 and 1 RBI. Bill Skowron drove in 3 for the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees got another home run from Bill Skowron. Behind the plate was umpire Lee Ballanfant.

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