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Thursday, October 6, 1955, Brooklyn @ New York - Yankee Stadium

FORD'S FOUR-HITTER FINISHES OFF DODGERS, YANKEES WIN SERIES

Whitey Ford, using the momentum established by his teammate Johnny Kucks the day before, whitewashed the Brooklyn Dodgers on four hits, propelling the Yankees to a 5-0 victory, claiming the 1955 World Series Championship. In the end, the best record in baseball proved pivotal, as the home team won each of the seven games in the Fall Classic, with Ford coming up large in the series finale.

Gil McDougald provided all the offense Ford would need with a solo homerun off Johnny Podres in the third inning, but McDougald added more salt to the wound when he drove home two more runs with a double in the fifth inning, a drive that sent Podres to the showers.

The Dodgers threatened in the seventh after Ford walked a pair following a single by Roy Campanella, but Frank Kellert grounded back to the box to end the threat.

Ford pitched around minor trouble in both the eighth and ninth innings, but by then the Yankee left-hander had scored an insurance run himself in the seventh, the Yankees’ fifth and final tally. 

Ford pitched around the late inning threats, then retired Sandy Amoros swinging for the final out of the season.

Ford, who lost the final game of the 1954 World Series 10-2 to Brooklyn, and the New York Yankees achieved their goal, a Championship and redemption against their cross-town rivals, all wrapped into one.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP

Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0

New York 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 x 5 11 1 7 0

Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG

Gilliam lf 4 0 0 0 .222 McDougald 2b 4 1 2 3 .345

Reese ss 2 0 0 0 .208 Bauer rf 4 0 0 0 .192

Snider cf 4 0 0 0 .250 Mantle cf 4 0 1 0 .286

Campanella c 4 0 1 0 .360 Berra c 4 0 1 1 .154

Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0 .214 Skowron 1b 2 0 0 0 .182

Furillo rf 4 0 1 0 .190 Collins 1b 1 0 0 0 .267

Robinson 3b 3 0 1 0 .077 Howard lf 4 1 2 0 .200

Zimmer 2b 2 0 0 0 .125 Noren lf 0 0 0 0 .222

Kellert ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Carey 3b 4 1 3 0 .481

Amoros lf 1 0 0 0 .267 Hunter ss 4 1 1 1 .400

Podres p 1 0 0 0 .200 Ford p 3 1 1 0 .167

Loes p 0 0 0 0 .000 34 5 11 5

Hoak ph 1 0 0 0 .182

Bessent p 0 0 0 0 .000

Spooner p 0 0 0 0 .000

Newcombe ph 1 0 1 0 .429

Labine p 0 0 0 0 .000

31 0 4 0

Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Podres L 1-1 4.1 5 4 4 1 6 77 50 4.63

Loes 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 9 7 3.86

Bessent 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 24 17 10.80

Spooner 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0.00

Labine 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 10 4.50

8.0 11 5 5 1 8 133 88

Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Ford W 2-1 9.0 4 0 0 3 4 128 78 4.08

9.0 4 0 0 3 4 128 78

Brk: Hoak batted for Loes in the 6th

Kellert batted for Zimmer in the 7th

Gilliam moved to 2b in the 7th

Amoros inserted at lf in the 7th

Newcombe batted for Spooner in the 8th

NYA: Collins inserted at 1b in the 7th

Noren inserted at lf in the 9th

E-McDougald. 2B-Furillo, McDougald. HR-McDougald(2). K-Reese, Snider, Zimmer,

Amoros, Bauer 2, Mantle, Berra, Howard, Hunter 2, Ford. BB-Reese, Hodges,

Robinson, Skowron. SH-Reese, Ford.

GWRBI: McDougald

Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: none.