1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season
Brooklyn's last pennant: Newcombe's MVP and Cy Young season and Don Larsen's perfect game.
The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged the Milwaukee Braves for the National League pennant and met the New York Yankees in the World Series again, losing in seven games.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 1956
- League
- National League
- Ballpark
- Ebbets Field; Roosevelt Stadium
- City
- Brooklyn, New York; Jersey City, New Jersey
- League place
- 1st
- Owners
- Walter O'Malley
- James & Dearie Mulvey
- Mary Louise Smith
- President
- Walter O'Malley
- General managers
- Buzzie Bavasi
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Background
Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the first Cy Young Award, the first pitcher to take both in the same season. Owner Walter O'Malley had the team play seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, starting on April 19, to press Brooklyn for a new ballpark. The Dodgers won the first two games of the World Series at Ebbets Field, but in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium Don Larsen threw a perfect game against them, 2-0. Clem Labine forced a seventh game with a 1-0 win at Ebbets Field, and the Yankees took Game 7 there 9-0 on October 10.
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