YANKS CHAMPS; WIN 5-2;
MacPHAIL QUITS.
Lindell pinch single lifts Bombers to
world's title.
New York, Oct 6 - The New
York Yankees captured their 11th World Series title with a 5-2 victory
over the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-2, to the thunderous approval of the 72,548
in attendance. And at 3:42 PM, Brooklyn became a borough of three
million pallbearers. The Yankees rallied, as they had in the Series
itself, with a three run fifth inning to take charge of the game and
series. Johnny Lindell provided the heroics with a pinch-hit two-run
single to give New York a 4-2 lead in the fifth. Lindell was called up
to face the lefty Joe Hatten in place of Yogi Berra. DiMaggio added the
final run in the seventh inning on a single scoring Lonny Frey.
New
York drew first blood with Stirnweiss' bullet past fellow second sacker
Eddie Stanky scoring Aaron Robinson. Rizzuto followed Robinson toward
home, but was cut down by a strong throw from Flatbush Series hero Dixie
Walker. The defensive play appeared decisive as Brooklyn plated two runs
in the following half inning. The Dodgers loaded the bases against Spec
Shea, and manager Bucky Harris turned to veteran ace Spud Chandler. The
Georgian missed much time in the season's second half with a back
injury. The rust showed against his first batter as Bruce Edwards
chopped the ball back to the mound. Chandler fielded and turned home to
catch the speedy Jackie Robinson at home. Chandler hurried and threw low
past his catcher as Robinson raced home. Carl Furillo followed with a
deep fly out scoring Dixie Walker for a 2-1 lead.
With one out in
the sixth, Phil Rizzuto doubled to left off Brooks starter Hal Gregg.
Bobby Brown hit for Chandler and single over second base to tie the game
at two runs apiece. Stirnweiss pulled a Gregg fastball down the left
field line. Hermanski hestated as he appeared to have lost the ball in
the sun, however Brown was held at third base. Bert Shotton turned to
the lefty Hatten to face Henrich and Berra. After the usually reliable
Henrich popped weakly to Stanky, Lindell was called in for Berra and
delivered in the clutch. Bevens and Raschi held the Dodgers in check
until the ninth when there was a swelling of anticipation as the
Dodgers threatened for the final time. With runners on first and
third and one out, Shotton called up Stan Rojek to hit for the pitcher
Branca. Rojek, making his first Series appearance, had brought the
pennant to Brooklyn with a game-winning hit against the Giants on
September 24. Rojek grounded sharply to Stirnweiss, Stirnweiss flipped
to Rizzuto, and the Yankee shortstop turned the double play to cap the
championship.
After the
game, Yankee president stunned reporters with news of his immediate
resignation. McPhail passed through the post-game celebration in the
clubhouse with beer bottle in hand and tears streaming to thank each
player. The 59 year old redhead wouldn't offer any other reason for the
sudden departure than "poor health". McPhail muttered that
probably Dan Topping would succeed him as club prexy.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
New York 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 x - 5 13 1
Brooklyn AB R H BI Avg New York AB R H BI Avg
E STANKY 2B 3 0 1 0 .200 S STIRNWEISS 2B 3 1 2 1 .375
P REESE SS 4 0 1 0 .367 T HENRICH RF LF 4 0 0 0 .207
J ROBINSON 1B 3 1 0 0 .214 Y BERRA RF 2 0 0 0 .167
D WALKER RF 3 1 2 0 .516 J LINDELL PH LF 1 0 1 2 .231
G HERMANSKI LF 1 0 0 0 .136 J DiMAGGIO CF 4 0 3 1 .417
E MIKSIS PH 1 0 0 0 .667 G McQUINN 1B 4 0 1 0 .346
B EDWARDS C 4 0 1 0 .185 B JOHNSON 3B 4 0 1 0 .207
C FURILLO CF 2 0 0 1 .250 A ROBINSON C 2 1 1 0 .111
S JORGENSEN 3B 3 0 0 0 .320 P RIZZUTO SS 4 1 2 0 .357
C LAVAGETTO PH 0 0 0 0 .000 S SHEA P 0 0 0 0 .500
H GREGG P 2 0 1 0 .500 S CHANDLER P 0 0 0 0 .000
J HATTEN P 0 0 0 0 .000 B BROWN PH 1 1 1 1 .333
P REISER PH 1 0 0 0 .273 B BEVENS P 0 0 0 0 .500
H CASEY P 0 0 0 0 .500 L FREY PH 1 1 1 0 .750
R BRANCA P 0 0 0 0 .000 V RASCHI P 0 0 0 0 .000
S ROJEK PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A CLARK PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J PAGE P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 28 2 6 1 Totals 31 5 13 5
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO BFP HB D T HR ERA
H GREGG (L 1-1) 4.1 7 4 4 1 1 19 0 2 0 0 10.38
J HATTEN 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 4.90
H CASEY 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2.34
R BRANCA 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 6.13
Totals 8.0 13 5 5 2 2 36 0 2 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO BFP HB D T HR ERA
S SHEA 3.1 2 2 0 2 1 14 0 0 0 0 4.60
S CHANDLER (W 1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0.00
B BEVENS 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 6.00
V RASCHI 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
J PAGE (Sv 1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 3.37
Totals 9.0 6 2 0 5 3 36 0 0 0 0
Left On Base: Brooklyn 7, New York 7
Double Plays: Brooklyn 2, New York 2
Doubles: S STIRNWEISS (2); P RIZZUTO (2)
Triples: A ROBINSON (1)
Home Runs: none
RBIs: S STIRNWEISS (8); J LINDELL 2(5); J DiMAGGIO (3); C FURILLO (2);
B BROWN (1)
Stolen Bases: none
Caught Stealing: none
Hit by Pitch: none
Ground into Double Play: B EDWARDS (2); B JOHNSON (2); S ROJEK (1)
Background photo is Forbes Field in May, 1947.