Catcher Roy Campanella won the 1955 National League Most Valuable Player award, his third in five years.
[6] Infielders Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg.
= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts September 28, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York September 29, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York September 30, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York October 1, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York October 2, 1955, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York October 3, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York October 4, 1955, at Yankee Stadium in New York Roy Campanella Jim Gilliam Clem Labine Don Newcombe Ed Roebuck Duke Snider The 1955 World Series proved to the only title the Dodgers won in Brooklyn.
[11] In August 2005, the Los Angeles Dodgers commemorated the 50th anniversary of the franchise winning its first World Series, and only one while in Brooklyn.
[12] No official commemorative event, however, took place in Brooklyn on October 4, 2005 (the actual anniversary of the Dodgers' triumph), prompting author Thomas Oliphant to argue that "on both coasts, we could have done a little bit better, especially for such an important memory.
"[12] That being said, a small gathering of ten people took place at the site of Ebbets Field on October 4, 2005 "at 3:43 pm, 50 years to the minute from when the Brooklyn Dodgers won their only World Series.
"[12] Brooklyn Paper journalist Ed Shakespeare reported that "[a]ll of the attendees came alone or in pairs, unaware of who else might attend", describing the event as "a sharing of memories from those who remembered.