Pitchers Hits Notes

In a future post, I will detail an all-time type baseball day, in which pitcher’s ‘hitting exploits were incredible.

Game 2 of the ’55 World Series was both a decisive victory, though the tilt was (6-0) Yankees, in the eventual (13-8) (Brooklyn) Dodgers’ win and an aberration type game, as the Yankees stormed back, as the Dodgers had vs them the year before, to win their lone “Brooklyn crown” (everyone in Brooklyn drank for free that October 4, 1955 and it was not Royal Crown soda, they were consuming) to win 4 of the next 5 games, after the #2 Brooklyn win gave them a (2-0) W.S. lead.

In #2 with none of the hits really important and certainly not decisive, all 4 pitchers, who batted (6 did not) Don Larsen (his next start was immortal), Tom Morgan, and Mickey McDermott of the Yankees and winning pitcher with 7 strong relief innings, Don Bessent of the Dodgers, delivered hits.

The Yankees manager is Casey Stengel, who share the record for most W.S. wins (7) with Joe McCarthy. Walter Alston the Dodgers’ manager won 4.

Each is pictured in the ’56 World Series program.