1956 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1956 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, highlighted by Don Larsen’s famous perfect game.

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Label Occurrences
1956 World Series canonical 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series ⓘ
World Series ⓘ
americanLeagueChampion New York Yankees ⓘ
champion New York Yankees ⓘ
cityOfALTeam New York City ⓘ
cityOfNLTeam Brooklyn ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
game1Winner Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
game2Winner Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
game3Winner New York Yankees ⓘ
game4Winner New York Yankees ⓘ
game5Winner New York Yankees ⓘ
game6Winner Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
game7Winner New York Yankees ⓘ
homeTeamLeague American League ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
losingManager Walter Alston ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Don Larsen ⓘ
Yogi Berra ⓘ
mvpAward World Series Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
mvpTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampion Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
nextEdition 1957 World Series ⓘ
notableEvent Don Larsen’s perfect game ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
perfectGameCatcher Yogi Berra ⓘ
perfectGameDate 1956-10-08 ⓘ
perfectGameFinalScore 2–0 ⓘ
perfectGameHitsAllowed 0 ⓘ
perfectGameInnings 9 ⓘ
perfectGameNumberInSeries Game 5 ⓘ
perfectGameOpponent Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
perfectGamePitcher Don Larsen ⓘ
perfectGameRunsAllowed 0 ⓘ
perfectGameStrikeouts 7 ⓘ
perfectGameTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
perfectGameType no-hitter ⓘ
perfect game ⓘ
perfectGameVenue Yankee Stadium ⓘ
perfectGameWalksAllowed 0 ⓘ
previousEdition 1955 World Series ⓘ
rematchOf 1955 World Series ⓘ
runnerUp Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
season 1956 MLB season ⓘ
seriesResult New York Yankees won 4–3 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
venue Ebbets Field ⓘ
Yankee Stadium ⓘ
visitingTeamLeague National League ⓘ
winningManager Casey Stengel ⓘ
year 1956 ⓘ

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1957 World Series → chronologicalPredecessor → 1956 World Series ⓘ
2000 World Series → firstAllNewYorkWorldSeriesSince → 1956 World Series ⓘ
Billy Martin → wonWorldSeriesAsPlayer → 1956 World Series ⓘ