Upon request from M. Steiner, I shall once again perform my baseball parlor trick. This is from memory such as it is. I'm not Googling, but I am fully awake (such as that is.)
Ladies and gentlemen... your world champion 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers:
1B- Gil Hodges (HOF)
2B- Jackie Robinson (HOF)
SS- Pee Wee Reese (HOF)
3B- Jim "Junior" Gilliam
Sometimes Gilliam played 2B and Robinson 3B
LF- Sandy Amoros (mostly) Was Cal Abrams still around?
CF- Duke Snider (HOF)
RF- Carl Furillo (not HOF, but strong creds)
C- Roy Campanella (HOF)
Pitching gets more complicated.
Starting Pitcher (SP)- Don Newcombe
SP- Carl Erskine
SP- Johnny Podres (World Series hero)
SP- Not sure- Billy Loes? There was a teenage rookie named Sandy Koufax, but he didn't work much. I think Ralph Branca was gone by then.
Clem Labine was the relief ace. In the bullpen- Ed Roebuck? Joe Black still? Jack Banta?
There it is. Probably flawed. Best I could do with my aging brain.
Upon request from M. Steiner, I shall once again perform my baseball parlor trick. This is from memory such as it is. I'm not Googling, but I am fully awake (such as that is.)
Ladies and gentlemen... your world champion 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers:
1B- Gil Hodges (HOF)
2B- Jackie Robinson (HOF)
SS- Pee Wee Reese (HOF)
3B- Jim "Junior" Gilliam
Sometimes Gilliam played 2B and Robinson 3B
LF- Sandy Amoros (mostly) Was Cal Abrams still around?
CF- Duke Snider (HOF)
RF- Carl Furillo (not HOF, but strong creds)
C- Roy Campanella (HOF)
Pitching gets more complicated.
Starting Pitcher (SP)- Don Newcombe
SP- Carl Erskine
SP- Johnny Podres (World Series hero)
SP- Not sure- Billy Loes? There was a teenage rookie named Sandy Koufax, but he didn't work much. I think Ralph Branca was gone by then.
Clem Labine was the relief ace. In the bullpen- Ed Roebuck? Joe Black still? Jack Banta?
There it is. Probably flawed. Best I could do with my aging brain.