In winning the 1956 World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers swept the Detroit Tigers in 4 games. Brooklyn starting pitchers were able to keep the Tiger's bats quiet the first 3 games and they got 3 complete game victories. Game 4 was a slugfest, but it was the Dodgers who out-slugged the Tigers. Overall, Brooklyn outscored Detroit 25-14. Gil Hodges was named the World Series MVP. Hodges hit .400 had 8RBI and had 2 game winning hits in the Series.
DATE VIS R H E HOME R H E INN WIN LOSS
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10/ 3 DEA 3 8 0 BRN 8 12 0 D.Newcombe (1-0) F.Lary (0-1)
10/ 4 DEA 2 3 0 BRN 3 6 1 S.Maglie (1-0) W.Masterson (0-1)
10/ 6 BRN 5 7 0 DEA 4 4 0 R.Craig (1-0) P.Foytack (0-1)
10/ 7 BRN 9 16 1 DEA 5 12 2 D.Bessent (1-0) F.Lary (0-2)
Batter Avg AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K OBP Slug OB+Sl
G.Hodges .400 15 6 1 0 1 8 3 0 5 .500 .667 1.167
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