This image features three famed sluggers from the Brooklyn Dodgers – Roy Campanella, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges (left to right) – posing at Yankee Stadium before Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Brooklyn would go on to win its first Series title in eight tries that year, as this trio would combine for seven round-trippers in the seven-game series.
- This photograph is a faithful reproduction of an image from the permanent collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Photograph measures 8" x 10", with matting total measurement is 11" x 14"
- Archival quality photo paper
- Acid free matting
Roy Campanella broke into baseball with the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League at age 16, and joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He was named to eight All-Star Games and played in five World Series. Strong defensively, “Campy” was also a star with a bat, setting then-records for single-season (40) and career home runs by a catcher. He won three National League Most Valuable Player awards (1951, 1953 and 1955). His playing career was cut short by an automobile accident in 1958.
Dodgers fans loved Duke Snider, “The Duke of Flatbush.” A California-bred centerfielder who declared “I was born in Brooklyn,” Snider led all major leaguers in home runs and RBIs during the 1950s, hitting 40 or more homers each of the last five seasons the Dodgers played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. A graceful fielder with a picture-perfect swing, Snider anchored six pennant-winning teams and clouted 11 World Series home runs, including four in 1952 and 1955, while driving in 26 runs in the Fall Classic.
Gil Hodges played 18 seasons with the Dodgers and the Mets from 1943-63, earning eight All-Star Game selections and three Gold Glove Awards at first base…He topped the 20-homer mark in 11 straight seasons from 1949-59, drove in 100-or-more runs each year from 1949-55 and played on seven pennant winners and two World Series champions, ending his career with 370 home runs – the third-most by a right-handed hitter at the time of his retirement…Hodges went on to manage the Senators and Mets for nine seasons, leading New York to a memorable World Series title in 1969…Hodges passed away on April 2, 1972.
This image features three famed sluggers from the Brooklyn Dodgers – Roy Campanella, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges (left to right) – posing at Yankee Stadium before Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Brooklyn would go on to win its first Series title in eight tries that year, as this trio would combine for seven round-trippers in the seven-game series.
- This photograph is a faithful reproduction of an image from the permanent collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Photograph measures 8" x 10", with matting total measurement is 11" x 14"
- Archival quality photo paper
- Acid free matting
Roy Campanella broke into baseball with the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League at age 16, and joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He was named to eight All-Star Games and played in five World Series. Strong defensively, “Campy” was also a star with a bat, setting then-records for single-season (40) and career home runs by a catcher. He won three National League Most Valuable Player awards (1951, 1953 and 1955). His playing career was cut short by an automobile accident in 1958.
Dodgers fans loved Duke Snider, “The Duke of Flatbush.” A California-bred centerfielder who declared “I was born in Brooklyn,” Snider led all major leaguers in home runs and RBIs during the 1950s, hitting 40 or more homers each of the last five seasons the Dodgers played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. A graceful fielder with a picture-perfect swing, Snider anchored six pennant-winning teams and clouted 11 World Series home runs, including four in 1952 and 1955, while driving in 26 runs in the Fall Classic.
Gil Hodges played 18 seasons with the Dodgers and the Mets from 1943-63, earning eight All-Star Game selections and three Gold Glove Awards at first base…He topped the 20-homer mark in 11 straight seasons from 1949-59, drove in 100-or-more runs each year from 1949-55 and played on seven pennant winners and two World Series champions, ending his career with 370 home runs – the third-most by a right-handed hitter at the time of his retirement…Hodges went on to manage the Senators and Mets for nine seasons, leading New York to a memorable World Series title in 1969…Hodges passed away on April 2, 1972.
