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Lot # 219: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers Season Pass - Good for Sandy Koufax First Win PSA EX-MT 6

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Item was in Auction "2024 Fall Pop-Up",
which ran from 11/3/2024 12:00 PM to
11/17/2024 10:00 PM



Displayed is a 1955 season pass for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and their minor league affiliates. The aqua-colored pass reads, "Brooklyn National League Baseball Club/The Dodgers 1955." The printing then adds, "Extends the courtesy of Ebbets Field and requests Clubs affiliated with Brooklyn to extend the courtesy of their Parks." There is a "To" in print and a line afterward for a name or signature to be handwritten, but no name or signature is on the pass. It's the type of pass that would be given to a scout or other club employee. At the bottom front, is "No. 35" and "Walter O'Malley [in a facsimile signature] President." The pass measures 2.5x4". The back of the pass is machine printed with the names of all 15 Brooklyn affiliates - from Brooklyn's top clubs, like Montreal and St. Paul, to their lowest-ranking minor league clubs, such as Thomasville and Union City. Two small holes have been punched on the card. This pass would have enabled the holder to see such 1955 Dodgers games as the contest with Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax getting his first win, on August 27th. Koufax, in a preview of what his career would become when the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, went the distance to shut out the Cincinnati Reds on two hits while fanning 14 batters. The pass was also valid for Jackie Robinson's 18th career steal of home, on August 29th against the St. Louis Cardinals, as part of a triple steal with the bases loaded in the fourth inning of a game the Dodgers eventually won 10-4. Of course, 1955 was a tremendous season for Brooklyn as the Dodgers won the team's only Brooklyn Championship when they beat the New York Yankees 2-0 in Game 7 on Johnny Podres's great shutout pitching and a potential game-saving catch by left fielder Sandy Amoros. The pass has been encapsulated and PSA graded EX-MT 6.

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