Bob Barry’s Unearthed Interviews Podcast: Roy Campanella
It’s time for another World Series. Our podcast today features a Baseball Hall of Fame catcher who helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win its first World Series championship in 1955. Three-time MVP catcher Roy Campanella was in every all- star game from 1949 through 1956, including the first integrated all-star game with Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, and Larry Doby. During his career, he threw out 57 percent of the base runners who tried to steal a base on him, the best of any catcher in major league history. His playing career came to an end after he was seriously injured in an auto accident.
