In 1955 Donald William Zimmer was a 24-year-old utility infielder in his second major league season during which he would bat .239 with 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in in 280 at bats primarily filling in at middle infield. In the 1955 World Series he played in four games driving in two runs with two hits and earning the first of six Championship rings he would receive in more than six decades of professional baseball. The 1955 Dodgers are of course one of the most beloved baseball teams of all-time; the team won its first-ever World Championship after years of heartbreak at the hands of the New York Yankees and consequently played their way into the hearts of baseball fans everywhere. Even today books such as Roger Kahn's The Boys Of Summer Thomas Oliphant's Praying For Gil Hodges and Maury Allen's Brooklyn Remembered: The 1955 Days of the Dodgers remain favorites among baseball fans and the team is the subject of innumerable references in popular culture. The team's subsequent move to Los Angeles broke the collective heart of Brooklyn and cemented the 1955 team as the single greatest team in Brooklyn baseball history. Zimmer of course carved his own path lasting more than 65 years in professional baseball and becoming one of the best-loved ambassadors of the game along the way. He won a second World Championship as a member of the Los Angeles Dodvers in 1959 and then became a member of the New York Mets in their first season. He played briefly in Japan as a member of the Toei Flyers. He played winter baseball in the Cuban League and was a member of the 1955 champion Cangrejeros de Santurce club in the Puerto Rican League winning the MVP of the series despite sharing a clubhouse with the likes of Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. His managing and coaching career took him further; he was the Red Sox manager during the famous "Bucky Dent Game" in 1978 and was awarded Manager of the Year in 1989 as manager of the Chicago Cubs. He served as Bench Coach for Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre during the Yankees' run of World Championships where he earned his final four rings. He later became a senior advisor and coach for the Tampa Bay Rays where he incremented his uniform number each year to represent the number of years he'd been in baseball. Sadly his last uniform number was 66 as he passed away in June of 2014 the number 66 subsequently retired by the team. The New Jersey native married his high school sweetheart at home plate before a 1951 minor league game and the two remained happily married until his passing 63 years later. Upon his passing then-commissioner Bud Selig stated "As a player Don experienced the joys of the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers and the struggles of the '62 Mets. In his managerial and coaching career this unique baseball man led the Cu