Willie mccovey, charlie brown, and the hitthatwasnt in the 1962 world series. New york yankees win world series, cuban missile crisis. The yankees, with 19 pennants and 15 world series championships since 1921, were in the midst of their greatest dominance. Don drysdale, the 1962 cy young award winner, was 1917.
To date, this is the only time the dodgers have won the deciding game of a world series at home. The 1962 world series matched the defending american league and world series champions new york yankees against. Willie mccovey, charlie brown, and the hitthatwasnt in. The yankees won their third straight american league pennant by five games over the upandcoming twins, riding mickey mantles most valuable playerperformance to the top. With two outs and runners on second and third, mccovey, one of the most feared lefthanded power hitters in baseball, ripped a pitch from yankees starter ralph terry.
Willie mccovey, charlie brown, and the momentthatwasnt. The nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to francis harry compton crick, james dewey watson and maurice hugh frederick wilkins for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material. Learn more about the team, including its history and notable players, in this article. The michigan baseball team won its third straight game at the college world series on friday, locking up the schools firstever spot in the bestofthree championship series. The two teams reached the postseason via completely different routes. Road teams have won four straight world series game 7s, including in 2019, after losing the previous nine.
In the 1962 world series, the new york yankees defeated the san francisco giants, four games to three. When the award was given to koufax at a luncheon in new york city, he was. It was wellfought, going down to the final play of game seven. The dodgers have won the world series six times in their franchise history. Series 1949 world series 1950 world series 1951 world series 1952 world series 1953 world series 1956 world series 1958 world series 1961 world series 1962 world series 1977 world series 1978 world series 1996 world series. In a strange twist the winning giants reliever was none other than don larsen who exactly. The telecast of the dramatic game 7 of the 1962 world series. Michigan baseball has epic history at the college world series. When the giants won the world series in 2014, their third in five.
New york yankees 1962 world series composite hitting statistics. World series, in baseball, a postseason playoff series between champions of the two major professional baseball leagues of north america. First, it was the only sevengame world series in baseball history where neither team was able to win. When willie mccoveys screaming line drive landed in the glove of bobby richardson, the yankees had captured their 20th fall classic title. If youve been following the michigan baseball teams run in. Stengel topped mccarthy when new york won the world series again in 1953, once again beating the dodgers, this time in six games. Louis cardinals, having lifted the trophy 11 times. The franchise that began play in the national league in 1962 and endured numerous playoff heartbreaks won its first world series just four years removed from losing a franchiserecord 111. The dodgers first won the world series as the brooklyn dodgers in 1955, beating the yankees in seven games. The bridgeton invitational baseball tournament starting at the end of july is going to comemmerate the 50th anniversary of the babe ruth world series being held in bridgeton.
Not surprisingly, new york also holds the record for most world series appearances 40. At william hill sportsbooks in nevada, new jersey and west virginia, more bets have been placed on the orioles to win the world series than 10 other teams, including a. The san francisco giants were down three games to two against the new york yankees, with game six, and seven if necessary, scheduled at san franciscos candlestick park. The astros wanted to win this world series for their city, their fans, a great accomplishment for a franchise that lost 100plus games in 2011, 2012. New york yankees 4 vs san francisco giants 3 over the last few decades, the defending champion new york yankees had made an art out of dominating the american league on the way to their twentyfifth fall classic. Joe dimaggios wild dash home clinches yankees 1939 world series victory over the cincinnati reds. The new york franchise has won the world series championships a record 27 times, with their closest rivals in terms of titles, the st. The world series most valuable player award went to sandy koufax, who started two of the four games and had two complete game victories. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. True, the mets did win 100 games, but they were best known for their previous seven seasons of futility, and in the previous year, they had finished ninth. What should have happened did happen, for the last time in a long time. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn. Willie mccovey, charlie brown, and the momentthatwasnt in the.
Astros whip dodgers in game 7 to win first world series. Yankees hold off giants in game 7 to win 1962 world series. Babe ruth league and american legion teams that survive tensionpacked local series in hopes of bringing home a national championship. It was a season that was destined to be forgotten, despite the fact that the new york yankees won the world series for the second consecutive season. Check out stats on every major league baseball world series mvp winner since 1911 on. The series opened at brooklyns ebbets field, and the dodgers took a 42 victory behind the completegame pitching of joe black, a rookie whod started only twice during the regular season.
Not only are the yanks the only team to win the world series at least four times in a row, but they did it twice, winning four in a row from 193639, and five in a row from 194953. Mlb awards world series mvp major league baseball espn. The 1962 world series matched the defending american league and world series champions new york yankees against the national league champion san francisco giants. So, the story of the 1965 world series is the story of an american eras final bow in the form of mr. Of the 40 winnertakeall world series contests, 15 have been decided by a single run.
It was game 7 of the 1962 series, and the giants were trailing the new york yankees, 10, in the bottom of the ninth inning. What do you remember about campbells successes in the. Meanwhile, the yankees advanced to the world series championship for the fourth year in a row. People are actually betting on the orioles to win the. Learn more about the history and results of the world series. Typhoon freda washed out the 1962 world series it was early october 1962, and media attention was focused on san francisco and the world series. The world series opened in baltimore, and game 1 went according to form with orioles ace mike cuellar topping the mets, 41, with a completegame sixhitter. It appeared the dodgers would be going back in 1962 when they led the secondplace giants in the. New york yankees fans should not forget the 1962 world. It was game 7 of the 1962 series, and the giants were trailing the new york yankees, 10.