It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. The pittsburgh pirates defeated the new york yankees and the box score is. But the pirates hit so many singles they equaled the yankeesin run production. Tekulve was better on a rate basis, though, and pitched very well in the 1979 world series, while face had a 5.
A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Learn more about the history and results of the world series in this article. New york yankees fired manager casey stengel after the yankees lost the 1960 world series to the pittsburgh pirates. Players drank champagne and beer lots of it, apparently. Berra would remain in the lineup, but as a left fielder, marking the first time since 1949 that he would not catch a world series game involving the yankees. In addition to bill mazeroski, 14 other players from that 1960 club are still alive. Richardson drove in 12 runs in that world series and won the world series mvp honor. Pittsburgh pirates over new york yankees 43 statheads want to know.
It was the ultimate in baseball the final, showdown game 7 of a world series. The yankees have some of these things, the pirates have them all. The 1960 pirates finished the regular season with a record of 9559. This series will pit the home run against the single to the opposite field. There is a bonus disc with highlights of the pittsburgh pirates 1960 season, a 1960 world series newsreel and player interviews. Pittsburghs first world series victory came in 1909, when the team won 110 games. Bill mazeroskis game 7 serieswinning walkoff home run.
Feb 05, 2017 1960 10 08 world series game 3 yankees vs pirates radio chuck thompson and jack quinlan duration. Jun 19, 2010 pittsburgh won the world series in 1971 and in 1979, but none of those teams are revered as much as the 1960 pirates, who won the series on a walkoff home run by bill mazeroski. With mel allen, bob prince, yogi berra, dusty boggess. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Apr 18, 2020 tekulve was better on a rate basis, though, and pitched very well in the 1979 world series, while face had a 5. The home team pirates beat the visiting yankees with a score of 10 to 9.
Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. In 1960, at the age of six, i went to the world series. Jan 30, 2018 1960 10 08 world series game 3 yankees vs pirates radio chuck thompson and jack quinlan duration. New york yankees original 1960 vintage mlb programs for. The pirates won the game 109 and stood as world series champions despite being outscored in the series. The pittsburgh pirates won a world series title in the years 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979. Before the 1960 season, brown picked up catcher hal smith. The team went on to play the heavily favored new york yankees, whom they defeated 4 games to 3 in one of the most storied world series ever. Pittsburgh pirates baseball collectibles and memorabilia. The 1960 pittsburgh pirates season was the teams 79th season. Finishing up what broadcaster mel allen called one of the zaniest world series that you could ever witness, game 7 of the 1960 series between the pirates and yankees has rightly gone down in history as one of the most exciting final games in history, as a heavily outmatched pittsburgh team improbably went toe to toe with a yankee lineup that. The pirates poured out of the dugout, the yankees stood in disbelief, and mazeroski rounded the bases after the first gameending home run to win a world series. The 1960 world series is going to be won by singles hit to the opposite field and by tight pitching and the sacrifice bunt and sharp defense and the refusal to quit.
Check the starting lineup and batting order for the pittsburgh pirates on. Forbes field officially held 35,000 so anything over that would be a sellout. The place was forbes field, a classic baseball park in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Film of 1960 world series game 7 found in bing crosbys. Throughout the teams history, the yankees have hoisted 27 world series trophies far more than any other. The team went on to play the heavily favored new york yankees, whom they defeated 4 games to 3 in one of the most.
Bill mazeroskis game 7 series winning walkoff home run. Smith would smack a threerun homer in the bottom of the eighth inning in game 7 of the world series to give the pirates a 97 edge. New york yankees original 1960 vintage mlb programs for sale. The team finished with a record of 95591, seven games in front of the secondplace milwaukee braves to win their first national league championship in 33 seasons. Aug 06, 2019 1960 world series pittsburgh pirates sleeve patch champions mlb 1960 world series special game 7 of yankees vs 1960 world series winner lineup roster program history.
Eventually ending with a 33 split forcing a game 7, the yankees blew the pirates out with. Despite getting blown out in the second and third games of the series, the pirates hung around, getting strong pitching from harvey haddix and vern law in the next two games. It was october th, 1960, that time of year when the last warm days of summer begin to meet crisper fall afternoons. You didnt have the choice of gameyou sent in your request and money, and if you were lucky you got the tickets to a game. The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on october, 1960 at forbes field. They did indeed take care of business by defeating the heavily favored orioles in seven games in the 1971 world series. Game 7 of the 1960 world series is generally considered one of the most memorable games in baseball history. What was the new york yankees 1960 world series roster answers. The 1960 world series featured both a david and goliath matchup and a rematch of sorts, between the powerladen new york yankeeswinners of eighteen of the previous 37 fall classicsand the upstart pittsburgh pirates, making their first postseason appearance since being swept by new york in 1927. The 1960 world series was played between the pittsburgh pirates of the national league nl and the new york yankees of the american league al from october 5, 1960. The 1960 pittsburgh pirates team roster seen on this page. By almost any measure, the pittsburgh pirates were.
Roster of pittsburgh pirates in 1960 world series answers. In game 7, bill mazeroski hit a walkoff ninthinning home run, the only time a winnertakeall world series game ended with a walkoff home run. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. World series, in baseball, a postseason playoff series between champions of the two major professional baseball leagues of north america.
The new york yankees and the pittsburgh pirates played in the 1960 world series with the pirates winning in 7 games. Tickets for the 1960 world series in pittsburgh was by lottery, so id always assumed all games were sold out. The pittsburgh pirates won the world series that year against the new york yankees, led by bill mazeroski who became the first player to hit a gameending home run in the seventh game to win a world series. Pittsburgh defeated the new york yankees in the series, with bill mazeroski hitting the dramatic gamewinning home run in the ninth inning of game 7, giving the pirates a 109 victory and their first championship since 1925. Roberto clemente, pittsburgh pirates, pittsburgh steelers, puerto rico, 1960 world series, baseball players, baseball cards, jolly roger, national league. In 1960, the pittsburgh pirates vanquished the mighty yankee juggernaut in the world series, winning in dramatic fashion on a bill mazeroski walkoff home run. Pittsburgh won the world series in 1971 and in 1979, but none of those teams are revered as much as the 1960 pirates, who won the series on a walkoff home run by bill mazeroski.
The pittsburgh pirates defeated the new york yankees and the box score is ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye. The 1971 pirates won 97 games, and the 1979 champions won 98 games. Pittsburgh pirates vintage mlb programs for sale ebay. George skornickel has been a diehard pirates fan for over 50 years. In an inning, he hit a tworun single and followed it up with a grandslam. Make offer 1960 world series program new york yankees vs pittsburgh pirates game 4 scored 1960 ny yankee scorecard and program v ch white sox july 24 dh. The first six games of the series proved to be perhaps the strangest of any world series ever played. Despite losing the series, the yankees scored 55 runs, the most runs scored by. Who was in the starting lineup of the 1960 pittsburgh pirates. The pirates struggled in the postwar era, but won the 1960 world series. The 1960 world series part one by bruce markusen october 25, 2010 fifty years ago this month, one of the most memorable world series of all time produced a series of twists and turning points, a seminal moment and a phenomenal upset.
The backandforth game went down to the wire, with each team. In 8 years, pittsburgh has five world series titles 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979 while reaching the playoffs in 17 different years. Encouraged by the uplifting result of the first game, a crowd of 37,308 fansan increase of 632 from game onecrammed into forbes field for. Constructing the pittsburgh pirates alltime lineup page 7. The 1960 world series pitted the heavily favored american league champion new york yankees, who won seven of the previous eleven world series, against the national league champion pittsburgh pirates, who were making their first appearance in the fall classic since 1927. The pirates had clinched the pennant in milwaukee in late september.
New york yankees vs pittsburgh pirates october, 1960 box score. Pirates saluting vern law and 1960 world series team. They won five of six nl east titles to start the decade, winning the. Lets look at where the pirates stand in the upcoming dream bracket 2 tournament. The mazeroski moment1960 world series the pop history dig. The 1960 pittsburgh pirates team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1960 season. What was the new york yankees 1960 world series roster. Game lineups and play information back to baseball. Tim kurkjian recalls baseball players with presidential names and president george w.
World series this category is for questions and answers related to 1960s ws, as asked by users of. If only bing crosby had been in charge of the saving andor restoration of mlb classic games, wed be seeing more great games like this one. Pirates saluting vern law and 1960 world series team tonight. Pittsburgh the pirates honored the 1960 world series championship team prior to saturday nights game against the colorado rockies. October, 1960 box score the box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on october, 1960 at forbes field.