1977 World Series
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The 1977 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in six games to capture their first title since 1962, and their 21st overall.
It was the first meeting of the Yankees and Dodgers in the Fall Classic since 1963, and their ninth meeting overall.
Managers: Billy Martin (New York), Tommy Lasorda (Los Angeles)
Umpires: Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Jerry Dale (NL), Jim Evans (AL), John McSherry (NL)
Series MVP: Reggie Jackson (New York)
Television: ABC (Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Tom Seaver announcing). This was the first World Series - since television of the Series started in 1947 - not to be televised, at least in part, by rival network NBC. NBC was the exclusive broadcaster of the Series 1950-1976. It was also the first time that the participating teams' local announcers were not featured on the network telecast.
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[edit] Game 1
October 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0
New York Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 0
PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (8), Sosa (8), Garman (9), Rhoden (12)
NYY - Gullett, Lyle (9)
WP - Lyle
LP - Rhoden
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - none
NYY - Randolph
ATTENDANCE: 56,668
[edit] Game 2
October 12, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 0
New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton
NYY - Hunter, Tidrow (3), Clay (6), Lyle (9)
WP - Hooton
LP - Hunter
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - Cey, Yeager, Smith, Garvey
NYY - none
ATTENDANCE: 56,691
[edit] Game 3
October 14, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
New York Yankees 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
PITCHERS: NYY - Torrez
LAD - John, Hough (7)
WP - Torrez
LP - John
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - none
LAD - Baker
ATTENDANCE: 55,992
[edit] Game 4
October 15, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
New York Yankees 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry
LAD - Rau, Rhoden (2), Garman (9)
WP - Guidry
LP - Rau
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
LAD - Lopes
ATTENDANCE: 55,995
[edit] Game 5
October 16, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 X 10 13 0
PITCHERS: NYY - Gullett, Clay (5), Tidrow (6), Hunter (7)
LAD - Sutton
WP - Sutton
LP - Gullett
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - Munson, Jackson
LAD - Yeager, Smith
ATTENDANCE: 55,955
[edit] Game 6
October 18, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 0
New York Yankees 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 X 8 8 1
PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Sosa (4), Rau (5), Hough (7)
NYY - Torrez
WP - Torrez
LP - Hooton
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - Smith
NYY - Chambliss, Jackson (3)
ATTENDANCE: 56,407
[edit] Trivia
- Reggie Jackson's three home runs in Game 6 tied a record that Babe Ruth had set on two occasions (in Game 4 of the 1926 Series and Game 4 of the 1928 World Series.
- Each of Jackson's blasts came on his first swing, and each was hit off of a different pitcher. (Since Jackson had hit a home run in his last at bat in Game 5, that meant he had hit four World Series home runs on four consecutive swings of the bat - a record not likely to ever be broken.) The first two were hit into "Ruthville" in the not-very-distant right field area; the third was a truly "Ruthian" drive to the bleachers in straightaway center, into "the black". Howard Cosell, a member of the TV broadcast team, was moved to yell, "What a blow!"
- The World Series had not been decided in six games since 1959. The odds against such a gap happening again are steep. Even if you assume that all results, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 have an equal chance of occurring (they don't, a 4-2 series is the most likely result, tied with 4-3), the odds that one six-game series will not occur in seventeen years would be about 133 to 1 (317 / 417). Given that the real random probability of a 4-2 series is actually about 31%, the real odds against are more like 549 to 1 (6917 / 10017).
[edit] Quotes of the Series
- "Reggie...Reggie...Reggie."-Yankee Stadium crowd chanting of Reggie Jackson's name
- Jackson with four runs batted in, sends a fly ball to center field and deep! That's going to be way back! And that's going to be gone! Reggie Jackson has hit his third home run of the game! -- Ross Porter on the CBS Radio Network
- "OH, WHAT A BLOW! What a way to top it off. Forget about who the Most Valuable Player is in the World Series. How this man has responded to pressure! Oh, what a beam on his face. How can you blame him? He's answered the whole WORLD! After all the furor, after all the hassling, it comes down to this!"-Howard Cosell after Reggie Jacksons 3rd Home Run of Game 6
[edit] External links
- 1977 World Series by Baseball Almanac
- History of the World Series - 1977
- Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Reggie Jackson's Three Homers
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