Nellie Fox singles home Eddie Kasko with walkoff but Gaylord Perry steals the show by destroying his bat after the game

Nellie Fox singles home Eddie Kasko with walkoff but Gaylord Perry steals the show by destroying his bat after the game

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1964 – Nellie Fox singles home Eddie Kasko with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to end a wild 5-4 victory over the Giants at Colt Stadium. Tempers are hot as the Texas heat with players and managers from both teams getting run by umpire Lee Weyer. San Francisco’s Billy O’Dell is thumbed as he makes warm-up tosses after arriving from the bullpen. An angry Gaylord Perry grabs Fox’s bat when it’s all over and smashes it to pieces before handing it to the batboy.

hank bauer argues with umpire in baltimore walk off vs twins

Baltimore walks off the Twins, 6 – 5

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Baltimore edges the Twins, 6 – 5, scoring two runs in the 9th for the victory. Twins reliever Gerry Arrigo allows a two-out home run to Sam Bowens, his second home run of the game, then throws three balls to John Orsino before being lifted for Bill Fischer. Fischer throws a strike to Orsino who then hits his next pitch for the winning home run. It is Fischer’s last major league game: on the 24th he is placed on the voluntarily retired list.

Mickey Mantle, leading off the 11th, is fooled by Bill Fischer on a slow curve, then cannons a 2 - 2 pitch that almost clears the RF roof.
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“The hardest ball I ever hit,” Mickey Mantle on Walkoff homerun vs the A’s

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At Yankee Stadium, New York blows a 7 – 0 lead and allows Kansas City to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Mickey Mantle, leading off the 11th, is fooled by Bill Fischer on a slow curve, then cannons a 2 – 2 pitch that almost clears the RF roof. “The hardest ball I ever hit,” Mantle later comments, a ball that, by some accounts, is still rising when it strikes a foot below the top. It is conservatively estimated by Dr. James McDonald, a physicist who studies long-ball trajectories, that the ball would have traveled 620 feet if it had not struck the façade. “That was the only homer I ever hit that the bat actually bent in my hands,” Mantle tells Dale Long, from whom he borrowed the bat.

Giants win fog delayed game on 11th inning Walk off by John Almafitano
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Giants win fog delayed game on 11th inning Walk off by John Almafitano

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Sponsor this Page   May 17, 1963, at Candlestick Park swirling wins of up to 40 MPH and Fog delay the start of the Giants Mets game. Once it starts Willie Mays and Willie McCovey hit first-inning home runs. The game goes into extra innings and John Almafitano who goes 3-4, and collects half the…

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Colt’s walk off in 10 innings on Craig Wild Pitch Radio Broadcast

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September 8, 1962 In Game 2 of a twin bill Houston Colt 45’s walk off in the 10th inning on a wild pitch by Roger Craig. In an inning that would not make Bill James defiles happy, Bob Lills leads off with a bunt, is sacrificed to second, advances to third on a ground ball…

New York Mets reliever Craig Anderson wins both ends of a doubleheader on walk off’s- then loses 16 straight
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New York Mets reliever Craig Anderson wins both ends of a doubleheader on walk off’s- then loses 16 straight

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Sponsor this Page   On May 12, 1962, New York Mets reliever Craig Anderson wins both ends of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. He will pitch 3 innings of scoreless relief. He beat future Hall of Famer Warren Spahn in game 1 when Hobie Landrith hits a 2 out 2 run walk-off home run,…

Frank Thomas delivers a walk off win for the Braves

Frank Thomas delivers a walk off win for the Braves

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August 12, 1961 – With the Braves losing to the Cubs, 6-5, with two out in the ninth inning, left fielder Frank Thomas smashed a three-run homer off Dick Drott to give Don McMahon and the Braves a walkoff 8-6 victory at County Stadium. [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool stories about the…

Full Radio Broadcast Kansas City A’s vs Whitey Ford and New York Yankees
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Full Radio Broadcast Kansas City A’s vs Whitey Ford and New York Yankees

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August 2, 1961 – Whitey Ford faces off vs Kansas City A’s in this game 1 of a day night double header. Mantle, Maris, Elston Howard lead the bombers and although not Hall of Famers – Dick Howser and Haywood Sullivan make stong efforts in this classic Yankee walk off victory. Game ticket & learn…

Bill Mazerowski hits Walk off World Series Homerun
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Bill Mazeroski hits Walk off World Series Homerun for Pittsburgh Pirates

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  October 13, 1960 — With the World Series between the Yankees and Pirates knotted at three games apiece, Game 7 at Pittsburgh’s cavernous Forbes Field. In the top of the 9th, with a 9-7 lead, the Pirates sent eighteen-game winner Bob Friend to the mound but the Yankees would manage to tie things up….