On October 5, 1959 – White Sox starter and future Hall of Famer Early Wynn faces Roger Craig faced off against each other once again before a crowd of 92,650. Wynn was knocked out by a four-run Dodger third inning. Wally Moon singled with two outs and scored on Norm Larker’s single. Larker, who…
At home, Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox, 3 – 1, behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Furillo’s pinch-hit two-run single in the 7th inning is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.
1959 World Series Game 1 that was held on October 1 at Historic Comiskey Park hosted a crowd of 48,103 that included Hollywood’s Joan Crawford and Orson Welles in the first championship game in 40 years for the White Sox as well as the first postseason game in Chicago in 14 years. On the…
In Game 7, the Yankees beat the defending World champion Braves in Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 6-2, for their eighteenth title, the club’s seventh in the past decade. The Bronx Bombers become only the second team, the first being the 1925 Pirates, to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven Fall Classic.
October 5, 1958 World Series Game 4 at Yankee Stadium Warren Spahn was at his much-needed best, winning Game 4 3–0 on a two-hit shutout over Yankee ace Whitey Ford. New York left-fielder Norm Siebern (playing for the injured Elston Howard), had trouble fielding with the afternoon sun blazing, losing fly balls in the…
In Game 3 of the World Series, New York Yankees pitchers Don Larsen and Ryne Duren combine for a shutout as New York wins 4 – 0 over the Milwaukee Braves. Hank Bauer accounts for all four runs, including a two-run home run in the 7th inning.
Starting Game 7 on just two days rest, Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship as he blanks the Bronx Bombers at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The 30 year-old right-hander, named the Series MVP, tosses 24 consecutive scoreless innings and posts a 0.64 ERA in his three Fall classic victories.
On October 9, 1957 At Yankee Stadium Bob Buhl started for the Braves but did not last very long. In the first two innings, no one scored, although there were some opportunities, including the Yankees’ first inning when Enos Slaughter reached third and Yogi Berra got to second on Buhl’s wild pitch. Buhl…
October 7, 1957 At County Stadium With the opposing teams’ top pitchers, Whitey Ford and Lew Burdette, facing each other, Game 5 was expected to be a low-scoring affair. However, the game started out with the Yankees looking to score in the first inning. After a leadoff single by Hank Bauer and a…
In Game 4, Eddie Mathews’ two-run shot off Bob Grim with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning at County Stadium gives the Braves a 7-5 victory and knots the Fall Classic at two games apiece. The Milwaukee third baseman becomes the third major leaguer, joining Tommy Henrich (1949) and Dusty Rhodes (1954), to end a World Series game with a walk-off home run.
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