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1960 World Series

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1960 World Series
Team / Wins Manager Season
Pittsburgh Pirates (4) Danny Murtaugh 95-59, .617, GA: 7
New York Yankees (3) Casey Stengel 97-57, .630, GA: 8
Dates: October 5October 13
MVP: Bobby Richardson (of the losing team)
Television: NBC
TV announcers: Mel Allen and Bob Prince
Radio network: NBC
Radio announcers: Chuck Thompson and Jack Quinlan
Umpires: Dusty Boggess (NL), Johnny Stevens (AL), Bill Jackowski (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL), Stan Landes (NL: outfield only), Jim Honochick (AL: outfield only)
Future Hall of Famers: Pirates: Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski
Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle
World Series
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The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) and New York Yankees (AL). It is most notable for the Game 7, 9th-inning home run hit by Bill Mazeroski, winning the game for the Pirates 10-9, and also winning them their third Championship, their first since 1925.

The Yankees outscored the Pirates 38-3 in their three victories. During the Series as a whole, the Yankees outscored the Pirates 55-27, outhit them .338 to .256, and topped them in total home runs 10-4. This is highest run-scored/runs-against ratio of any team to lose the World Series.

This World Series featured seven past, present or future league Most Valuable Players. The Pirates had two (Dick Groat (1960) and Roberto Clemente (1966)), while the Yankees had five (Yogi Berra (1951, 1954, 1955), Mickey Mantle (1956, 1957, 1962), Roger Maris (1960, 1961), Elston Howard (1963), and Bobby Shantz (1952)).

As noted in the superstition called the "Ex-Cub Factor", this was the only Series after 1945 and until 2001 in which a team with three or more former members of the Chicago Cubs (Don Hoak, Smoky Burgess and Gene Baker) were able to win a World Series.

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[edit] Summary

As previously mentioned, the Yankees outscored the Pirates 55-27 in this Series, outhit them 91-60, outbatted them .338 to .256, hit 10 home runs to Pittsburgh's four (three of the latter's coming in Game 7), got two complete game shutouts from Whitey Ford—and lost. The Pirates' inconsistent pitching resulted in the peculiar combination of close games and routs. Law and Ford were both excellent for their teams. Pirates relief pitcher, Elroy Face was a major factor in several games.

NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs AL New York Yankees (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 New York Yankees - 4, Pittsburgh Pirates - 6 October 5 Forbes Field 36,676[1]
2 New York Yankees - 16, Pittsburgh Pirates - 3 October 6 Forbes Field 37,308[2]
3 Pittsburgh Pirates - 0, New York Yankees - 10 October 8 Yankee Stadium 70,001[3]
4 Pittsburgh Pirates - 3, New York Yankees - 2 October 9 Yankee Stadium 67,812[4]
5 Pittsburgh Pirates - 5, New York Yankees - 2 October 10 Yankee Stadium 62,753[5]
6 New York Yankees - 12, Pittsburgh Pirates - 0 October 12 Forbes Field 38,580[6]
7 New York Yankees - 9, Pittsburgh Pirates - 10 October 13 Forbes Field 36,683[7]

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, October 5, 1960 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 13 2
Pittsburgh 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6 8 0

WP: Vern Law (1-0)  LP: Art Ditmar (0-1)  SV: Roy Face (1)  
HRs:  NYY – Roger Maris (1), Elston Howard (1)  PIT – Bill Mazeroski (1)

This was the first trip to the series in 33 years for Pittsburgh, up against the Yankees, who had appeared in nine out of the last eleven(winning seven of them), and were the heavy favorites. However, it was the Pirates who struck first, winning Game 1 6-4 at Forbes Field.

[edit] Game 2

Thursday, October 6, 1960 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 2 1 2 7 3 0 1 16 19 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 13 1

WP: Bob Turley (1-0)  LP: Bob Friend (0-1)  SV: Bobby Shantz (1)  
HRs:  NYY – Mickey Mantle 2 (2)

However, their early momentum was effectively crushed, as were the Pirates, as the Yankees won Game 2 by a score of 16-3 and Game 3 10-0.

[edit] Game 3

Saturday, October 8, 1960 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
New York 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 10 16 1

WP: Whitey Ford (1-0)  LP: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0-1)  
HRs:  NYY – Mickey Mantle (3), Bobby Richardson (1)

Stengel's decision to wait to start Ford in Game 3 instead of Game 1 made him unavailable for Game 7. Ford's last starting assignment had been on September 28, a week before Game 1. Ford had also been used in 2 innings of relief on October 2, presumably just to keep his arm fresh as the Yankees had already clinched the pennant. There has never been any logical explanation why Ford, the ace of the Yankees' staff, did not pitch Game 1.

[edit] Game 4

Sunday, October 9, 1960 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 0

WP: Vern Law (2-0)  LP: Ralph Terry (0-1)  SV: Roy Face (2)  
HRs:  NYY – Bill Skowron (1)

In Game 4, Pirates pitcher Vernon Law and reliever Elroy Face allowed the Yankees to only 2 runs on 8 hits, as the Bucs won by a score of 3-2. Ditmar lasted only 1 1/3 innings, and the Pirates won Game 5 5-2.

[edit] Game 5

Monday, October 10, 1960 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 2
New York 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2

WP: Harvey Haddix (1-0)  LP: Art Ditmar (0-2)  SV: Roy Face (3)  
HRs:  NYY – Roger Maris (2)

With the series now tied at two apiece, Yankee manager Casey Stengel started pitcher Art Ditmar, who had also started Game 1. Ditmar lasted only 1 1/3 innings, and the Pirates won Game 5 5-2.

[edit] Game 6

Wednesday, October 12, 1960 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 2 0 12 17 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1

WP: Whitey Ford (2-0)  LP: Bob Friend (0-2)  

The Yankees, however, countered these two wins with a much larger one of their own, beating Pittsburgh 12-0 at Forbes Field in Game 6.

[edit] Game 7

Thursday, October 13, 1960 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 9 13 1
Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 10 11 0

WP: Harvey Haddix (2-0)  LP: Ralph Terry (0-2)  
HRs:  NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Bill Skowron (2)  PIT – Rocky Nelson (1), Hal Smith (1), Bill Mazeroski (2)

The Pirates jumped to an early 4-1 lead in Game 7, only to give up 4 runs in the 6th inning. The Yankees then added two more, making the score 7-4 by the 8th.

After Gino Cimoli and Bill Virdon both singled (with Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek being hit by Virdon's shot and having to leave the game), Dick Groat followed with another one which cut the New York lead to 7-5. Next up was Roberto Clemente, who followed suit and the Yankee lead was again slashed, with the score now 7-6. The Pirates now had two runners on base and Hal Smith at the plate. Smith promptly hit one over the wall, and the Pirates took a 9-7 lead.

Bob Friend, an eighteen-game-winner for the Pirates and their starter in Games 2 and 6, came on in the ninth to try to protect the lead. The Yankees Bobby Richardson and pinch-hitter Dale Long both greeted Friend with singles, and Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh was forced to bench the veteran pitcher in favor of Harvey Haddix. Although he forced Roger Maris to foul out, Haddix gave up a key single to Mickey Mantle that scored Richardson and moved Long to third. Yogi Berra followed, hitting a short grounder to first, with Rocky Nelson easily making the second out. In what, at the time, stood as a monumental play, Mantle, seeing he had no chance to beat a play at second, scurried back to first and avoided Nelson's tag (which would have been the third out) as Gil McDougald raced home to tie the score, 9-9.

Ralph Terry, who had gotten the final out of the eighth inning, returned to the mound in the bottom of the ninth. The first batter to face him was Bill Mazeroski. With a count of one ball and no strikes, the Pirates' second baseman smashed a historic long drive over the left wall, ending the contest and crowning the National League as champions. As the Pirates erupted, the Yankees stood across the field in disbelief. The improbable champions were outscored, outhit, and outplayed, but had managed to pull out a victory anyhow. Years later, Mickey Mantle was quoted as saying that losing the 1960 series was the biggest disappointment of his career. For Bill Mazeroski, it was the highlight.

Mazeroski became the first player to hit a walk-off home run to win a World Series. Thirty-three years later, Joe Carter would become the only other player to end the World Series with a home run, doing so for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series, albeit in Game 6. Although most noted for the series-ending homer, Game 7 is also the only game in Series history with no strikeouts recorded by either side.

Bobby Richardson of the Yankees was named MVP of the Series, the only time that someone from the defeated team has been so honored.

[edit] Composite Box

1960 World Series (4-3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 5 1 3 3 1 0 5 4 27 60 4
New York Yankees 7 2 8 7 3 13 6 4 5 55 91 8
Total Attendance: 349,813   Average Attendance: 49,973
Winning Player’s Share: – $8,418   Losing Player’s Share – $5,215[8]


[edit] Aftermath

This would prove to be Casey Stengel's last World Series, as the Yankee club soon sent him into retirement. This led to his famous remark, "I'll never make the mistake of turning 70 again."

[edit] Quote(s) of the Series

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Yogi Berra's assessment of what happened to his club.

Well, a little while ago, when we mentioned that this one, in typical fashion, was going right to the wire, little did we know...Art Ditmar throws...There's a swing and a high fly ball going deep to left, this may do it!...Back to the wall goes Berra, it is...over the fence, home run, the Pirates win!...(long pause for crowd noise)... Ladies and gentleman, Bill Mazeroski has just hit a one-nothing pitch over the left field wall to win the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of ten to nothing!...Once again, that final score, the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates ten, and the New York Yankees nine!

Chuck Thompson's radio call of the final play, including a mistake on who the pitcher was, and initially flubbing the final score.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

  • Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 281-286)
  • Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2168. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
  • Forman, Sean L.. 1960 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

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