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| 1960 World Series | ||||||||||
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 Location of the 1960 World Series, Forbes Field | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5–13 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Forbes Field (Pittsburgh) Yankee Stadium (New York) | |||||||||
| MVP | Bobby Richardson (New York) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Dusty Boggess (NL), Johnny Stevens (AL), Bill Jackowski (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL), Stan Landes (NL: outfield only), Jim Honochick (AL: outfield only) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpire: Nestor Chylak Pirates: Roberto Clemente Bill Mazeroski Yankees: Casey Stengel (manager) Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Bob Prince and Mel Allen | |||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Chuck Thompson and Jack Quinlan | |||||||||
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The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1960 season. The 57th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the first time a winner-take-all World Series game ended with a home run, and the first World Series to end on a home run. Mazeroski's home run gave the Pirates their third title overall and their first since 1925.
Despite losing the series, the Yankees scored 55 runs, the most runs scored by any one team in World Series history, and more than twice as many as the Pirates, who scored 27. The Yankees won three blowouts (16–3, 10–0, and 12–0), while the Pirates won four close games (6–4, 3–2, 5–2, and 10–9) to win the series. The Pirates' -28 run differential is the lowest ever by any team, winner or loser, in a World Series.[1] The Series MVP was Bobby Richardson of the Yankees, the only time in history that the award has been given to a member of the losing team, though the rules were different at this time. Votes had to be in by the start of the 8th inning of Game 7, at which point the Yankees were in the lead, and this was the first time since the series MVP award was created in 1955 that the team leading at that point did not go on to win. Richardson was also the first non-pitcher to be named MVP.
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), Bobby Shantz (1952), Mickey Mantle (1956, 1957, 1962), Roger Maris (1960, 1961), and Elston Howard (1963).
- ^ "Lowest Run Differential By A Team In A World Series In MLB History". StatMuse. Retrieved June 21, 2024.