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The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games to three.
V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game. A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League. [8]
Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series on October 21, 1975, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7–6, forcing a deciding seventh game, when Carlton Fisk hit a home run in the 12th inning to cap off what many consider to be the best World Series game ever play
The Dodgers won Games 3 and 4 to even the Series, as Erskine set a then-record with 14 strikeouts in Game 3, but the Yankees never trailed while winning Games 5 and 6, winning the final game on ...
This was the last season that NBC was the exclusive national TV broadcaster of MLB, airing the weekend Game of the Week, Monday Night Baseball, the All-Star Game, both League Championship Series, and the World Series. Beginning in 1976, MLB would split the TV rights between NBC and ABC.
The current Dodgers and the 1965 World Series one are the only teams to have the first six games of a playoff series decided by four or more runs. But that's all they have in common.
Dusty Baker's accomplishments after age 70 include his only World Series title in 26 years as a manager. He also was the left fielder on the Dodgers' 1981 championship team.
Won World Series vs. Cincinnati Reds, 4–3 1973: 94–68: 1st (West) Won ALCS vs. Baltimore Orioles, 3–2 Won World Series vs. New York Mets, 4–3 1974: 90–72: 1st (West) Won ALCS vs. Baltimore Orioles, 3–1 Won World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–1 1975: 98–64: 1st (West) Lost ALCS to Boston Red Sox, 3–0