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The 1977 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1977 season.The 74th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. [2]
Mr. October: Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series against the Dodgers to win the series for the Yankees. After 14 years, sophomore manager Tommy Lasorda led a young Dodgers team to the 1977 World Series where they faced Billy Martin and the Yankees.
When the series moved to Los Angeles, the Yankees took Game 3 off a complete game performance from Mike Torrez, and ace Ron Guidry pitched yet another complete game for the Yankees in Game 4 as they went up 3–1 in the series. In Game 5, the Dodgers, thanks to a complete game performance from Don Sutton, blew out the Yankees, 10–4, to send ...
The Yankees vs. Dodgers is the most common World Series matchup, so take a look back before they meet again. ... 1977 World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2. 1978 World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2.
Yankees vs Dodgers had a modest World Series beginning. ... By 1977, free agency had changed the face of baseball and the biggest prize at the start of that era was slugger Reggie Jackson, who ...
1977 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 ... 1978 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 2. Friction with Jackson and Steinbrenner, and the Yankees’ 14.5-game AL East deficit, led to Martin’s ...
The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees. The team won the World Series, which was the 21st title in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner.
The teams have played against each other 11 times in past title series since their first in 1941. The Yankees have clinched eight of those championships. Every Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series ...