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Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
In the top of the fifth, Ruth came up to bat and, after making a series of pointing gestures, eventually hit a home run to centerfield, giving the Yankees the lead and control of the rest of the World Series. The home run, deemed Babe Ruth's called shot, has since become arguably the most iconic home run in baseball history. Many believe Ruth's ...
Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski hit his iconic home run off pitcher Ralph Terry, winning the game and the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It was at first called a home run, until Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon argued the call, and the umpires decided to review the play. After 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the umpires came back and ruled it a home run. About two weeks later, on September 19, also at Tropicana Field, a boundary call was overturned for the first time.
His first experience of semi-professional baseball came in 1895, when he was just 14 years old. [6] The manager of the Factoryville ball club asked Mathewson to pitch in a game with a rival team in Mill City, Pennsylvania. [6] Mathewson helped his hometown team to a 19–17 victory, but with his batting rather than his pitching. [6]
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against ...
Davidson. David Leroy "Satch" Davidson (January 18, 1935 – August 21, 2010) [1] was a Major League Baseball umpire in the National League from 1969 to 1984. During his career, Davidson was behind the plate for Hank Aaron's 715th home run which broke Babe Ruth's career record and he called the game in which Carlton Fisk hit a game-winning home run in game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 600 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 600 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. [1] Only nine players have qualified. Four of these— Hank Aaron , Willie Mays , Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez —are also members of the 3,000 hit club .