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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]
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. New York was managed by Billy Martin, and played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.
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 ...
1977 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 ... Tommy Henrich becomes the first player to hit a walk-off World Series home run, winning Game 1, 1-0, with a leadoff shot in the ninth to wreck a great ...
As the Yankees and Dodgers prepare to face off in Game 1 of the World Series, look back at the five most iconic moments between the two franchises.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
March 3 – Stubby Overmire, 57, 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) left-handed pitcher who appeared in 266 games for three American League clubs, primarily the Detroit Tigers, over a decade (1943–1952); member of 1945 World Series champ Tigers who also fashioned a long, post-playing career as a coach, scout and minor-league skipper for Detroit
The draft also included Mickey Hatcher, who hit .280 in 1130 games, mostly as an outfielder and was a part of two Dodgers World Series champions; outfielder/utility player Ron Roenicke who played eight seasons in the Majors before becoming a coach and manager; and relief pitcher Tom Niedenfuer, who was picked in the 36th round but would play 10 ...