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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 playoffs began on October 4, 1977, and concluded on October 18, 1977, with the New York Yankees defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series. It was the Yankees' first championship since 1962 .
January 20, 1977: Elliott Maddox and Rick Bladt were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Blair. [3] February 17, 1977: Sandy Alomar Sr. was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Brian Doyle, Greg Pryor and cash. [4] March 26, 1977: Kerry Dineen was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sergio Ferrer ...
1977 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 “Mr. October’’ was crowned as Reggie Jackson blasted three home runs off three different pitchers in the Game 6 clincher at Yankee Stadium.
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 ...
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.
Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully said that although the Dodgers won four World Series titles in 10 years, he said that this championship was the biggest of those four because "the ultimate was not only beating the Yankees but sweeping them in four", but said that "to New York fans it was still the old Brooklyn Dodgers and there was a lot of ...
The 1977 American League Championship Series was a five-game series in Major League Baseball's 1977 postseason played between October 5 and 9, 1977, between the Eastern division champion New York Yankees and the Western division champion Kansas City Royals. The games were played at Yankee Stadium (Games 1–2), and Royals Stadium (3–5).