YANKEES WORLD SERIES RECORD - 1960's
1960
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning of Game 1 to
knock the Yankees' Art Ditmar out of the game. The Yankees rallied late in the game with
Elston Howard's pinch hit two-run homer in the ninth, but it wasn't enough and the Pirates
won 6-4. The Yankees pummeled the Pirates' pitching staff for 16 runs on 19 hits in Game
2. The Pirates had 13 hits, but could only manage to make three of them count against the
Yankees' Bob Turley and Bobby Shantz. Mickey Mantle led the attack for the Yankees with
two homers and five RBI.
Mantle continued the offense in Game 3 with two singles, a double and a homer, while
Whitey Ford blanked the Pirates on four hits. Vern Law combined with reliever Roy Face on
a 3-2 decision over the Yankees in Game 4, with Vern doubling in the tying run. The
Pirates won again in Game 5, but the Yankees came back with a 12-0 drubbing in Game 6,
with Bobby Richardson driving in three runs with a pair of triples.
Game 7 went back and forth. The Pirates scored twice in the first inning and twice more
in the second. Shantz then held the Pirates scoreless from the third through seventh
innings, while the Yankees went ahead 5-4 with help from a key three-run homer in the
sixth by Yogi Berra. New York made it 7-4 in the top of the eighth, but then the Pirates
broke through with five runs in their half of the eighth, capped by a three-run homer by
catcher Hal Smith.
Mantle and Berra produced two runs in the top of the ninth to again even the score. In
the bottom of the inning, Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski, famous for his fielding
prowess, led off with a home run off Ralph Terry to give the Pirates their first World
Series Championship since 1925.
1961
New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds
In a season where the biggest story was the home run race between Mickey Mantle and
Roger Maris, the New York Yankees faced the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. In Game
1, Elston Howard and Bill "Moose" Skowron each hit solo homers, which was plenty
for Yankees' ace Whitey Ford, who tossed a two-hit shutout.
Game 2 saw another solid pitching effort, this time by the Reds' Joey Jay, who four-hit
the Yankees for a 6-2 victory. Elio Chacon scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball by
Howard. An eighth-inning home run by Johnny Blanchard and a ninth-inning shot by Roger
Maris helped the Yankees come back to win Game 3 by a score of 3-2.
Whitey Ford extended his World Series-record scoreless-inning streak to 32 by pitching
five scoreless innings in Game 4. An ankle injury forced him from the game in the bottom
of the sixth, but Jim Coates took over and helped the Yankees to a 7-0 win. Six Yankees
had multiple hits in Game 5 and the Yankees ran away with a 13-5 win and the World Series
title.
1962
New York Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants
The New York Yankees returned to the World Series for the third year in a row, this
time facing the San Francisco Giants. Roger Maris' two-run double and Clete Boyer's
two-run homer helped Whitey Ford win the opener 6-2. Jack Sanford took the mound for the
Giants in Game 2 and tossed a three-hit shutout at the Yanks.
Roger Maris knocked in another two runs in Game 3, and Bill Stafford came within one
out of a shutout but had to settle for a 3-2 win. The Giants evened the Series at two
games apiece thanks to a seventh-inning grand slam by Chuck Hiller for a 7-3 win. Tom
Tresh blasted a three-run homer in the eighth inning of Game 5 to send the Yankees to a
5-3 win.
After three days of rain, Billy Pierce stopped the Yankees, 5-2 to send the Series to
Game 7. The Yankees scored a single run in the fifth, and the score was still 1-0 when the
Giants came up in the bottom of the ninth. Pinch-hitter Matty Alou led off with a bunt,
which was followed by two strikeouts. He advanced to third when Willie Mays doubled, then
Willie McCovey hit a screaming line drive, but it went right to Yankees second baseman
Bobby Richardson, who caught the ball to end the Series.
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees
The Yankees once again headed to the World Series in 1963, but the result wasn't the
usual against the Dodgers. Game 1 was highlighted by a new World Series record by the
Dodgers' Sandy Koufax, who struck out 15 batters on the way to a 5-2 victory. Roger Maris
had a tough day in the field for the Yankees in game 2. In the first inning, he fell while
chasing a drive by Willie Davis, which resulted in a two-run double, and in the third
inning he banged into the right-field corner railing, injuring his knee and elbow and
sidelining him for the remainder of the Series. Johnny Podres held the Yankees to one run
for the win in Game 2.
Tommy Davis hit a chopper over the mound to plate a run in the first inning of Game 3,
and it proved to be the only run of the game as Don Drysdale tossed a three-hit shutout to
put the Dodgers ahead three games to none. Sandy Koufax went the distance in Game 4, and
Willie Davis hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to bring home the winning run for a
2-1 victory and the Series win.
1964
St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees
Yankees ace Whitey Ford wasn't as spectacular in the postseason as he was during the
regular season. He faced the Cardinals in Game 1 of the 1964 World Series but couldn't get
out of the sixth inning, giving up four runs on the way to a 9-5 loss. The Yankees sent
Mel Stottlemyre to the mound in Game 2, and he beat Bob Gibson, 8-3.
Curt Simmons and Jim Bouton battled to a 1-1 tie after eight innings in Game 3.
Knuckleballer Barney Schultz entered the game in relief for the Cardinals in the ninth
inning. He only made on pitch, which Mickey Mantle hammered deep into the right-field
stands to win the game.
A grand slam by Ken Boyer was all the Cardinals needed to nail down a 4-3 win in Game
4. Tim McCarver provided a three-run shot in the 10th inning of Game 5 to lift the
Cardinals to a 5-2 win. In Game 6, Jim Bouton pitched 8 1/3 solid innings and Joe Pepitone
led the Yankees' attack with a grand slam that helped beat the Cardinals 8-3. Bob Gibson
went the distance and survived a pair of ninth-inning solo homers to win Game 7 and the
World Series Championship.
