1979 World Series

The 1979 World Series matched the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates (98-64) against the American League's Baltimore Orioles (102-57), with the Pirates coming back from a 3 games to 1 deficit to win the Series in seven games. The Pirates were famous for adopting "We Are Family" as their theme song.

Managers: Earl Weaver (Baltimore), Chuck Tanner (Pittsburgh)

Umpires: Jerry Neudecker (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Terry Tata (NL)

Series MVP: Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh)

Television: ABC (Keith Jackson, Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, and Don Drysdale announcing)

Game 1 &mdash; October 10, 1979
Game One was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,735

Game 2 &mdash; October 11, 1979
Game Two was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,739

Game 3 &mdash; October 12, 1979
Game Three was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 50,848

Game 4 &mdash; October 13, 1979
Game Four was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Attendance: 50,883

Game 5 &mdash; October 14, 1979
Game Five was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Attendance: 50,920

Game 6 &mdash; October 16, 1979
Game Six was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,739

Game 7 &mdash; October 17, 1979
Game Seven was played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Attendance: 53,733