1977 World Series

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The 1977 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in six games to capture their first title since 1962, and their 21st overall.

It was the first meeting of the Yankees and Dodgers in the Fall Classic since 1963.

Managers: Billy Martin (New York), Tommy Lasorda (Los Angeles)

Umpires: Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Jerry Dale (NL), Jim Evans (AL), John McSherry (NL)

Series MVP: Reggie Jackson (New York)

Television: ABC (Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Tom Seaver announcing). This was the first World Series since 1947 not to be televised by rival network NBC. It was also the first time that the participating teams' local announcers were not featured on the network telecast.

Game 1[]

October 11, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  6  0
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  1     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (8), Sosa (8), Garman (9), Rhoden (12)
              NYY - Gullett, Lyle (9)

               WP - Lyle
	       LP - Rhoden
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYY - Randolph

  ATTENDANCE: 56,668

Game 2[]

October 12, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  1     6  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton
              NYY - Hunter, Tidrow (3), Clay (6), Lyle (9)

               WP - Hooton
	       LP - Hunter
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Cey, Yeager, Smith, Garvey
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,691

Game 3[]

October 14, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0     5 10  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Torrez
              LAD - John, Hough (7)

               WP - Torrez
	       LP - John
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              LAD - Baker

  ATTENDANCE: 55,992

Game 4[]

October 15, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry
              LAD - Rau, Rhoden (2), Garman (9)

               WP - Guidry
	       LP - Rau
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
              LAD - Lopes

  ATTENDANCE: 55,995

Game 5[]

October 16, 1977 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0     4  9  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  0    4  3  2    0  0  X    10 13  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gullett, Clay (5), Tidrow (6), Hunter (7)
              LAD - Sutton

               WP - Sutton
	       LP - Gullett
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Munson, Jackson
              LAD - Yeager, Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 55,955

Game 6[]

October 18, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     4  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    3  2  0    0  1  X     8  8  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Sosa (4), Rau (5), Hough (7)
              NYY - Torrez

               WP - Torrez
	       LP - Hooton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Smith
              NYY - Chambliss, Jackson (3)

  ATTENDANCE: 56,407

File:Reggie Jackson and Bill White 1977 World Series.JPG

Reggie Jackson (left) talks with ABC's Bill White following Jackson's legendary performance in Game 6.

Trivia[]

Reggie Jackson's three home runs in Game 6 tied a record that Babe Ruth had set on two occasions (in Game 4 of the 1926 Series and Game 4 of the 1928 World Series.

Each of Jackson's blasts came on the first pitch of an at-bat, and each was hit off of a different pitcher. The first two were hit into "Ruthville" in the not-very-distant right field area; the third was a truly "Ruthian" drive to the bleachers in straightaway center, into "the black". Howard Cosell, a member of the TV broadcast team, was moved to yell, "What a blow!"

mlb.com coverage of Game 6

The World Series had not been decided in six games since 1959. The odds against such a gap happening again are steep. Even if you assume that all results, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 have an equal chance of occurring (they don't, a 4-2 series is the most likely result, tied with 4-3), the odds that one six-game series will not occur in seventeen years would be about 133 to 1 ( $3^{17}/4^{17}$ ). Given that the real random probability of a 4-2 series is actually about 31%, the real odds against are more like 549 to 1 ( $69^{17}/100^{17}$ ).