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Background. The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign ...
- October 7–15
- Bob Gibson (St. Louis)
1964 World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3) 1963 WS 1965 WS. Dates: October 7 - 15, 1964. WS MVP: Bob Gibson.
During the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth hit his fifteenth and final World Series home run. On October 10, 1964, Mickey Mantle led off the ninth inning with a right field game winning blast that landed in the upper deck and broke the record set by the Bambino thirty-two years earlier. The 1964 World Series by Baseball Almanac with a detailed ...
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A wildly entertaining set of games led the World Series to a decisive Game 7 on Oct. 15, 1964, at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Gibson had lost Game 2 of the series but came back in Game 5 to earn a gutsy 10-inning victory. Now, with the title on the line, Keane went to his ace once again on two days’ rest. The Cardinals hitters, led by Hall of ...
St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees (7-5). Oct 15, 1964, Attendance: 30346, Time of Game: 2:40. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability
Nov 28, 2018 · As it turned out, Gibson bested both marks with his 31 strikeouts in the 1964 World Series. 4 Leonard Koppett, “Talk of the Series,” New York Times, October 16, 1964. 5 With his World Series-record-extending 18th home run, Mantle garnered additional records with 40 RBIs and 42 runs scored, surpassing Yogi Berra by one in both categories.
Oct 15, 2014 · On the 50th anniversary of Game 7, a look back at the 1964 World Series. By PugetSoundCardsAddict Oct 15, 2014, 1:00pm EDT. Pool. There was joy in Budville as the Cardinals ended a 17-year postseason drought and won the National League pennant on the last day of the regular season. It was a tough battle for the Birds.
