#5 Mazeroski’s HR Wins World Series
• 1960
• Game 7, vs. Yankees @
Forbes Field
• Yanks took 7-4 lead in top
of 8th
• Pirates rallied to take 9-7
lead in bottom of 8th
• Yanks tied it in 9th
• Lead off HR on 2nd pitch
• Only walk-off HR in game
7 win World Series
#137 Mets Lose 120 Games
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60.5 games out of 1st place
1st year as franchise
Marked return of NL to NY
Featured old Dodgers &
Yankees (Casey Stengel)
• For 17-game losers
• .240 team average
• Only 1 team close (‘03
Tigers 43-119)
#123 Yogi Wins #10
• Considered among
greatest of all time
• Yankees (1946-1963)
• Won 10 World Series
(record)
• Participated in 14
(record)
• Did not play in the
World Series only 3
years of his career
#93 Astrodome Opens
• Open in 1965
• 1st multi-purpose indoor
stadium (8th Wonder of the
World)
• Expansion team in 1960
• Deal included an indoor
stadium
• Original surface grass
• Eventually converted to turf
• 1st HR: Mantle (exhibition)
• 1st HR: Dick Allen (season)
#78 Koufax’s Perfect Game
• 1965
• 1st in Modern-Era by a
lefty
• 4th career no-hitter
(record until 1981)
• 1 combined hit
Spahn Wins #363
• September 12, 1965
• 44 y/o
• Complete game, 7-2 win
over Cubs
• Most wins by any lefty
(Steve Carlton 329)
Mets Draft Steve Chilcott
Reggie
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H 2584
HR 563
R 1551
RBI 1702
SB 228
BA .262
OBP .356
SLG .490
World Series 5
“Mr. October”
Steve